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1、考研英语一2023年河北省秦皇岛市全真模拟试卷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)Few other nations are so much interested in horse racing as the English. The famous races Ascot are held every year
2、 and followed by sports fans all over England. The king or the queen also attends 1 and presents the winner with a gold cup. To 2 this gold cup is the dream of every owner of a race horse. All newspapers, great and small, are full of detailed description of the 3 , and the name of the 4 winner of th
3、e Ascot cup is pronounced by everyone 5 of a great hero.It happened once, however, some seventy years ago, that the gold cup was stolen a few days before the race! The police 6 for it all over the country but could not find it.Just at the time, Mark Twain, the witty American writer, 7 England. He wa
4、s 8 by an England Literary Society to be 9 at a dinner given in his honor. After dinner the president of the society rose to propose a toast to Mark Twains health and 10 in every way the talent of the 11 American. Mark Twain 12 started his speech with the following words:“Gentlemen, I thank you for
5、the great honor you have done me, 13 I very much doubt whether all your countrymen join you in your 14 welcome. When I arrived at Dover yesterday, and 15 my foot in “Merry Old England, the first thing I saw was a newspaper poster and on it, 16 my great surprise, I read two 17 printed in big red lett
6、ers:MARK TWAIN ARRIVES!ASCOT CUP STOLEN!“These two announcements stood so closely together that it 18 seemed, gentlemen, as if some people in this country may be sure that my 19 had something to do with the disappearance of the gold cup!” This witty speech of the famous American author was met with
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8、free10、Asuggest Bpraise Ccheck Dunderstand11、Atiring Bselfish Cfamous Dshy12、Ain reply Bin cash Cin short Din time13、Aas soon as Bas though Ceven if Din case14、Aindifferent Bwarm Cviolent Dcold15、Aset Bgot Cwent Dstarted16、Afor Bto Cwith Dby17、Aarticles Bpassages Cparagraphs Dheadings18、Asuddenly Bh
9、ardly Creally Dmainly19、Aarrival Bprinciple Cexpression Dattitude20、Ainterest Bbreath Canger DlaughterSection 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 on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text
10、1 How far would you go for your kids education? That s a question many parents are asking in the wake of the college cheating scandal(丑闻)involving 38 wealthy parents around the country， including actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman. Here s how far I went. In the fall of 2017 my husband and
11、I lost our jobs. We had to tell our daughter, Casey, that we couldnt afford to send her back to school for her junior year at Fordham University. We decided the best choice for our family would be for Casey to sit out a year. We promised that we would get her back the following year. Casey decided t
12、o spend the year volunteering in South Africa On Sept 30, 2017, we put our oldest child on a plane halfway around the world. Casey worked as a tutor teaching kids math, English and music in Johannesburg. We did get Casey back in school in time. When she returned to the campus, she studied harder. Sh
13、e isnt what she used to be. Each day is marked by gratitude because she knows what it is like not to be able to get an education.I wonder why the college cheating scandal happened and I think it boils down to this: Parents want to create a comfort zone for their kids. Of course, we want the best for
14、 our kids but sometimes we forget that real growth doesnt happen in times of comfort; those valuable lessons come when we are forced to think in ways we otherwise wouldnt haveWhile I did less for my child than these wealthy parents did in terms of means, in other ways I did more. I taught her that d
15、isappointment is a part of life and we should face it bravely rather than avoid it. My husband and I showed Casey that her strength is in her struggle. Thats how far I went for my kid s education. And I dare say she is wiser and better off for it.1、What do the parents involved in the college cheating scandal have in common?AThey are well knownBThey are aggre
