考研英语一内江市隆昌县2023年最后冲刺试题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：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。One Sunday morning my mother walked into my room. “ 1 !” she said, proudly holding up a yellow 2 with black and white stripes. “I made it just for you. What do you think?”I 3 my tongue. How could I tell Mom it was the most hideous one I had ever seen? “Its perfect for 4 ,” my mother continued. “I 5 someone had made a dress like this for me.” 6 you cant wear it, I thought. But I knew Mom had spent a lot of time on the dress. Only the worlds most 7 daughter would refuse. Reluctantly（不情愿的）, I put it on.All through church I prayed, Lord, let me get out of here 8 anyone seeing me. Especially Dennis Pearce, the boy I had a crush on. He was one of the cutest (bright) guys at Neptune High. Although we were in some of the same classes, Dennis had 9 taken any notice of me.At the end of the service I 10 for the door. But I had to wait on the 11 while my parents chatted with their friends. Just a little while longer Then 12 the corner of my eye I saw the Pearce approaching. 13 I could escape, Dennis was right beside me.I started gabbing a mile a minute, hoping if I kept it 14 he wouldnt notice my horrible dress. “I am going to college in September,” I said.“Thats great,” Dennis replied. “I got 15 to the police academy.”“Wow!” I said. Somehow I kept the conversation going. Soon we were walking to the parking lot together. The next thing I knew Dennis had first asked me 16 .We courted through college, and eventually got married. Months after our wedding I asked Dennis if he remembered the day 17 he had first asked me out.“You bet I do,” he said. “You were always 18 in school, almost standoffish (coldhearted). I didnt think youd be much fun. But you were so animated (lively) when we talked on the church steps, I wanted to get to know you better.” Maybe that 19 yellow dress wasnt 20 I would have chosen, but that day it was the perfect dress for me.1、AStrangeBSurpriseCInterestingDPuzzled2、AdressBcoatCskirtDhat3、AbeatBheldCbitDcaught4、Athe partyBchurchCschoolDyour birthday5、AhopeBexpectedCwishDwished6、AToo beautifulBToo bigCToo smallDToo bad7、AungratefulBlovelyCconsiderateDresponsible8、AbeyondBbeforeCuntilDwithout9、AneverBsometimesCfrequentlyDever10、AmadeBranCescapedDwalked11、AstepsBgateCdoorDbench12、AwithinBout ofCbesideDoff13、AUntilBAfterCNot untilDBefore14、AonBbackCinDup15、AagreedBacceptedCpermittedDallowed16、Amy telephoneBmy addressCoutDin17、AthatBwhichCon whenDwhen18、AquietBcalmCsilentDstill19、Ablue -white stripedBblack and white stripesCzebra-stripedDyellow-white-striped20、AwhatBwhichCthatDoneSection 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 Nowadays six Amazon Scout delivery robots rolled out in a pilot program in Snohomish County, Wash. The robots carry meals, groceries and packages to homes and offices in this region just north of Seattle. They have appeared on the sidewalks of London, Beijing and other cities and communities worldwide. These machines must overcome pedestrian legs, naughty dogs and broken pavement, which raises some questions.These services are gaining attraction as a growing number of city residents expect immediate or scheduled delivery for just about everything. Between 2017 and 2018 online retail sales in the U.S. increased by 16 percent. On the final step of all these deliveries, called the last mile, humans on bicycles, motorized scooters ( 电动车) or large delivery trucks typically deliver packages. All the vehicles compete for space on busy urban streets. “Deliveries are trending upwards in all crowded city centers, and if city and state leaders dont start thinking about creative solutions like robot deliveries, we can expect even worse traffic jams,” says Paul Mackie, director of a transportation policy research center in Arlington.A study by this center found 73 percent of delivery vehicles in Arlington were parked outside of authorized areas, often blocking bike lanes and crosswalks. By moving the last step of deliveries from the road to the sidewalk, cities could reduce traffic jams and solve the parking problem entirely, Mackie says.Companies such as Amazon are not developing this delivery technology simply to clear up urban traffic. Self-driving vehicles and sidewalk robots could cut down last-mile delivery costs in cities by as mu