高考英語閱讀理解(科普環(huán)保)專項練習及解析一、高中英語閱讀理解科普環(huán)保類1．犇犇閱讀短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。

Robotsarenowbeingemployednotjustfordangeroustasks,suchasdiscoveringminesorrescuingpeopleindisasters.Theyarealsofindingapplicationashouseholdhelpsandasnursingassistants.Asincreasingnumbersofmachines,equippedwiththelatestartificialintelligence,takeonagrowingvarietyofspecializedandeverydaytasks,thequestionofhowpeopleseethemandbehavetowardsthembecomesevermoreurgent.

AteamledbySariNijssenofRadboudUniversityandMarkusPaulus,ProfessorofDevelopmentalPsychologyatLudwig-Maximilians-Universitaet(LMU),havecarriedoutastudytodeterminethedegreetowhichpeopleshowconcernforrobotsandbehavetowardsthembasedonmoralprinciples.

AccordingtoSariNijssen,thestudysetouttoanswerthefollowingquestion:"Underwhatcircumstanceswouldadultsbewillingtosacrificerobotstosavehumanlives?"Theparticipantswerefacedwithahypothetical(假設的)moraldilemma:Wouldtheybepreparedtoputasinglepersonatriskinordertosaveagroupofinjuredpersons?Inthesituationspresentedtheintendedvictimwaseitherahuman,ahumanoidrobotthathadbeenhumanized(人性化的)tovariousdegreesorarobotthatwasclearlyrecognizableasamachine.

Thestudysuggestedthatthemoretherobotwashumanized,thelesslikelyparticipantsweretosacrificeit.Situationsthatincludedvividstoriesinwhichtherobotwasdescribedasamercifulbeingorasacreaturewithitsownunderstandings,experiencesandthoughts,weremorelikelytostopthestudyparticipantsfromsacrificingitintheinterestsofanonymous(無名的)humans.

"Thisresultindicatesthatourstudygroupattachedacertainmoralstatustotherobot,"saysPaulus."Onepossiblesuggestionofthisfindingisthatattemptstohumanizerobotsshouldnotgotoofar.Sucheffortscouldcomeintoconflictwiththeirintendedfunction—tobeofhelptous."（1）Whathasbecomeaconcernaboutrobots?A.

Howtohumanizethem.B.

Howtotreattheminlife.C.

Howtousethemeffectively.D.

Howtofindmoreapplications.（2）Inthestudytheparticipantsprobablyhavetodecide________.A.

whentosacrificearobotB.

wheretoexperiencerisksC.

whichrobottoworkwithD.

whatrobotsshouldbelike（3）WhatcanbeinferredfromPaulus'words?A.

Humanizedrobotsofferlesshelptopeople.B.

Humanizingrobotstoomuchmaybeimproper.C.

Certainmoralstatusshouldbeattachedtorobots.D.

Conflictsoftenhappenbetweenhumansandrobots.（4）Whichofthefollowingwouldbethebesttitleforthetext?A.

Robots,AMustforFutureB.

HumanizedRobots,ANewTrendC.

RobotSaved,PeopleTaketheHitD.

