河南省焦作市孟州市2023年考研《英语一》全真模拟试卷含解析.docVIP

河南省焦作市孟州市2023年考研《英语一》全真模拟试卷 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) Personally I think trains are exciting and romantic. I must 1 that trains are not important means of transportation in the US, but I do have some 2 with them. When I was a child, growing up in a small town with very little 3 , we used to go to the station to watch the passenger trains coming in. There was something 4 about the steaming, roaring string of trains coming into view around the mountains, slowly growing larger and 5 and finally 6 crowds of strangers onto the platform. I took my 7 train trip when I was ten years old. I went with my elder sister to visit our cousins six hundred miles away. The train－so loud and violent on the outside was 8 and rocking inside. We were very excited, and as that was also our first time away from our parents, we felt somewhat frightened too. However, because I had 9 so much, I was a little disappointed when I was finally one of the passengers I had 10 for so long. As a college student, I 11 ride an overnight train to my roommate’s hometown. We could never afford a 12 , so we played cards, sang, ate, read and talked 13 we finally fell uncomfortably asleep in the straight-backed seats. My idea that trains are 14 may come from the fact that my husband and I took the train on our honeymoon, spending extra money to eat in the dining car, and 15 the window as the desert scenery slid past. Now, when I make a trip, I always fly or drive, and 16 are not a very important part of my life. 17 , every time I hear the train whistle faraway on a quiet night, I can always feel the 18 in my heart to pack my bags and jump on board, entering a 19 world of motions, sounds, sights, and experience which just aren’t 20 in the dull environmen