2023年云南省临沧地区考研英语一考前冲刺试题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) One day, I went to my favorite cafe for lunch. I 1 a burger and went to the outdoor seats. While waiting for my meal, a homeless man on a bicycle stopped to ask if there was a grocery store nearby. After I gave him 2 , he asked if I had 3 from Santa Clara University. (I was wearing a SCU T-shirt. )I told him, yes. Little did I know that this 4 response would lead to a 90-minute conversation. The man, Michael, told me he was very intelligent. 5 , drug use had ruined both his formal education and his pursuit of 6 in his work. He drifted from one topic to another, 7 the fact that I was ready for my lunch.He clearly had more of a 8 to talk than I did. I made every 9 to give him my full attention, never 10 our talk would go on and on. Eventually, I did eat my meal, bite by bite 11 responses in our conversation. Michael was a bit strange. 12 his interests and viewpoints. We had little in 13 , but he was fascinated with talking with, as he 14 it, “intelligent people.” I have to admit, I wish our conversation had been 15 to ten or fifteen minutes, but when Michael finally 16 off, he thanked me for listening so 17 to him and for my 18 to talk with him for so long. It was then that I 19 that, just maybe, that was my purpose in life for today to be there, in that place, at that time, to 20 in that conversation.1、AbookedBordered CmadeDselected2、AcommandsBcontributionsCintroductionsDdirections3、AquittedB1eftCgraduatedDlearned4、AsimpleBcarelessCtimelyDsignificant5、AUnfortunatelyBUnnecessarilyCConsequentlyDAdditionally6、ApowerBsuccessCluckDstrength7、AadmittingBrecognizingCignoringDcovering8、AbenefitBambitionCneedDchance9、AuseBdifferenceCdecisionDeffort10、AwonderingBexpectingCattemptingDrequesting11、AbetweenBinCbeyondDamong12、Ain terms ofBin favor ofCin case ofDin place of13、ApublicBvainCparticu1arDcommon14、AtookBsawCputDgot15、AappliedB1imitedCcomparedDreferred16、AdroveBracedCrodeDturned17、AattentivelyBclearlyChonestlyDcasually18、AweaknessBquietnessCbusinessDwillingness19、AstruckBoccurredCrealizedDcomplained20、AresultBengageC1eadDcompeteSection 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 1Airbags, now found in almost every vehicle, have saved countless lives and largely reduced the severity of injuries in crashes. Similar technology could greatly reduce broken hips (髋部) resulting from a fall, something most seniors fear.Dr. Robert Buckman and his start-up company, Active Protective in Allentown, Pennsylvania, has developed a promising solution, a wearable airbag that can protect hip bones in the event of a fall. The idea was the result of Dr. Buckmans years as a doctor at Temple University. He noticed how many elderly people were being brought into hospitals with broken hip due to falls, and how they often never completely recovered from the injuries. He started to ask what he could do for these people, and that was when he started trying to figure out whether there was a way of helping people who were at the highest risk of falling and suffering these kinds of injuries.The device is worn much like a regular belt, but on the outside of the clothing, and it includes sensors that monitor the movement of hips. If the device detects that the person, is falling, an airbag opens before the person hits the ground, cushioning the fall. When the wearer hits the ground, the bag reduces the force to the hip bones by 90 percent, enough to avoid the majority of hip injuries.With one out of every three people aged 65 and older suffering serious falls each year, Active Protective has a big market for its wearable device. It also has the potential to sizably reduce hip - related health care expenses: Hip injuries among the elderly cost the US health care system in 2012 $30 billion, which doesnt include the long-term care expenses associated with the high percentage of patients that can no longer live independently.1、What is the purpose of the Active Protectives airbag?ATo avoid hip injuries among seniors.BTo protect seniors from car accidents.CTo help seniors with their daily nursing.DTo help doctors deal with serious injuries.2、What inspired Dr. Robert Buckman to make the device?AA report on seniors health.BA serious fall he experienced.CHis work experiences as a doctor.DSuggestions of seniors at Temple University.3、How does the device mainly wo