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1、2023年贵州省黔东南南苗族侗族自治州麻江县考研英语一预测密卷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)When I was in college twenty-five years ago, I spent four summers working in 1 at a luxury hotel in downtow
2、n Chicago 2 , I was a maid.I did not enter the world of housekeeping enthusiastically. My friends had 3 jobs such as making ice cream, selling goods at the mall, or life guarding at the outdoor pool. I had been hoping to get a job as an office lady for a famous company: 4 pay, air-conditioned office
3、, the gold standard for summer jobs, as most of us dreamed of. When that 5 , the only option left was to take a train ride downtown each morning to work as a maid.It was tiring work, cleaning up to eighteen rooms a day. My 6 attitude reflected my disdain(鄙视) for cleaning toilets, 7 bed sheets, dusti
4、ng, eight hours a day for the comfort of total strangers who 8 left a tip. I thought it was beneathme. My maid work was average 9 the day I was assigned to the eighteenth floor.That was Lorenas regular floor. The only time another maid set foot on it was on Lorenas day off. If you left any water 10
5、on the mirror, or a hair on the bed, Lorena would hunt you down when she 11 , as I found out firsthand. Shed ended her lecture to me with “ 12 some pride in your work.”She did. And so did Rosalie, Helen, Annette, and all the other experienced maids. Their devotion to doing a good job and their belie
6、f that their work was a 13 of their character stuck with me throughout my 14 career after graduation. I learned a lot from them during those four summers.Not a week would go without one of them 15 some firm but friendly advice: “Wheres your commode brush? You dont have one? How do you expect to get
7、that bowl clean?”Their pride in a job well done was reflected in how they treated 16 They left the building at the end of the day in nice dresses and 17 makeup. They looked like they could have been attending an afternoon tea. And, 18 often, they were smiling and laughing, cheerfully greeting their
8、co-workers a good evening. When you work with happiness and 19 , a job will be well done. I believe there is 20 in any job if you work hard and try your best.1、AcleaningBhousekeepingCservingDmanaging2、AIn shortBIn briefCIn other wordsDOn the other hand3、AwinterBsummerCawfulDpermanent4、AextraBpoorCav
9、erageDgood5、Afell overBfell throughCfell downDfell off6、AnegativeBrightCexcellentDcasual7、AmakingBspreadingCchangingDdoing8、AfrequentlyBrarelyCoccasionallyDwillingly9、AwhenBafterCuntilDbefore10、AdropsBsignsCtracksDmarks11、AvisitedBarrivedCleftDreturned12、AtakeBobtainCrejectDmake13、AreflectionBtruthC
10、gratitudeDaward14、AspecialBgeneralCdifferentDprofessional15、AtakingBfollowingCofferingDrefusing16、AothersBthemselvesCcustomersDco-workers17、AexpensiveBcautiousCcheapDcareful18、AmoreBleastCmostDless19、AfrustrationBregretCprejudiceDsatisfaction20、ArespectBaspectCchallengeDfailureSection II Reading Com
11、prehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1A few years ago, Darla Hoff painted a pumpkin face onto a round straw bale(捆)at A1 and Karen Goldmans farm in Idaho Palls t
12、o advertise her U-pick pumpkin field. While Darla has stopped growing pumpkins, the annual tradition of straw bale art lives on at the farm and has drawn friends and neighbors to participate in it. Past creations have included an owl, Minions, tractors and a teddy bear.To make the tractors, A1 baled
13、 round straw bales in two different sizes smaller ones for the tractors front tires and larger ones for the rear(尾部). Large square bales made up the bodies. Jerry Kienlen used his farming equipment to arrange the bales in the shape of two tractors. Then it was time to bring the tractors to life. Kar
14、en and her daughter. Lana Hedrick, secured some green paint, and A1 got some red paint. Darlas husband, James, sprayed the creation with a paint gun. For the finishing touches, Steven donated two shiny exhaust stacks (排气管),and A1 and Karen donated two steering wheels from their farm parts.The farms
15、annual straw bale art projects have now become a way for everyone to celebrate the end of another growing season. Its just something fun to do together after harvest. This neighborhood has always been close. Generations of these families have grown crops in this soil. Raised on the farms where they live now, they grew up together as their elders did before. A1 and Karen are truly super neighbors. Every year they also grow about two acres of corn to give away. Anyone can pick some, or A