HumanizedRobots,ReplaceHuman【答案】（1）B（2）A（3）B（4）C【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，隨著越來越多的機器人具有人性化，它們承擔越來越多樣化的專業(yè)和日常任務，人們?nèi)绾慰创麄?，如何對待他們的問題變的迫在眉睫。（1）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“Asincreasingnumbersofmachines,equippedwiththelatestartificialintelligence,takeonagrowingvarietyofspecializedandeverydaytasks,thequestionofhowpeopleseethemandbehavetowardsthembecomesevermoreurgent.”可知，隨著越來越多的機器裝備了最新的人工智能，承擔著越來越多的專業(yè)和日常任務，人們?nèi)绾慰创鼈円约叭绾螌Υ鼈兊膯栴}變得越來越緊迫。故選B。（2）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“AccordingtoSariNijssen,thestudysetouttoanswerthefollowingquestion:‘Underwhatcircumstanceswouldadultsbewillingtosacrificerobotstosavehumanlives?’"可知，在這項研究中，參與者可能必須決定何時犧牲機器人。故選A。（3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的"‘Thisresultindicatesthatourstudygroupattachedacertainmoralstatustotherobot,’saysPaulus."Onepossiblesuggestionofthisfindingisthatattemptstohumanizerobotsshouldnotgotoofar.Sucheffortscouldcomeintoconflictwiththeirintendedfunction—tobeofhelptous."可知，Paulus認為讓機器人人性化的嘗試不應該走得太遠，可以推斷出，Paulus認為過多地人性化機器人可能是不合適的。故選B。（4）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第四段中的“Thestudysuggestedthatthemoretherobotwashumanized,thelesslikelyparticipantsweretosacrificeit.”及全文內(nèi)容可知，文章主要敘述了隨著越來越多的機器人具有人性化，參與者就可能越不會犧牲機器人。因此標題“機器人被拯救，人類就會承受打擊”最切題，故選C?！军c評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇科教類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細節(jié)信息的基礎上，進一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關系，進行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。2．犇犇閱讀下面短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。

Whileeverydogownerknowstheirdogscanreadtheirmoodsperfectly,scientistshavealwaysbeenalittledoubtful.NowthankstosomeresearchersattheUniversityofVeterinaryMedicineinVienna,Austria,wefinallyhavesomeconvincingevidence.

Fortheirstudy,biologistCorsonMillerandhisteamexposeselevenselecteddogstodigitalimagesofwomenthatwereeitherangryorhappy.Halfthedogswererewardedfortouchingthescreenwhenshownahappyface,whiletheotherhalfgottheirtreatforselectingthosethatappearedangry.

Interestingly,thedogswerenotprovidedwiththeentireface.Somedogswereshownonlyupperhalveswhiletheothersobservedlowerhalves.That'sbecausethescientistsbelievehumansshowtheiremotionsontheirentireface.

Aftersometraininglikehowtorecognizesmalldifferenceslikethewrinklesbetweentheeyesorthechangesintheirshapethataccompanythehappyorangryexpressions,thedogsweremostlyabletoidentifythecorrectexpressionnotonlyonafamiliarfacebutonastrangeface.Theresearchersconcludedthedogsweresmartenoughtoreadhumanemotions.

Theyalsofoundthosebeingtrainedtoreadangryexpressionstookalongertimetolearn.Theyguessitmaybebecausedogsfindangryfacesdisgusting,causingthemtowithdrawquickly.However,oncethesmartdogsrealizedtheyweregettingrewarded,thetrepidationseemedtodisappear.Infact,thedogshadsuchagoodtimeplayingthecomputer"game"Thatscientistshadahardtimekeepingthemawayfromthetouchscreensafterthestudywascompleted.

