考研英语一武威市凉州区2023年全真模拟试题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)There is an interesting story about how Pablo Picasso, the famous Spanish artist, developed the ability to produce an amazing work in just minutes.As the story goes, Picasso was walking through the market one day when a woman 1 him. She stopped the artist, pulled out a piece of paper and said, “Mr. Picasso, I am a fan of your works. Could you do a little 2 for me, please ?”Picasso smiled and 3 drew a small, but beautiful piece of art on the paper. Then, he 4 the paper back to the woman, saying, “That will be one million dollars.”“But Mr. Picasso, it only 5 you 30 seconds to draw this little masterpiece,” said the woman“My good lady, I spend 30 years 6 to draw that masterpiece in thirty seconds.” said Picasso.Picasso isnt the only 7 man who worked for decades to master his craft. His 8 is typical of many creative geniuses. Even people of considerable talent 9 produce amazing work before decades of 10 . A recent study 11 the ages of Nobel Prize winners, great inventors, and scientists. The researchers found that most groundbreaking work 12 during the late thirties at least a full decade into any personal career. Even in the fields of science and maths, creative 13 is often made after more than ten years work.These findings 14 the work done by previous researchers as well. For example, a study 15 at Carnegie Mellon University by professor John Hayes found that out of 500 famous musical pieces, nearly all of them were created after ten years of the composers career. In later studies, Hayes found similar 16 with poets and painters. He began 17 this period hard work and little fame as the“ten years of 18 .”Whether you are a composer or a scientist, creativity is not a 19 you are born with or without. It is something that is discovered, honed（磨练）, and improved 20 real work.1、Arealized Brecognized Cinterviewed Dfollowed2、Achatting Breading Cshopping Ddrawing3、Afinally Bunwillingly Cquickly Dsuddenly4、Ahanded Btransported Carranged Ddelivered5、Atook Bwasted Cspent Drequested6、Apractising Bteaching Clearning Dintending7、Afunny Bcomplex Carguable Dbrilliant8、Ajourney Bpainting Cmodel Dachievement9、Aalways Brarely Cnever Dpossibly10、Await Bsurvey Cpractice Dformation11、Asaw Bkept Cconnected Dtracked12、Acompleted Bpeaked Csucceeded Dcreated13、Aadvance Bcollection Cdevelopment Dprogress14、Amatch Bshow Cinclude Ddelay15、Acarried Bexplored Cconducted Dremoved16、Apatterns Blifestyles Cconditions Dcustoms17、Alooking at Breferring to Ctaking over Ddressing up18、Areview Bsilence Crise Dtrick19、Acase Bcharacter Cquality Drole20、Abefore Bwith Calong DthroughSection 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 Fairy tales perform many functions. They entertain, encourage imagination and teach problemsolving skills. They can also provide moral lessons, highlighting the dangers of failing to follow the social codes that let human beings coexist in harmony. Such moral lessons may not mean much to a robot, but a team of researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology believes it has found a way to use the fairy tales as moral lessons that AI (artificial intelligence) can take to its cold, mechanical heart.The collected stories of different cultures teach children how to behave in socially acceptable ways with examples of proper and improper behavior in fables, novels and other literature. We believe story comprehension in robots can prevent the intelligent robots from killing humanity which was predicted and feared by some of the biggest names in technology including Stephen Hawking and Bill Gates. This system is called “Quixote” (堂吉诃德). It collects story plots from the Internet and then uses those stories to teach robots how to behave.The experiment done by the designers involves going to a drugstore to purchase some medicine for a human who needs to get it as soon as possible. The robot has three options. It can wait in line; it can interact with the store keeper politely and purchase the medicine with priority; or it can steal the medicine and escape. Without any further directives(指令), the robot will come to the conclusion that the most efficient means of obtaining the medicine is to steal it. But Quixote offers a reward for waiting in line and pol