考研《英语一》2023年巴马瑶族自治县预测试题含解析.docVIP

考研《英语一》2023年巴马瑶族自治县预测试题 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 and waited for Kathleen to speak. “Annie,” she said, “A food bank that serves the elderly is asking for 1 . I’d like you to organize the event” “Well, errr…sure.” As I stuttered(结巴地说) through my 2 , all I could think was, “What? Why me?” I walked back to my office wondering where to 3 . This was a time when the economy was 4 . The rise in unemployment forced many of my coworkers to 5 to survive. How could I ask them for more? That evening I drove home with negativity. Then I remembered a time when my father was out of work. Mom wrote a note to Jim, the milkman, asking him not to 6 any more milk. Two days later Jim picked up the 7 and left four liters of milk. He wrote his message, which read, “Kids need milk.” The milk delivery 8 as usual and Jim never collected a cent 9 us. The memory of Jim’s 10 fired my enthusiasm. Perhaps I’d be in for a pleasant surprise. The next morning I 11 signs about our food drive all over the cafeteria and on every notice board I could find. Each sign said, “Food drive to support the poor elderly! 12 of non-perishable(不易腐的) foods are greatly needed.” Within a few days I had to locate empty office space to 13 the massive number of contributions we had 14 . 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 15 . Though over sixty, she pushed our food trolley around with the 16 of a woman half her age. I asked her where she got all the enthusiasm. She said, “with the unemployment rate touching 10 percent, I can’t think of a better way to be 17 for keeping our jobs when so many have 18 theirs. Sure money is 19 . But when isn’t it? People