Theresearchersalsonoticedonlydogswithamaleownerhadahardertimeunderstandingtheexpressionscorrectly.Sincethetouch-screenmodelswereallfemales,thisconfirmedwhathasbeenobservedinpreviousstudiesdogsaremoreefficientatreadingfacialexpressionsofpeoplethatarethesamegenderastheirowner.（1）Howdidthescientistsconducttheexperiment?A.Byleavingdogstowomenwhoareeitherhappyorangry.B.Bymixingtheselecteddogstogether.C.ByrewardingonlyhalfofthedogstouchingthescreenD.Byshowingdigitalpicturesofwomen'shappyorangryfaces.（2）Theunderlinedword"trepidation"inParagraph5probablymeans________.A.fearandhesitationB.curiosityandeagernessC.excitementandhappinessD.doubtandsadness（3）Accordingtothelastparagraph,dogswithfemaleowners________.A.arefondofthemalefacesB.areuninterestedintellingtheemotionsontheentirefacesC.havedifficultytellingthemoodsonthefacesofmalesD.canonlyrecognizeemotionsoffemales（4）Whatisthebesttitleforthispassage?A.MoodChangesInfluenceDogsB.DogsIdentifytheMoodsC.dogsandTheirOwnersD.Dog'sMoodResearch【答案】（1）D（2）A（3）C（4）B【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，最新的實驗發(fā)現(xiàn)，即狗能夠識別人的面部表情的變化。（1）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的"FortheirstudybiologistCorsonMillerandhisteamexposedelevenselecteddogstodigitalimagesofwomenthatwereeitherangryorhappy."可知，實驗人員通過屏幕向這些狗展示了一組女性面部表情的照片，這些表情中既有快樂的，也有憤怒的。故選D。（2）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第五段中的"Theyguessitmaybebecausedogsfindangryfacesdisgusting,causingthemtowithdrawquickly"以及"However"可知，與前面意思相反，以及劃線詞后的"disappear"可知"oncethesmartdogsrealizedtheyweregettingrewarded,thetrepidationseemedtodisappear.…"此句為，狗看到生氣的表情后會感到厭惡，并由此退縮，但是一旦聰明的狗意識到會有獎勵之后，它們的恐懼以及退縮就會消失。由此可判斷出A符合題意，故選A。（3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的"thisconfirmedwhathadbeenobservedinpreviousstudies―dogsaremoreefficientatreadingfacialexpressionsofpeoplethatarethesamegenderastheirowner"可知，狗擅長辨別與自己主人性別相同的人的表情，由此推斷，讓主人是女性的狗來辨別男性面部表情的圖片是比較困難的。故選C。（4）考查主旨大意。第一段提出文章的主旨即“每個狗的主人都知道他們的狗狗能很好地讀懂他們的情緒，但科學家們一直有點懷疑?，F(xiàn)在，有證據(jù)表明這是正確的”，接著在下文用硬實證明了這一點。因此本文的最好的題目就是“狗能識別人的情緒”。故選B?！军c評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，詞義猜測，推理判斷和主旨大意四個題型的考查，是一篇科研類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細節(jié)信息的基礎上，進一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關系，進行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。3．犇犇閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。

Whenyouthinkbacktotheblackboardfromyourschooldays,whatcolorisit?Chancesarethatit'sgreen.Sowhat'supwiththename?Originally,blackboardswerereallyblack.Beforewall-sizedblackboardsexisted,late18th-centurystudentsusedtheirownminiboardsmadeofslate(石板)orpaintedwood,accordingtoConcordiaUniversity,Thosefirstboardswere,infact,black,andtheypavedthewayforthelargerones.

In1800whenaScottishheadmasternamedJamesPillanswantedhisstudentstodrawmaps,thestudentscouldn'tdrawthemapstheirteacherwantedontheirtinyboards,soPillansputseveralslatestogethertocreatealargeboard.Problemsolved!Fromthere,theideaspreadquicklyasteacherscouldfinallyshowaconcepttothewholeclassatonetime.By1815,themassivewritingspaceswerecommonenoughtoearntheirownname:blackboard.

Thecolorchangecameinthe1960swhencompaniessold,steelplates,coatedwithgreenenamel(漆)insteadofthetraditionaldarkslate.Thenewmaterialwaslighterandlessfragilethanthefirstblackboards,sotheywerecheapertoshipandmorelikelytosurvivethejourney.Teachersweren'tcomplainingeither.Afterall,thenew"greenboards"madethechalkpowdereasiertoerase.Plus,theenamelleftlessofaglareandthecolorwasnicertolookat.Atthatpoint,peoplestartedusingtheword"chalkboard"asamoreaccuratedescriptor,but"blackboard"stillstuckaround.（1）Whatdidthelate18th-centurystudentsuseinclass?A.

Blackboard.

B.

Chalkboard.

C.

Greenboard.

D.

Miniboard.（2）Whydidtheheadmasteraskthestudentstoputtheirminiboardstogether?A.

Tomakeacomparison.B.

Tomakeenoughspace.C.

Todrawstudents'attention.D.

Toarousestudents'interest.（3）WhichofthefollowingisNOTtheadvantageofthe"greenboard"?A.

They'relighterinweight.B.

They'remoreconvenienttotransport.C.

They'reeasiertoerasethepowder.D.

They'remoreusefulthanthetraditionalones.（4）What'sthemainideaofthetext?A.

Introductionoftheblackboard.B.

Originoftheblackboard.C.

Coloroftheblackboard.D.

