考研英语一2023年潍坊市青州市考前冲刺试题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) When I was eighteen, I couldnt wait to get my first job, which meant I made the first step toward adulthood.But it was difficult to get a work permit. One day I was dropped off by my parents at the 1 , where applicants took their physical tests for work permits. Although I had night blindness, my vision was clearer during the day, which helped me walk 2 by myself. Then the doctor began the 3 . He looked into my eyes with a bright light. “Isuggest your parents take you to an eye specialist,”he said,“I 4 you have a retinal(视网膜) disease. If you do, youll never 5 aday in your life”My parents did take me to specialists. After much time and money spent seeking an 6 result, it was determined that I had an eye disease that slowly 7 aperson of sight. But still, during daylight, I could walk without 8 . I could read, but not for hours. My eyes began totear and words slipped off the page when I read more than a few pages. However, no matter how 9 my eyes became, I never gave up reading. I knew the 10 of great writers as well as the most popular music stars. Their words were powerful, which 11 me to try writing. Soon writing brought me a lot of 12 each time I completed a paper.Then an important phone call from an editor changed my life. An article I 13 appeared in a local newspaper. The newspaper, to my 14 ,continued to print my work. Next, a book series published several of my essays. I got interested in writing and 15 up with each acceptance. On the pages, readers never knew of my blindness 16 I chose to present it. For me, finding my voice through writing gave me the pride andsatisfaction Ibegan to 17 so many years ago. Now, I have numerous essays and articles in 18 .Should I be thanking that misguided doctor? By falsely predicting that I could never work a day, he fueled my 19 into success. He set the bar too 20 and focused on what I wouldnt be able to do. Yet I proved what I could do.1、AstationBclinicCcompanyDlab2、AsilentlyBsuddenlyCproudlyDeasily3、AoperationBexaminationCargumentDtreatment4、AsuspectBorderCsuggestDcommand5、ArestBliveCworkDsleep6、AurgentBobviousCordinaryDaccurate7、ArobsBwarnsCremindsDinforms8、AmedicineBallowanceCbalanceDassistance9、AexcitedBconfusedCtiredDmoved10、AhousesBnamesCaddressesDhabits11、AaskedBforcedCencouragedDpermitted12、AtroubleBpleasureCstressDworry13、AadmittedBwantedCdescribedDpenned14、AdelightBadmirationCdisappointmentDshame15、AgaveBcameClitDput16、AunlessBalthoughCsinceDafter17、AfearBbringCseekDreject18、AprintBtimeCuseDmind19、AimaginationBmotivationCresponsibilityDpersonality20、AfarBlongCcloseDlowSection 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 A shark moving around the coastline is normally a worrying sight，but this waterborne drone(无人机)threatens floating rubbish instead of people.Developed by Dutch company RanMarine, the WasteShark takes nature as its inspiration with its whale shark-like mouth. Responsible for collecting waste, the drone will begin operations in Dubai Marina in November after a year of trials with local partner Ecocoast.According to RanMarine, the WasteShark is available in both autonomous and remote-controlled models. Measuring just over five feet by three-and-a-half feet(1.5 meters by 1.1 meter)，it can carry up to 352 pounds of rubbish(159.6 kg)and has an operational battery life of 16 hours.By 2016 there were approximately 150 million tons of plastic in the worlds oceans. One paper from December 2014 estimated that over a quarter of a million tons of ocean plastic pollution was afloat.WasteShark also has the abilities to gather air and water quality data, remove chemicals out of the water such as oil，and heavy metals，and scan the seabed to read its depth and outlines，said Oliver Cunningham, one of the co-founders of RanMarine. Fitted with a collision-avoidance system, the drone uses laser imaging detection and ranging technology to detect an object in its path and stop or back up if the object approaches.Our drones are designed to move through a water system, whether its around the perimeter(周边) or through the city itself. The drones are that last line of defense between the city and the open ocean, added Cunningham. WasteSharks are operating in Dubai, South Africa and the Netherlands and cost $ 17,000 for the remote-controlled model and just under $ 23,000 for the autonomou