高二英語試卷英語閱讀理解(科普環(huán)保)題分類匯編一、高中英語閱讀理解科普環(huán)保類1．犇犇閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

Boomerangchildrenwhoreturntolivewiththeirparentsafteruniversitycanbegoodforfamilies,leadingtocloser,moresupportiverelationshipsandincreasedcontactbetweenthegenerations,astudyhasfound.

Thefindingscontradictresearchpublishedearlierthisyearshowingthatreturningadultchildrentriggerasignificantdeclineintheirparents'qualityoflifeandwellbeing.

Theyoungadultstakingpartinthestudywere"morepositivethanmighthavebeenexpectedaboutmovingbackhome—theshameisreducedassomanyoftheirpeersareinthesameposition,andtheyacknowledgedthebenefitsoftheirparents'financialandemotionalsupport.Daughterswerehappierthansons,oftenslippingbackeasilyintoteenagepatternsofbehaviour,thestudyfound.

Parentsonthewholeweremoreuncertain,expressingconcernaboutthelikelydurationofthearrangementandhowtomanageit.Buttheyacknowledgedthatthingsweredifferentforgraduatestoday,wholeaveuniversitywithhugedebtsandfewerjobopportunities.

Thefamiliesfeaturedinthestudyweremiddle-classandtendedtoviewtheachievementofadultindependencefortheirchildrenasa"familyproject".Parentsacceptedthattheirchildrenrequiredsupportasuniversitystudentsandthenasgraduatesreturninghome,astheytriedtofindjobspayingenoughtoenablethemtomoveoutandgetonthehousingladder.

"However",thestudysays,"day-to-daytensionsabouttheprospectsofachievingdifferentdimensionsofindependence,whichinafewextremecasescameclosetoconflict,characterisedtheexperienceofamajorityofparentsandalittleoverhalfthegraduates".

Areasofdisagreementincludedchores,moneyandsociallife.Whileparentswerekeentohelp,theyalsowanteddifferentrelationshipsfromthosetheyhadwiththeirownparents,andcontinuingtosupporttheiradultchildrenallowedthemtoremainclose.（1）Whatisthefindingofthepreviousresearch?A.

Boomerangchildrenmadetheirparentshappier.B.

Theparentswerelookingforwardtotheirchildren'sreturn.C.

Theparents'qualityoflifebecameworsethanbefore.D.

Boomerangchildrenneverdidanyhousework.（2）Theunderlinedword"trigger"inParagraph2maybebestreplacedby________.A.

cause

B.

defeat

C.

arise

D.

allow（3）Whatistheattitudeofthecollegegraduatestowardsreturninghome?A.

Theyareashamedofturningtotheirparentsforhelp.B.

Theyaregladthattheycouldcomeback.C.

Theyaredoubtfulaboutwhethertheyshouldreturn.D.

Theyareproudtobeindependentfromthefamily.（4）Whatcanbeinferredasthereasonforthe"boomerangchildren"phenomenon?A.

Thechildrenwanttokeepinclosertouchwiththeirparents.B.

Theparentsarewillingtoprovidesupporttotheirchildren.C.

Itisharderforthechildrentosecureasatisfyingjob.D.

Thereismorehouseworkneededtobedonebythechildren.（5）Whatisthesideeffectoftheboomerangchildrenphenomenon?A.

Bothparentsandchildrenenjoyamoreharmoniousrelationship.B.

Neitherparentsnorchildrenwanttodothechoresathome.C.

Notonlyparentsbutalsochildrenwanttobeindependent.D.

