（英語(yǔ)）高二英語(yǔ)閱讀理解(科普環(huán)保)答題技巧及練習(xí)題(含答案)及解析一、高中英語(yǔ)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(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

GardenerssuchasPrinceCharleswhoclaimthattalkingtoplantsencouragesthemtogrowhavelongbeenseenasalittlesilly.ButscientistshavediscoveredevidencewhichsuggeststheRoyalmayactuallyberightandtheycouldbelisteningtohim.BiologistsatTelAvivUniversityinIsraelhavefoundthatflowerscanactasaplant's"ears"tohelpthemdetectthesoundofapproachinginsects.

Whentheresearchersplayedrecordingsofflyingbeestoeveningprimroseflowers,withinthreeminutesthesugarconcentrationsinthenectar(花蜜)ofitsflowersincreased.Thefluid,producedtoattractpollinating(授粉)insects,wasonaverage20percenthigherinflowersexposedtothebuzzcomparedtothoseleftinsilenceorexposedtohigherpitchedsounds.ProfessorLilachHadany,wholedthestudy,said:"Ourresultsdocumentforthefirsttimethatplantscanrapidlyrespondtopollinatorsoundsinanecologicallyrelevantway."

However,ProfHadanysaidaplant'sabilitytorespondtopollinatorsmaybeweakenedincityenvironmentsorbesideabusyroad.Whileplantsrequirewater,sunlightandtherighttemperaturetogrow,itiswidelybelievedtheydonothavesensesinthewayanimalsdo.

Butthestudy,publishedontheopen-sciencewebsiteBioRxiv,suggeststheeffortsofgardenerswhotalktotheirplantsmaynotbeinvain."Plants'abilitytohearhasimplicationswellbeyondpollination—plantscouldpotentiallyhearandrespondtoherbivores,otheranimals,theelements,andpossiblyotherplants,"ProfHadanyadded.

Amonth-longexperimentconductedbytheRoyalHorticulturalSocietyin2009foundfemalevoicesappeartospeedupthegrowthoftomatoes.Theresearchoffersapossibleexplanation—women'svoiceswereattherightfrequencyfortheplantstohear.（1）What'seveningprimroseflowers'responsetobees'buzz?A.

Longerbloom.

B.

Sweeternectar.

C.

Brightercolor.

D.

Lessfluid.（2）WherecanplantsgrowbetteraccordingtoHadany?A.

Onasquare.

B.

Besideahighway.

C.

Inthewoods.

D.

Alongthestreet.（3）Whatcanweinferfromtheresearch?A.

PrinceCharlesproveskindofstupid.B.

Plantscanonlypotentiallyhearanimals.C.

Plantsrespondtosoundsslowlyandecologically.D.

Plantsgardenerstalktofrequentlydevelopwell.（4）Whatdoesthetextmainlytalkabout?A.

Flowerscanhear.

B.

Beesarebestpollinators.C.

Plantscan'tgrowwithoutsound.

D.

Women'svoicesimproveplants'growth.【答案】（1）B（2）C（3）D（4）A【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，介紹了人與植物的交流可以促其生長(zhǎng)。（1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“Whentheresearchersplayedrecordingsofflyingbeestoeveningprimroseflowers,withinthreeminutesthesugarconcentrationsinthenectar(花蜜)ofitsflowersincreased.”可知，蜜蜂飛到夜來(lái)香花，在三分鐘內(nèi)其花朵花蜜的糖的濃度會(huì)增加，所以花蜜會(huì)更甜。故選B。（2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的“However,ProfHadanysaidaplant'sabilitytorespondtopollinatorsmaybeweakenedincityenvironmentsorbesideabusyroad.”哈達(dá)尼教授認(rèn)為，植物對(duì)傳粉者做出反應(yīng)的能力可能會(huì)在城市環(huán)境或繁忙道路旁減弱。從而推斷可知，在叢林里的植物生長(zhǎng)得更好。故選C。（3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四段中的“Butthestudy,publishedontheopen-sciencewebsiteBioRxiv,suggeststheeffortsofgardenerswhotalktotheirplantsmaynotbeinvain.”研究表明，園丁們和他們的植物交談的努力可能不會(huì)白費(fèi)。從而推斷可知，園丁經(jīng)常與植物交談，生長(zhǎng)得更好。故選D。（4）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第一段“GardenerssuchasPrinceCharleswhoclaimthattalkingtoplantsencouragesthemtogrowhavelongbeenseenasalittlesilly.ButscientistshavediscoveredevidencewhichsuggeststheRoyalmayactuallyberightandtheycouldbelisteningtohim.BiologistsatTelAvivUniversityinIsraelhavefoundthatflowerscanactasaplant's"ears"tohelpthemdetectthesoundofapproachinginsects.”及全文內(nèi)容可知，文章主要講述人與植物的交流可以促其生長(zhǎng)。故選A?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科普類閱讀，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。2．犇犇閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

