考研英语一2023年宁城县深度预测试题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)I stopped speaking because I found myself arguing all the time. After witnessing an oil spill in San Francisco Bay, I 1 using vehicles and started walking everywhere as a statement about 2 . I often kept getting into 3 about whether one could make a 4 and argued about how everyone should do what I was doing.On my 27th birthday, I decided not to speak for one day, as a kind of 5 to my community. When I woke up the next day, I didnt see any 6 to speak, so I didnt.A week later, people started getting 7 . My girlfriend wanted me to stop. My parents even got angry with me. But I didnt change my idea.On the 10th anniversary of not 8 ， I spoke for a day. I didnt want it to feel as if it wasnt a 9 . I was in California and I 10 my parents. My mother picked up and thought it was my brother 11 around. I had to prove it was me by telling her something only we knew. 12 not speaking for 17 years, I felt I had something to say. People came to 13 me. My first words were, “Thank you for being here.” But I didnt recognize my 14 .Having listened to thousands of people, I realized we had a 15 view of the environment. People always think its about planting more trees, but its more than that; its about how we treat each other, and that also 16 economic equality and civil rights.Now I give talks around the world. I started using 17 again. I still practise being 18 every morning. It reminds me to listen 19 ； not to judge what I think Im hearing, but to try to understand what people are really 20 .1、Aturned to Bthought about Cgave up Dinsisted on2、Apollution Bwaste Cexercise Dsupport3、Afights Btraps Cdilemmas Ddebates4、Apromise Bdifference Cplan Dliving5、Aencouragement Bbelief Cpunishment Dgift6、Areason Bsign Cchance Dlanguage7、Apuzzled Bdisappointed Cworried Dinterested8、Aarguing Briding Cspeaking Dfailing9、Awarning Bdisadvantage Cstrength Dchoice10、Amissed Bcalled Cvisited Dthanked11、Awalking Bcoming Cmessing Dhanging12、AThough BOnce CIf DAfter13、Ahear Bcomfort Cinstruct Dhelp14、Aparents Bvoice Cphoto Dhandwriting15、Avalid Bcorrect Cnarrow Duniversal16、Aproves Bincludes Cimproves Dinsures17、Aphones Bcomputers Cloudspeakers Dvehicles18、Asilent Bdeaf Cfriendly Dpatient19、Aconstantly Bproperly Clargely Dmerely20、Aworrying Bdoing Cadvising DsayingSection 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 days of having to carry a phone charger everywhere could soon be over. Michigan researchers have revealed a major breakthrough in harvesting energy from human motion. They say it could lead to smartphones powered for a week by the motion of a swipe(重击).Michigan State Universitys low-cost device, known as a nanogenerator, has already been tested. Scientists successfully operated an LCD touch screen, a bank of 20 LED lights and a flexible keyboard, all with a simple touching or pressing motion and without the aid of a battery. The groundbreaking findings, published in the journal Nano Energy, suggest “Were on the path toward wearable devices powered by human motion,” said Nelson Sepulveda, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and lead researcher of the project.“What I foresee, relatively soon, is the capability of not having to charge your cell phone for an entire week, for example, because that energy will be produced by your movement,” said Sepulveda, whose research is funded by the National Science Foundation.Electrical energy is created when the device is compressed by human motion. The completed device is as thin as a sheet of paper. The device used to power the LED lights was palm-sized, while the device used to power the touch screen was as small as a finger. Advantages such as being lightweight, flexible and low-cost could make it a promising and alternative method in the field of Mechanical-energy harvesting.The device also becomes more powerful when folded. Sepulveda said, “You can start with a large device, but when you fold it once, and again, and again, its much smaller and has more energy. Now it may be small enough to put in a specially made heel of your shoe so it creates power each time your heel strikes the ground.”Sepulveda and his team are also developing technology that would transmit the power generated by the