大连市甘井子区2023年考研《英语一》预测试题含解析.docVIP

大连市甘井子区2023年考研《英语一》预测试题 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) Sometimes a certain day has a special meaning. Fridays meant a trip to a senior nursing home downtown for me. It seemed as if this nursing home needed help, but 1 did I know it would help me, too. During my first visit I was asked to 2 some of the female residents nails. I carefully 3 the old color on their nails. As I applied new color, one woman 4 to tell me about her hidden pains, from her husband’s death to the one 5 she wanted most: a camera. I listened carefully. She smiled 6 , with some of her past pains taken off her mind. I left the nursing home that day, 7 by the fact that I had actually helped somebody. I realized that my 8 actions, just listening, for example, could make a(n) 9 to others lives. One woman, who happily commented that we 10 the same first name, confided (吐露) her opinions to me. Another 11 showed me a birthday card her children had sent her. Of course, not all of the conversations were 12 . When one elderly woman talked to me about 13 her 13-year-old daughter would be graduating from middle school this year, I didn’t know what to do but nod and listen, 14 that her daughter must have graduated decades ago. Although I could not 15 more years to the lives of these elderly residents, I could give them something simple thats often 16 in our society. Through our conversations, I gave them the 17 that in this fast-paced world, they were not forgotten—that members of younger generations still cared about them. Every moment I spend 18 is an opportunity to reduce their pain. 19 , that moment also shapes me. I not only learn about life and experiences outside of school but also receive the gift of being part of this 20 —the connection between humans. Those moments of sharing an