考研英语一2023年山西省吕梁地区临县深度预测试题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)第二节完型填空（共20小题；阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从3655各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。A successful business man was growing old and wanted to choose a successor to take over the business. He called all the young executives together and said, I have to _36_ and choose the next CEO from you.They were _37_, but the boss continued. I am going to give you a very _38_ seed. I want you to plant the seed, water it, and come back one year from today with _39_ you have grown from the seed. I will then _40_ the plants, and choose the next CEO.Jim went home _41_. Everyday, he would water the seed and see _42_ it had grown. Although he kept _43_ his seed, nothing ever grew. Many weeks went _44_, still nothing. By now, others were talking about their plants, but Jim didnt have a plant and he felt like a _45_. A year later, they brought their plants to the CEO for _46_. When Jim arrived, he was _47_ at the variety of plants grown by the other executives. They were beautiful.The CEO greeted them. What great plants, trees, and flowers you have grown, said the CEO. Today one of you will be_48_ the next CEO!All of a sudden, the CEO _49_ Jim at the back with his empty pot. The CEO asked him what had happened - Jim told him the story. He looked at Jim, and then _50_, The next CEO is Jim!Jim couldnt believe _51_. Jim couldnt even grow his seed. How could he be the new CEO? the others said.Then the CEO said, The seeds I gave you were boiled seeds; they were dead - it was not _52_ for them to grow. Jim was the only one with the courage and _53_ to bring me a pot with my seed in it. _54_, he is the one who will be the new CEO!If you plant honesty, you will reap _55_. So, be careful what you plant now; it will determine what you will reap later.1、Astep downBsit downCsettle downDhand down2、AexhaustedBshockedCannoyedDembarrassed3、AspecialBvaluableCcommonDexpensive4、AhowBwhichCwhereDwhat5、AcompareBobserveCjudgeDexamine6、AheatedlyBexcitedlyCdesperatelyDdisappointingly7、AifBunlessCuntilDthough8、AcheckingBplantingCappreciatingDcounting9、AdownBawayCbyDback10、AfoolBfailureCsuccessorDonlooker11、AdirectionBapplicationCinstructionDinspection12、AamazedBdiscouragedCamusedDpuzzled13、AperformedBvotedCconsideredDappointed14、AspottedBglancedCstaredDnoticed15、AannouncedBstatedCconfirmedDwhispered16、AitBthoseCthemselvesDhim17、AlikelyBsureCnecessaryDpossible18、AconfidenceBhonestyCoptimismDdiligence19、AMoreoverBHoweverCThereforeDBesides20、AtrBsuccessCpowerDreputationSection 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 In this Pennsylvania city, Pittsburgh is shrinking but getting wealthier. Since 2000, its population has declined by 95,000 while its income per capita (人均) has shot up 24 percent. The trend is taking hold in many other cities, like Buffalo in New York, Providence in Rhode Island and New Orleans.Some of these areas have created more high-paying jobs in energy, health care or education. Others have managed to reshape their manufacturing (制造业) for a new economy. Higher-paying jobs have a greater effect because they create demand for additional services. “The story in Pittsburgh is very positive, and other areas are looking at it as an example of the transformation that might be possible,” said Guhan Venkatu, who wrote an economic history of the area called “Rust and Renewal” for the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh have helped bring tech jobs and innovation (革新) to the area by sponsoring tech centers that help graduates start companies without moving to Silicon Valley or San Francisco. This has helped keep Pittsburghs educated young population growing even as the entire population in the city has dropped.Pittsburgh has more STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) jobs than other shrinking cities, about 80,000 or 7% of all jobs. STEM jobs add productivity and income growth to the area. Manufacturers of high-tech medical equipment in the Pittsburgh area also have doubled employment in the last 10 years.However, some experts question whether growing income per capita can really make up for a declining population. According to Patrick Adler, a researcher at the University of Toronto, population loss does matter if it means lower-skilled workers have fled because of a lack of opportunity. Whats more, high-paying jobs in education and health care can disappear if the population