考研英语一河北省保定市涿州市2023年考前冲刺预测试卷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) Grady threw down his backpack and slammed the car door shut“This is going to be a really 1 week，”he said unhappily to no one 2 He looked around the campgroundHundreds of tall and green fir trees，some as tall as church towers， 3 the mountainside，giving it the appearance of a green carpetThe sun would be setting soonThen，Grady thought，maybe the 4 wouldnt be unbearable，But actually even up here in the 5 ，the hot stickiness of July was closely attached to himGrady hated camping，but it was something his family 6 every summerHis father liked cooking over an open fire，telling stories about how to 7 things like bear attacks and swarms of beesHis mother and younger brother Jared 1iked to hike and take 8 of animalsJared had a collection of bug pictures that hed 9 to the walls in his half of their roomGrady thought they were just scary and proof that Jared was a 10 kidThey set up camptwo 11 ，one for his parents and one for himself and JaredWhile everyone else started 12 dinner，Grady，looking for some place to cool down，set off for the nearby stream，which was deep enough to 13 inAs he 14 the stream，something caught his eyeThere was a(an) 15 black bear cubno more than two feet tall with a lovely faceIt was playing pretty 16 at the waters edge， 17 its surroundingsGrady moved closer to get a 18 lookThen Grady heard a sound behind himHe 19 his father saying that bear cubs would never be 20 Then he turned around and saw the cubs mother moving swiftly towards him1、AriskyB1engthyCpeacefulDinteresting2、Ain particularBin advanceCin briefDin silence3、AblockedBreflectedCscarredDcovered4、AdustBcampgroundCheatDsun5、AriverBskyCtowerDmountain6、Abelieved inBstuck toCcame crossDlived through7、AsurviveBexperienceCexploreDrecognize8、AcareBcontrolCexamplesDpictures9、AguidedBpinnedCtakenDthrown10、AsensitiveBsmartCstrangeDtough11、AbedsBroomsCtentsDplates12、AalteringBhuntingCorderingDpreparing13、AdigBswimChideDsink14、AcrossedBimaginedCnearedD1eft15、AadorableBaggressiveCinjuredD1arge16、AcautiouslyBjoyfullyCforcefullyDnervously17、AattackingBdestroyingChatingDignoring18、AbetterBbrighterCfixedD1asting19、AfoundB1earnedCrememberedDmisunderstood20、AaloneBawakeCsmartDscaredSection 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 1Imagine a cat that does not need someone to clean up after it keeps an older person company and helps them remember to take their medicine. That is the shared dream of the toy maker Hasbro and scientists at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. The researchers received a $ 3-million-dollar award from the National Science Foundation for a special project. They want to find ways to add artificial intelligence, or AI., to Hasbros “Joy for All” robotic.The cat has already been for sale for two years. Though priced over 1000 dollars, it sold quite well. It was meant to act as a “companion” for older people. Now the project is aimed at developing additional abilities for the cat. Researchers at Browns Humanity-Centered Robotics Initiative are working to decide which activities older adults may need the most. They hope to make the cat perform a small number of activities very well. Such activities include finding lost objects and reminding the person to take medicine or visit their doctor. They also want to keep the cost down to just a few hundred dollars.It is an idea that has appealed to Jeanne Elliott. Her 3-year-old mother Mary Derr lives with her in South Kingstown. Derr has dementia( 痴 呆 ). The Joy for All cat that Elliott bought this year has become a true companion for Derr. The cat stays with Derr and keeps her calm while Elliott is at work. Elliott said a robotic cat that helps her mother to remember to take her medicine and be careful when she walks would be greater.The researchers are trying to learn how the improved cats will complete helpful activities and how they will communicate. They say that they do not want a talking cat, however. Instead they are trying to design a cat that can move its head in a special way to successfully communicate its message. In the end, they hope to create an exchange between the human and the cat in which the human feels the cat needs them. By doing so, the researchers hope they can even help prevent feelings of loneliness and sadness among elderly people.1、Whats the purpose of the proj