Throughoutmuchofhumanhistory,manhasbeenthemeasureofmany,ifnotall,things.Lengthsweredividedupintofeetandsmallerunitsfromthehumanhand.Othermeasureswereequallycharacteristic.Mediterraneantradersforcenturiesusedtheweightofgrainsofwheattodefine(定義)theirunitsofmass.TheRomansusedlibra,forerunnerofthepound,byreferringtotheweightofacarob(角豆樹(shù))seed.

Thesizesofsimilarlynamedunitscouldalsodiffer.Theking'sfoot,usedinFrancefornearly1,000yearsafteritsintroductionbyCharlemagneinaround790AD,was,at32.5cm,aroundacentimetershorterthantheBelgicfoot,usedinEnglanduntil1300.Greek,EgyptianandBabylonianversionsofwaterinafixedcontainervariedfromoneanotherbyafewkilos,Norwasthereagreementonsuchthingswithincountries.InFrance,wheretherewasnounified(統(tǒng)一的)measurementsystematthenationallevel,thesituationwasparticularlyterrible.Thelieue(formermeasureofdistance),forexample,variedfromjustover3kminthenorthtonearly6kminthesouth.

AlthoughJohnWilkins,anEnglishman,firstputforwardadecimalsystem(十進(jìn)制)ofmeasurementin1668,itwastheFrenchwhoin1799madeitlaw.TheSystèmeInternationald'Unités(SI,orthemetricsystem,asitisbetterknown)developedfromitandbecametheofficialmeasurementinallcountriesexceptMyanmar,LiberiaandtheUnitedStates.NowtheInternationalBureauofWeightsandMeasuresinParisissettogivethemetricsystemitsbiggestshake-upyet.