Functionoftheblackboard.【答案】（1）D（2）B（3）D（4）C【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，通過描述黑板發(fā)展歷程向讀者介紹了黑板最早的時候確實是黑色的，隨后慢慢發(fā)展變成了綠色。回答了"黑板為什么是綠色的？"這個問題。（1）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的，"...late18th-centurystudentsusedtheirownminiboardsmadeofslate(石板)orpaintedwood..."可知，18世紀的學生用的是“迷你板”。故選D。（2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“

In1800whenaScottishheadmasternamedJamesPillanswantedhisstudentstodrawmaps,thestudentscouldn'tdrawthemapstheirteacherwantedontheirtinyboards,soPillansputseveralslatestogethertocreatealargeboard.”在1800年，一名英格蘭校長JamesPillans想讓他的學生們畫地圖，但是學生們在他們的迷你板上無法畫出地圖，因此校長讓學生把他們的迷你板拼湊在一起來制造一個大的板?？芍?，校長讓學生把他們的迷你板拼湊在一起是為了創(chuàng)造一個大的空間來畫地圖。故選B。（3）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的"Thenewmaterialwaslighterand...morelikelytosurvivetheJourney."可知A項和B項正確；以及"Afterall,...madethechalkpowdereasiertoerase."可知C項正確；D項文章未提及。故選D。（4）考查主旨大意。文章第一段前四句話點明了文章中心：我們看到的黑板大多是綠色的，為什么叫黑板？通讀全文也可知文章主要講述了黑板發(fā)展過程中顏色從黑色變成綠色的過程和原因。故選C。【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇科普類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細節(jié)信息的基礎上，進一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關系，進行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。4．犇犇閱讀理解

Inourtwenties,wefinditfunnywhenwecan'trememberourneighbor'scat'snameorahandsomeactorwhostarredinafamousmovie.Inourthirties,wejokinglycallit"brainfreeze".Inourforties,welaughitoffasa"seniormoment"andfollowupwithoneoftheseoldagejokes.Buttherealityisthattherecomesapointwhenbeingforgetfulstopsbeingfunnyandstartstoseemabitdreadful.Youthink,"AmIlosingit？"Orworse,"IsthisasignofAlzheimer'sdisease（老年癡呆癥）？"

Well,don'tworry.Thefactthatyourecognizeyourownforgetfulnessmaybeaverygoodsign,atleastintermsofthepossibilityofyourdevelopingAlzheimer'sdisease（AD）.Theresearchersinanewstudyshowthatit'snotforgetfulnessbutnotbeingawarethatwe'reforgetfulthatweshouldfear.

TheresearchersbeganwiththeassumptionthatonecommonfeatureofAlzheimer'sdis-easeisadamagedawarenessofillness.Andtheywantedtoprovetheirtheorythatthelackofawarenesscanbeusedtopredictwhethersomeonewith"mildcognitive（認知的）damage"willprogresstofull-onAD.Forthestudy,"mildcognitivedamage"wasdefinedassomeonewhosementalstatewasconsideredhealthybutwhohadeithercomplainedofmemorylossorhadsufferedobjectivememoryloss.

Theresearchersusedexistingdatafor1,062peoplebetweentheagesof55and90thathadbeenrecordedovera12-yearperiod.Thedataincludedbrainscans,whichtheresearchersusedtolookforvisualsignsofreducedglucoseuptake（葡萄糖吸收）.ItisanobjectivemarkerofthesortofreducedbrainfunctionthatgoesalongwithAD.Asexpected,glucoseuptakewasreducedinthosewithAD.Whattheresearchersalsodiscoveredwasthatglucoseuptakewasreducedinthosewithmildcognitivedamagewhoalsoshowedevidenceofreducedillnessawareness.Finally,theresearchersfoundthatthosewhohadreducedillnessawarenessweremorelikelytodevelopADthanthosewithout.（1）Whatcanbeimpliedfromparagraph1？A.

Peoplecanbeforgetfulatdifferentages.B.

Thememoryoftheyoungisbetterthantheold.C.

OldpeoplearemostafraidofgettingAlzheimer'sdisease.D.

