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1、2023年黑龙江省哈尔滨市呼兰区考研英语一临考冲刺试题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)The sandwich manMichael rises every morning at 4:00, in good and bad weather, and walks into his sandwich shop.
2、 By 5:50, hes making the rounds of the shelters on Centre Streets. He 1 out 200 sandwiches to the homeless, before beginning his workday.It started 20 years ago when Michael came across a homeless man named John. He began to help him 2 effort then. Day after day, he brought John some food and, when
3、it was really 3 , a resting place in his car while he worked. Once he asked John if he wanted to get cleaned up. It was a(n) 4 offer, because Michael thought John would refuse. 5 , John said, “Are you going to wash me?” Michael knew that he was looking at a 6 of his promise. It was at the moment tha
4、t Michael 7 to help the homeless.Michael began his work. He received no sponsorship, saying, “Im not getting media 8 . I just want to do some good in my way. There are days when its snowing, and I have a hard time leaving my warm bed and the 9 of my family to go downtown with sandwiches. But Ive 10
5、.”Michael makes 200 sandwiches every day for the past 20 years. “I dont simply 11 the sandwiches on a table for the homeless to pick up. I shake their hands and 12 them a good day,” says Michael. Once Mayor (市长) Koch came to make the rounds with him. They 13 the media, and it seemed like it was just
6、 the two of them. But of all Michaels 14 , working side by side with the Mayor was not as important as working next to someone elseA man had 15 from the sandwich takers, and Michael thought about him from time to time. He hoped the man had moved on to a more 16 environment. One day, the man came bac
7、k, greeting Michael and 17 sandwiches of his own to hand out. He said Michaels daily food, warm handshakes and wishes had given him the 18 he badly needed. After achieving some success, he decided to do the same thing as Michael.The moment needed no 19 . The two men worked silently, side by side, ha
8、nding out their sandwiches. It was another day on Centre Streets, but a day with just a little more 20 .1、ApicksBsetsCgivesDfinds2、AwithBaroundCfromDover3、AsunnyBwarmCcloudyDcold4、AsillyBemptyCcrazyDfree5、AFortunatelyBDisappointedlyCSurprisinglyDThankfully6、AtestBgiftCtrickDview7、AdemandedBagreedCpr
9、etendedDdetermined8、AbenefitBattentionCsympathyDinformation9、AcomfortBwealthCvalueDhonor10、AsufferedBhesitatedCmanagedDwondered11、AcheckBlayCmatchDcover12、AwitnessBpredictCfollowDwish13、AignoredBblamedCconfirmedDhandled14、AsituationsBmemoriesCschedulesDprofessions15、AescapedBvolunteeredCdisappearedD
10、survived16、AcompetitiveBcomplexCfamiliarDstable17、AcarryingBseekingCoccupyingDtreating18、AresponsibilityBpermissionCencouragementDachievement19、ApurposeBdialogueCreliefDdoubt20、AluckBfunCprideDhopeSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions be
11、low each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1Endless playing of songs like All I want for Christmas in shops during the festive season doesnt just drive us mad the songs also make us more careless with our money, research has warned.While repeated p
12、erformance of Jingle Bells may seem like an innocent attempt to raise customers spirits during the nightmare of Christmas shopping, the songs also have a more delicate impact.“Background music, or “Muzak”, can be used by marketers to impose cultures -such as the commercialization of Christmas- onto
13、consumers and influence their behaviour,” experts said.Dr. Alan Bradshaw of Royal Holloway, University of London, said, “Festive jingles are force-fed to Christmas shoppers in a bid to change their mood, influence their sense of time and what sort of products they buy. In other words, this is an att
14、empt to control your shopping habits in a way that you might hardly be aware of.”“Often we are told that we have the freedom to choose where we want to shop, but during Christmas the use of music in this way is so common that our freedom to choose disappears.”Dr. Bradshaw and Prof Morris Holbrook of
15、 Columbia University examined the phenomenon and found that retailers often “dumb down” the music played in shops to relax customers, meaning it is easier to control their behaviour.It is thought that slowing down the rhythm of music in shops can trick customers into thinking less time has passed, and therefore spend more time examining the shelves, for example.Some providers of background music have been known to promote their services b