【高考英语】阅读理解：主旨大意题（含检测训练及答案）

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（含检测训练及答案）
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考点详解
高考阅读理解对文章的主旨大意进行命题，旨在考查考生通过对原文快速浏览正确
获取语篇的大意，并对文章的主题、标题、段落、中心思想加以归纳理解以及辨别主要信息和次要信息的能力。要求考生在阅读短文时，能够提炼文章的中心情节，体会作者的主要意图，充分运用逻辑概括能力，透过字里行间获取文章最具代表性的观点、中心论点及作者的情感倾向。
在高考阅读理解中，针对短文主旨常见的命题形式如下：
(1) What wuld be the best title fr the text? /What is the tpic f the text?
(2) The main tpic / subject f the passage is _________.
(3) The main idea/ The general idea is/ The main theme f this passage is…
(4) The last paragraph ends the passage with an emphasis n _________.
(5) What is mainly discussed in the text?
(6) What is the main idea f the passage?
(7) What’s the main pint the writer is trying t make in the last paragraph?
(8) The purpse f this passage is.
(9) Which f the fllwing statements is best supprted by the text?
(10) Which f the fllwing best summarized the passage?
(11) The passage mainly fcuses n.
从上述命题形式可以看出，此类阅读测试题主要可概括为两大类，即怎样理解段落及文章整体的中心思想和怎样拟定或选择恰当的标题。下面结合高考题实例来具体分析此类题目的解题技巧。
怎样理解段落及文章整体的主旨大意
——主题句定位法
文章是由段落组成的。段落是发展一个主题的一群句子，段落围绕着中心思想展开，而段落的中心思想又是为文章整体的中心思想服务的。寻找具体段落的中心思想的方法是：通过分析篇章结构，找出每小段的主题句，通过主题句找出文章的主题。找准文章的主题句是确定文章主旨大意的关键。主题是文章要表达的中心思想，文章的主题句通常都有一个话题，它是文章的核心。“主题句定位法”是一种行之有效的方法。
但是由于文章的不同，表现的手法也各有不同，主题句出现的位置也不是一成不变的。在许多情况下，尤其在阅读说明文和议论文时，根据其篇章特点我们可以通过寻找短文的主题句来归纳出文章的主题。主题句在文章中的位置通常有三种情况：开头、中间、结尾（含在开头结尾同时出现、首尾呼应的主题句）。因此，仔细阅读这类文章或段落的首尾句是关键。做主旨大意类试题多采用浏览法(skimming)，浏览时，一般不需逐句细读，只选读文章的首段、尾段，或每段的首句和尾句，重点搜索主题线索和主题信息。
文章主题常常可以通过文章的写作方法来体现，有以下五种情况：
1. 中心主题句出现在文首
开门见山，提出主题，随之用细节来解释、支撑或发展主题句所表达的主题思想。这是英语中最常见的演绎法写作方式，即由一般到特殊，先提出观点，后举例论证，主题句则出现在段首的写作方法。
新闻报道通常就采用这种写法。新闻报道的首句通常称为“新闻导语”，“导语”实际上就是主题句，是对全文内容的高度概括。大意题、标题一般可在第一句话找到答题依据。
典例剖析
（新课标III卷，C） With the yung unable t affrd t leave hme and the ld at risk f islatin(孤独), mre families are chsing t live tgether.
The drway t peace and quiet, fr Nick Bright at least, leads straight t his mther-in-law, she lives n the grund flr, while he lives upstairs with his wife and their tw daughters.
Fur years ag they all mved int a three-strey Victrian huse in Bristl - ne f a grwing number f multigeneratinal families in the UK living tgether under the same rf. They share a frnt dr and a washing machine, but Rita Whitehead has her wn kitchen, bathrm, bedrm and living rm n the grund flr.
“We flated the idea t my mum f sharing at a huse,” says Kathryn Whitehead. Rita cuts in: “We spke mre with Nick because I think it’s a big thing fr Nick t live with his mther-in-law.”