Thereareoccasionalquarrelsbetweenparentsandchildren.【答案】（1）C（2）A（3）B（4）C（5）D【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，一項(xiàng)研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，“回巢族”子女在大學(xué)畢業(yè)后回到父母身邊生活對家庭是有好處的，他們會與父母建立更親密、更具支持性的關(guān)系，并增進(jìn)兩代人之間的聯(lián)系。而這一發(fā)現(xiàn)與今年早些時候發(fā)表的一項(xiàng)研究結(jié)果相矛盾，該研究顯示，返鄉(xiāng)的成年子女會導(dǎo)致父母的生活質(zhì)量和幸福感顯著下降。父母和孩子對于獨(dú)立的緊張情緒會導(dǎo)致父母和子女之間偶爾的爭吵。（1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“Thefindingsdisagreewiththeresearchpublishedearlierthisyearshowingthatreturningadultchildrentriggerasignificantworseningintheirparents'qualityoflifeandwellbeing.”這一發(fā)現(xiàn)與今年早些時候發(fā)表的一項(xiàng)研究結(jié)果不一致，早些的研究顯示，返鄉(xiāng)的成年子女會導(dǎo)致父母的生活質(zhì)量和幸福感顯著惡化?？芍酝难芯匡@示，返鄉(xiāng)的成年子女會導(dǎo)致父母的生活質(zhì)量和幸福感比之前更差，故選C。（2）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第二段中的“Thefindingsdisagreewiththeresearchpublishedearlierthisyearshowingthatreturningadultchildrentriggerasignificantworseningintheirparents'qualityoflifeandwellbeing.”通過新舊研究對比，以往的研究表明，返鄉(xiāng)的成年子女會導(dǎo)致父母的生活質(zhì)量和幸福感顯著下降。即可推理劃線部分單詞trigger意為“導(dǎo)致，致使”，與cause意義一致。故選A。（3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“Theyoungadultstakingpartinthestudywere‘morepositivethanmighthavebeenexpected’aboutmovingbackhome–theshameisreducedassomanyoftheirfriendsareinthesameposition,andtheyacknowledgedthebenefitsoftheirparents'financialandemotionalsupport.”參與這項(xiàng)研究的年輕人對于搬回家“比預(yù)期的更積極”——他們的羞愧感減少了，因?yàn)樗麄兊脑S多朋友都處于同樣的處境，而且他們承認(rèn)父母在經(jīng)濟(jì)和情感上的支持是有好處的。）可知，大學(xué)畢業(yè)生對回家的態(tài)度是積極的，很高興能夠回家，故選B。（4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四段中的“Buttheyacknowledgedthatthingsweredifferentforgraduatestoday,wholeaveuniversitywithhugedebtsandfewerjobopportunities.”但他們承認(rèn)，如今的畢業(yè)生情況有所不同，他們畢業(yè)時背負(fù)著巨額債務(wù)，工作機(jī)會也更少。由此推斷出，孩子們很難找到一份滿意的工作，故選C。（5）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的"‘However’,thestudysays,‘day-to-daytensionsabouttheprospectsofachievingdifferentdimensionsofindependence,whichinafewextremecasescameclosetoconflict”可知對于實(shí)現(xiàn)不同層面獨(dú)立前景的日常緊張情緒，是大多數(shù)家長和略多于一半畢業(yè)生經(jīng)歷的特征。在少數(shù)極端情況下，這種緊張情緒接近沖突?？芍爻沧搴⒆蝇F(xiàn)象的副作用是在少數(shù)情況下，緊張情緒會導(dǎo)致父母和孩子之間偶爾發(fā)生爭吵。故選D?！军c(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和推理判斷三個題型的考查，是一篇科研類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。2．犇犇閱讀理解

Newsanchors(主播)musthavebeenreluctanttoreadoutthefollowingnews:XinXiaomengbeganworkingastheworld'sfirstfemaleartificial(人工的)intelligencenewsanchoratXinhuaNewsAgencyonSunday,threemonthsafteramalerobotjoinedtheprofession.

Unlikepreviousnewsrobotsthough,Xindoesnotreadnewslikeacoldmachine;shereadsitalmostlikeahumanbeing.Themusclesonherfacestretchandrelax-andherreactionschange-asshecontinuesreading.That'swhymanynewsanchorswereworried:WillAIreplaceusinthenearfuture?

Tofindtheanswer,wehavetoanalysethetechnologiesthatsupportXinatherjob.ThreekeytechnologiesareusedtosupportXin.First,samplesofhumanvoicesarecollectedandsynthesized(合成).Thisisfollowedbythecollectionandsynthesisofhumanmusclemovementsamples.AndthirdthevoicesandmovementsaremarriedinawaythatwhentheAlnewsanchorreads,themicro-electricmotorsbehindherfacemovetomakeherexpressionsseemmorehuman.

