考研英语一2023年湖北省孝感市大悟县深度预测试卷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)How far would you walk to learn about something that interested you? When he was young, Jacob Lawrence often walked more than sixty 1 from his home in the Harlem section of New York City to the Metropolitan Museum of ArtJacob wanted to be a（n） 2 ，and he believed that studying the famous paintings 3 in that museum would help himIt was 1930,when many people were out of work, money was 4 and people suffered a lotStill the streets were 5 with energy and colorAs he walked through Harlem, Jacob looked hard at the people, the churches, and barbershops and so onHe 6 those images in his mind, along with the images of paintings he saw in the 7 Jacob came from a poor familyHis mother believed there was little chance 8 her son could grow up to be a successful painterShe wanted him to aim for something more 9 But Jacobs teacher, Alston, in an art program saw that he was talentedAlston 10 him how to use paints to make stage setsAs time passed, Alston let Jacob rent work space in his own studio That was an exciting place for a young black man 11 to become an artistMany creative people 12 there to talk about art, literature and historyFrom their 13 ,Jacob learned that history books often 14 the accomplishments of African AmericansHe decided to paint a sel1es of pictures describing the story of a black heroHe 15 Toussaint, who had helped free his people 16 French rulingMany people admired Jacobs pictures, but he needed 17 admirationTo help his family, he often had to work at jobs that 18 him away from paintingThen something encouraging happenedAn artist named Augusta got Jacob a jobFor eighteen months, Jacob was given a 19 to paint pictures For the first time, he felt like a 20 artist1、Asteps Bblocks Cbuildings Davenues2、Aartist Btutor Cscholar Dofficial3、Aswinging Bexisting Changing Dtwisting4、Ablank Bloose Ctough Dtight5、Alined Bdecorated Cassociated Dfilled6、Astored Breceived Ccreated Dremembered7、Amuseum Bstudio Cchurch Dstreet8、Awhether Bwhich Cthat Dwhen9、Aprecious Bpractical Cstandard Dflexible10、Arecommended Breminded Cprovided Dshowed11、Ahesitating Bstruggling Cmarching Dparticipating12、Asettled Bwandered Cgathered Drushed13、Aexperiences Bperformances Caccents Dconversations14、Aacknowledged Baccused Cignored Dwitnessed15、Achose Baccepted Ccounted Demployed16、Aagainst Bfrom Cfor Dwith17、Amore than Brather than Cother than Dless than18、Abroke Bgave Cpermitted Dtook19、Aaward Btitle Csalary Dprize20、Apermanent Bpopular Cpositive DprofessionalSection 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 When Zbynek Frolik needed new employees to handle increasing orders at his factories in central Bohemia, he sent out advertisements across the Czech Republic. But in a prosperous economy where nearly everyone had work, there were few takers. Raising wages didnt help. Nor did offers to subsidize(补贴) housing. So he turned to the robots.“We cant find enough humans,” said Mr. Frolik, whose company, Linet, makes hospital beds sold in over 100 countries. “So were trying to replace people with machines wherever we can.”Such talk usually makes people think of a future where employees are no longer needed. In many major economies, companies are experimenting with replacing factory workers, truck drivers and even lawyers with artificial intelligence.But in Eastern Europe, robots are being enlisted as the solution for a shortage of workers. Often they are helping to create new types of jobs as businesses in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland try to stay competitive. Economic growth in these countries has averaged 5 percent in recent years, affected by the global recovery. A booming economy has reduced the jobless rate to just 2.4 percent, the lowest in the European Union.The lack of manpower, however, has limited the ability of Czech companies to expand. Nearly a third of them have started to turn away orders, according to the Czech Confederation of Industry, a trade group.“Its becoming a brake on growth,” said Jaroslav Hanak, the organizations president. “If businesses dont increase robotization and artificial intelligence, theyll disappear.”Some factories in Eastern Europe are already on the way. At Elko EP, which makes industrial timers for compa