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1、考研英语一2023年祁连县高分通关卷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)The town of Pressure and the town of Pleasure were neighbors but they had 1 in common. Residents built walls to 2 influe
2、nce from the 3 town.In Pressure, everyone struggled to be the very best. When women 4 birth, they would compete to have the baby with the 5 cry. There was violent competition in every aspect of life. Because 6 was the symbol of success, people were always 7 making money, with no time for relaxation.
3、 Some young people couldnt bear the intensity and chose to drive to escape. 8 , over in Pleasure, the motto was “As long as you like it, do it.” People 9 without pressure and could do anything 10 liked. Children played computer games day and night. At school, teachers didnt care 11 students came or
4、not. Workers might sit around the office 12 drinking coffee and doing nothing. 13 the lack of regulations, nobody worried about losing their jobs. It was pleasure that mattered. No one had the slightest thought of moving 14 , either for themselves or for the town. The computers they used 15 old meth
5、ods from the town of Pressure.Some of the young were addicted to 16 because of the emptiness of their lives. Then, people in the two towns began asking themselves. “What is life 17 ?” But just before life in the two towns completely failed, there came a great personMr. Reason. He went from door to d
6、oor, 18 with people and giving advice. People in Pressure learnt to be content with what they had, while people in Pleasure began to make plans. They 19 the wall between them and built a road to connect the two. The towns people 20 to realize the truth-there is no gap between Pressure and Pleasure i
7、f they dont go to extremes.1、Aanything Bnothing Ceverything Dsomething2、Akeep out Blook out Cwork out Dgive out3、Aanother Bany Cevery Dother4、Agave Btook Coffered Dbrought5、Aloud Blouder Cloudest Dloudly6、Awealth Bhealthy Chealth Dwealthy7、Alazy Bbusy Ceasy Dhard8、AAt that time BMeanwhile CAt one ti
8、me DOnce in a while9、Agot up Bbrought up Cset up Dgrew up10、Awe Byou Cthey Dit11、Awhether Bwho Cwhere Dwhat12、Aall day long Ball night Call along Dall the way13、ABecause BThanks to COwe to DAccording to14、Abackward Bdownward Cupward Dforward15、Awas Bare Cis Dwere16、Adrugs Bmoney Cwork Dbooks17、Ain B
9、to Cfor Dto18、Atalked Btalking Ctalks Dto talk19、Awent down Bput down Cpulled down Dwrote down20、Awent Bcame Chappened DreturnedSection 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 ANSW
10、ER 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 the US. But fo
11、rtunately, 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 miles (39 square ki
12、lometers), 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 cause problems
13、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 Robert Brumley told
14、 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 power can also be
15、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 Singularity University, US, told Fortune magazine.Jo
