2023年楚雄彝族自治州南华县考研《英语一》预测密卷含解析.doc

2023年楚雄彝族自治州南华县考研《英语一》预测密卷 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 1948，my family drove to the Singer Sewing Center and bought a brand-new electric Singer. Then Ruby, my mother-in-law, 1 sewing. After supper, Ruby would bend over the machine, 2 clothes for her children and neighbors. Thousands of dresses. The Singer raised its needle millions of times. In 1987，Ruby 3 us on the phone, 4 .After thirty-nine years, her Singer didn’t work. No repairman could fix it because parts were not 5 . I went to a sewing machine store to buy one. Her old one was 6 .The new machines are plastic and have computers. They give classes on how to 7 them. In the display window was a 1948 metal Singer blackhead. “Does that one 8 ? ” I asked the man. “I don’t know，” he said. He plugged it in. It 9 to work. “It’s not for sale，” he said. It’s a(an) 10 . There aren’t lots of old Singer blackheads around anyone?” I 11 him about Ruby — how she lives by herself and sews to keep busy, how she 12 only six dollars to make a dress 13 the people she sews for are poor. He 14 the machine to me for twenty-five dollars. The next weekend we took it to Ruby’s. She stood by the car as we opened the trunk. As she looked down at the 15 , a smile creased (弄皱）her face. “It’s just like my 16 one，”she laughed. It’s still going strong. Ruby 17 charges six dollars a dress. On several occasions, my wife and I found 1948 Singer blackheads in antique stores. We 18 them and gave them to Ruby. She’s got a lot of 19 ahead, and we don’t want her to run out of sewing machines 20 she runs out of things to sew. 1、A．took out B．gave up C．set about D．put off 2、A．drying B．making C．washing D．folding 3、A．called B．advised C．changed D．ordered 4、A．puzzled B．excited C．frig