AtameetinginVersailles,France,onNovember16th,2018,theworld'smeasurementbodiesarealmostcertaintoapproveadecisionthatwillmeanfouroutofthesevenbaseSIunits,includingthekilogram,willfollowtheotherthree,includingthemetre,inbeingredefinedintermsofthevaluesofphysicalconstants(物理常數(shù)).Eachofthechosenconstantshasbeenmeasuredincrediblyprecisely,whichwouldmeanthatfromMay20th2019theconstantswillthemselvesbefixedattheircurrentvaluesforever.Anylaboratoryintheworldwillthenbeabletomeasure,forexample,themassofanobjectaspreciselyastheaccuracyoftheirequipmentwillallow.（1）WhatdoesParagraph1mainlytellus?A.Poundwentbeforelibrainmeasurement.B.Differentthingsusedtobeadoptedasmeasures.C.GrainswereacceptedasmeasuresbytheRomans.D.Fixedmeasurementsystemsweregraduallyformed.（2）Howdoestheauthordevelopthesecondparagraph?A.Intimeorder.B.Byanalysis.C.Inspaceorder.D.Bycomparison.（3）WhichofthefollowingcountriesusedSIasanofficialmeasurement?A.France.B.Liberia.C.America.D.Myanmar.（4）Whatwilltheworld'smeasurementbodiesachieveatthemeetingheldinVersailles?A.TheywillcomeupwithsevennewSIunits.B.TheywillsetMay20thasanewinternationalfestival.C.TheywillredefinefourSIunitsincludingthekilogram.D.Theywilldecideonanewmeasureusedinthelaboratory.【答案】（1）B（2）D（3）A（4）C【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，法國(guó)凡爾賽宮舉辦的國(guó)際計(jì)量大會(huì)，將對(duì)目前使用的國(guó)際單位制中的四個(gè)基本單位進(jìn)行重新定義，其中包括對(duì)千克的重新定義。（1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的“manhasbeenthemeasureofmany,ifnotall,things”以及下文提到的用作計(jì)量單位的手、腳、谷物重量和參考角豆種子重量的磅可知，本段主要講述了不同的東西被用作計(jì)量單位。故選B。（2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“Theking'sfoot...aroundacentimetreshorterthantheBelgicfoot”和“Greek,EgyptianandBabylonianversionsofwaterinafixedcontainervariedfromoneanotherbyafewkilos,以及Thelieue(formermeasureofdistance),forexample,variedfromjustover3kminthenorthtonearly6kminthesouth”可推知，本段作者主要運(yùn)用了對(duì)比的寫作方法，把同一計(jì)量單位在不同國(guó)家之間或者在同一國(guó)家不同區(qū)域間的差異進(jìn)行了說(shuō)明。故選D。（3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“itwastheFrenchwhoin1799madeitlaw和TheSystèmeInternationald'Unités(SI,orthemetricsystem,asitisbetterknown)developedfromitandbecametheofficialmeasurementinallcountriesexceptMyanmar,LiberiaandtheUnitedStates”可知，在所給出的四個(gè)國(guó)家中，只有法國(guó)采用國(guó)際單位制(SI)。國(guó)際單位制是現(xiàn)時(shí)世界上最普遍采用的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)度量衡單位系統(tǒng)，采用十進(jìn)制進(jìn)位系統(tǒng)。故選A。（4）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的“AtameetinginVersailles,France,onNovember16th,2018,theworld'smeasurementbodiesarealmostcertaintoapproveadecisionthatwillmeanfouroutofthesevenbaseSIunits...willfollowtheotherthree...inbeingredefinedintermsofthevaluesofphysicalconstants”可知，在法國(guó)凡爾賽宮召開(kāi)的會(huì)議上，七個(gè)基本計(jì)量單位中的四個(gè)將被重新定義，其中包括對(duì)千克的重新定義。故選C?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科普類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，同時(shí)根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。3．犇犇閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)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(shuō)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(duì)家庭是有好處的，他們會(huì)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(shí)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(huì)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(duì)于獨(dú)立的緊張情緒會(huì)導(dǎo)致父母和子女之間偶爾的爭(zhēng)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(shí)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(huì)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(huì)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(cè)。根據(jù)第二段中的“Thefindingsdisagreewiththeresearchpublishedearlierthisyearshowingthatreturningadultchildrentriggerasignificantworseningintheirparents'qualityoflifeandwellbeing.”通過(guò)新舊研究對(duì)比，以往的研究表明，返鄉(xiāng)的成年子女會(huì)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(duì)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(duì)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(shí)背負(fù)著巨額債務(wù)，工作機(jī)會(huì)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(duì)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(zhǎng)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(huì)導(dǎo)致父母和孩子之間偶爾發(fā)生爭(zhēng)吵。故選D?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)和推理判斷三個(gè)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。4．犇犇閱讀理解

Whilethestartofanewschoolyearisalwaysexciting,thisyearwasevenmoresoforsomeelementaryschoolstudentsinAuckland,NewZealand.Theybecametheworld'sfirstkidstobe"taught"byadigitalteacher.Beforeyoustartimaginingahuman-likerobotwalkingaroundtheclassroom,Willisjustanavatarthatappearsonthestudent'sdesktop,orsmartphonescreen,whenorderedtocome.

