咸阳市长武县2023年考研《英语一》高分冲刺试卷含解析.docVIP

咸阳市长武县2023年考研《英语一》高分冲刺试卷 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) One day I was doing a big clean-up when I 1 a knotted handkerchief with an old dark brown coin inside. I took one look and immediately 2 an unforgettable time. In 1991, I spent five months in Niger, with sandstorms and great heat. Its 3 and beggars were my biggest and most constant complaint. Street beggars would continually reach out their hands, shouting “Gift! Gift!” One day, I 4 for neighboring Burking to work in a health clinic. Arriving by taxi at our destination in Burkina, we began to 5 In darkness, a motorbike with two men approached slowly. Without any 6 , one of them grabbed my pack as the motorbike swept close by. Within seconds, the two were out of sight, 7 up by the night. The bag had my passport, money, traveler’s cheques, a camera, an airline ticket and other things 8 to me. I was in deep trouble. In the weeks that followed, I 9 guarded the rest of my valuables and regarded all 10 with suspicion. All I wanted was to leave this place. Then, walking through Burkina’s streets, I met with an old woman. “Gift! Gift!” she cried. I’d had enough. I was 11 of the country: its poverty(贫困), its thieves, the heat, and the dust. I told her angrily, “A thief stole all my money and now I can’t 12 out of your country. I cannot give you anything.” The woman beggar listened attentively and 13 my words. Then she reached 14 the folds of her dress. “Then I will give you a gift,” she announced. Kindly, she placed an old, dark brown coin in my hand. I looked at it in 15 It was a very small amount of money, but for this woman, the coin 16 a meal. At that moment, I felt a shame. In spit of her 17 , she was able to give me something priceless. I saw then the 18 beauty of the people of Burkina, and appreciated deeply