考研《英语一》甘肃省白银市白银区2023年预测密卷含解析.doc

考研《英语一》甘肃省白银市白银区2023年预测密卷 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) For me, two of the loveliest words in English are “Life persists”. I 1 them years ago as a college student, sitting in the library, 2 , working on a paper. Out of nowhere, those words came 3 off the page in a quote: “In the midst of death life persists, in the midst of 4 truth persists, in the midst of darkness light persists.” Suddenly I wasn’t unhappy and impatient any more. Then I 5 my granddad. I loved to talk with him. And I was 6 to hear what he’d think of it. He had poor hearing, so I had to 7 it a few times, but once he 8 it, he laughed. “All I can say to that is totally 9 ,”he said on the phone. I told him how glad I was, after a long winter, to finally see spring and 10 to find that quote. “Why is that?” he asked. Well, spring is a sure 11 that life persists. And it just makes me 12 .” He laughed again, and then in his 13 voice, he recited for me his 14 “spring time” words: “The desert shall rejoice(高兴), and 15 as the rose does…Even with joy and singing.” Many years later, 16 my husband and I drove across a desert with many wildflowers and blooming cactuses(仙人掌), I could 17 hear my granddad laughing: “The desert shall rejoice. Life persists, and so do we, in the silence of 18 and the blooming of cactuses; and in the dead of 19 and the green of spring. Spring 20 us that we’re alive forever. 1、A．looked for B．came across C．picked out D．made up 2、A．bored B．worried C．tired D．confused 3、A．running B．dancing C．rushing. D．moving 4、A．fear B．doubt C．terror D．lie 5、A．called B．visited C．consulted D．informed 6、A．patient B．confident C．upset D．desperate 7、A．copy B．print C．repeat D．recite 8、A．got B．made