2023年福建省厦门市集美区考研英语一模拟预测试卷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)When I was in high school, I didnt know anything about engineering. At that time, when the car I drove needed repairing, I was afraid to take it to the 1 Because honestly, the mechanic could have 2 me an electric can opener and said, “This is part of your car and its 3 -pay me to fix it.” Then I wouldnt have known any better.At the end of my junior year of high school, I heard about a summer program 4 to interest girls in engineering. The six-week program was free, and students were 5 college credits and a dorm room at the University of Maryland. I applied to the program, not because I wanted to be an engineer, but because I was looking forward to 6 and wanted to stay away from my parents for six weeks.I was accepted to the program and I earned six engineering credits. The next year I entered the university as an engineering student. Five years later I had a degree and three good job offers.I cant help shaking 7 I hear about studies that show women are 8 when it comes to math. They imply that I am a little stupid. Im not, but I 9 know that if I hadnt met with that summer program, I wouldnt be an engineer.When I was growing up, I was told, as many students were, to do what I was best at. But I didnt know what that was. Most people think that when you are 10 something, it comes easily to you. But this is what I discovered: just because a subject is 11 to learn, it does not mean you are not good at it. You just have to grit your teeth and work hard to get good at it. Once you do, theres good 12 that you will enjoy it more than anything else.1、AengineerBsalesmanCfactoryDmechanic2、AshownBgivenCbroughtDtaken3、AoldBbrokenCfixedDdirtied4、AdesignedBperformedCcontrolledDdescribed5、AsentBaffordedCofferedDawarded6、AindependenceBsuccessChappinessDbeauty7、AuntilBwhenCsinceDbefore8、Aat a disadvantageBat a lossCin a trapDin a shock9、AneverBdoChardlyDnearly10、Agood atBbad atCinterested inDdevoted to11、AeasyBfunnyCdifficultDinteresting12、AwillBfeelingCdesireDchanceSection 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 The subway system in the U.S. city of Boston will soon be equipped with train cars Made in China, which will be shipped to the city in December. The current train cars in Boston have been running for decades and are too old to provide a modern trip experience.Made in northeastern Chinas Jilin Province, the new cars can run at a speed of 102 kilometers per hour. Although designed according to the U.S. standard, the producing method of the cars is owned by a Chinese company named CRRC, the China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation. The final products match the Boston subways strict maximum weight requirement of 34 tons per car, which barred a lot of world-famous companies from getting the order form. The cars have to be solid, but light-weight at the same time, technology manager of the project Hong Haifeng told CCTVs Mandarin news channel. And they have to be compatible with the century-old facilities in Boston.This is the first time for Chinese rail equipment to be used in the United States. The new cars are designed to run for 30 years. CRRC showcased the model car in Boston on April 3. CCTV reported that the model was praised by the local leaders and citizens, including the governor of Massachusetts Charlie Baker. Were really looking forward to putting these in transit, he said, adding that the upgrades will bring the Boston subway into the modern era.1、Why Boston choose train cars made in China?AThey can offer the local people a modern trip experience.BThey can run at a higher speed.CThey meet the Boston subways strict requirements.DThey are of higher quality.2、What does the underlined phrase be compatible with in paragraph two mean?AmatchBcompareCbe competitive withDbe competent of3、Whats the attitude of the local people towards the model car?AnegativeBdoubtfulCskepticalDoptimistic4、What may be the best title for the text?ABoston Will Replace Its Old Train CarsBThe Advantages of Train China-made CarsCChina-made Train Cars Will Come Into BostonDBostonians Preference for China-made ProductsText 2Is smile just a facial expression? Of course not! It is not only used to express pleasure, affection, and friendliness, but also the commonest way to show our good will perfectly without saying anything. A Chinese saying runs：“Never hit a person who is smiling at you.” It is a time-proven fact that smile is a language al