It'sararephenomenonwhenyoungpeopleforgetsomething.（2）Whatstatementdoestheresearchersinthenewstudyagreewith?A.

Beingawareallthetimeisafearfulthing.B.

IllnessawarenesshasnothingtodowithAlzheimer'sdisease.C.

Recognizingforgetfulnessdoesn'tmeandevelopingAlzheimer'sdisease.D.

RealizingforgetfulnessmustbeasignofdevelopingAlzheimer'sdisease.（3）WhatcanbeasignofdevelopingAlzheimer'sdisease?A.

Realizingothers'forgetfulness.

B.

Reduceduptakeofglucose.C.

Havinghigherintakeofglucose.

D.

Expectedincreaseinbrainfunction.（4）Fromwhichisthetextprobablytaken?A.

Sciencefiction.

B.

Achemistrybook.

C.

Ascienceresearch.

D.

Ahealthbrochure.【答案】（1）A（2）C（3）B（4）C【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了如何預測你的記憶喪失是否是老年癡呆癥,

一項新的研究表明，不是遺忘，而是沒有意識到我們的健忘讓人們感到害怕。（1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的“

Inourtwenties,wefinditfunnywhenwecan'trememberourneighbor'scat'snameorahandsomeactorwhostarredinafamousmovie.Inourthirties,wejokinglycallit‘brainfreeze’Inourforties,welaughitoffasa‘seniormoment’andfollowupwithoneoftheseoldagejokes.Buttherealityisthattherecomesapointwhenbeingforgetfulstopsbeingfunnyandstartstoseemabitdreadful.

”在二十多歲的時候，當我們記不起鄰居的貓的名字或是主演一部著名電影的英俊演員時，我們覺得很有趣。在三十多歲的時候，我們開玩笑地稱它為“大腦凍結”，在四十多歲的時候，我們把它當作“老年時期”來嘲笑，然后繼續(xù)講這些老年笑話。但現(xiàn)實是，有這樣的時候，健忘不再有趣，而且看起來有點可怕，可推知選A。（2）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“Thefactthatyourecognizeyourownforgetfulnessmaybeaverygoodsign,atleastintermsofthepossibilityofyourdevelopingAlzheimer'sdisease（AD）”承認自己的健忘也許是一個很好的跡象，至少從你患老年癡呆癥,的可能性來看，可知選C。（3）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的“ItisanobjectivemarkerofthesortofreducedbrainfunctionthatgoesalongwithAD.Asexpected,glucoseuptakewasreducedinthosewithAD.”這是一個患有老年癡呆癥降低了腦功能的客觀標志。正如所料，老年癡呆癥患者的葡萄糖吸收降低，故選B。（4）考查推理判斷?？v觀全文可知，是一項科學研究，介紹了如何預測你的記憶喪失是否是老年癡呆癥,

故選C?！军c評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇科研類閱讀，考生需要準確掌握細節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。5．犇犇閱讀理解

Environmentalexpertswarnthatourplanetisdrowninginplastic.

Theworld'scitiesproduce2billiontonsoftrasheveryyear.Bytheyear2050thatnumberisexpectedtoriseto3billiontons.TheWorldBankestimatesthatthelargestamountoftrashtoday,about44percent,isplastic.Butweoftenhavetobuypackagedgoods.Andoftenthatpackagingismadeofplastic.

Now,thatmaybechanging.Anewenvironmentally-friendlyshoppingmodelwasrecentlylaunchedattheWorldEconomicForuminDavos,Switzerland.Thisshoppingmodel,calledLoop,aimstoreplacethrowawaycontainerswithreusableones.

LoopistheideaofTerraCycle,anAmerican-basedrecyclingcompany.Itschief,TomSzakytoldtheAssociatedPress(AP)that"removingplasticsfromtheoceanisnotenough."Hesaidthepointistogetawayfromsingle-usepackages.SzakysaidthatLoopisthefutureofshopping.Butitcomesfromanideaofthepast.

Hecomparedittothe"milkmanmodel"ofthe1950sintheUnitedStates.Backthen,someonebroughtmilktoyourdoorstepinglassbottlesandthenleftwithemptybottles.Thesecouldbecleanedandusedagain.Theresultiszero-waste.

