考研《英语一》2023年甘肃省酒泉市阿克塞哈萨克族自治县最后冲刺试题含解析.doc

考研《英语一》2023年甘肃省酒泉市阿克塞哈萨克族自治县最后冲刺试题 Section I Use of English Directions: 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 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 the 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 was 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 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 letters: 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 a shout of 20 . 1、A．it B．them C．that D．this 2、A．hold B．keep C．catch D．win 3、A．r