Theautonomousanimationplatformhasbeenmodeledafterthehumanbrainandnervoussystem,allowingittoshowhuman-likebehavior.ThedigitalteacherisassignedtoteachVector's"Besustainablewithenergy"—afreeprogramforAucklandelementaryschools.

Justlikethehumansitreplaced,Willisabletoinstantlyreacttothestudents'responsestothetopic.Thankstoawebcamandmicrophone,theavatarnotonlyrespondstoquestionsthekidsmayhave,butalsopicksupnon-verbalcues.Forinstance,ifastudentsmilesatWill,herespondsbysmilingback.Thistwo-wayinteractionnotonlyhelpsattractthestudents'attention,butalsoallowstheprogram'sdeveloperstomonitortheirengagement,andmakechangesifneeded.

NikhilRavishankarbelievesthatWill-likeavatarscouldbeanovelwaytocatchtheattentionofthenextgeneration.Hesays,“Ihavealotofhopeinthistechnologyasameanstodelivercost-effective,rich,educationalexperienceinthefuture.”

Theprogram,inplacesinceAugust2018,hasbeenagreatsuccessthusfar.Ravishankarsays,"WhatwasfascinatingtomewasthereactionofthechildrentoWill.Thewaytheylookattheworldissocreativeanddifferent,andWillreallycapturedtheirattention."However,regardlessofhowpopularitbecomes,Willisunlikelytoreplacehumaneducatorsanytimesoon.（1）WhatwasspecialforsomeelementaryschoolstudentsinAuckland?A.

Adigitalteachertaughtthem.

B.

Theyfirstsawsomethingdigital.C.

Thiswasthestartofanewschoolyear.

D.

Theycouldgetclosetosmartphonescreen.（2）Whatisthebenefitofthistwo-wayinteraction?A.

Itcansmileback.

B.

Itcanusemicrophone.C.

Itcantalkanytopicforfree.

D.

Itcanchangeifnecessary.（3）What'sRavishankar'sattitudetoWill'sreplacingHumaneducatorssoon?A.

Optimistic.

B.

Doubtful.

C.

Unclear.

D.

Disapproving.（4）Whatmightbethebesttitleforthepassage?A.

NewHigh-techContributestoEducationB.

TheWorld'sFirstDigitalTeacherAppearsinClassroom.C.

TheWorld'sFirstDigitalTeacher,aHelptoStudentsD.

NewZealandWillReplaceTeachersinClassrooms【答案】（1）A（2）D（3）D（4）B【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，介紹了一款智能機(jī)器人走進(jìn)小學(xué)課堂，為孩子們講授能源可持續(xù)發(fā)展。（1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“Theybecametheworld'sfirstkidstobe“taught”byadigitalteacher”可知，他們成為世界上第一批由智能機(jī)器人老師“教”的孩子。由此可知，特殊之處在于機(jī)器人老師教他們。故選A。（2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“Thistwo-wayinteractionnotonlyhelpsattractthestudents'attention,butalsoallowstheprogram'sdeveloperstomonitortheirengagement,andmakechangesifneeded.”即“這種雙向互動(dòng)不僅有助于吸引學(xué)生的注意力，還允許程序的開(kāi)發(fā)人員監(jiān)視他們的參與度，并在需要時(shí)做出更改”，由此可得出，其優(yōu)勢(shì)在于需要時(shí)，可以做出變化。故選D。（3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“However,regardlessofhowpopularitbecomes,Willisunlikelytoreplacehumaneducatorsanytimesoon.”可知，Ravishankar認(rèn)為它不會(huì)在短期內(nèi)代替人類教育工作者。故選D。（4）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第一段中的“Whilethestartofanewschoolyearisalwaysexciting,thisyearwasevenmoresoforsomeelementaryschoolstudentsinAuckland,NewZealand.Theybecametheworld'sfirstkidstobe“taught”byadigitalteacher”可知，從新學(xué)年開(kāi)始，新西蘭奧克蘭的小學(xué)生將成為世界上第一批被機(jī)器人老師教的孩子。之后文章就此展開(kāi)，由此可推斷出heWorld'sFirstDigitalTeacherAppearsinClassroom最符合本文的標(biāo)題。故選B?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科教類閱讀，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。5．犇犇Choosetheonethatfitsbestaccordingtotheinformationgiveninthepassageyouhaveread.

