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1、河北省唐山市滦南县2023年考研英语一高分通关卷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)Sometimes people around you can change your values. My elder brother Steve, in the 1 of my father who died when I
2、was six, gave me important lessons in 2 that helped me grow into an adult. Once when I returned 3 from a baseball game, it was Steve 4 took the time to ask me what happened. When I explained that my baseball had 5 through Mrs. Holts basement window, breaking the glass, Steve encouraged me to 6 to he
3、r. After all, I should have played in the park and not in the path 7 buildings. Although my 8 trembled as I stood explaining, I offered to 9 the window if she would return my ball. I also learned that personal property is a 10 thing.After I found a shiny silver pen in my fifth-grade classroom. I wan
4、ted to keep it, but Steve explained that it might be important to someone else 11 the fact that it had little value. He reminded me of how much Id hate to lose to someone else the small dog my father 12 from a piece of cheap wood. I returned the pen to my teacher, and 13 remembered the smell of her
5、perfume as she patted me on my shoulder. Yet of all the 14 Steve gave me, his respect for life is the most 15 in my mind.At twelve I killed a sparrow with a gun. Excited with my 16 , I screamed to Steve to take a look. I shall never forget the way he stood for a long moment and 17 the bird on the gr
6、ound. Then in a dead, quiet voice, he asked, “Did it hurt you first, Mark? “ I didnt know what to answer. He continued with his eyes 18 . The only time you should even think of hurting a living thing is 19 it hurts you first. And then you think a long, long time. I really felt terrible then, but tha
7、t moment 20 as the most important lesson my brother has taught me.1、Aabsence Binfluence Cpresence Dappearance2、Apersonalities Bbeliefs Cimpressions Dvalues3、Ain surprise Bin tears Cat ease Din vain4、Awhich Bwhat Cwho Dwhom5、Adashed Brocketed Cswelled Dpaced6、Aadmit Bsubscribe Cconfess Dappeal7、Abene
8、ath Babove Cin Dbetween8、Alegs Bhands Ctoes Dback9、Apay for Bbreak down Caccount for Dpull through10、Agenuine Bsacred Cmagical Dspecific11、Aregardless of Binstead of Con account of Din spite of12、Aproduced Bshaped Cpurchased Dcarved13、Atherefore Beven Cstill Dyet14、Agifts Blessons Cpens Dsparrows15、
9、Avivid Bcasual Cpermanent Dvalid16、Aprediction Bintelligence Caccuracy Dexpectation17、Astared at Bpicked up Cglared at Dcaught sight of18、Ablank Bshut Cfirm Dwide19、Aas Bfor Csince Dwhether20、Apasses by Bstands out Ccrowds of Dfades ofSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the followi
10、ng 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 study, conducted by David Evans of the World Bank and Anna Popova of Stanford University, looked at 19 programs around the world in which individuals were given cas
11、h transfers from the government, either as a handout or as a “reward” for something like getting kids to school on time or taking them to the doctor for checkupsEvans and Popova looked at the impact those cash transfers had on the family budget and whether or not they led to an increase in spending
12、on alcohol and cigarettes What they found was that they almost always led to a reduction in a familys alcohol and tobacco purchasesThe news may surprise some people, but its true, and the researchers have several theories about whyOne theory is that the cash transfer made things possible that once s
13、eemed impossible Investing in their kids education or buying healthier and more expensive foods may be within reach now, but without the cash handout, these goals werent even a possibilitySo families cut back on other expenses (like alcohol and tobacco) to make those dreams a realityAnother theory i
14、s that people just generally seem to do what theyre toldIf they are given money and told to use it for their familys welfare, in most cases, they will do just thatAnd that leads to the third theory: These cash transfers are usually given to women, and studies show that when women control the purse strings, more money is spent on taking care of their childrenWhatever the reason for the trend, the data is clearfamilies that receive cash handouts dont waste the money on booze and cigarettes as was previously thought Instead, they typically use that money for the benefit of their familiesAnd that
