考研英语一2023年隰县最后冲刺试题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) Whenever my kids have a party at school, I am the mom who always signs up to bring the juice boxes. Its not because Im 1 or that I dont care if my kids have a good party. I am just not good at making homemade bread into holiday-themed shapes like other mothers. 2 , Im happy to try, even though itll 3 me a long time to do it.People say that housewives should have the 4 to make delicious meals, keep their houses clean, and 5 every minute of their childs life. Their words used to 6 me a lot. I felt that I should also be able to do those things as a housewife. So 7 I couldnt make the turkey-shaped cookies, I 8 feeling like a failure as a mom.After many 9 attempts at baking, and many afternoons spent crying over my inabilities as a mother, I finally accepted the 10 that my lot (命运) in life is to be the juice box mom. I worked hard to be the 11 one in the elementary school. And after one of my daughters class parties, it 12 . Her teacher stopped me as I was leaving and said, “Thank you so much for always bringing 13 drinks. Sometimes parents forget that other children will also 14 class parties, and they end up being left out because we dont have enough 15 for everyone.”I just accepted her appreciation（感激）, rather than telling her that I brought extra drinks because I could 16 remember how many kids were in the class. But her 17 taught me an important lesson: Im not a failure as a mom.Not everyone is cut out to be a(n) 18 mom. I believe its okay to be the juice box mom. I may not bake cookies and decorate them beautifully, but I 19 something to drink. And I think thats just as 20 .1、AsmartBlazyCtiredDenthusiastic2、AHoweverBThereforeCOtherwiseDBesides3、AcostBgiveCintroduceDtake4、AdreamBabilityCexperienceDtool5、AcompareBsaveCtreasureDteach6、ApuzzleBreflectCupsetDamuse7、AunlessBbecauseCthoughDwhen8、Aended upBwent onCinsisted onDset out9、AfailedBcarelessCsuccessfulDuseful10、AgoalBopinionCfactDimpression11、AslowestBbestCworstDquickest12、Astood outBgot outCcame backDpaid off13、AcoldBsoftCextraDfresh14、AattendBholdCenjoyDleave15、AcookiesBdrinksCbooksDcups16、AalreadyBalwaysCeverDnever17、AcontributionBappreciationCcongratulationDcomprehension18、AloyalBcleverCableDrich19、AprovideBmakeCbuyDretell20、AbelievableBinterestingCridiculousDimportantSection 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 Would you buy a car that can release calming smells into the air when you are stuck in heavy traffic? Would you buy a robot that smells like a human being?Many people have seen the 3-D computer-made environments of virtual reality（虚拟现实）. Now these virtual worlds will not just look and sound real. Researchers have created VR environments that even smell like the real ones. With the new technology, users open a virtual door and step into a new environment, like a rainforest. After they enter this virtual world, special equipment releases forest-like smells into the air to make the experience feel more real.Suzanne Fisher-Murray said, “It is a really wonderful experience that you have because youre exploring this environment and you have smells with it.”In the United States, Smell-O-Vision was designed to provide smells during the showing of a movie. The Smell-O-Vision system was once popular in the 1960s. Now, Emanuela Maggioni says it is close to becoming popular again. “It connects emotions and memories with the sense of smell,” Maggioni said. “It is unbelievable what we can do with the technology.”The uses of smell technology are not just limited to films and the performing arts. Researchers showed a computer program where users could imagine themselves driving a car. The system included a special smell-spraying machine. Dmitrijs Dmitrenko said, “We want to deliver the smell of lavender(薰衣草) every time the person drives over the speed limit. We choose lavender because its a very calming smell.”Scientists are experimenting with smells instead of sounds or image-based alerts on telecommunications equipment. And businessmen have already used smells to influence peoples behavior. “Not only in stores, but also in other places you can create and stimulate(刺激) immediate purchase,” Maggioni said. “So youre in a library and when you smell coffee you will unconsciously have the need to drink a coffee.”1、Using smell technology, researchers make VR environments _