Stocky,slow-movingwhale,rarelygrowsbeyond15metresinlength

Flippersareathirdofbodylength;variabledorsalfinsizeandshape;saw-toothedtrailingedgeonflukes,oftenraisedwhendiving

Bumpytuberclesontopofhead

Bodycolourisdarkbrowntoblack;oftenextensivewhiteonflippersandundersideofbodyandflukes;suchpatternsenableindividualrecognition

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Humpbackwhalesbelongtotherorqual(groove-throated)family,whichincludesfin,sei,Bryde's,minkeandbluewhales.Thebigfamilymigratebetweenwintertropicalbreedingareas(NorthWestShelf,GreatBarrierReef,NewCaledonia,Vanuatu,Fiii,Tonga)andsummerAntarcticfeedingareas.OncecommoninNewZealandwaters,humpbacksarenowrarelyseenandmaymigratefurtheroffshore.Malescompeteformateseitherbyphysicalfightorbysong.Femalesgivebirthtotheiryoungeverytwotothreeyears;somenon-breedingfemalesprobablyremaininthesouthernwatersduringwinter.Younghumpbackwhalesreturntotheirareaofbirthbutinlaterlifesomewanderbetweenbreedingareas.Humpbackseatsmallshrimpsandotherschoolingprey,suchasfish,formingsmall,cooperativegroupsoftwotothreeindividualstofeed.

Similarspecies:Easilyidentifiableduetoa'hump'backwhensubmerging,butatadistancemaybeconfusedwithotherspeciesthatraisetheirflukeswhendiving,suchassperm,rightandbluewhales.

Protectionstatus:Recoveringwellfrompastwhalingandnownumerousinsomeformermigrationandaggregationareas,rarelyseeninothers.（1）WhichofthefollowingisTRUEabouthumpbackwhales?A.

Theirlongflippersvaryinlength,sizeandshapelikedorsalfin.B.

Theyarelargeandlikelytogrowlongerthan15metres.C.

Thedifferentcolorsandpatternsofthebodyhelptoberecognized.D.

Theirbumpytuberclesandblowholesareonbothsidesofhead.（2）Whichofthefollowingcanbeinferredfromthisarticle'sdescriptionofhumpbackwhales'migration?A.

Theyneedwarmerwaterstobreed.B.

Theycan'tsurviveinextremecold.C.

Theyfindplentifulfoodintropicalwaters.D.

TheyaremostlyhuntedinNewZealandwaters.（3）Thisarticleismainlyintendedto

.A.

explainwhyhumpbacksarestillhuntedinsomepartsoftheworldB.

introducehowhumpbacksmigratethroughsomedangerouswatersC.

popularizethebasicknowledgeofhumpbacksandcallforprotectionD.

