考研《英语一》四川省巴中市通江县2023年考前冲刺预测试卷含解析.docVIP

考研《英语一》四川省巴中市通江县2023年考前冲刺预测试卷 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) I was driving to the grocery store on a warm morning in May. I smiled as I watched the golden sunshine 1 off the leaves. It was such a 2 and heavenly time. My calm was broken, 3 ， as I rounded a curve (拐弯处). A huge U-Haul truck was coming my way several feet over the center line. I swerved as far onto the side of the road as I could to 4 it. It was followed by not one but two other U-Haul trucks just as 5 . I wondered if all the stuff inside of them 6 the same person. I slowed down my car and waited for my heart rate to 7 . It was then that I 8 a self-storage business along the side of the highway, building new units for all the people who couldn’t fit their 9 into their houses. I saw a(n) 10 couple carrying boxes into one of the units. It seemed 11 that a couple just out of their teens could already have too much stuff. I lost my own 12 for owning stuff when a house fire in the middle of the night destroyed everything my family owned. The only thing I had left was the underwear I was wearing. Yet, our whole family had awakened 13 to escape. In the weeks that followed friends and family gave us a lot of stuff to get us back on our feet, but none of it seemed as 14 any more. What was important was seeing Mom’s smile, giving Nana a hug and a kiss, and watching Dad snooze (打盹) in his chair 15 a hard day’s work. What was important was the stuff of 16 ， not the stuff of this world. Since then I have tried to limit the things I would 17 .I didn’t want too much stuff to 18 my life. I wanted to only buy what I needed and to spend my days in learning, growing, and 19 my family and others. I assumed that only by doing so could I make my 20 . 1、A．appreciating B．reflec