考研英语一贵州省黔南布依族苗族自治州贵定县2023年考前冲刺预测试卷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)Today there is more to read than ever before. The websites try their best to 1 with each other by offering reading updates. The social news sites are always filled with the 2 news and stories one can read everywhere online. 3 , there is no lasting value amid the whole competition. As far as their value is 4 , I assume it makes no much 5 whether you find one to read or 6 it. If you are someone who tends to 7 meaning in life, I am sure youve felt this way as well.Whenever this happens, I choose to turn back to the 8 , the old enduring meaningful books that have 9 the test of time. Most people believe, with our modern 10 we have invented new life. But this is not the 11 . When they think they are leading a life completely 12 what their ancestors had decades ago, they are 13 still surrounded by minor details and their life remains 14 .Everything has its particular place. Old books teach you how to live and what it 15 to be human, with moral standards. This is 16 they still play an important part in our life. Im glad that I am not 17 in this opinion. Many people agree that the wisdom of the greatest human minds 18 through centuries is the most valuable 19 of mankind.To make classic books 20 to youngsters, schools should make it possible for their students to find the books recommended by their teachers on the book-shelves in the library.1、Astruggle Bcommunicate Ccooperate Dcompete2、Atemporary Bfinal Clatest Dpresent3、AHowever BTherefore CInstead DBesides4、Aregarded Bsuggested Cconsidered Dconcerned5、Adifference Bsense Ccomment Dprogress6、Aprevent Blose Cmiss Davoid7、Agive up Bsearch for Cset aside Djoke about8、Aarticles Bfictions Cexperts Dclassics9、Amade Bstood Ccreated Dexperimented10、Aservice Bedition Ctechnology Dconstruction11、Acase Bbase Clife Dmatter12、Aequal to Bconsistent with Cdifferent from Dsimilar to13、Aprobably Bactually Cusually Dpotentially14、Aunchanged Bstable Csafe Dpeaceful15、Ashows Bproves Coffers Dmeans16、Awhether Bwhy Cwhen Dwhere17、Aalone Blonely Cdiscouraged Doptimistic18、Agiven up Bcarried away Cpassed down Dbrought up19、Arevolution Bperformances Cprocess Dpossessions20、Aattractive Baccessible Csuitable DbeneficialSection 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 Why should mankind explore space? Why should money, time and effort be spent exploring and researching something with so few apparent benefits? Why should resources be spent on space rather than on conditions and people on Earth? These are questions that, understandably, are very often asked.Perhaps the best answer lies in our genetic makeup as human beings. What drove our ancestors to move from the trees into the plains, and on into all possible areas and environments? The wider the spread of a species, the better its chance of survival. Perhaps the best reason for exploring space is this genetic tendency to expand wherever possible.Nearly every successful civilization has explored, because by doing so, any dangers in surrounding areas can be identified and prepared for. Without knowledge, we may be completely destroyed by the danger. With knowledge, we can lessen its effects.Exploration also allows minerals and other potential resources to be found. Even if we have no immediate need of them, they will perhaps be useful later. Resources may be more than physical possessions. Knowledge or techniques have been acquired through exploration. The techniques may have medical applications which can improve the length or quality of our lives. We have already benefited from other spin offs of space exploration. The technical improvements in earthquake prediction, in satellites for weather forecasting and in communications systems have long been in effect.While many resources are spent on what seems a small return, the exploration of space allows creative, brave and intelligent members of our species to focus on what may serve to save us. While space may hold many wonders and explanations of how the universe was formed or how it works, it also holds dangers. The danger exists, but knowledge can help human beings to survive. Without the ability to reach out across space, the chance to save ourselves might not exist.1、What might be the key to those questions mentioned in Paragraph