万宁市2023年考研英语一全真模拟试题Section I Use of EnglishDirections: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)There is an old proverb “The writer creates half the text; the reader creates the other half”. The statement is quite apt and very clear to clarify the fact that 1 is very important aspect of education. Conversation, experience, reading and observation are the ways by which an individual 2 And so it is clear that process of learning is 3 without reading.A very suitable example fitting in this context is from our evolution. We have 4 different ages, from Stone Age to Iron Age and from iron to space age, just by reading the hand 5 articles of our own ancestors and learning 6 their mistakes.When we 7 the pages of dictionary or search for a literal definition of “Reading”, we will find that it actually is a way of words attainment for active communication, and for 8 ideas and information. It is also a 9 of complicated interaction between the transcript and the 10 The reading process obliges constant practices, progress, and improvement.Reading and education is not just going through the text; it is actually a skill, talent or an expertise. It is measured by 11 parameters like phonics, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension. Although there are a number of 12 and techniques in reading, there are three tools by which one can improve reading and 13 skills. Lets find the three:Skimming: It is a skill by which readers gather the most prior information. In this process one has to only go through the text, grasping 14 information. Understanding does not actually 15 here. Reading morning newspaper is the 16 of this skill.Scanning: It is used to locate or mind a particular piece of information. The reader in this process is more conscious 17 here is also not so vital. One can go just reading and noting the important information which he/she are 18 Going through the travel ticket is the best example of this process.Intensive Reading: As the name suggest, this skill 19 thorough reading. Understanding is also one of its important aspects. It requires a concentration from the part of readers. Going through educational note or property papers are the example of 20 reading.1、AlisteningBrespectingCreadingDspeaking2、ApracticesBremembersCgrowsDlearns3、AincompleteBuselessCincorrectDinconvenient4、ApassedBrepeatedCmovedDsaw5、AspokenBwrittenCboughtDshown6、AinBfromCatDon7、Ago onBgo throughCgo aboutDgo after8、AsharingBarguingCenjoyingDcollecting9、AthoughtBreliefCprocessDtopic10、AbuyerBwaiterCwriterDreader11、AdifferentBdifficultCreliableDclassic12、AideasBmarksCcopiesDtools13、AoccupationBmeasureCcomprehensionDeducation14、ApoliticalBpersonalCimportantDinteresting15、AdifferBmatterCworkDoccur16、AexplanationBexampleCmomentDidiom17、AResearchBUnderstandingCInformationDSurvey18、Aglancing atBspeaking ofClooking afterDSearching for19、ArequiresBmeetsCreplacesDattracts20、AcreativeBactiveCnativeDIntensiveSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1 Self-driving cars are so popular that the University of Michigan has even established a town called Mcity to allow car manufacturers to safely test their autonomous cars.While Mcity can be used to simulate（模拟）many real-life road conditions，it cant help test gestures drivers use to communicate their intention（意图）to other drivers，pedestrians or cyclists. To find a solution，US car manufacturer Ford，with researchers from Virginia Tech，at the beginning considered using text as a way to communicate the cars intention，but decided it would probably not work universally. The option of using symbols was also rejected，because research shows that a majority of people do not have a good understanding of what they mean.Finally, the researchers settled on light signals. A white light warned that there were no humans in the car. A slow blinking one indicated that the car was coming to a stop, while a rapidly flashing light cautioned passersby that the car was about to speed up.Then came the big challengetesting the signals on real roads. We needed to try out this new lighting to communicate the intention of the vehicle, but if youve got a driver behind the seat, you still have natural communication between humans, said Andy Shaudt, who led the research team. So we needed to make it look like a driverless car.The team designed a car seat costume（戏装）that the driver would wear to cover his or her face and upper body. Of course，the drivers could see very clearly. The researchers then