And what des Nick think? “Frm my standpint, it all seems t wrk very well. Wuld I recmmend it? Yes, I think I wuld.”
It’s hard t tell exactly hw many peple agree with him, but research indicates that the numbers have been rising fr sme time. Official reprts suggest that the number f husehlds with three generatins living tgether had risen frm 325,000 in 2001t 419,000 in 2013.
Other varieties f multigeneratinal family are mre cmmn. Sme peple live with their elderly parents; many mre adult children are returning t the family hme, if they ever left. It is said that abut 20% f 25-34-year-lds live with their parents, cmpared with 16% in 1991.The ttal number f all multigeneratinal husehlds in Britain is thught t be abut 1.8 millin.
Stries like that are mre cmmn in parts f the wrld where multigeneratinal living is mre firmly rted. In India, particularly utside cities, yung wmen are expected t mve in with their husband’s family when they get married.
31．What is the text mainly abut?
A．Lifestyles in different cuntries.B．Cnflicts between generatins.
C．A husing prblem in Britain.D．A rising trend f living in the UK.
【答案】31．D
【解析】31．主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其根据第一段“With the yung unable t affrd t leave hme and the ld at risk f islatin(孤独), mre families are chsing t live tgether.”可知，由于年轻人负担不起离家的费用，而老年人又面临着被孤立的风险，越来越多的家庭选择住在一起。所以短文主要是关于英国生活方式的一种上升趋势。故选D项。
2. 主题句出现在文尾
在细节后，归纳要点、印象、结论、建议或结果，以概括主题。这是英语中最常见的归纳法写作方式，即细节表述的句子在前，概括性的句子居后，主题句则常位于末段。
典例剖析
（新课标I卷，D） The cnnectin between peple and plants has lng been the subject f scientific research. Recent studies have fund psitive effects. A study cnducted in Yungstwn，Ohi，fr example, discvered that greener areas f the city experienced less crime. In anther，emplyees were shwn t be 15% mre prductive when their wrkplaces were decrated with huseplants.
The engineers at the Massachusetts Institute f Technlgy(MIT)have taken it a step further changing the actual cmpsitin f plants in rder t get them t perfrm diverse，even unusual functins. These include plants that have sensrs printed nt their leaves t shw when they’re shrt f water and a plant that can detect harmful chemicals in grundwater. ＂We’re thinking abut hw we can engineer plants t replace functins f the things that we use every day,＂explained Michael Stran, a prfessr f chemical engineering at MIT.
One f his latest prjects has been t make plants glw(发光)in experiments using sme cmmn vegetables. Stran’s team fund that they culd create a faint light fr three-and-a-half hurs. The light，abut ne-thusandth f the amunt needed t read by，is just a start. The technlgy, Stran said, culd ne day be used t light the rms r even t turn trees int self-pwered street lamps.
In the future，the team hpes t develp a versin f the technlgy that can be sprayed nt plant leaves in a ne-ff treatment that wuld last the plant’s lifetime. The engineers are als trying t develp an n and ff＂switch＂where the glw wuld fade when expsed t daylight.
Lighting accunts fr abut 7% f the ttal electricity cnsumed in the US. Since lighting is ften far remved frm the pwer surce(电源)-such as the distance frm a pwer plant t street lamps n a remte highway-a lt f energy is lst during transmissin(传输).Glwing plants culd reduce this distance and therefre help save energy.
35．Which f the fllwing can be the best title fr the text?
A．Can we grw mre glwing plants?
B．Hw d we live with glwing plants?
C．Culd glwing plants replace lamps?
D．Hw are glwing plants made pllutin-free?
