考研英语一海口市龙华区2023年预测密卷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)I sat down at my desk and started writing an emotional letter of gratitude(感激). But 1 it came to actually placing the letter into the mailbox. I 2 .The letter was to a teacher whose volunteer efforts had 3 my view on the world and I felt I should let her know how her 4 positively influenced my life.I could have easily sent her an e-mail, 5 that seemed a bit 6 for such an important thank-you. Thats why I ended up 7 the letter. But now I hesitated. We had 8 merely by Facebook comments and occasional private messages. I 9 knew her. Maybe my letter was too heartfelt. “People dont normally do this,” I thought to myself.Thinking a while, I put the envelope in the mailbox 10 .A couple of weeks later I received a Facebook response from her. It turned out she was 11 a tough time and my note meant the 12 to her. She said she had no idea that she was making such a(n) 13 to others.Not only did this letter make her happier, but her 14 increased my joy as well. I was so 15 that it made such a difference to her that I decided to write a gratitude letter to 16 each month.Ive been doing this for two years now and its 17 transformed my life. Im more likely to seek out the 18 in others and more thankful for the beautiful life Im 19 . Cultivating (培养) 20 is a great skill to practice. Life is too short not to do it.1、Aafter Bif Cbecause Dwhen2、Asmiled Bburst Crejected Dfroze3、Achanged Bbalanced Cweighed Dsupported4、Aexample Bpicture Cmemory Dcall5、Aand Bbut Cin case Din order6、Anormal Bhard Cwonderful Dlame7、Aposting Bpolishing Chandwriting Dfolding8、Amade sense of Bcome into being Ckept in touch Dgot on with9、Areally Bbarely Cstill Dalso10、Aimmediately Baway Cagain Deventually11、Agong through Bbreaking through Cbreaking away from Dhaving access to12、Adream Bworld Ctip Dwarning13、Amess Bdifference Ceffect Deffort14、Aexploration Bexpectation Creply Dgreeting15、Acurious Bconfident Cexcited Dhopeful16、Aanyone Bher Csomeone Deach other17、Agreatly Bnegatively Cslightly Dsimply18、Anature Bambition Chonesty Dgoodness19、Aliving Bgiving Cdesiring Dwasting20、Awriting Bappreciation Cdirection DprotectionSection 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 An online supermarket companyOcado in the UK, has recently displayed a robotic hand that can pick fruits and vegetables!When an embryo is in the womb (子宫), the very first sense it develops is touch. The senseof touch is also the one that lasts the longestas we get older and our vision and hearing begins to weaken, touch still remains. Humans use their touch to protect themselves, to create emotional relationships with other people and to experience pleasure. Can you imagine life without it?The sense of touch comes from a net work of nerve endings (神经末梢) and special touch receptors on the surface of the skin. While there are different kinds of touch receptors, they help usjudge pressure, texture and vibrations (震动). They are located in our fingertips, palms, soles of our feet, face, lips and tongue.When we touch something, the mechano-receptors feel the touch and through a network of nerves send signals to the brain. This informs the brain about the location of the touch, the amount of force used, and the speed at which it was used.Several different techniques have been tried in the past few years to create such a robotic handusing three fingers. But this latest design by Soma copies the human hand. The gripper (钳子) is made up of flexible materials which grasp the thing based on its size and shape. Then air pressure is used to control the movement of the robotic fingers to pick objects safely and without causing damage.The next step would be for the robot to judge how ripe the fruits and vegetables are, and apply pressure accordingly. Members of the research team are currently working on adding computerized vision to the robots, so that they can see what they are grasping.Does all this mean robots can replace people? According to Ocado, it helps improve productivity by removing some of the repetitive tasks done by humans.1、What is focused on in the second paragraph?AThe origin of touch.BThe importance of touch.CThe development of touch.DThe process of transporting touch.2、What does the underlined word