Yetweneedathoroughknowledgeofdeepleaningtechnologytomakearobotimitateaperson'svoice.Thedeveloperneedstocollecttensofthousandsofpiecesofpronunciations,inputthemintothemachineandmatchthemwiththetextortheAltoleanandread.Theprocessforimitatingfacialmovementsissimilar.Thedeveloperhastoanalysethemovementsofthe53musclesinthehumanface,makeamodelsetfromthecollecteddatafortheAInewsanchortolean,andimitatethemovementsoffacialmusclesviaprograms

BoththetechnologiesusedtomakeXin'sperformanceimpressivearemature.Therealdifficultyliesinthethird-thetechnologytomatchthepronunciationswithfacialmovementssothatXinexpressionsvaryaccordingtothecontentofthenewsreport.Infact,Xinsexpressionsdon'talwayschangeaccordingtothecontent.Asaresult,herexpressionslookanythingbuthuman.Actually.AIisstillnomatchforhumanqualities.（1）Whatdoestheunderlinedword"reluctant"inthefirstparagraphmean?A.

Delighted.

B.

Unwilling.

C.

Confused.

D.

Optimistic.（2）Whatcanweinferaboutpreviousnewsrobots?A.

Theyreadnewswithoutexpressions.B.

TheylookedlikeahumanbeingC.

TheycouldinterviewsportsstarsD.

Theycouldinteractwithaudience.（3）Whatdoweknowaboutthethirdtechnology?A.

ThistechnologyisveryperfectsofarB.

ThistechnologyisquitepopularnowC.

ThistechnologyremainsatthetheoreticalstageD.

Thistechnologyisfarfrommature.（4）Fromthelastparagraph,wecandrawaconclusionthat____.A.

humannewsanchorsshouldlearnfromATanchorstosavetheirjobsB.

AlanchorsperformmuchbetterthanhumannewsanchorsatpresentC.

Alnewsanchorswon'treplacehumannewsanchorsinthenearfutureD.

XinXiaomengsexpressionsvarysonaturallythattheyaretruetolife【答案】（1）B（2）A（3）D（4）C【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，上周日，新華社新聞主播辛?xí)悦瘸蔀槭澜缟系谝晃慌匀斯ぶ悄苄侣勚鞑ィ髡呓榻B了人工智能背后的技術(shù)，并指出在不久的將來，人工智能新聞主播不會取代人類新聞主播。（1）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第一段中的"XinXiaomengbeganworkingastheworld'sfirstfemaleartificial(人工的)intelligencenewsanchoratXinhuaNewsAgencyonSunday"及第二段中的"That'swhymanynewsanchorswereworried:WillAIreplaceusinthenearfuture?"可知，擔(dān)心將來自己的工作會被人工智能取代的新聞主播一定不愿意透露下面這個消息：上周日，新華社新聞主播辛?xí)悦瘸蔀槭澜缟系谝晃慌匀斯ぶ悄苄侣勚鞑ィ纱丝芍嬀€詞詞義為"不愿意的"，故選B。（2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的"Unlikepreviousnewsrobotsthough,Xindoesnotreadnewslikeacoldmachine;shereadsitalmostlikeahumanbeing.Themusclesonherfacestretchandrelax-andherreactionschange-asshecontinuesreading."可知，與以前的機(jī)器人主播不同的是，辛?xí)悦茸x起來不像一臺冷冰冰的機(jī)器，就像是一個活生生的人，她讀新聞的時候臉上的肌肉能夠伸展和放松，面部反應(yīng)也發(fā)生了變化，由此可知，以前的機(jī)器人主播讀新聞時面無表情，故選A。（3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的"Therealdifficultyliesinthethird-thetechnologytomatchthepronunciationswithfacialmovementssothatXinexpressionsvaryaccordingtothecontentofthenewsreport.Infact,Xinsexpressionsdon'talwayschangeaccordingtothecontent.Asaresult,herexpressionslookanythingbuthuman."可知，真正的難點(diǎn)在于第三技術(shù)，使辛?xí)悦鹊拿娌勘砬楦鶕?jù)新聞報(bào)道的內(nèi)容而變化，事實(shí)上，辛?xí)悦鹊谋砬椴豢偸请S著內(nèi)容而變化，她的表情一點(diǎn)也不像人類，由此可知，第三技術(shù)還遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)不夠成熟，故選D。（4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的"Actually.AIisstillnomatchforhumanqualities."可知，人工智能仍無法與人類素質(zhì)相匹敵，由此可知，在不久的將來，人工智能新聞主播不會取代人類新聞主播，故選C。【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及詞義猜測和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇科普類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。3．犇犇閱讀理解

Wolvesstrikefearintotheheartsofmanyspecies,humansincluded.Ourfearofthemhasbroughtthemtotheedgeofdyingout,aswehavecruellykilledthemascompetitorsandtrouble-makers.Butresearchersarediscoveringthattheveryfeartheyputintoprey（被捕食者）speciesisexactlywhathelpsmakeecosystems（生態(tài)）healthy.