【答案】35．C
【解析】35．主旨大意题。根据最后一段中Lighting accunts fr abut 7%f the ttal electricity cnsumed in the US. Since lighting is ften far remved frm the pwer surce-such as the distance frm a pwer plant t street lamps n a remte highway-a lt f energy is lst during transmissin. Glwing plants culd reduce this distance and therefre help save energy.可知照明约占美国总耗电量的7%。由于照明通常远离电源，例如从发电厂到偏僻公路上路灯的距离，在传输过程中会损失大量能源。发光的植物可以缩短这段距离，从而帮助节约能源。结合文章主要说明了绿色植物对人们很有好处，因此麻省理工学院的工程师开发了一种发光植物，文章介绍了他们发明这种植物的过程，以及这种植物的一些优势，指出在未来发光植物有可能取代路灯，达到节约能源的作用。由此可知，C选项“发光的植物能取代路灯吗？”最符合文章标题。故选C。
典例剖析
Lacrsse (曲棍球) is a ppular sprt in Canada. The Indians in Canada invented it. They used it t train fr war. They invented this game befre Clumbus arrived in the New Wrld.
Peple play lacrsse utdrs. The lacrsse field is seven meters lng. At each end f the field there is a gal. The gal is a net. There are ten players n each team. Each player has a stick called “ crss”. The player hit a ball int the net as many times as pssible. Lacrsse is a very fast game because the players can catch and pass the ball at a high speed with their sticks. Players ften get great fun it playing lacrsse.
There are many lacrsse clubs and lacrsse teams all ver Canada. Every night Canadians can watch the lacrsse games n TV r listen t the lacrsse games ver the radi.
At ne time lacrsse was the natinal summer sprt in Canada. Tday it is still ppular with Canadians.
1.The passage is mainly abut ___________.
A. Hw t Play Lacrsse
B. Lacrsse in Canada
C. The Histry f Lacrsse
D. Lacrsse—A Ppular Game in Canada
【答案】D
【解析】作者先后两次提到“长曲棍球在加拿大很受欢迎”，显然选项D最符合短文的主题。
4. 中心主题隐含在全文之中，没有明确的主题句
阅读这样的文章，就要求考生根据文章的细节来分析，概括出段落的主题，从而推导出文章的主旨。分析的方法是，先弄清该段落主要讲了哪几个方面的内容，这些内容在逻辑上有什么联系，然后加以归纳形成主题。该类型的试题则迎刃而解。
典例剖析
（新课标II卷，D） I have a special place in my heart fr libraries. I have fr as lng as I can remember. I was always an enthusiastic reader, smetimes reading up t three bks a day as a child. Stries were like air t me and while ther kids played ball r went t parties, I lived ut adventures thrugh the bks I checked ut frm the library.
My first jb was wrking at the Ukiah Library when I was 16 years ld .It was a dream jb and I did everything frm shelving bks t reading t the children fr stry time.
As I grew lder and became a mther, the library tk n a new place and an added meaning in my life. I had several children and bks were ur main surce(来源) f entertainment. It was a big deal fr us t lad up and g t the lcal library, where my kids culd pick ut bks t read r bks they wanted me t read t them.
I always read ,using different vices ,as thugh I were acting ut the stries with my vice and they lved it !It was a special time t bnd with my children and it filled them with the wnderment f bks .
Nw, I see my children taking their children t the library and I lve that the excitement f ging t the library lives n frm generatin t generatin.
As a nvelist, I’ve fund a new relatinship with libraries. I encurage readers t g t their lcal library when they can’t affrd t purchase a bk. I see libraries as a safe haven(避风港) fr readers and writers, a bridge that helps put tgether a reader with a bk. Libraries, in their wn way, help fight bk piracy(盗版行为) and 1 think all writers shuld supprt libraries in a significant way when they can. Encurage readers t use the library. Share library annuncements n yur scial media. Frequent them and talk abut them when yu can.
35．Which can be a suitable title fr the text?
