考研《英语一》甘肃省庆阳市西峰区2023年统考试题含解析.docVIP

考研《英语一》甘肃省庆阳市西峰区2023年统考试题 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) People from every corner 1 into the streets that Christmas Eve. Frosty the Snowman, and Jingle Bells 2 in stores; on the pavements, the street singers performed happily. Everyone was 3 by someone else, delighted and cheerful. I was alone. As one of 8 kids of a Brazilian family, brought up in Americas crowded apartment, Id spent several years searching for aloneness. Now, 4 at 27, a college student after the 5 with my girlfriend, every cell inside me wanted to be alone, 6 not at Christmas. My family had returned to Brazil and my friends were 7 with their own lives. Dusk was approaching, and the fact that I had to return to my 8 home made me sad. Lights from windows blinked , and I hoped someone would 9 from one of those homes to invite me inside with a Christmas tree decorated with shiny fake snow and beautiful 10 . At a market, I felt more 11 when people were buying lots of goods, which 12 the gifts we received as children in my mind. I missed my family and wanted to cry for wanting to be alone and for having achieved it. Outside the church, a manger(小耶稣) had been set up. I stood silently watching the 13 : some of people were crossing themselves, 14 . As I walked home, I realized that leaving Brazil was still a painful experience as I struggled with 15 I had become in 15 years in America. I 16 the losses, but for the first time, I recognized what I’d gained. I was independent, 17 and healthy. My life was still ahead, full of 18 . Sometimes the best gift is the one that you give yourself. That Christmas, I gave myself 19 for what Id obtained up to now and promise to go forward. It is the best gift Ive ever got, the one that I most 20 . 1、A．rushed B．hurried C．flooded D．