考研英语一石家庄市长安区2023年高分冲刺试卷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)From the window of my room, I could see tall cotton-rose hibiscus（木棉树）. In spring, when green leaves were half 1 in mist, the tree looked very attractive, 2 with red flowers. This inspiring neighbor of mine often 3 my mind working. I regarded it as my best friend 4 .However, when I opened the window one morning, to my amazement, the tree was almost 5 beyond recognition as a result of the storm 6 the night before. I was seized with a sudden sorrow at the thought “all the flowers are to fall”. I could not help 7 with emotion: the course of life never runs 8 , for there are so many ups and downs 9 twists and turns. The process of my life saw my beloved friends parting one after another. Isnt it 10 to the flowers falling off the tree in the wind?This event 11 from my memory as time went by. One day after I came home, I found the room hard to breathe in and opened the window 12 . Something outside caught my 13 and impressed me. It was plum tree（李树）with flowers 14 beautifully by the sunset. The surprise discovery filled me with pleasure. I wondered 15 I had no idea of some tough life restarting over the fallen petals（花瓣）when I felt sorry for the hibiscus.When the last petal 16 , all the admiration for the hibiscus disappeared as if nothing was left, until the landscape was again decorated with the red plum flowers to 17 people of lifes alternation and continuity. Cant it be said that life is actually a symphony, a harmonious 18 of loss and gain.Standing by the window lost in thought for a long time, I realized that no scenery in the world remains 19 As long as you keep your heart bathed in the sun, every dawn will present a fine start for you and the world will always be about 20 hopes.1、Aburied Bplaced Chidden Dtrapped2、Acovered Bsurrounded Cdotted Dmarked3、Aset Bprevented Cobserved Dbore4、Aregularly Bgradually Cnarrowly Dgenerally5、Ablank Bvacant Cbare Dempty6、Aeffect Bdamage Cfault Dfeast7、Ateasing Byelling Cswearing Dsighing8、Alucky Bsmooth Csimple Dcozy9、Aas well as Brather than Cas many as Dregardless of10、Adue Bcontrary Csimilar Dfamiliar11、Asank Bfaded Cmatured Dquit12、Acasually Bactively Cmerely Dfiercely13、Asoul Bnose Ceye Dmind14、Aset off Bset up Cput up Dput off15、Awhen Bif Chow Dwhy16、Aslipped Bquit Cdropped Dbroke17、Arid Bwarn Cconvince Dremind18、Acomposition Bdilemma Cdivision Dconflict19、Aunlimited Bunspoiled Cunchanged Dunexpected20、Afresh Bpractical Cprevious DvainSection 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 1Were often being told how self-driving can will reward US With almost unimaginable benefits when they finally hit the streets. Aside from the convenience of being chauffeured (私人司机) everywhere by artificial intelligence ( AI), theres the safety factor, not to mention how environmentally friendly driver-less electric vehicles could be. But theres also another advantageparking. Its one that could have a vast impact on the look, feel, and function of the cities, and it could thoroughly change the crowded urban spaces.“We arent going to need parking, definitely not in the places we have it now,” Alain L. Komhauser, a researcher at Princeton University, told Patrick Sisson at Curbed. “Having parking close to where people spend time is going to be a thing of the past. If Im at the office, it doesnt need to be there.” The extreme case of totally empty car parks and city streets with no stationary (静止的) vehicles would probably require people to fully let go of personal car ownership.“Car sharing is already reducing the need for parking spaces,” Carlo Ratti told Curbed. “Self-driving vehicles will strengthen this trend and have a dramatic effect on urban life, because they will blur (使模糊) the distinction between private and public modes of transportation,” he added. “Yourcar could give you a lift to work in the morning and then, rather than sitting useless in a parking lot, give a lift to someone else in your neighbourhood，social-media community, or city.”In that case, we neednt park our cars. Theyll park by themselves, so we would see a huge increase in the width of sidewalks, bike lanes, and space for any other kind of transportation.In all likelihood, we wont see these kinds of changes happening very s