A．Reading: A Surce f Knwledge
B．My Idea abut writing
C．Library: A Haven fr the Yung
D．My Lve f the Library
【答案】35．D
【解析】35．主旨大意题。纵观全文可知，文章讲述了作者是一名热情地读者，孩提时喜欢阅读，工作在图书馆。有了孩子以后，一家人去图书馆读书，阅读的习惯代代传承下去，作为小说家，作者呼吁其他作家支持图书馆，宣传图书馆。因此推断全文围绕“作者对图书馆的爱”展开讲述。故D项“我对图书馆的爱”为最佳标题。故选D。
4. 主题句出现在文章的中间
通常前面只提出问题，文中的主题由随之陈述的细节或合乎逻辑的引申在文中导出，而后又作进一步的解释、支撑或发展。
典例剖析
The Sahara Festival is a celebratin f the very recent past. The three-day event is nt fixed t the same dates each year, but generally takes place in Nvember r December. It is well attended by turists, but even better attended by lcals.
During the pening ceremnies, after the fficial greetings frm the gvernment leaders, peple wh attend the festival begin t march smartly befre the viewing stands, and white camels transprt their riders acrss the sands. Hrsemen frm different natins display their beautiful clthes and their fine hrsemanship. One fllwing anther, grups f musicians and dancers frm all ver the Sahara take their turn t shw ff their wnderful traditinal culture. Grups f men in blue and yellw play hrns and beat drums as they dance in different designs. On their knees in the sand, a grup f wmen in lng dark dresses dance with their hair: their lng, dark, shiny hair is thrwn back and frth in the wind t the rhythm f their dance.
…
67. This passage mainly tells readers_______.
A. what happens n the pening day f the Sahara Festival
B. hw peple celebrate during the three-day Sahara Festival
C. what takes place at the clsing ceremnies f the Sahara Festival
D. hw animals race n the first and the last days f the Sahara Festival
【答案】A
【解析】从文中第二段第一句话“During the pening ceremnies,”可以看出，本文主要是介绍“撒哈拉节”开幕式上的活动。答案选A。
怎样给阅读文章整体加注标题
——高度概括法
对文章主旨大意的考察，不仅可以直接以理解段落及文章的主旨大意的形式出现，而且也可以用选择或拟定文章标题的形式出现。因此，选择文章标题，首先可以按照主旨大意的确定方式，先弄清文章的主旨大意，再定标题。
标题位于文章之首，用来高度概括文章内容，点明文章主题。它是段落中心思想最精练的表达形式。标题可帮助读者迅速推测出整篇文章的主要内容，抓住文章的中心，把握作者的观点和意图。那么如何选择文章的标题呢？
首先，要考虑标题对文章的概括性或覆盖面如何。一般要求能覆盖全文内容，体
现文章主旨。要避免下列三种情况：①概括不够（多表现为部分代整体，从而导致范围太小）；②过度概括（多表现为脱离本文章内容的发挥）；③以事实、细节替代抽象具体的大意。
其次，要考虑标题的针对性，即标题范围要恰当，针对性强。要在阅读原文的基础上，
仔细考虑所选标题与文章主题是否有密切的关系。既不能太大，也不能太小，太大则中心就不突出，太小也发挥不了应起的作用；精确度高，不能随意改变语言的表意程度及色彩。它可以是单词、短语，也可以是句子。
再次要注意标题的醒目性，标题的选择要简洁、突出、新颖，标题是文章的点睛之笔，是文章的灵魂和门面。标题的好坏往往影响了文章的可读性，读者常常从标题上决定文章的阅读取舍。故标题一般比较醒目，甚至比较离奇，以此来吸引读者对文章的兴趣。
最后要注意，要恰当地选好标题，还需要了解标题的基本拟定方法。一般说来，拟定标题是以话题为核心，与控制性概念的词按一定的语法浓缩为概括主题句或中心思想的词组。比如某一文章的中心句为：CHINA issued the first set f stamps depicting the tp 128 Chinese family names n Thursday Nv. 18th 2004 in Beijing.
