甘肃省兰州市永登县2023年考研《英语一》深度预测试题含解析.docVIP

甘肃省兰州市永登县2023年考研《英语一》深度预测试题 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) When I was a boy growing up, we lived across a river from the main road next to a set of rail road tracks. The only way to our house was across a 1 . Our only neighbor, Frankie, lived in a(n) 2 house on the hillside behind our home. His house, 3 , was over a hundred years old. Frankie was already nearly 80 years old when I was 4 . He was a first generation, Italian immigrant who had never married. He had 5 on the railroad for over 40 years before retiring but still worked hard every day. I would watch him with 6 grow plants on hillsides. Frankie was 7 by today’s standards. He had no electricity or running water and would 8 once a week with water he boiled. I never seemed to 9 the smell when I visited him, though. His 10 remained broken even after all his years in America but somehow I never had any trouble 11 him. Frankie also 12 me in my spiritual growth. He did this mainly by 13 . He never lectured or taught. He just showed me how to live with honesty, kindness, and goodness. He showed me the joy of nature, the 14 that can come from just sitting outside on a sunny day. When Frankie 15 , we found he had over 40,000 dollars in the bank, a 16 at that time, from a lifetime of saving. It was sent to his brothers and sisters 17 living in Italy. We often wondered why he hadn’t used it to buy a better home and live more 18 . Looking back now, however, I know the 19 . He had food, shelter, clothes, and warmth both in his house and in his spirit. He 20 nothing more to be happy in his life. 1、A．street B．board C．map D．bridge 2、A．open B．empty C．old D．dark 3、A．in fact B．at first C．above all D．as usual 4、A．employed B．born C．prepared D．educated 5、A．worked