2023年珲春市考研《英语一》模拟试题含解析.docVIP

2023年珲春市考研《英语一》模拟试题 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 child of seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers. I went at once to a shop where they sold toys for children. Being 1 with the sound of a whistle that I had seen by the way, in the hands of another boy, I 2 all my money for one. I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but 3 all the family. My brothers and sisters and cousins, when I told of the 4 I had made, said I had given four times as much as the whistle was worth. They put me in mind of what good things I might have bought with the 5 of the money, and laughed at me so much for my folly that I cried with vexation（烦恼）. Thinking about the matter gave me more 6 than the whistle gave me pleasure. 7 , this was afterwards of use to me, for the impression continued 8 my mind, so that often, when I was 9 to buy something I did not need, I said to myself, “Don’t give too much for the whistle,” and I saved my money. As I grew up, came into the world, and 10 the actions of men, I thought I met with many, very many, who “gave too much for the whistle.” If I knew a miser（守财奴）who 11 every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow citizens and the joys of friendship, 12 gathering and keeping wealth “ 13 man,” said I, “you pay too dear for your whistle.” When I met a man of pleasure, who did not try to improve his mind or his fortune but 14 devoted himself to having a good time, perhaps 15 his health, “Mistaken man, you are providing 16 for yourself, instead of pleasure; you are paying too dear for your whistle.” If I saw someone fond of 17 who has fine clothes, fine houses, fine furniture, fine ear