YellowstoneNationalParkisatypicalexampleofjusthowwolvescanhelprepairanecosystem.AnOctober2018studyanalyzed40yearsofresearchonlargeanimalsinsidethepark.

"Yellowstonehasbenefitedfromthereintroductionofwolvesinwaysthatwedidnotanticipate,especiallythecomplexityofbiologicalinteractions（互動）inthepark,"explainedMarkBoyce,aprofessorintheDepartmentofBiologicalSciences."Wewerereallysurprisedatthatandwe'dneverhaveseentheseresponsesiftheparkhadn'tadoptedecological-processmanagement—allowingnaturalecologicalprocessestotakeplacewithleasthumanintervention."

Afterthewolveswerere-introducedatYellowstone,willowandcottonwoodtreesincreasedinnumber.Thepopulationofbearsandbisonalsoroseandwhatwasoncearulingdeer-wolfinteractionisnowmorediverse.

Tolearnmoreaboutjusthowwolvesarebeneficial,ashortdocumentaryfromQuestexplainshowthepresenceofwolvesinfluencesthebehaviorofdeer,whicheventuallymakesentireecosystemsmorebiologicallydiverseandhealthy.Inthisdocumentary,biologistAaronWirsingexploredwhywolvesandothertoppredators（捕食者）wereneededfordiverseecosystemstodevelop.Usingasimplevideocamera,Wirsingisgainingauniqueviewpointonpredator-preyrelationshipsandchangingthewaywethinkaboutwolves.

Theresearchisonemorepieceofevidenceforwhyprotectingthesetoppredatorsisimportantnotjustforwolvesasaspecies,butforhundredsofspeciesateverylevelofanecosystem.Thefeartheybringalongmaybetheveryanglethathelpssavethemfromdyingout.（1）Whatdoestheunderlinedword"anticipate"inparagraph3probablymean?A.

Expect.

B.

Understand.

C.

Notice.

D.

Accept.（2）Forwhatpurposewasadocumentarymade?A.

Tointroducehowwolvesbehaveinthewild.B.

Toshowhowwolvesbenefitfromecosystems.C.

TorecordhowAaronWirsingobservedwolves.D.

Tostudywhatgoodwolvescandotoecosystems.（3）Whatisthesignificanceoftheresearch?A.

Itproveswolvesfeedonhundredsofspecies.B.

Ithelpsprovetheimportanceofprotectingwolves.C.

Itshowsthecomplexrelationshipsbetweenspecies.D.

Itprovidesevidencethatwolvesareendangeredanimals.（4）Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?A.

Thefearofwolvesisbeneficialtoecosystems.B.

Thefearofwolvesputthemindangerofdisappearing.C.

YellowstoneNationalParkowesitshealthyecosystemstowolves.D.

TheintroductionofwolvesinYellowstoneNationalParkisasuccess.【答案】（1）A（2）D（3）B（4）A【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，研究表明人類以及其他動物對狼的恐懼對維持健康、平衡的生態(tài)系統(tǒng)是有益的，其中黃石公園灰狼的引進(jìn)就是一個典型的例子。（1）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第三段中的"Wewerereallysurprisedatthat"可知，黃石公園在意想不到的方面從重新引入狼中獲益。故選A。（2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第五段中的“Tolearnmoreaboutjusthowwolvesarebeneficial,ashortdocumentaryfromQuestexplainshowthepresenceofwolvesinfluencesthebehaviorofdeer,whicheventuallymakesentireecosystemsmorebiologicallydiverseandhealthy.”可知，拍攝紀(jì)錄片的目的是了解狼是如何對生態(tài)有益的。故選D。（3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Theresearchisonemorepieceofevidenceforwhyprotectingthesetoppredatorsisimportantnotjustforwolvesasaspecies,butforhundredsofspeciesateverylevelofanecosystem.”可知，這項(xiàng)研究再次證明了為什么保護(hù)這些食肉動物不僅對狼這個物種很重要，而且對生態(tài)系統(tǒng)的各個層面的物種都很重要。故這項(xiàng)研究的意義在于它有助于證明保護(hù)狼的重要性。故選B。（4）考查主旨大意。本文主要講述了人類以及其他動物對狼的恐懼對維持健康、平衡的生態(tài)系統(tǒng)是有益的，因?yàn)槭巢輨游锊粫^度繁殖，從而保護(hù)了植物的生長。故選A?！军c(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇科研類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。4．閱讀理解

