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1、考研英语一2023年新城子区统考试题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)No Direction HomeIn August last year, my parents and I visited our relatives in Princeton Junction, New Jersey. Every da
2、y I enjoyed walking a circular way starting from their house. One evening I decided to be adventurous and changed from my 1 wayI was looking forward to a longer walk, 2 that I would be able to find my way back.My walk took me 3 the living area and into a beautiful place with an expanse of fields on
3、both sides of the road. With the sun beginning to 4 , it was really a wonderful sight. After about thirty minutes, I noticed that I was not 5 back in the direction I had comein fact I seemed to be moving further away. I searched my pocket for the mobile phone to get help, but it wasnt there. I had 6
4、 it at home.However, I remained 7 . Although there werent any people about, there was some 8 and I was sure that someone would stop and 9 me in the right direction. As each car or truck came, I stopped and 10 , but time after time each one passed me by. No one seemed to feel any 11 for me. About for
5、ty minutes, I was beginning to feel 12 . There was no one in sight and my family was completely in the dark as to my 13 .When I just gave up all hope, a black SUV 14 me and stopped. A mother and daughter wanted to know how they could help. I told them I was lost and gave them my address. The mother
6、pointed to a turning a little further down the road and 15 me I was pretty close to home. Expressing my thanks, I started off at a fast 16 .I had been walking for about five minutes when I heard a car drive up behind me and stop. It was the mother and daughter again. They realized that they had not
7、given me the correct 17 and my destination was much further away.They offered to 18 me home, and I was so grateful for their help. During our brief conversation I got the 19 that the teenage daughter was going to a school party and would now arrive late. We didnt 20 names but I will never forget the
8、ir act of kindness.1、Aproper Bregular Cgeneral Dsimilar2、Aconfident Bgrateful Cashamed Dproud3、Awithin Bround Ctoward Dbeyond4、Ashine Brise Cset Dfade5、Aheading Bkeeping Ctaking Dlooking6、Alost Bleft Cheld Dsent7、Asilent Bcrazy Cawake Dcalm8、Adelay Bcontrol Ctraffic Dservice9、Apoint Bremind Cinform
9、Dfollow10、Acheered Bwaved Csighed Dnodded11、Asympathy Bsatisfaction Crespect Dresponsibility12、Ainnocent Bridiculous Cfortunate Ddesperate13、Aroutine Bjudgment Cposition Dimpression14、Asurrounded Bapproached Cpreserved Daccompanied15、Asupported Bdefended Ccorrected Dpromised16、Apace Btrack Clevel Ds
10、tage17、Adecision Bschedule Cdirection Dprocedure18、Acharge Bdrop Callow Dreach19、Agoal Bpermit Cattention Dsense20、Asign Blist Cexchange DcallSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answe
11、rs on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1I READ mostly fiction before I was introduced to CaMalcolm Gladwells work.In his TED talk called Choice, Happiness, and Spaghetti Sauce (意大利面酱), he used the examples of Pepsi and spaghetti sauce to argue that giving people choices makes them happy. If I had o
12、nly heard his conclusion statement and missed the evidence that he employed, I would have been wondering how he could argue such an interesting point. But he structured his argument like a detective story, with each puzzle piece contributing to the conclusion.Fascinated, I borrowed his book Outliers
13、: The Story of Success from the library. Each chapter had its own story and argument, and all of the arguments were about factors that contributed to an individuals success in the world.The depth of his research was amazing. In the first chapter, he analyzed the reasons behind the crash of Korean Ai
14、r Flight 801 in 1997, which killed more than 220 people. The disaster took place partly because the co-pilot didnt point out the mistakes that the pilot was making. In South Korea, its disrespectful to disagree with higher ups even if they are doing something wrong.Perhaps most interesting of all, G
15、ladwell explained why Asians are so good at math. He said Asians get an advantage when they learn how to count because their language has fewer syllables (音节) and makes numbers easier to remember.But Gladwell is mostly interested in answering my favorite question, Why?” And thats exactly why I love his works. After reading Ou
