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1、2023年乐昌市考研英语一统考试题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)It was 3 am, a cold and wet night, on August 21, 2010. I had just left a local club to travel ten kilometers home when I
2、lost 1 of my car on Grand Junction Road in Hope Valley.I 2 into a still car that was 3 in front of a house, and then hit a tree. I was badly injured! 4 still, I had no idea that a fire had started 5 the bonnet(引擎盖)of my car. 6 in the car behind me was a young man, who I later found out was called Ja
3、red. He saw the accident occur and 7 to help me out of the car. He put his own life in 8 when he got into the back seat trying to undo my seat belt.With my seat belt 9 , Jared then broke the drivers window to drag me out. He 10 did this while my car was burning 11 by the crash, the homeowners came o
4、ut to investigate(调查). Jared told them to ring emergency services 12 he continued to help me out of the car.I 13 my life to Jared and I consider him a good friend due to the 14 bond created on the night he dragged me to safety. I was rushed to the Royal Adelaide Hospital in a 15 condition, five bone
5、s broken.I spent a few weeks in hospital, during which time Jared visited me to see how I was 16 .He also continued to contact me after I returned home. He says he doesnt believe that he did anything special. On that, I 17 disagree with him and am very glad that he didnt get hurt in the 18 .Today, n
6、early seven years later, Jared and I still 19 and often talk about the events of that night. Jared is my 20 and my friend.1、Abalance Bsight Cinterest Dcontrol2、Agot Bstepped Ccrashed Dhid3、Akept Bparked Cfound Dstood4、AWorse BLuckily CClearly DBadly5、Aoff Bunder Cnear Dbeyond6、ASitting BSleeping CDr
7、iving DWaiting7、Astopped Bfailed Chappened Dhesitated8、Apractice Bhand Csafety Ddanger9、Arenewed Bundone Crepaired Dfastened10、Ahardly Bgradually Cbravely Dnaturally11、AAnnoyed BDragged CWarned DWoken12、Awhile Balthough Cuntil Dsince13、Adevote Bowe Ctake Dsave14、Abloody Bsocial Cspecial Dloose15、Ane
8、rvous Bpleasant Cnormal Dserious16、Arecovering Boperating Cstruggling Drelaxing17、Aeventually Bexactly Ctotally Dprobably18、Aspot Bprocess Cway Dchallenge19、Atake care Bfit in Cdrop in on Dkeep in touch20、Aangel Bowner Cdoctor DdriverSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the followin
9、g 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 1Theres a revolution happening in the way that food is grown around the world. Vertical farming piles crops on top of one another in a climate controlled, indoor facili
10、ty, and uses advanced technology to produce food in the most environmentally friendly way the world has ever seen.At AeroFarms in Newark, New Jersey, crops are piled more than 30 feet high in a 30,000 square foot space. They use aeroponic(气雾栽培) technology, involving misting the roots of the plants,
11、using an astonishing 95% less water than conventional farming methods. David Rosenberg, CEO of AeroFarms told Seeker, “Typically, in indoor growing, the roots sit in water. If we mist nutrition to the root structure, the roots have a better oxygenation(氧合作用).”AeroFarms uses no pesticides. The plants
12、 are grown in a reusable cloth made from recycled plastic, so no soil is needed to grow them. They also use a system of specialized LED lighting instead of natural sunlight, reducing their energy footprint even further. “Many people say Sunless? Wait. Plants need sun. Actually the plants dont need y
13、ellow spectrum(光谱). So we reduce our energy footprint by doing things like reducing certain types of spectrum to make it function as sunlight,” Rosenberg said.Dickson Despommier, an ecologist from Columbia University, was one of the first advocates of vertical farming. In 1999, he proposed that vert
14、ical farming could help feed our ever-growing, overpopulated cities, while using less water than current farming methods and reducing the need to transport food long-distances. Despommier likely imagined his idea would be taking shape on a global level, just 18 years later.There are now vertical far
15、ms in Canada, Panama, Britain, and throughout America. AeroFarms is currently building another vertical farm facility in an old steel factory thats larger than a football field. They expect it will grow up to 2 million pounds of greens every year.Rosenberg believes that vertical farming is truly the way of the future. “Its a tough business, but it