Ithasbeendiscoveredthataftertheageofsixteen,thenumberofourbraincellsbeginstodecreaseataspeedofseveralmillionayear.Theysimplydieoff.Incertaintypesofactivity,thehumanbrainisatitshighestpointintheearlytwenties,whenithascollectedenoughinformationtobeabletousethevastnumberofcellsfreelyinthemosteffectiveway.Puremathematicsisoneofthefieldsinwhichthishappens,andweknowthatAlbertEinsteinmadeallhisworld-shakingdiscoveriesbetweentheageofabout20and25,andspenttherestofhislifetidyingthemupandarrangingthem.

Butincertainothertypesofactivity(ofwhichbeinganauthorisperhapsone),experienceismoreimportantthansharpnessofbrain,andthereoneusuallyfindsthatapersonreacheshisorherpeakmuchlaterinlife.

Besidessharpnessofbrainandexperience,hereisanotherthingthatisveryimportant,andthatiswisdom.Onecanhaveaveryquick,inventivebrainandplentyofexperience,butifoneusesthesefoolishly,oneharmsbothoneselfandothers.Wisdomdoesnotalwayscomewithage——thereareplentyoffoolishmiddle-agedpeopleabout——buttheaveragepersontendstolearnwisdomashegetsolder,usuallybymakingpainfulofembarrassingmistakes.Leaningtobewiseisbasicallylearningwhatisnotpossible;andwhatispossiblebutsodifficultthatitisnotworthallthetroubleonehastogothroughtogetthere.Mostly,itislearningabouthumannature;howrealpeoplebehaveandreact,asagainsthowonewouldlikethemtobehaveandreact.Onecanreadandhearlotofidealisticstuffabouthowtomaketheworldabetterplace,whichwouldbefoundifitwasbasedonanaccurateobservationofhumannature,butwhichisbasicallyawasteoftimebecauseitisnot.（1）Accordingtothewriter,thegreatdiscoveriesmadebyAlbertEinsteinweremainlyaresultin________.A.yearsofhardworkB.sharpnessofthebrainC.richexperienceD.hisdeepunderstandingofthenature（2）Somepeopleachievesuccessmuchlaterinlifebecause

.A.theirworkoftenrequiresmuchexperienceB.theydonothaveachancetoshowtheirtalentsC.theyhavetolearnlessonsfromfailuresD.theyfailtorealizeearliertheimportanceofhardwork（3）Theimportanceofwisdomliesinthefactthat

.A.ithelpstoavoidvariousmistakesB.itcontributestoone'screativityC.itencouragesonetogoforwardinfaceofdifficultyD.itprovidestherightdirectionofefforts（4）Thewritercametobelievethat

