2023年灵宝市考研《英语一》预测密卷含解析.docVIP

2023年灵宝市考研《英语一》预测密卷 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) More than three decades ago, I was a student at a high school in Southern California. The student body of 3,200 was a melting pot of ethnic groups. The environment was 1 ?. One day I was walking down the side walk when someone kicked me from behind. Turning 2 ?, I discovered the local gang. Fists came from every 3 ?as the 15 gang members surrounded me. 4 I had to have an operation. My doctor told me that if I had been hit in the head 5 ?, I probably would have died. After I 6 ?, some friends said, “Let’s get these guys!” That was the way 7 were “resolved”. A part of me said, “Yes!” But another part of me 8 and said no. History has proved time and again that revenge only 9 the conflict. We needed to do something different to break the counter-productive(适得其反的) chain of 10 ?. Working with various ethnic groups, we 11 what we called a “Brotherhood Committee” to work on improving 12 relationships. I was amazed to learn how much 13 fellow students had in building a brighter future. Two years later, I 14 ?Student Body President. Even though I ran against two friends, one a football hero and the other a popular “big man of the campus”, a significant majority of the 3,200 students joined me in the 15 of doing things differently. We made significant progress in building bridges between 16 ?, learning how to talk with and 17 ?different ethnic groups, resolving differences without 18 and learning how to build trust in the most difficult of circumstances. Being stacked by the gang was clearly one of my toughest life moments. What I learned, 19 ?, about responding with love rather than returning hate has been a 20 ?force in my life. Turning up our light in the presence of those whose light is dim(昏暗的)becom