考研英语一2023年河北省邯郸市大名县全真模拟试题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)These days my work is mostly on the Internet. However, there is one 1 that I use nearly every day. And I learned it from my dad almost 40 years ago in a very different 2 .My father ran a plumbing(水管) shop. I had to 3 him with his work. One day, I was asked to work 4 a concrete floor. It wasnt the kind of work I 5 . The work was physical work which involved 6 a chisel(凿子) and swinging a five- pound hammer at it really 7 . Often, my aim was bad 8 the hammer missed the chisel and 9 my wrist. After ten minutes, my dad came, expecting to find the job completed. Actually, it wasnt. He asked, “Son, have you been doing it all the time?”“Well dad,” I told him 10 , “I figure out a good way to do this more 11 . I just tap the chisel and move it. Im generating a circle of shock wave down into the concrete. That way, itll break along the lines and I wont hurt my wrist again.” Dad gave me a 12 look. He said, “Son, just hit the thing.” Then Dad 13 me his hand. I saw many scars on it .He told me, “If you stick to the work, youll 14 it sooner. “ Well, I did hit it then. And the job only took five more minutes to finish. 15 enough, even though I hammered my 16 two or three times, I was proud that Id just done it.Today, nearly 40 years later, when I 17 any difficulty in work I still hear my fathers voice, “Son just hit the thing.”I feel 18 because I know hes still urging me to take action, go ahead, get the job done, and never 19 the scars. And thats not a bad 20 to carry through life.1、Areason Bprinciple Cmeasure Dplan2、Alife Bmoment Cjob Doccasion3、Ahelp Bleave Cbother Dprovide4、Asweeping Bbuilding Cdesigning Dbreaking5、Aenjoyed Bheard Cfound Davoided6、Afinding Bmaking Cholding Dchoosing7、Afrequently Bfast Cexactly Dhard8、Aso Bbut Cor Dwhen9、Amissed Bdestroyed Chit Dpressed10、Asadly Bproudly Crapidly Dloudly11、Asafely Bquickly Cnormally Dfunnily12、Asatisfied Btired Cfunny Dserious13、Agave Blent Cposted Dshowed14、Arepeat Bimprove Cfinish Dknow15、ALucky BStrange CPeaceful DHappy16、Aface Bfoot Cleg Dhand17、Aget on Bmake up Cmeet with Dfind out18、Ahesitant Bworried Ccomfortable Dencouraged19、Acheck Bmind Cdevelop Dput20、Alesson Barrangement Cattitude DsituationSection 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 1Apple and Microsoft each launched new products. One company astonished everyone. The other made people sleepy. Can you guess which was which? You probably guessed wrong. Because Apple, famous for its creative products, was the tech giant whose new product caused a collective shrug(耸肩). While Microsoft, which stole a move out of the Apple Playbook, won cheers from high-end, creative-class consumers like business analysts, media designers and music producers.As Hayley Tsukayama remarked at The Washington Post, the Surface Studio, one of Microsofts new products, is really just a super-sized version of the Surface Books product that Microsoft has been selling for years. But if youve ever watched science fiction movies like Minority report-where Tom Cruise seems to operate pictures and data hanging on mid-air by touching them, spreading his fingers to increase on details, and sending files and information sliding from one folder to another with a click of the fingers, you can see how Microsoft is trying to show the same experience.Meanwhile, apples new products were almost like some fine promotions for its Apple TV. They boast(炫耀)that the new Macbook Pros has a smaller size and more functions, and a new touch screen bar on laptop keyboards where function keys used to be.So whats going on? In many ways, Apple is focusing on attracting the average consumers who have been attracted by Microsoft. And Microsoft is focusing on targeting the high-end professionals Apple has historically been associated with. You can even see this is the companies ad campaigns: Microsofts ads stress imagination and creativity, while Apple,s commercial chief performance and convenience of its Macbooks.So Apple is trying to control the world of devices and laptops from the top down, starting with the high-end market and moving on to appeal to a broader base of consumers. Microsoft, having already strengthened itself within the bigger low-end market, is now attempti