考研英语一2023年河北省廊坊市香河县模拟试题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 young man, Al was a skilled artist, a potter. He had a wife and two fine sons. One night, his oldest son 36 a severe stomachache and died suddenly. To make matters worse, his wife left him a short time later, 37 him alone with his six-year- old younger son. The hurt and pain of the two situations were _38 _ Al could handle, and he _ 39 to alcohol. Al began to lose everything he possessed-his home, his land, his art objects, everything. 40 he died alone in a San Francisco motel room.When I heard of Als death, I reacted with the same disdain（蔑视）the world shows for one who ends his life with nothing41 _ left. “What a complete failure!” I thought. “What a totally 42_ life!”As time went by, I began to re-evaluate my earlier _43 judgment. You see, I knew Als now adultson, Ernie. He is one of the kindest, most 44 most loving men I have ever known. I watched Ernie with his children and saw the free45 of the love between them. I knew that kindness and caring had to come 46 somewhere.I hadnt heard Ernie talk much about his father. It is so hard to 47 an alcoholic. One day I get up my 48 to ask him. “Im really puzzled by something,” I said. “I know your father was basically the only one to 49 you. 50 on earth did he do that you became such a special person?Ernie sat _ 51 _ and thought for a few moments. Then he said, “From my _52 memories as a child until I left home at 18, Al came into my room every night, gave me a 1 53 and said, “I love you, son.”Tears came to my eyes as I realized what a fool I had been to 54 Al as a failure. He had not left any material possession behind, 55 he left behind one of the finest, most giving men I have ever known.1、AobtainedBdevelopedCcuredDrecovered2、 AtakingBlockingCfindingDleaving3、Amore thanBless thanCother than Drather than4、 Agot BturnedClovedDchanged5、ALuckilyBSuddenlyCEventuallyDJokingly6、 AmaterialBexpensiveCrealDspecial7、AhappyBthoughtfulCdesertedDwasted8、AangryBsharpCactualDproper9、AhandsomeBrichCcaringDordinary10、AflowBriseCflyDmove11、AoutBfromCupDdown12、AdefendBbecomeCdiscussDargue13、AconfidenceBcourageCbeliefDstrength14、 AfeedBloveCcareDraise15、AHowBWhatCWhyDWhich16、 Aangrily BcomfortablyCquietlyDexcitedly17、AearliestBnearestCbestDhardest18、ApatBlessonCkissDpresent19、AjudgeBsayCrememberDrespect20、AsoBandCbutDorSection 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 1The worlds first self-driving taxis began picking up passengers in Singapore recently.Select members of the public can hail (招呼) a free ride through their smartphones in taxis operated by nuTonomy, an autonomous vehicle software startup. While a number of companies, including Google and Volvo, have been testing self-driving cars on public roads for several years, nuTonomy is the first to offer rides to the public.Its launch in Singapore is beating ride-hailing service Uber, which plans to offer rides in autonomous cars in Pittsburgh soon.NuTonomy is starting smallsix cars now, growing to a dozen by the end of the year. The long-term goal is to have a fully self-driving taxi fleet (车队) in Singapore by 2018, to help cut the number of cars on Singapores overcrowded roads from 900,000 to 300,000. Eventually, the model could be adopted in cities around the world, nuTonomy hopes. “When you are able to take that many cars off the road, it creates a lot of possibilities. You can create smaller roads, you can create much smaller car parks,” said Doug Parker, nuTonomys chief operating officer.For now, the taxis only run in a 2.5-square-mile business and residential (住宅的) district called “one-north”, and pick-ups and drop-offs are limited to specified locations. Riders must have an invitation from nuTonomy to use the service. The company says dozens have signed up for the launch, and it plans to expand that list to thousands of people within a few months.The carsmodified Renault Zoe and Mitsubishi i-MiEV electricshave a driver in front who is prepared to take back the wheel and a researcher in the back who watches the cars computers. Each car is fitted with six sets of Lidara detection system that uses lasers to operate like radarincluding one that constantly spins on the roof. There are also two cameras on the dashboard to scan for obstacles (障碍) and detect changes in traffic lights.NuTonomy was formed in 2013. E