.A.itisalwaysawasteoftimetomakeplansaboutthefutureB.itishumannaturetomakeattemptsonwhatlooksimpossibleC.oneshouldalwayschallengetheimpossibletopushthesocietyforwardD.onehastousewisdomindecidingwhatisthebestthingtodo【答案】（1）B（2）A（3）D（4）D【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了人類的大腦在20歲左右于巔峰，在以后的成就多數(shù)是因?yàn)樾枰S富的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。除了頭腦敏銳和經(jīng)驗(yàn)豐富外，智慧也非常重要，因?yàn)橹腔蹫槿藗兲峁┝苏_的努力方向。人們要用智慧來決定做什么才是最好的。（1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段“Ithasbeendiscoveredthataftertheageofsixteen,thenumberofourbraincellsbeginstodecreaseataspeedofseveralmillionayear.Theysimplydieoff.Incertaintypesofactivity,thehumanbrainisatitshighestpointintheearlytwenties,...andweknowthatAlbertEinsteinmadeallhisworld-shakingdiscoveriesbetweentheageofabout20and25,andspenttherestofhislifetidyingthemupandarrangingthem.”人們發(fā)現(xiàn)，16歲以后，我們的腦細(xì)胞數(shù)量開始以每年幾百萬的速度減少。在某些類型的活動中，人類的大腦在20歲早期處于巔峰狀態(tài),...我們知道阿爾伯特·愛因斯坦在20到25歲之間做出了所有震驚世界的發(fā)現(xiàn)。用余生來整理和安排這些發(fā)現(xiàn)。根據(jù)對愛因斯坦所的發(fā)現(xiàn)可知，他的偉大的發(fā)現(xiàn)是在20-25歲之間，更是印證了人類大腦在20年代初達(dá)到了巔峰，可推斷出，本段主要研究人類大腦巔峰期，故選B。（2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段“Butincertainothertypesofactivity(ofwhichbeinganauthorisperhapsone),experienceismoreimportantthansharpnessofbrain,andthereoneusuallyfindsthatapersonreacheshisorherpeakmuchlaterinlife.”但在某些其他類型的活動中(作家可能是其中一種)，經(jīng)驗(yàn)比頭腦的敏捷更重要，人們通常會發(fā)現(xiàn)一個人在他一生的晚期才達(dá)到頂峰?？赏茢喑鲇行┤嗽谕砟耆〉贸晒κ且?yàn)樗麄兊墓ぷ髦型枰芏嘟?jīng)驗(yàn)。故選A。（3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的“Besidessharpnessofbrainandexperience,hereisanotherthingthatisveryimportant,andthatiswisdom....Leaningtobewiseisbasicallylearningwhatisnotpossible；andwhatispossiblebutsodifficultthatitisnotworthallthetroubleonehastogothroughtogetthere.Mostly,itislearningabouthumannature；howrealpeoplebehaveandreact,asagainsthowonewouldlikethemtobehaveandreact.”除了敏銳的頭腦和豐富的經(jīng)驗(yàn)外，還有一件事是非常重要的，那就是智慧。學(xué)習(xí)成為智者，要基本的了解什么是不可能的；學(xué)習(xí)有可能但又很困難的東西，以至于不值得一個人為了達(dá)到目的而付出所有的努力。最重要的是了解人性，了解真實(shí)的人是如何行為和反應(yīng)的，以及人們希望他們?nèi)绾涡袨楹头磻?yīng)的。由此可推斷出智慧的重要性在于智慧能讓人知道什么可做，什么不能做，即為人提供正確的努力方向。故選D。（4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Leaningtobewiseisbasicallylearningwhatisnotpossible；andwhatispossiblebutsodifficultthatitisnotworthallthetroubleonehastogothroughtogetthere.Mostly,itislearningabouthumannature；howrealpeoplebehaveandreact,asagainsthowonewouldlikethemtobehaveandreact.Onecanreadandhearlotofidealisticstuffabouthowtomaketheworldabetterplace,whichwouldbefoundifitwasbasedonanaccurateobservationofhumannature,”成為智者，要大體上知道什么是不可能的。學(xué)習(xí)有可能但又如此困難的東西，以至于不值得一個人為了達(dá)到目的而付出所有的努力。最重要的是學(xué)習(xí)人性，了解真實(shí)的人是如何行為和反應(yīng)的，以及人們希望他們?nèi)绾涡袨楹头磻?yīng)的。人們可以讀到和聽到很多關(guān)于如何使世界變得更美好的理想主義的東西.......由此可推斷出聰明的人必須運(yùn)用智慧來決定最好要做什么事。故選D?！军c(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷題型的考查，是一篇科研類閱讀，考生需要根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解

Manyyearsago,mymotherreadfromthebookBlueberriesforSalbyRobertMcCloskeytome.Irememberasifitwereyesterday,hearinghervoiceatmysideonacoldwintrynight.Mymother'svoicechangedmyworld.

LongbeforeIcouldreadonmyown,shesharedwithmethestrengthandbeautyofMcCloskey'slanguageastoryofalittlegirlandhermotheroutinnature,co-existingwithamotherbearandherownbaby.Thepowerofthestory,oflanguageandofmymotherallcametogether.Andithappenedmanytimesafterthat,overandover.Thereadaloudmademeareader.

Yearslater,Iwasreadingaloudapicturebooktoasmallchildinaclassroom.Hislife,sofar,hadnotbeeneasy.Hischildhoodwastroubledbypovertyandloneliness.Inthatmoment,inthejoyofthereadaloud,hehadanideathatstartedsomethingbig.

Whathesaidwasthis:"Mrs.Allyn,let'smakesureeveryoneknowshowgoodthisfeels.Let'shaveaholidayforthereadaloud"Therefore,myorganization,LitWorld,createdagrassrootsmovementWorldReadAloudDayin2010tohonorthisyoungboy'swishforeveryonetobeabletohaveareadaloudeveryday.