话题：Stamps
控制性概念：CHINA issued the first set f stamps depicting the tp 128 Chinese family names
标题：China issued 1st set f stamps n family names
典例剖析
（湖南高三二模） I live in a small studi.I sleep in a bed that flds dwn frm the wall.I have six dress shirts.I have 10 shallw bwls that I use fr salads and main dishes.When peple cme ver fr dinner.I pull ut my extendable dining rm table.I dn't have a single CD r DVD and I have 10 percent f the bks I nce did.
I have cme a lng way frm the life I had in the late’90s,when,having made a frtune frm an Internet start-up sale,I had a giant huse full f stuff(物品)-electrnics and cars and appliances and furniture.
Smehw this stuff ended up running my life,r a lt f it;the things I cnsumed ended up cnsuming me.My life became unnecessarily cmplicated.There were lawns(草坪)t mw,flrs t mp,a car t insure,wash,refuel,repair and register and tech t set up and keep wrking.Wh had I becme?My huse and my things were my new emplyers fr a jb I had never applied fr.I started t wnder why my theretically upgraded life didn't feel any better and why I felt mre anxius than befre.
Fr me,it tk 15 years t get rid f the things I had cllected and live a bigger,better,richer life with less.
I like material things as much as anyne.I studied prduct design in schl.But my experiences shw that after a certain pint,material bjects have a tendency t crwd ut the emtinal needs they are meant t supprt.I knw the best stuff in life isn't stuff at all,and that relatinships,experiences and meaningful wrk are the main parts f a happy life.
My latest prject is t design thughtfully cnstructed small hmes that supprt ur lives,nt the ther way arund.The huse 1 design cntains less stuff and makes it easier fr wners t live within their means and t limit their envirnmental ftprint.My space is well-built,affrdable and as functinal as living spaces twice the size.I frequently have dinner parties fr 12.I sleep better knwing I'm nt using mre resurces than I need.I have less-and enjy mre.
My space is small.My life is big.
31．What is the best title fr the text?
A．Living Better with Less
B．Cnsuming Less t Save Mney
C．Lnging fr the Gd Old Days
D．Building a Cmfrtable Living Space
【答案】31．A
【解析】31．主旨大意题。 本文主题为“简单生活使作者的生活更美好”( live a bigger, better, richer life with less) ，起始段、尾段以及中间各段落均围绕该主题展开叙述。故选A。
检测训练
题组一（高考真题）
Passage1(全国卷III，B)
When “Rise f the Planet f the Apes” was first shwn t the public last mnth, a grup f excited animal activists gathered n Hllywd Bulevard. But they weren’t there t thrw red paint n fur-cat-wearing film stars. Instead, ne activist, dressed in a full-bdy mnkey suit, had arrived with a sign praising the filmmakers: “Thanks fr nt using real apes (猿)!”
The creative team behind “Apes” used mtin-capture (动作捕捉) technlgy t create digitalized animals, spending tens f millins f dllars n technlgy that recrds an actr’s perfrmance and later prcesses it with cmputer graphics t create a final image (图像). In this case, ne f a realistic-lking ape.
Yet “Apes” is mre exceptin than the rule. In fact, Hllywd has been ht n live animals lately. One nnprfit rganizatin, which mnitrs the treatment f animals in filmed entertainment, is keeping tabs n mre than 2,000 prductins this year. Already, a number f films, including “Water fr Elephants,” “The Hangver Part Ⅱ” and “Zkeeper,” have drawn the anger f activists wh say the creatures acting in them haven’t been treated prperly.
In sme cases, it’s nt s much the treatment f the animals n set in the studi that has activists wrried; it’s the ff-set training and living cnditins that are raising cncerns. And there are questins abut the films made utside the States, which smetimes are nt mnitred as clsely as prductins filmed in the States.
24．Why did the animal activists gather n Hllywd Bulevard?
A．T see famus film stars.
B．T ppse wearing fur cats.
C．T raise mney fr animal prtectin.
