考研英语一2023年山西省太原市尖草坪区预测密卷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)I was walking around in a Big Bazar store doing a shopping, when I saw aCashier talking to a boy who couldnt have been more than 5 or 6 years old. TheCashier said, “Im sorry, 1 you dont have enough money to buy this doll.” Then the little boy turned to me and asked, “Uncle, are you sure I dont haveenough money?”I 2 his cash and replied, “You know that you dont have enough money tobuy the doll, my dear.” The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand. Finally, I walked 3 him and I asked him 4 he wished to give this doll to. “Its the doll 5 my sister loved most and wanted so much . I wanted to gift her for her Birthday. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there.” His eyes were so 6 while saying this.“My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see Godvery soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it tomy sister.” My heart 7 stopped. The little boy 8 me and said, “Itold daddy to tell mommy not to go 9 . I need her to wait until I come backfrom the mall.”Then he looked again at the 10 with sad eyes, very quietly. I quickly 11 for my wallet and said to the boy. “Suppose we check again, just 12 you do have enough money for the doll?” I added some of my money to his, with out him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some 13 money.The little boy said, “Thank you God for giving me enough money! I asked last night God to 14 I had enough money to buy this doll. He heard me! I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose formy mommy, but I didnt 15 to ask God for too much. But He gave me enough tobuy the doll and a white rose. ”I finished my shopping in a totally different 16 from when I started. Icouldnt get the little boy out of my mind. Then I remembered a local news paperarticle two days ago, which mentioned a 17 man in a truck, who hit a caroccupied by a young woman and a little girl. The little girl died right away,and the mother was left in a 18 state.The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is 19 , tothis day, hard to imagine. And in a 20 of a second, a drunk driver hadtaken all this away from him1、Aand Bbecause Cbut Dso2、Apaid Bcharged Cexchanged Dcounted3、Aup Btoward Cwith Dat4、Awho Bwhich Cwhy Dwhen5、Awhich Bwhat Cthat Dwhere6、Aexcited Bsad Cscared Dwet7、Ahardly Bapproximately Csuddenly Dnearly8、Alook up Blook upon as Clook upon Dlook up at9、Ayet Bbut Chowever Dso10、Amoney Bme Cdoll Drose11、Agot Breached Ctook Dbrought12、Ain case Bas a result Cdespite Din terms of13、Aspare Bpocket Cavailable Dvacant14、Amake up Bmake for Cmake sure Dmake out15、Acare Bdare Cfare Dpare16、Astage Bway Cposition Dstate17、Adrunk Btimid Ccareless Dunknown18、Acriticism Bcritic Ccritical Dcriticize19、Aalways Btherefore Coften Dstill20、Asection Bfraction Cposition DimaginationSection 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 latest IPCC report does not mince words(直言不讳地) about the state of our planet: we must act now to achieve global change at a scale that has “no documented historical precedent(先例)” in order to avoid the climate disaster that would result from a 2 degree C rise in average global temperature. Climate change already affects the worlds most helpless people including poor rural communities that depend on the land for their livings and coastal communities. Indeed, we have already seen the clear asymmetry(不对称) of suffering resulting from extreme weather events, such as hurricanes, floods, droughts, wildfires and more.So far, advocates and politicians have tended to focus on reducing fossil fuel(矿物燃料) consumption through technology and/or policy, such as a sharp carbon tax, as climate solutions. These proposals are, of course, essential to reducing manmade carbon emissions(排放)-71 percent of which are produced by just 100 fossil fuel companies.Yet the international focus on fossil fuels has overshadowed(使.显得不重要) the most powerful and cost-efficient carbon-capture technology the world has yet seen: forests. Recent scientific research confirms that forests and other “natural climate solutions” are absolutely essential in reducing climate chan