咸阳市兴平市2023年考研《英语一》深度预测试卷含解析.docVIP

咸阳市兴平市2023年考研《英语一》深度预测试卷 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 summer, Aunt Betta and Uncle Bill invited me to travel with them back home to Pennsylvania. I had never been 1 Los Angeles and was eager to meet our relatives. Our first night, we drove through the desert, and then through roads cut through hills. The next day we went through the Rocky Mountains. It was 2 driving up long inclines (斜坡) with abrupt U-shape turns on the steep hillsides, then driving 3 slowly with great caution. Beyond Colorado, we drove through miles of 4 , where I saw actual food being grown. I 5 some of the crops. In one small town we passed through, Aunt Betta decided I needed new 6 and took me to a country 7 . I was used to 8 dresses and skirts. Now I had my first pair of jeans, a flannel shirt, shorts and a T-shirt. I loved them all. 9 we reached our destination. Uncle Bill’s aunt had a perfect little two-story house. The first thing I 10 was a bed in a cute little room — for me! I looked forward to that. It would be like sleeping in a dollhouse. In the backyard, I saw red things 11 the back fence. Uncle Bill’s uncle said, “I think you never ate a 12 tomato in L.A．.” I hadn’t. He 13 picked one for me. I met all my new aunts, uncles and cousins. My cousins taught me how to do cartwheels (侧手翻) in the big front yard. Country people have more 14 , I thought. All the adults cried when we 15 , but I took home all the 16 of everything I’d seen. Back in L.A．, my lungs hurt when I took a deep breath. I 17 the fresh air. I dreamed of homegrown tomatoes. My country clothes seemed out of 18 , but I wore them anyway. I was two weeks late starting 19 , but I told my teachers only that I’d been in Pennsylvania and decided to 20 all the rest to myself. If only they could have experienc