考研英语一娄底市涟源市2023年模拟预测试卷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)The summer before my high school graduation, I went to West Virginia with others as members of the Appalachia Service Project. Our duty was to 1 the homes of those we served warmer and safer. My group was 2 the task of rebuilding sections of a home that had been damaged by 3 . No sooner had we parked on the homes dirt driveway 4 we saw an excited little girl. Shoeless and wearing 5 clothes and the biggest smile Id ever seen, she yelled, “Ma, Ma, they really came!” Her name was Dakota.I discovered that my job that week would be to help 6 a fire-damaged dining room into a bedroom for this little girl. 7 the following days, I noticed Dakota 8 at us every now and then as we worked. A few times, I tried talking with her, but she remained 9 .Before I went to work on her home on the 10 morning, I noticed Dakota was hiding behind her grandmother. Cautiously, she came into 11 , and J could see that just like her clothes, her face was still dirty. But no amount of 12 could hide those bright blue eyes and big smile. I wanted so much to 13 her, but respecting her shyness, I kept my 14 .Slowly, she began walking toward me. I noticed a folded piece of 15 in her tiny hand. 16 , she reached up and handed it to me. Once 17 , I looked at a drawing on the back of an old book cover. It was of two girls, and 18 on the bottom of the paper were three little 19 that instantly broke my heart: Please dont leave. Now almost in tears, I 20 to the impulse (冲动) that Id resisted only moments before I bent down and hugged her.1、Atake Bbuild Cmake Dgive2、Achosen Bassigned Corganised Dtaught3、Aflood Bstorm Cearthquake Dfire4、Athan Bthat Cwhere Dwhen5、Abeautiful Bneat Cdirty Dexpensive6、Achange Btranslate Cdivide DForce7、ABefore BAfter CFrom DOver8、Ashout Bknock Cglance Dlaugh9、Ahappy Bshy Ccalm Dnervous10、Alast Bfirst Cnext Devery11、Abeing Bplay Ceffect Dview12、Awater Bsoil Cair Dsalt13、Alove Bkiss Chug Dcry14、Adistance Bwords Csilence Dpromise15、Acloth Bchocolate Cstring Dpaper16、ASurprisingly BSilently CHelplessly DPatiently17、Afound Bhidden Clost Dunfolded18、Awritten Bheard Cremembered Dproduced19、Asentences Bgifts Cwords Dsigns20、Agave up Bgave in Cgave out Dgave offSection 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 As self-driving cars come closer to being common on American roads，much of the rhetoric（浮夸之词）promoting them has to do with safety. About 40，000 people die on US roads every year，and driver errors are linked to more than 90 percent of crashes. But many of the biggest supporters of autonomous（自动的）vehicles arent car companies looking to improve the safety of their existing products. Huge support for self-driving technologies is coming from Silicon Valley great companies like Google and Apple. Those of us who have studied the relationship between technology and society tend to look more carefully at the reasons behind any technological push. In this case，its clear that in addition to solving safety concerns，Silicon Valley firms have a strong incentive（动机）to create a new place for increasing the use of their digital devices. Every minute people spend on their mobile phones provides dataand often moneyto tech companies.At present，digital devices and driving are in conflict:There are serious，often fatal consequences when drivers use smartphones to talk or to text. Regulators（管理者）and safety supporters look to solve dial conflict by banning phone use while driving，as has happened in almost every state. But the tech companies are taking a different approach. The obvious answer for Silicon Valley is to create an automobile in which continuous cellphone use no longer causes a threat to anyone. In recent years, the amount of time adults spend on their mobile devices has grown rapidly. At the moment, its around four hours a day for the average adult in the US. However, that rapid growth is likely to slow down as people run out of time thats available for them up to use their devices, unless, of course, theres a new block of time that suddenly opens up. The average American now spends about 48 minutes in a car every day,a sizeable opportunity for increased cellphone use.So as the public conversation around autonomous cars pays attention to the safety adva