福建省南平市建瓯市2023年考研英语一临考冲刺试卷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)It was Easter 1990, and my family was on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Solomon Islands for my sisters wedding.I was traveling with my husband, my four-year-old son and my daughter, who was nearly two. Wed been 1 that it was very hot in the Solomon, so we 2 lots of light cotton clothes and were wearing the same as it was summer. The only problem was that we had to catch an overnight bus that 3 at midnight for the airport so we could make our early morning 4 to Honiara. It was cold on the bus! My husband and I were snuggling（依偎）our children as close as we could, trying to keep them 5 . The bus stopped many times as passengers got on and off, and we didnt take much 6 . The little ones were 7 , unable to sleep for the biting cold. Then at one stop, an older lady came forward from the back of the bus and paused by our seat. I sat forward to see what she wanted and she 8 a small blanket, My little girl reached 9 for it and pulled it tight around her. The lady said shed made the blanket herself and, seeing that we were cold. she wanted us to use it. After she went back to her seat, our now-warm children 10 off, and they slept comfortably all the way to the airport. Just a stop or two 11 we arrived, the lady made her way to the door to get off. I tried to 12 the children to return her blanket, but she protested. No, she said, 13 it. I can always make another one! Over the years, that little blanket became a 14 to me and to my children of the kindness of strangers. I told the story to the children over and over and hung the blanket on the end of my daughters bed so we would see it 15 . That blanket was handmade with the colors carefully chosen. Yet its maker 16 with it to keep my family warm for a night. If ever people were bad or 17 , it served as a reminder that there is goodness in the world.I am forever 18 , not just for the warmth that night, but for the lifelong reminder of the 19 of people. That blanket has warmed my 20 .1、Aconfirmed Btold Cadvised Dpersuaded2、Aoffered Bpiled Cpacked Ddiscovered3、Aleft Bwent Cpulled Ddrove4、Atrain Bvisit Cride Dflight5、Acomfortable Bwarm Ccalm Dquiet6、Anotice Bcare Caction Dinterest7、Anaughty Bhungry Crestless Denergetic8、Ashowed out Bmade out Cput out Dheld out9、Aeagerly Bsilently Cpatiently Dbravely10、Aslept Bcame Cshook Dnodded11、Aas Buntil Cbefore Dafter12、Aunload Bunwrap Cunfold Duncover13、Akeep Bpossess Creturn Dbring14、Asign Bmark Csymbol Ddecoration15、Aclosely Bregularly Ccarefully Deely16、Aremained Bhanded Cdeserted Dparted17、Acruel Bsensitive Ccautious Dugly18、Adelighted Bpitiful Cgrateful Dexcited19、Aappreciation Bnature Cwelcome Dgoodness20、Abody Blife Cpast DfutureSection 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 While staring out of the window during a flight, not everyone will think carefully about the question why airplanes have rounded windows rather than square ones.Over the years, aerospace engineering has made huge steps in airplane technology, meaning planes can carry more passengers and go faster. The planes have also changed shape to increase safetyincluding the windows. As commercial air travel took off in the mid20th century, airline companies began to fly at higher altitudes to lower their costthe air density(密度) is lower up there, creating less drag(阻力)for airplanes. However, higher altitudes came with problems, like the fact human beings cant really survive at 30，000 feet. To make that possible, the cabin was changed to a cylindrical(圆柱体) shape to support the pressure inside. But at first, plane builders left in the standard square windows and this expansion meant disaster. The de_Havilland_Comet came into fashion in the 1950s. With a closed cabin, it was able to go higher and faster than other aircraft.However, where theres a corner, theres a weak spot. Windows, having four corners, have four potential weak spots, making them likely to crash under stresssuch as air pressure. By curving the window, the stress that would eventually break the window corner is distributed and the chance of it breaking is reduced. Rounded shapes are also stronger and resist deformation(变形), and can thus survive the extreme differences in pressure between the inside and outside of the airc