Sincethedayhesharedthatgoodideawithus,WorldReadAloudDayhasbecomeaworldwideeventreachingoveronemillionpeopleinmorethan65countriesaroundtheworld.Thisyearweareover600citiesstrong,anumberthatisgrowingeveryday.

Childrenwhogrowupasreadersbecomeengagedcitizensoftheglobalworld,andeverychilddeservestherighttoread.WhenIsaythatreadingaloudwillchangetheworld,Iknowitsoundssimple.Butoneofthemanygreatthingsaboutgivingkidsaccesstothepowerofstoriesandsharingthemtogetheristhatitissimple.Itisalsocheapandeasilydone.Andtheimpactishuge.（1）Howdidtheauthor'sparentchangeherlife?A.

Byreadingaloudtoher.

B.

Bylisteningtoherreading.C.

Bybuyingmanybooksforher.

D.

Byencouraginghertoreadaloud.（2）AccordingtoParagraph3,theauthorwasprobablythelittleboy's

.A.

mother

B.

teacher

C.

bestfriend

D.

favoritewriter（3）Whatdoesthesmallchild'sideainParagraph3referto?A.

Tostartaholiday.

B.

Toreducepoverty.C.

TofoundLitWorld.

D.

Toovercomeloneliness.（4）WhatcanweknowaboutWorldReadAloudDayfromParagraph5?A.

Itsorigin.

B.

Itsfuture.

C.

Itspurpose.

D.

Itsdevelopment.（5）Whatcanweinferfromthelastparagraph?A.

Stickingtoreadingisn'teasy.

B.

Readinggivesahighrateofreturn.C.

Readingaloudisn'tactuallysimple.

D.

Kidsshouldtrytochangetheworld.【答案】（1）A（2）B（3）A（4）D（5）B【解析】【分析】短文大意：本文主要介紹了大聲閱讀對孩子們的巨大影響，以及WorldReadAloudDay的開端以及后來的發(fā)展。（1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段最后兩句"Irememberasifitwereyesterday,hearinghervoiceatmysideonacoldwintrynight.Mymother'svoicechangedmyworld."可知父母親大聲朗讀改變了作者的一生。故A項(xiàng)正確。（2）推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段第一句"Yearslater,Iwasreadingaloudapicturebooktoasmallchildinaclassroom."可知作者是在教室里向一個小孩大聲朗讀一本圖畫書。通常只有老師才會這樣做，由此可知作者最可能是一位老師。故B項(xiàng)正確。（3）推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段第一句"Whathesaidwasthis:"Mrs.Allyn,let'smakesureeveryoneknowshowgoodthisfeels.Let'shaveaholidayforthereadaloud""可知小男孩的主意是出去度假來宣傳readloudly的好處。故A項(xiàng)正確。（4）推理判斷題。根據(jù)本段第一句"Sincethedayhesharedthatgoodideawithus,WorldReadAloudDayhasbecomeaworldwideeventreachingoveronemillionpeopleinmorethan65countriesaroundtheworld"可知本段主要介紹了WorldReadAloudDay的開始以及后來的發(fā)展。故D項(xiàng)正確。（5）推理判斷題。根據(jù)本文最后一句"Andtheimpactishuge."可知大聲閱讀對孩子們未來的發(fā)展影響很大。故B項(xiàng)正確?！军c(diǎn)評】查閱讀理解。本文涉及細(xì)節(jié)題、推斷題兩種?？碱}型，細(xì)節(jié)題要注意從文中尋找答案；推斷題需要聯(lián)系上下文，推斷出需要的信息。6．閱讀理解

Comparedwithsolarandwindenergy,whicharebooming,tidal(潮汐的)powerisaloserintheclean-energycompetition.Butifyoudidwanttobuildatidalpowerstation,therearefewbettersitesthanthemouthoftheRiverSevern,inBritain.Itstidalrange,thedifferenceindepthbetweenhighandlowtides,ofaround15metresisamongthelargestintheworld.

Engineersandgovernmentshavebeentoyingwiththeideasinceatleast1925.Butnoneofthesuggestedprojectshasmaterialised.Priceisoneobjection.Astudythoughtthattidalenergymightcostbetween￡216and￡368($306-521)perMWhofelectricityby2025,comparedwith￡58-75forseagoingwindturbines(輪機(jī))and￡55-76forsolarpanels.Environmentalistsalsoworrythatanyplantwouldchangethetides,makinglifeharderforwildlife.