helpdistinguishhumpbacksfromothersimilarspecies【答案】（1）C（2）A（3）C【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，介紹了座頭鯨外形特點(diǎn)、體重、顏色，以及其如何繁殖、喂養(yǎng)等生活習(xí)性等，并呼吁大家保護(hù)它。（1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四個(gè)小點(diǎn)后的一段"Bodycolorisdarkbrowntoblack;oftenextensivewhiteonflippersandundersideofbodyandflukes;suchpatternsenableindividualrecognition"可知，座頭鯨體色由深棕色至黑色，腳蹼、身體底部和尾鰭上通常是大面積的白色；這樣的圖案使單個(gè)的座頭鯨很容易被識(shí)別。分析選項(xiàng)可知C項(xiàng)符合題意，故選C。（2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第五個(gè)小黑點(diǎn)后面的"Thebigfamilymigratebetweenwintertropicalbreedingareas(NorthWestShelf,GreatBarrierReef,NewCaledonia,Vanuatu,Fiii,Tonga)andsummerAntarcticfeedingareas."座頭鯨這個(gè)大家族在冬季的熱帶繁殖區(qū)（西北大陸架、大堡礁、新喀里多尼亞、瓦努阿圖、斐濟(jì)、湯加）和夏季南極喂養(yǎng)區(qū)之間遷徙?？芍^鯨在熱帶地區(qū)繁殖。冬季的熱帶繁殖區(qū)，是溫暖的地方?？芍^鯨需要在暖和的地方繁殖，故選A。（3）考查主旨大意。本文主要對(duì)座頭鯨外形特點(diǎn)、體重、顏色，以及其如何繁殖喂養(yǎng)等生活習(xí)性等作了介紹，并呼吁大家保護(hù)意識(shí)。所以本文目的是普及有關(guān)座頭鯨的知識(shí)，并對(duì)它們加以保護(hù)。分析選項(xiàng)可知C項(xiàng)符合題意，故選C?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科普類閱讀，要求考生根據(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。6．犇犇閱讀理解

InareasliketheCentralUnitedStatesthatgetlotsoftornadoes,there'sacommonpieceofcelestial（天上的）fortune-tellingthatgreenskiesmeanatornadoisonitsway.Researchhasshownthatitisn'tquiteassimpleasthat,butscientistshavefoundthatifyouseeagreensky,youshouldprobablygoinside.Asfarasmostscientistscantell,thegreenskiesaroundpowerfulthunderstormsareusuallyacombinationofredsunsetsandwaterdroplets.

Daytimeskiesarebluebecauseblueshorterwavelengthsofvisiblelighttendtobounceoff（反射）airmoleculesbetterthanredlongerwavelengthlight.Sothebluelightgetsbouncedallovertheskyandlookslikeit'scomingfromeverywhere.Meanwhile,aroundsunsetsunlighttravelsthroughsomuchatmospherethatjustaboutalltheblueisbouncedawayfromthehorizon,leavingallthoseredsandorangesbehind.Thesunsetmightlookexclusively（獨(dú)有的）redandorange,butthere'sstillsomegreenandevenbluelighthiddeninthere,justfarlessthantheothercolors.Butforustonoticetheremaininggreenlight,itneedstohitsomethingthatreflectsgreenlightmuchbetterthanred.That'swherewatercomesin.

Bigtallthreateningstormcloudsaremadeofwaterdroplets,andeventhoughwaterisbestatreflectingbluelight,itcanstillreflectgreenprettywell,muchbetterthanredsandoranges,sounderjusttherightconditions,thewaterinandaroundacloudcanbouncethegreenlighthiddeninthesunsetrightintooureyesmakingtheskylookgreen.

Still,noneoftheconditionsthatcanturnskiesgreenareuniquetothecloudsthatproducetornadoes.Sometimestheyjustleadtolotsofrain,andmaybesomehail.Soifyouseehugestormcloudsrollinginandagreentint（色調(diào)）inthesky,itdoesn'tnecessarilymeanthere'sabouttobeatornado,butitdoesmeanyoushouldprobablyheadindoors.（1）Whatcanbethebesttitleforthetext?A.

WhyDotheCentralUnitedStatesGetTornadoesB.

DoGreenSkiesMeanaComingTornadoC.

ACommonPieceofCelestialFortune-tellingD.

GreenSkiesAreUniquetoClouds（2）Whyaretheskiesblueinthedaytime?A.

Becauseonlybluelightcanbebouncedinthedaytime.B.

Becausethereismorebluelightthanlightofothercolors.C.

Becausebluelightisbouncedalloverthesky.D.

Becauseredlightisweakerthanbluelight.（3）Whatdoestheunderlinedword"it"inparagraph2referto?A.

Thesunset.

B.

Redlight.

C.

Bluelight.

D.

Water.（4）Whatcanwelearnaboutfromthetext?A.

Stormcloudsaremadeofwaterdropletsandgreenlight.B.

Watercanreflectredlightaswellasbluelight.C.

