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1、天津市西青区2023年考研英语一考前冲刺试题Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。I was a ten-year-old girl living with my parents and four-y
2、ear-old brother in Madrid, Spain. We had 1 our country Cuba just a few months before. The Christmas season arrived.The Corte Ingles Department store had a shiny red 2 that circled the town, 3 its horn (喇叭) at every turn. My younger brother, Santiago, had never seen it. However, 4 were considered a l
3、uxury(奢侈)then for my family and were very hard to 5 My brother fell in love with it. Every day he would push his nose 6 the glass in the window. My parents pain was 7 as they looked at their sons 8 face. But I didnt want to 9 the innocence of a four-year-old. So next time, I pulled him aside.“Santia
4、go, you know that we left our country and we are in a strange land” I said. “ 10 we are only here in Madrid for a little while, Santa probably doesnt have our 11 ”I also told him that once we 12 in the United States, Santa would find us once again. Much to my surprise, he accepted my 13 without ques
5、tion. A year later, we lived in Union City, New Jersey. Both my parents were working in factories to make ends meet. Santiago and I were 14 a new school and quickly learning English.That Christmas was 15 , but my parents bought a silver-colored Christmas tree. On Christmas Day, I woke up early, and
6、to my surprise and 16 , I found several presents under the tree. My brother 17 a square box. Inside was a shiny, brand-new train! It 18 the one that had so attracted my brother a year before. Santiagos face 19 like the Christmas tree. He looked at my parents and me, happy and surprised.“You were 20
7、!” my brother told me eagerly, “Santa found our address.”1、AreachedBvisitedCleftDmissed2、AlightBcarCbikeDtrain3、AsoundingBpressingCturningDmaking4、AclothesBdecorationsCmealsDtoys5、AfindBgetCsearchDexhibit6、AbeneathBagainstCaboveDunder7、AobviousBweakCstrangeDpuzzling8、AfearfulBhopefulCambitiousDnervo
8、us9、ArealizeBsolveCexpectDdestroy10、ASinceBWhetherCAlthoughDWhen11、AtelephoneBnamesCaddressDpermission12、AallowedBdeterminedCsettledDdevoted13、AdirectionsBinstructionsCexcuseDexplanation14、Aapplying forBadapting toClooking forDwaiting for15、AexpensiveBdepressingCcolorfulDsimple16、AsorrowBworryCcareD
9、delight17、AthrewBdesignedCopenedDhid18、AresembledBmeantCrecognizedDcalled19、Aturned upBcame upClit upDwent up20、AsurprisedBrightCwrongDkinSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers o
10、n the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1 Why should mankind explore space? Why should money, time and effort be spent exploring and researching something with so few apparent benefits? Why should resources be spent on space rather than on conditions and people on Earth? These are questions that, unders
11、tandably, are very often asked.Perhaps the best answer lies in our genetic makeup as human beings. What drove our ancestors to move from the trees into the plains, and on into all possible areas and environments? The wider the spread of a species, the better its chance of survival. Perhaps the best
12、reason for exploring space is this genetic tendency to expand wherever possible.Nearly every successful civilization has explored, because by doing so, any dangers in surrounding areas can be identified and prepared for. Without knowledge, we may be completely destroyed by the danger. With knowledge
13、, we can lessen its effects.Exploration also allows minerals and other potential resources to be found. Even if we have no immediate need of them, they will perhaps be useful later. Resources may be more than physical possessions. Knowledge or techniques have been acquired through exploration. The t
14、echniques may have medical applications which can improve the length or quality of our lives. We have already benefited from other spin offs of space exploration. The technical improvements in earthquake prediction, in satellites for weather forecasting and in communications systems have long been i
15、n effect.While many resources are spent on what seems a small return, the exploration of space allows creative, brave and intelligent members of our species to focus on what may serve to save us. While space may hold many wonders and explanations of how the universe was formed or how it works, it also holds dangers. The danger exists, but knowledge can help human beings to survive. Without the ability to reach out across space, the chance
