达州市2023年考研《英语一》巅峰冲刺试卷含解析.docVIP

达州市2023年考研《英语一》巅峰冲刺试卷 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) In Thanks for What We Have I sat nervously and waited for Kathleen to speak. Being called to the human resources department is a little like being called to the principal’s office. “Annie,” she said, “A food bank in our town that serves the elderly is asking for 1 . I’d like you to organize the event and see it through.” “Well, um, errr...sure. I guess so.” As I stuttered (结结巴巴地说）through my 2 , all I could think was, “What? Why me?” I walked back to my office without any idea as to where to 3 . This was a time when the economy was 4 . The rise in unemployment forced the families of many of my coworkers to 5 to survive. How could I ask my coworkers for more? That evening I drove home filled with 6 . Then I remembered a time long ago when my father was out of work. Mom wrote a note to Jim, the milkman, asking him not to 7 any more milk. Two days later Jim picked up the 8 and left four liters of milk. He wrote his own message on the back side of Mom’s. It read, “Kids need milk.” The milk; delivery 9 as usual and Jim left four liters of milk every other day, never collecting a cent with us. The memory of Jims 40 fired my enthusiasm Perhaps I’d be in for a pleasant surprise. The next morning I 10 signs about our food drive all over the cafeteria and on every notice board I could find. Each sign read, “Food drive to support the elderly poor of our town! 11 of non-perishable(不易腐的）foods are greatly needed.” Within a few days I had to locate empty office space to 12 the massive number of contributions we had 13 . One of my coworkers, Maggie, made the rounds with me every day from one department to another to pick up the canned goods and other 14 . Maggie was over sixty but pushed our food trolley around wi