Thereareonlyredandorangelightsinthesunsets.D.

Ifyouseeagreensky,therewillbeatornado.【答案】（1）B（2）C（3）A（4）B【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，科學(xué)家發(fā)現(xiàn)天空呈現(xiàn)綠色并不是產(chǎn)生龍卷風(fēng)的云層所獨(dú)有的，有時(shí)它們會(huì)導(dǎo)致大量降雨，甚至冰雹，待在室內(nèi)或許是最好的選擇。（1）考查主旨大意。通讀全文，根據(jù)第一段中的“there'sacommonpieceofcelestial（天上的）fortune-tellingthatgreenskiesmeanatornadoisonitsway.”和最后一段中的“Still,noneoftheconditionsthatcanturnskiesgreenareuniquetothecloudsthatproducetornadoes.Sometimestheyjustleadtolotsofrain,andmaybesomehail.”可知，本文主要話題是關(guān)注綠色的天空是否意味著即將來(lái)臨的龍卷風(fēng)展開(kāi)的，故選B。（2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“Daytimeskiesarebluebecauseblueshorterwavelengthsofvisiblelighttendtobounceoff（反射）airmoleculesbetterthanredlongerwavelengthlight.”可知，白天天空是藍(lán)色,因?yàn)樗{(lán)色短的波長(zhǎng)的可見(jiàn)光會(huì)反射空氣分子比紅色的長(zhǎng)波長(zhǎng)光。故選C。（3）考查代詞指代。根據(jù)第二段中的“Thesunsetmightlookexclusively（獨(dú)有的）redandorange,butthere'sstillsomegreenandevenbluelighthiddeninthere,justfarlessthantheothercolors.”可知，選A。（4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的“Butforustonoticetheremaininggreenlight,itneedstohitsomethingthatreflectsgreenlightmuchbetterthanred.That'swherewatercomesin.”可知，水既能反射藍(lán)光，也能反射紅光，故選B?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，代詞指代，推理判斷和主旨大意四個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科普類閱讀，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

In2015,amannamedNigelRichardsmemorized386,000wordsintheentireFrenchScrabbleDictionaryinjustnineweeks.However,hedoesnotspeakFrench.Richards'impressivefeatisausefulexampletoshowhowartificialintelligenceworks—realAI.BothofRichardandAItakeinmassiveamountsofdatatoachievegoalswithunlimitedmemoryandsupermanaccuracyinacertainfield.

ThepotentialapplicationsforAIareextremelyexciting.BecauseAIcanoutperformhumansatroutinetasks—providedthetaskisinonefieldwithalotofdata—itistechnicallycapableofreplacinghundredsofmillionsofwhiteandbluecollarjobsinthenext15yearsorso.

ButnoteveryjobwillbereplacedbyAI.Infact

fourtypesofjobsarenotatriskatall.First,therearecreativejobs.AIneedstobegivenagoaltooptimize.Itcannotinvent,likescientists,novelistsandartistscan.Second,thecomplex,strategicjobs—executives,diplomats,economists—gowellbeyondtheAIlimitationofsingle-fieldandBigData.Thentherearetheas-yet-unknownjobsthatwillbecreatedbyAI.

Areyouworriedthatthesethreetypesofjobswon'temployasmanypeopleasAIwillreplace?Nottoworry,asthefourthtypeismuchlarger:jobswhereemotionsareneeded,suchasteachers,nanniesanddoctors.Thesejobsrequirecompassion,trustandsympathy—whichAIdoesnothave.AndevenifAItriedtofakeit,nobodywouldwantarobottellingthemtheyhavecancer,orarobottobabysittheirchildren.

SotherewillstillbejobsintheageofAI.Thekeythenmustberetrainingtheworkforcesopeoplecandothem.Thismustbetheresponsibilitynotjustofthegovernment,whichcanprovidefunds,butalsoofcorporationsandthosewhobenefitmost.（1）Whatisthemainpurposeofparagraph1?A.

Tointroducethetopic.B.