JenniferMorganfromtheenvironmentalnon-profitorganizationGreenpeacealsojoinedinthediscussionaboutLoopatDavos.Shesaidthat"GreenpeacewelcomestheaimoftheLoopAlliancetomoveawayfromthrowawaycultureanddisposability."ButMorganquestionedwhethercompaniesworldwidearereadytochangetheirbusinessmodels.

LoopissettolaunchlaterthisyearinthreeeasternU.S.states,andalsoinParis,Franceandsomeofthesurroundingarea.ThenLoopplanstoexpandtotheU.S.WestCoast,Toronto,CanadaandBritainbytheendofthisyearor2020.（1）WhatdoestheauthorintendtodoinParagraph2?A.

Providebackgroundinformation.

B.

Advocatezero-wastelifestyle.C.

Explainthereasonfortrash.

D.

Introduceanewtopic.（2）Wheredoestheidea"Loop"comefrom?A.

TheWorldEconomicForum.

B.

Demandofsomecompanies.C.

Zero-wastemodel.

D.

Themilkmanmodel.（3）WhichcountriesisLoopexpectedtoexpandtoby2020?A.

UnitedStatesandSwitzerland.

B.

SwitzerlandandBritain.C.

CanadaandBritain.

D.

FranceandCanada.（4）Whatisthetextmainlyabout?A.

Anewshoppingmodel.

B.

Thedevelopmentoffuturecity.C.

Theworld'senvironmentalissue.

D.

Theconcernsoffutureshopping.【答案】（1）A（2）C（3）D（4）A【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹美國一家公司推出一種新的"零浪費"購物模式。（1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段“Theworld'scitiesproduce2billiontonsoftrasheveryyear.Bytheyear2050thatnumberisexpectedtoriseto3billiontons.TheWorldBankestimatesthatthelargestamountoftrashtoday,about44percent,isplastic.Butweoftenhavetobuypackagedgoods.Andoftenthatpackagingismadeofplastic.”可知，世界上的城市每年產(chǎn)生大量的垃圾，并且其中最大的垃圾量是塑料，結合下文可知，作者寫本段目的是為下文提出新的購物模式提供背景信息。故選A。（2）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的“SzakysaidthatLoopisthefutureofshopping.Butitcomesfromanideaofthepast.”和第五段“Hecomparedittothe"milkmanmodel"ofthe1950sintheUnitedStates.Backthen,someonebroughtmilktoyourdoorstepinglassbottlesandthenleftwithemptybottles.Thesecouldbecleanedandusedagain.Theresultiszero-waste.”可知，Loop購物模式的想法來自于過去"送奶工模式"，是一種可以杜絕零浪費的模式。故選C。（3）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段“LoopissettolaunchlaterthisyearinthreeeasternU.S.states,andalsoinParis,Franceandsomeofthesurroundingarea.ThenLoopplanstoexpandtotheU.S.WestCoast,Toronto,CanadaandBritainbytheendofthisyearor2020.”可知，Loop計劃在2020年前將業(yè)務擴大到加拿大和法國。故選D。（4）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第三段中的“Anewenvironmentally-friendlyshoppingmodelwasrecentlylaunchedattheWorldEconomicForuminDavos,Switzerland.”及全文內(nèi)容可知，文章主要介紹美國一家公司推出一種新的"零浪費"購物模式。故選A。【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇環(huán)保類閱讀，考生需要準確掌握細節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進行邏輯推理，概括歸納，從而選出正確答案。6．閱讀理解Learning,FastandDeep

Overthepastfiveyearsresearchersinartificialintelligencehavebecometherockstarsofthetechnologyworld.AbranchofAIknownasdeeplearning,whichusesneural(神經(jīng)的)networkstoscanthroughlargevolumesofdatalookingforpatterns,hasprovensousefulthatskilledpractitionerscancommandhighsix-figuresalariestobuildsoftwareforAmazon,Apple,FacebookandGoogle.

ThestandardrouteintothesejobshasbeenaPhDincomputersciencefromoneofAmerica'stopuniversities.Earningonetakesyearsandrequiresapersonalitysuitedtoacademia,whichisrareamongmorenormalfolk.

