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1、考研英语一甘肃省甘南藏族自治州玛曲县2023年考前冲刺预测试卷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)Growing up, I always hid my thumbs in my fists because of their unusual shape. 1 they do look more like a b
2、ig toe（脚趾） 2 a thumb. And from an early age, my thumbs 3 another name “toe thumbs” .In high school, I served as a cashier in a grocery store. One day, I was 4 a sweet little old lady and as I 5 her change back to her, she suddenly took my hands and said in a thick Polish 6 , “You are Polish! Look at
3、 those 7 Polish thumbs! They match mine!” She raised her hands and 8 her thumbs to me that 9 weathered and wrinkled, looked exactly like mine! She 10 my hands again and said, “Be 11 of those thumbs!”Ill never forget that 30-second 12 with a stranger that forever 13 my view of a part of me I once was
4、 14 by and now accept. As I was eating dinner with my Samuel tonight, he looked down at my hand 15 on the table next to his and said, “Mommy! Our thumbs 16 !” I smiled and answered, “Yes, they do, buddy! Those are strong Polish 17 you have! Take pride in them! Maybe someday youll have a little boy o
5、r girl who will have the same thumbs!” I 18 my son never hides his thumbs like I did. I hope hell be proud of their “unusualness” and the 19 behind them. He carries on a(n) 20 part of me and that for me will always be beautiful!1、AAdmittedly BFortunately CNormally DBasically2、Aother than Bdue to Cin
6、stead of Dalong with3、Aearned Bcloned Cfound Ddeserved4、Awaiting for Bchecking out Ctalking with Dwatching over5、Apaid Bcharged Ccounted Ddonated6、Atune Bvoice Clanguage Daccent7、Abeautiful Bstrange Clong Dclumsy8、Apassed Brecommended Cshowed Doffered9、Atill Bunless Conce Dalthough10、Araised Binspec
7、ted Cexamined Dheld11、Asure Bskeptical Cafraid Dproud12、Aappointment Bconversation Cbargain Ddeal13、Asupported Bchanged Cproved Dhurt14、Aembarrassed Bfrightened Cdelighted Damazed15、Ascratching Bresting Cknocking Ddrawing16、Adiffer Bsuit Cfight Dmatch17、Afists Bthumbs Ctoes Dhands18、Aguarantee Bfigu
8、re Cinsist Dpray19、Ascene Blesson Chistory Dmoment20、Aunique Belegant Cfrank DsensitiveSection 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 1 It was rainy,
9、 and I had no desire to drive up the winding mountain road to my daughter Carolyns house. But she had insisted that I come to see something at the top of the mountain.So here I was, reluctantly making the two-hour journey through fog that hung like veils. By the time I saw how thick it was near the
10、summit, Id gone too far to turn back.Nothing could be worth this, I thought as I inched along the dangerous highway.“Ill stay for lunch, but I m heading back down as soon as the fog lifts,” I announced when I arrived.“But I need you to drive me to the garage to pick up my car,” Carolyn said, “Could
11、we at least do that?”“How far is it?” I asked.“About three minutes,” she said, “Ill driveIm used to it.”After ten minutes on the mountain road, I looked at her anxiously. “I thought you said three minutes.”She grinned. “This is a detour.”Turning down a narrow track, we parked the car and got out. We
12、 walked along a path that was thick with old pine needles. Huge black-green evergreens towered over us. Gradually, the peace and silence of the place began to fill my mind.Then we turned a comer and stoppedand I gasped in amazement.From the top of the mountain, sloping for several acres across the m
13、ountain side and valleys, were rivers of flowers in numerous colors. It looked as though the sun had tipped over and spilled gold down the mountainside.A series of questions filled my mind. Who created such beauty? Why? How?As we approached the home that stood in the center of the property, we saw a
14、 sign that read: “Answers to the Questions I Know You Are Asking.”The first answer was: “One WomanTwo Hands, Two Feet, and Very Little Brain.” The second was: “One at a Time.” The third: “Started in 1958.”As we drove home, I was so moved by what we had seen. I could scarcely speak. “She changed the
15、world.” I finally said, “one bulb (球茎) at a time. She started almost 40 years ago, probably just the beginning of an idea, but she kept at it.”The wonder of it would not let me go. “Imagine,” I said, “if Id had a vision and worked at it, just a little bit every day, what might I have accomplished?”Caroly
