2023年湖南省长沙市芙蓉区考研英语一深度预测试题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)As a child I was always good at drawing and art. I won 1 , got constant attention, and even saw my face in the 2 and on television because of my natural ability to 3 .Most people who 4 to come across something that they are good at are 5 to take it and run with it. Of course, my life was no 6 . From teachers, to principals, to family members, 7 seemingly had a ton of advice to give me in regards to art.All the while, my true desire was 8 . I entered poetry, essay, and short - story contests and 9 them all. It was such a contrast from my artistic 10 experience! It was so bad that I 11 a good friend of mine who told me once, “If you are so good at drawing why do you even care about writing? 12 drawing!”Though well intended, eighteen years later Im 13 I didnt take his words to heart. Years went by with me still writing and still occasionally entering 14 .It wasnt until my first year in college that I finally got honorable 15 in a poetry contest. As a writer Ive truly 16 .Im sure there are things in your life that are 17 and yet, rewarding. Endurance (忍耐), especially when it comes to things you truly love is 18 . Take some time to devote some more 19 to the “thing” that didnt come 20 and see what happens.1、Apraise Bawards Csupports Dsuccess2、Astreet Bschool Cnewspaper Dbook3、Adraw Bact Clearn Dshow4、Awant Bmean Cagree Dhappen5、Aencouraged Binvited Cdeveloped Dpermitted6、Aperfect Bdifferent Csimilar Dlucky7、Aeveryone Bwho Cthat Dno one8、Aart Bfixing Cwriting Dmusic9、Awon Bignored Cmissed Dlost10、Ainterest Bcompetition Ccareer Dtalent11、Ahad Bmade Cfound Dmet12、AGive up BTake in CStick to DPut away13、Aglad Bsorry Csad Dsure14、Atraining Bcontests Carticles Dtrouble15、Aappearance Bchange Cmention Dname16、Aforgot Bregretted Cexpected Dgrown17、Achallenging Bbeautiful Cappealing Dhopeful18、Ameaningless Bpopular Cessential Dpainful19、Aconsideration Benergy Cmoney Deducation20、Ayoung Bbad Cusual DeasySection 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 1Imagine a cat that does not need someone to clean up after it keeps an older person company and help them remember to take their medicine. That is the shared dream of the toy maker Hasbro and scientists at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. The researchers received a $3-nillion-dollar award from the National Science Foundation for a special project. They want to find ways to add artificial intelligence, or AI., to Hasbros “Joy for All” robotic cat.The cat has already been for sale for two years. Though priced over 200 dollars, it sold quite well. It was meant to act as a “companion” for older people. Now the project is aimed at developing additional abilities for the cat. Researchers at Browns Humanity-Centered Robotics Initiative are working to decide which activities older adults may need the most. They hope to make the cat perform a small number of activities very well. Such activities include finding lost objects and reminding the person to take medicine or visit their doctor. They also want to keep the cost down to just a few hundred dollars.It is an idea that has appealed to Jeanne Elliot. Her 13-year-old mother Mary Derr lives with her in South Kingstown. Derr has dementia（痴呆）. The boy for All cat that Elliot bought this year has become a true companion for Derr. The cat stays with Derr and keeps her calm while Eliot is at work. Elliot said a robotic cat that helps her mother to remember to take her medicine and be careful when he walks would be greater.The researchers are trying to learn how the improved cats will complete helpful activities and how they will communicate. They say that they do not want a talking cat, however. Instead they are trying to design a cat that can move its head in a special way to successfully communicate its message. In the end, they hope to create an exchangebetween the human and the cat in which the human feels the cat needs them. By doing so, the researchers hope they can even help prevent feelings of loneliness and sadness among elderly people.1、Whats the purpose of the project?ATo relieve the pain of the elderly. BTo promote the sales of a medicine.CTo help make the robotic cat smarter. DTo invent a robotic cat for the elde