Thatischanging.

Lastmonthfast.ai,anon-profiteducationorganizationbasedinSanFrancisco,kickedoffthethirdyearofitscourseindeeplearning.Sinceitsfoundationithasattractedmorethan100,000studentsaroundtheglobefromIndiatoNigeria.Thecourseandotherslikeit,comewithasimpleidea:thereisnoneedtospendyearsobtainingaPhDinordertopractisedeeplearning.Creatingsoftwarethatlearnscanbetaughtasacraft,notasahighintellectualpursuittobeundertakenonlyinanivorytower.Fast.ai'scoursecanbecompletedinjustsevenweeks.

TomakeitaccessibletoanyonewhowantstolearnhowtobuildAIsoftwareistheaimofJeremyHoward,whofoundedfast.aiwithRachelThomas,amathematician.Hesaysschoolmathematicsissufficient."No.Greek.Letters,"Mr.Howardintones,poundingthetablewithhisfistforpunctuation.

SomeexpertsworrythatthiswillserveonlytocreateafloodofunreliableAIsystemswhichwillbeuselessatbestanddangerousatworst.IntheearliestdaysoftheInternet,onlyaselectfewnerds,namelycomputerholieswithspecificskills,couldbuildapplications.Notmanypeopleusedthem.ThentheinventionoftheWorldWideWebledtoanexplosionofwebpages,bothgoodandbad.ButitwasonlybyopeninguptoallthattheInternetgavebirthtoonlineshopping,instantglobalcommunicationsandsearch.IfMr.Howardandothershavetheirway,makingthedevelopmentofAIsoftwareeasierwillbringforthanewcropoffruitofadifferentkind.（1）Whatcanwelearnaboutdeeplearning?A.

Itreplacesartificialintelligence.

B.

Itattractsrockstarstopractice.C.

Itscanspatternsforlargecompanies.

D.

Ithelpstechnicianstocreatesoftware.（2）Fast.aiisanorganizationthat

.A.

ensuresonetoobtainaPhD

B.

teachescraftinivorytowerC.

offersacourseindeeplearning

D.

requiresweekstoapply（3）Theunderlinedwords"No.Greek.Letters"inParagraph5meansdoingfast.aicourseis

.A.

easy

B.

difficult

C.

interesting

D.

boring（4）Itcanbeinferredfromthelastparagraphthat

.A.

itisquitereliableforanyonetograspartificialintelligenceB.

theInternethasbroughtforthafloodofuselessAIsystemsC.

openinguptoallleadstoinstantglobalsearchandonlineshoppingD.

simplifyingsoftwaredevelopmentmayresultinunexpectedoutcomes【答案】（1）D（2）C（3）A（4）D【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，人工智能的深度學習被證明很有用，霍華德和數(shù)學家托馬斯一起創(chuàng)辦的非營利性教育機構致力于讓深度學習變得簡單。（1）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的”AbranchofAIknownasdeeplearning,whichusesneuralnetworkstoscanthroughlargevolumesofdatalookingforpatterns…buildsoftwareforAmazon,Apple,FacebookandGoogle.“可知AI技術的一個分支、運用神經(jīng)網(wǎng)絡處理大量數(shù)據(jù)并從中尋找模式的"深度學習"被證明非常有用，亞馬遜、蘋果、Facebook和谷歌愿意開出六位數(shù)高薪，聘請熟練的專業(yè)人員編寫軟件。這說明深度學習能幫助編寫軟件，故選D。（2）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的”Lastmonthfast.ai,anon-profiteducationorganizationbasedinSanFrancisco,kickedoffthethirdyearofitscourseindeeplearning.“可知。上月，位于舊金山的非營利性教育機構fast.ai進入了它開辦深度學習課程的第三年。也就是說fast.ai是一個提供深度學習課程的組織，故選C。（3）考查句義猜測。根據(jù)五段中的”Tomakeitaccessibletoanyonewhowantstolearn…Hesaysschoolmathematicsissufficient.“可知讓深度學習不再神秘是杰里米·霍華德的目標，為此，他和數(shù)學家雷切爾·托馬斯一起創(chuàng)立了fast.ai，讓任何想學習編寫AI軟件的人都能學習這門技術。霍華德說有中學數(shù)學知識就足夠了。這說明fast.ai的課程很簡單，僅需要中學數(shù)學知識。因此霍華德說"No.Greek.Letters”沒有，希臘，字母“是想說fast,ai的深度學習課程很簡單。故選A。（4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的”IfMrHowardandothershavetheirway,makingthedevelopmentofAIsoftwareeasierwillbringforthanewcropoffruitofadifferentkind.“如果霍華德和其他人如愿以償，那么讓AI軟件開發(fā)變得更容易將會催生出一批新的不同的果實。由此推斷簡化軟件開發(fā)可能會導致意料之外的結果。故選D。【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，句義猜測和推理判斷三個題型的考查，是一篇科研類閱讀，要求考生準確掌握細節(jié)信息，同時根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關系，進行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。7．閱讀理解

