考研《英语一》2023年山东省济宁市邹城市全真模拟试卷含解析.doc

考研《英语一》2023年山东省济宁市邹城市全真模拟试卷 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) All Quiet in a Darkened Library After my mother died, my father, who was 75 at the time, began to regularly visit the local library in Epping. He loved going there 1 he enjoyed reading different kinds of books, especially reading the newspapers on Saturdays. The library had a small area, where the soft carpet, folding chairs and lap desks 2 a comfortable space for independent reading. My dad would sit there for hours. This particular wintery Saturday, at about 12 noon, after being there for two hours, my dad 3 that it was very quiet and darker than usual. He looked around, realizing that all the staff had left and he had been 4 locked in. My dad was a “panic merchant” at the best of times, so I can only 5 what he was like when this happened. The doors had been locked from the outside and he had no way 6 . He must have felt completely at a 7 , since he didn’t know some 8 for handling this kind of crazy situation. My dad looked at the noticeboards to try to find a 9 phone number—a staff member or someone he could ring to help let him out—but without 10 . So he rang the police station and they kindly got in touch with the head librarian. The head librarian immediately rang my dad back at the library, and 11 that she would be soon there. She tried to 12 him and even explained how he could make a coffee if he wished. This was very nice, but my dad was in too much of a “ 13 ” to do so. Thankfully, the head librarian arrived 14 the hour and let my dad out. She apologized for the 15 it had caused my father and sent my father back home in person. We were very grateful, since she could easily have been 16 at having to come back to work. The next day my dad seemed to 17 from this accident.