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1、考研英语一张家口市康保县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) Tim, my seven-year-old son, is learning to play the drums. It is an 1 that has always caught his attentipn 2 he
2、hears them played. Before I 3 his first lessons, drums were all he wanted. At the age of 3 he 4 his mini drum set during a show. Using that same drum set he perfected the timing and rhythm of a popular church song 5 enough for his mom to sing along to. My son had found his passion at a young age and
3、 had a natural 6 to catch on quickly.Wanting to act quickly to 7 his talent, I immediately signed him up for drum lessons. No sooner had my first payment cleared than his passion 8 . He did not want to take instructions. He wanted to play the drums 9 , To him the drums were a way of 10 . Ian wanted
4、to “play the beat of his own drum.”The challenge was that music has more than one 11 Rock doesnt sound like smooth jazz and smooth jazz doesnt sound like 12 You cant play every 13 that exists to the same beat. If 14 were a series of songs, the melodies 15 could be calming and peacefiil, or violent a
5、nd chaotic. Each event we face has its 16 own sound, so we have to learn 17 to play the tune of the moment. You should understand that even with all the natural talent in the world there is always 18 for improvement.You cant do it all without 19 .You wont know how to play every beat life throws at y
6、ou without practice.You cant 20 talent forever.1、AarrangementBenjoymentCinstrumentDadvertisement2、AanywayBhoweverCwhateverDanytime3、Apaid forBwaited onCtook offDburst into4、AfoundedBplayedClostDlearned5、AsimilarBhorribleCgoodDstrange6、AtasteBtalentCtendencyDhabit7、AimproveBdecreaseCdiscoverDadmit8、A
7、roseBstrengthenedCprogressedDdisappeared9、Aby himselfBin his wayCin personDwith others10、AexpressionBpossessionCpermissionDimpression11、AformBsoundCbeatDadvantage12、AnatureBcultureCviewDfolk13、ApoemBsongCsportDgame14、AluckBlifeCtruthDmusic15、Aat timesBas usualCin generalDon average16、AquiteBwellCfas
8、tDvery17、AwhenBwhereChowDwhy18、AplaceBspotCsceneryDroom19、AinstructionsBeffortsCcontributionsDexperiences20、Afigure outBput offCrely onDtake inSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answ
9、ers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1Think of the empty cities in zombie(僵尸)movies. The streets, the shops and the schools still there just like they would be on a normal day, except there are no people to be seen. It is the emptiness that scares you.Now a real-life ghost city is being built in
10、 the US. But fortunately, it has nothing to do with zombies - it is going to be a place to test the technology of the futureCalled CITE - the Center for Innovation(创新), Testing and Evaluation(测评) - the city is the idea of technology company Pegasus Global Holdings. Covering an area of 15 square mile
11、s (39 square kilometers), it is the size of a small US city and sits in the middle of the New Mexico desert.But why do we need an empty city that nobody will call home?The reason is that we cant afford to test the latest technologies in the cities that we live in - they might not be ready and could
12、cause problems and danger in our everyday lives.It will be a true laboratory without the problems and safety issues that come with people living there. Here you can break things and run into things, and get used to how they work, before taking them out into the market, Pegasus managing director Robe
13、rt Brumley told technology magazine Wired.In fact, without worrying about hurting people, anybody with a new idea can ask to test it in this city. Just think about the possibilities- driverless cars can move freely on the streets, homes with robots can be designed and energy sources like nuclear pow
14、er can also be put to the test.As good as the idea may seem, however, there are still doubts about CITE. One of the most difficult things to do when developing these new technologies is to have them safely move around people, who can suddenly jump out in front of something, Reese Jones, a founder of
15、 Singularity University, US, told Fortune magazine.Jones is worried that, even if a technology works perfectly well in CITE, introducing it to a real city will still be a whole different story because there will be people living in the city.But no matter what, perhaps we should wait until CITE is finished in 2018. Maybe it will turn out to work just fine.1、The empty city is being built_.Aso people can experience the technology of the