NASAhasanewjoblisting,andit'snojoke.TheUSspaceagencyislookingfora"joker"tojointheirplannedmissiontoMars.

AmissiontoMarsisnolaughingmatter.Onaverage,theredplanetis140millionmiles(225millionkilometers)awayfromEarth.Atriptherewouldtakearoundeightmonthsinasmallspacecraft.AndMarshasacommunicationsdelayof20minutes.Thismeansthatastronautswillhavetowait20minutesforareply,whenanemergencyhappens.

"Whenyou'relivingwithothersinaconfinedspaceforalongperiodoftime,suchasonamissiontoMars,problemsarelikelytooccur,"JeffreyJohnson,ascientistattheUniversityofFlorida,toldTheGuardian.

ThisisprobablywhyNASAwantsanastronautwithasenseofhumor."Thesearepeoplethathavetheabilitytopulleveryonetogether,"Johnsonsaid.

Instressfulsituations,perhapshumorisawaytoknowwearen'talone.Bylaughingtogether,weshareourstress.Thenwecanfocusonourjobsinsteadofjustworrying.

Thereareotherexamplesofteam"clowns".OneexampleisthejourneytotheSouthPoleledbyNorwegianexplorerRoaldAmundsen.Itwasadifficultjourneyfullofdanger.AdolfLindstrom,acookatAmundsen'steam,wasa"clown".Hemadepeoplelaughthroughthewholejourney.AmundsenlaterwrotethatLindstromwasthemostvaluablememberoftheteam.

Butifyou'rehopingthatyourfavoriteTVcomedianwillflytoMars,thatprobablywon'thappen.

"Beingfunnywon'tbeenoughtolandsomebodythejob,"Johnsonsaid."Theyalsoneedtobeanexcellentengineer."

Besides,theymustbeintopphysicalcondition.（1）WhatisNASA'snewjoblisting?A.

Afunnyengineer.

B.

Atalentedclown.

C.

Agoodcook.

D.

Apopularcomedian.（2）Whatdoes"aconfinedspace"inParagraph3referto?A.

afullspace

B.

anemptyspace

C.

anopenspace

D.

asmallspace.（3）Howdoestheauthorthinkhumorcanhelpastronauts?A.

Itcanstopthemfromfeelingbored.

B.

Itcanpromoteteamworkonamission.C.

Itcanmakethemfeellesshomesick.

D.

Itcanhelpthemknowthemselvesbetter.（4）What'stheauthor'spurposeofgivingtheexampleofthecook?A.

Totellusthatwhatexplorerseatontheirjourneyisveryimportant.B.

Toprovethatanamateurcanplayamoreimportantrolethanaprofessional.C.

Tomakethepointthathumorouspeoplecancheerpeopleupindifficultsituations.D.

TorevealthatamissiontoMarsismoredifficultthanajourneytotheSouthPole.【答案】（1）A（2）D（3）B（4）C【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，由美國宇航局尋找一位幽默的工程師來和宇航員一起執(zhí)行航天任務介紹了幽默對宇航員的重要作用。（1）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“‘Beingfunnywon'tbeenoughtolandsomebodythejob,’Joh