AnengineercalledRodRaineythinkshehasawayaroundbothproblems.Heplanstoreplacetheconventionalturbinesofpreviousplanswithamucholdertechnology.Specifically,heplanstospan(橫跨)therivermouthwithalineofwaterwheels.ThisisadesignthatdatesbacktotheearlydaysoftheIndustrialRevolution.Examplescanbefoundfixedtothesidesofoldwatermills(水磨).

Buttherewouldbenothingold-fashionedaboutMrRainey'swheels.Thirtymetreshighandsixtywide,theywouldbemadefromordinarysteel.Twohundredandfiftyofthem,alongwiththesupportingstructures,wouldbefloatedintoplaceandsecuredtotheseabed,creatingaline15kmlong.Together,theycouldsupplypoweratanavengeateof4GW.Thatisaboutasmuchastwobiggishnuclearpowerstationswouldmanage.SubstitutingoneofthewheelswithasetoflockswouldprovideashippingchannelabouttwicethewidthofPanamaCanal,permittingupstreamportssuchasAvonmouthandCardifftocontinueoperating.（1）WhatisspecialaboutthemouthoftheRiverSeven?A.

Thetidalrangethereisabout15meters.B.

Ithasthelargesttidalrangeintheworld.C.

Thetidalpowerstationhasbeenbuiltthere.D.

Itspowerplantmakeslifeharderforwildlife.（2）Whatwaspeople'sinitialattitudetowardstidalpower?A.Opposed.B.Supportive.C.Controversial.D.Doubtful.（3）Whatarethelocksusedfor?A.Support.B.Transportation.C.Securingwheels.D.Producingelectricity.（4）What'sthebesttittleforthetext?A.Raineyinventedturbines.B.Rainey'stidalpowerstation.C.TidalpowerintheRiverSeven.D.Anoldideamightbemadepractical.【答案】（1）A（2）A（3）B（4）D【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，潮汐能發(fā)電站雖然計(jì)劃已久,但由于科學(xué)家的擔(dān)心,很長時間以來都沒有得以實(shí)現(xiàn)。而名叫RodRainey的工程師最近想到了解決問題的辦法,雖然用的是過去的科技,但在輪上做了很大改進(jìn),這樣在保證海洋生物和環(huán)境安全的同時也可大量發(fā)電。（1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的"Itstidalrange,thedifferenceindepthbetweenhighandlowtides,ofaround15metresisamongthelargestintheworld."它的潮汐差,即最低和最高潮汐的深度差,是大約15米,位居世界首位?？芍?themouthoftheRiverSevern最大的特點(diǎn)就是潮汐差很大。故選A。（2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的"Engineersandgovernmentshavebeentoyingwiththeideasinceatleast1925."和最后一段中的"Environmentalistsalsoworrythatanyplantwouldchangethetides,makinglifeharderforwildlife."可知,工程師對潮汐電站的想法漫不經(jīng)心,環(huán)境主義者擔(dān)心它會給海洋生物帶來危險(xiǎn),所以最初人們對潮汐發(fā)電站都是不支持的。故選A。（3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的"asetoflockswouldprovideashippingchannelabouttwicethewidthofPanamaCanal,permittingupstreamportssuchasAvonmouthandCardifftocontinueoperating."可知,locks的主要作用是提供一條比巴拿馬運(yùn)河寬一倍的水上運(yùn)輸渠道,保證上游的港口能夠正常運(yùn)行。故選B。（4）考查主旨大意?？v觀全文可知,文章主要講RodRainey用古老的方法代替?zhèn)鹘y(tǒng)的輪機(jī)進(jìn)行潮汐發(fā)電,打破RiverSevern不適宜潮汐發(fā)電的舊思想。故選D。【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇科技類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。7．閱讀理解WhataMessyDeskSaysAboutYou

Forsometime,psychologistshavebeenstudyinghowpersonalitytraitsaffecthealthandhealth-relatedchoices.Notsurprisingly,theyhavefoundthatpeopleblessedwithinnateconscientiousness,meaningthattheyareorganizedandpredictable,typicallyeatbetterandlivelongerthanpeoplewhoaredisorderly.Theyalsotendtohaveimmaculateoffices.

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