考研英语一2023年甘肃省武威市模拟预测试卷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)My wife and I separated in December. As you might expect, I had a very 1 December.My therapist(心理治疗师) gave me 2 totally unexpected. It was a small handmade Play-Doh heart. She 3 that it was not for me to keep, but only on 4 until I got my own heart. Then I 5 return it to her.After the session, I placed the heart carefully on the dash of my car and drove to 6 my daughter Juli-Ann, for this was the first night that she would be staying at my new home. As she got into the car, she was immediately 7 to the heart, picking it up, 8 it and asking me what it was.“Its a present from my therapist to help me through this difficult time 9 it is not for me to keep, but only to have till I get my own heart,” I 10 . Juli-Ann made no 11 . I wondered, at 11 years old, could she understand?Several 12 later, when my daughter was again at my home, she handed me her Valentines Day present for me: a small red box, 13 with a gold band. 14 Into the pretty little box. To my surprise, I pulled out a similar Play-Doh heart that she had made for me. I looked at her, 15 , wondering what it meant.Afterwards she slowly handed me a card. It was a(n) 16 . Juli-Ann had written me the most 17 and loving words I had ever read. Tears flooded my eyes and my heart 18 open:For My Dad/Here is a heart/for you to keep/for the big leap/youre trying to take/Have fun on your journey/It might be blurry/But when you get there/Learn to care 19 all my material wealth, I 20 this as my most sacred treasure.1、Ausual Bhard Cordinary Dcold2、Anothing Beverything Csomething Danything3、Areminded Brecommended Cresponded Dremembered4、Ahold back Bhold down Chold up Dhold onto5、Amay Bwill Ccan Dmust6、Atake up Bpick up Cmake up Dgive up7、Adrawn Btaken Cbrought Dshown8、Aopening Btouching Cpainting Dexamining9、Aso Band Cwhile Dor10、Aexplained Bdeclared Cshouted Dsighed11、Adifference Bsense Ccomment Danswer12、Ayears Bdays Cmonths Dweeks13、Aconnected Btied Cequipped Dmixed14、Amoved Blooked Cgot Dreached15、Asurprised Bexcited Cembarrassed Ddisappointed16、Astory Bessay Cpoem Dletter17、Atouching Binspiring Cinteresting Damusing18、Aburnt Bbeat Cbroke Dburst19、AThrough BAbove CAcross DBeyond20、Amiss Bremember Ccount DkeepSection 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 1In third-world countries such as Swaziland and Haiti, a $ 15-dollar invention is making a world of difference. Nokero, a company started by Brian Rants, sells lamps that do not require kerosene (蓖麻油). These solar lamps have become a staple (主流产品) in countries in Africa, to provide light for reading and safety at night.Nokcro has sold over 500,000 lamps in over 120 countries since it was first founded in 2010 and Rants thinks the demand for his product will only continue to increase. Most lamps found in third-world countries currently require kerosene to run. but kerosene causes indoor pollution and has been linked to fires that have caused over a million deaths.Instead of experiencing the effects of smoking 40 cigarettes a day from kerosene lamps, Rants thinks his solar lamps could be the answer for third-world countries. The Economist agrees, calling solar lights “the next big innovation for the worlds poor”. Nokeros solar lamps are higher in quality and less expensive than a lot of solar technology, making them a practical option for many people in third world countries.Rather than giving solar lamps to individuals in need. Nokeros mission is to make them affordable. Through research Rants has realized that individuals who buy a solar product take better care of it and value it more than if they had received it for free. Families who buy Nokeros solar lamps make up the cost in just a few months of not having to buy kerosene or pay for off-the-grid electricity.Some activists have attacked companies such as Nokero for selling products to the poor rather than simply giving them out for free. They argue that these companies unfairly profit off the poor. However, Rants disagrees. Families receive a product that is much higher in quality than what they might receive for free and feel a sense of ownership having purchased it for themselves.1、What do we know about the solar lamps in the passage?AThey save energy and cause no pollution.BThey equal the effect o