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1、考研英语一2023年重庆市万州区巅峰冲刺试卷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)Everyone wants to win a first-place blue ribbon, to be the best in something. Even kids in Kindergarten want that bl
2、ue ribbon. In sports, I was never a blue-ribbon person. In a race, I was always 1 In baseball I was likely to be 2 on the head or drop the ball. During the spring of my kindergarten year, our class had a field trip to a park in a town about twenty miles away. Making that drive now is no big 3 but wh
3、en youre six and youve lived in a town of 300 people all your life, going to a big town of a couple of thousand people is really something.I dont remember too much about it. But there was one that I will never forget the 4 race. The parents tied our feet together. One little boy got me for a 5 . He
4、was the second most 6 boy in our class so he usually won at everything and I knew that with me tied to him he didnt have a chance. And Im sure he knew he was in trouble. The gun sounded and we were off. Some couples were falling and stumbling all around us, 42 we stayed on our feet and made it to th
5、e other side. 43 , when we turned around and headed back for home, we were in the lead! Only one couple had a chance to win, and they were a good several yards behind us.A few feet from the finish line, disaster struck: I tripped and fell. We were 44 enough that my partner could have easily dragged
6、me across the finish line and won. But he didnt. Instead he stopped, 45 down and helped me up just at the other couple crossed the finish line. As a result, we received a small red ribbon for coming in second.I still remember that moment when the young boy decided that helping a friend get on her fe
7、et was more important than winning a blue ribbon. And 13 years later, I still have that little ribbon because its a 46 that a friend like this boy is one who really 47 .1、Alast Bfirst Cquick Dsuccessful2、Atouched Bfelt Chit Dbeaten3、Aquestion Bevent Cone Ddeal4、Aone-legged Btwo-legged Cthree-legged
8、Dfour-legged5、Apartner Bhelper Csupporter Dcompetitor6、Atallest Byoungest Cathletic Dhandsome7、Abut Btherefore Chowever Dand8、AObviously BUnbelievably CSecretly DUndoubtedly9、Astrong Bbrave Cclever Dclose10、Alay Bslowed Cmoved Dreached11、Awarning Breminder Cgift Dnotice12、Adepends Bcounts Csupports
9、DworthySection 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 1In third-world countries such as Swaziland and Haiti, a $ 15-dollar invention is making a worl
10、d of difference. Nokero, a company started by Brian Rants, sells lamps that do not require kerosene (蓖麻油). These solar lamps have become a staple (主流产品) in countries in Africa, to provide light for reading and safety at night.Nokcro has sold over 500,000 lamps in over 120 countries since it was firs
11、t founded in 2010 and Rants thinks the demand for his product will only continue to increase. Most lamps found in third-world countries currently require kerosene to run. but kerosene causes indoor pollution and has been linked to fires that have caused over a million deaths.Instead of experiencing
12、the effects of smoking 40 cigarettes a day from kerosene lamps, Rants thinks his solar lamps could be the answer for third-world countries. The Economist agrees, calling solar lights “the next big innovation for the worlds poor”. Nokeros solar lamps are higher in quality and less expensive than a lo
13、t of solar technology, making them a practical option for many people in third world countries.Rather than giving solar lamps to individuals in need. Nokeros mission is to make them affordable. Through research Rants has realized that individuals who buy a solar product take better care of it and va
14、lue it more than if they had received it for free. Families who buy Nokeros solar lamps make up the cost in just a few months of not having to buy kerosene or pay for off-the-grid electricity.Some activists have attacked companies such as Nokero for selling products to the poor rather than simply gi
15、ving them out for free. They argue that these companies unfairly profit off the poor. However, Rants disagrees. Families receive a product that is much higher in quality than what they might receive for free and feel a sense of ownership having purchased it for themselves.1、What do we know about the solar lamps in the passage?AThey save energy and cause no pollution.BThey equal the effect of 40 cigarettes a day.CThey are given to the individuals free of charge.DThey help to save kerosene in third-world countrie
