考研英语一2023年社旗县预测试卷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)We all admit that modern technology has taken over our lives, for good of course. Young people celebrate the fast speed 1 can move at. But there is a group of people who cannot 2 .It is the group of people who are caught up between traditional and 3 society, not exactly old and 4 change, but trying very hard to become modernized, ending up being 5 in the middle. They are 40 to 60 years old and 6 the latest iPhone or Samsung phone. They buy an iPad just 7 they can afford to, and to play the same games on a larger screen.They are almost 8 the teenagers five years ago, 9 on their phones playing a game or using social media. Theyre everywhere. And I saw something today that made me extremely 10 .On a train, a mother was 11 playing a Candy Crush-like game. Her daughter was sitting beside her. The little girl, about five years old, was talking to her mother about her day, shouting the next stops name cheerily-obviously desperate attempts to get her mothers 12 .The mother? All she did was nod and say the occasional “mmhm”. With her eyes on the 13 , she concentrated on completing the level. I watched the girl make a final 14 to get her mom to look at her, and when she had 15 , she sighed and fell silent, defeated.It broke my heart, and got me 16 what kind of game can make you 17 that you have the most beautiful thing in the world, a person you love with all your heart? What does it 18 when you wont even look into her eyes or listen to her?The scene was so familiar years ago when parents 19 that their children were too interested in their mobile devices. Look how the tables have turned now. Im 20 whether to laugh or to cry. But all I can do now is hope that this storm passes.1、Atradition Bchallenge Ctechnology Dknowledge2、Amake up Bkeep up Cturn up Dfix up3、Astressful Bcomplicated Cdeveloping Dmodern4、Aresisting Baccepting Cexpecting Dconsidering5、Alost Bstuck Cset Dinvolved6、Aown Bsell Cpick Dbring7、Asince Bwhen Cuntil Dbecause8、Aamong Blike Cwith Dbeyond9、Aseldom Bnever Calways Dever10、Asad Bhappy Cconfused Dcurious11、Atired of Bgood at Cfocusing on Dused to12、Aadvice Battention Csupport Dreward13、Awindow Bgirl Cbook Dscreen14、Atalk Bsigh Cattempt Dpractice15、Afailed Bstopped Cspoken Ddone16、Aworking Brealizing Clearning Dwondering17、Aforget Bfeel Cimagine Drecognize18、Achange Bmean Cprove Dexplain19、Aadmitted Bdecided Ccomplained Dquestioned20、Auncertain Buninterested Cafraid DseriousSection 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 1Morocco has a lot of sun, a lot of deserts and a high demand for imported fuel. And thats why the Moroccan government is moving ahead with a huge concentrated solar power plant near the desert city of Ouarzazate one of four plants in total which, when completed, will have generating capacity(发电量) of 580MW. Combined with the countrys wind and hydro-power (水力发电) efforts, Moroccos ambitious solar push will mean the country will get close to 50% of its electricity from renewable generation as early as 2020.Phase I of the project, the 160MW Noor l, is going to start generating electricity next month and includes a capacity for molten sand energy storage which will allow up to 3 hours of electricity generation after the sun goes down. Phases 2 and 3 will have the capacity for up to eight hours of storage, meaning that solar energy really could be used to power homes around the clock.Besides the scale of such plans, whats impressive to me is how quickly the renewable energy can be developed. What other forms of energy could so greatly change a countrys energy composition in just a few short years? Not only should this be an encouraging sign for those of us who favor renewable energy, but it also should give reason for would-be investors in traditional fossil fuel generating industry.If renewable energy costs continue to fall, even existing(现有的) coal and gas plants will find themselves limited by newer, cleaner forms of energy that can be increased rapidly.Interestingly, some analysts suggest this is happening already. In the US, for example, coal power plants are being retired earlier than expected due to a combination of increased competition from gas and renewable energy, as well as tighter regulations of