D．T express thanks t sme filmmakers.
25．What des paragraph 2 mainly talk abut?
A．The cst f making “Apes.”
B．The creatin f digitalized apes.
C．The publicity abut “Apes.”
D．The perfrmance f real apes.
26．What des the underlined phrase “keeping tabs n” in paragraph 3 prbably mean?
A．Listing cmpletely.
B．Directing prfessinally.
C．Prmting successfully.
D．Watching carefully.
27．What can we infer frm the last paragraph abut animal actrs?
A．They may be badly treated.
B．They shuld take further training.
C．They culd be traded illegally
D．They wuld lse ppularity.
Passage2浙江省高考英语试卷（1月）
Tday's wrld is nt an easy adjustment fr yung adults. Key skill set fr success is persistence (毅力), a characteristic that researchers say is heavily influenced by fathers. Researchers frm Brigham Yung University discvered that fathers are in a unique psitin t help their adlescent children learn persistence.
BYU prfessrs Laura Padilla-Walker and Randal Day arrived at these findings after fllwing 325 American families ver several years. And ver time，the persistence gained thrugh fathers led t higher achievement in schl.
"There are relatively few studies that stress the unique rle f fathers，"Padilla-Walker said. "This research als helps t prve that characteristics such as persistence-which can be taught-are key t a child's life success.”
Researchers determined that dads need t practice an "authritative" parenting style. Authritative parenting is nt authritarian:rigid，demanding r cntrlling. Rather，an authritative parenting style includes sme f the fllwing characteristics:children feel warmth and lve frm their father；respnsibility and the reasns behind rules are stressed children are given an apprpriate level f autnmy(自主权).
In the study，abut 52 percent f the dads exhibited abve-average levels f authritative parenting. A key finding is that ver time，children raised by an authritative father were significantly mre likely t develp persistence，which leads t better utcmes in schl.
This particular study examined 11 t 14-year-lds living in tw-parent hmes. Yet the researchers suggest that single parents still may play a rle in teaching the benefits f persistence，which is an avenue f future research.
27．What is special abut the BYU prfessrs' study?
A．It centered n fathers' rle in parenting.
B．It was based n a number f large families.
C．It analyzed different kinds f parenting styles.
D．It aimed t imprve kids' achievement in schl.
28．What wuld an authritative father d when raising his children?
A．Ignre their demands.B．Make decisins fr them.
C．Cntrl their behavirs.D．Explain the rules t them.
29．Which grup can be a fcus f future studies accrding t the researchers?
A．Single parents.
B．Children aged frm 11 t 14.
C．Authritarian fathers.
D．Mthers in tw-parent hmes.
30．Which f the fllwing is the best title fr the text?
A．Three Characteristics f Authritative Fathers.
B．Key Skills fr Yung Adults t Succeed in Future.
C．Children Tend t Learn Determinatin frm Father.
D．Family Relatinship Influences Schl Perfrmance.
Passage3(全国卷III，D)
We are the prducts f evlutin, and nt just evlutin that ccurred billins f years ag. As scientists lk deeper int ur genes (基因), they are finding examples f human evlutin in just the past few thusand years. Peple in Ethipian highlands have adapted t living at high altitudes. Cattle -raising peple in East Africa and nrthern Eurpe have gained a mutatin (突变) that helps them digest milk as adults.
On Thursday in an article published in Cell, a team f researchers reprted a new kind f adaptatin - nt t air r t fd, but t the cean. A grup f sea-dwelling peple in Sutheast Asia have evlved int better divers. The Bajau, as these peple are knwn, number in the hundreds f thusands in Indnesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. They have traditinally lived n husebats; in recent times, they’ve als built huses n stilts (支柱) in castal waters. “They are simply a stranger t the land,” said Redney C．Jubilad, a University f Hawaii researcher wh studies the Bajau.
Dr. Jubilad first met the Bajau while grwing up n Samal Island in the Philippines. They made a living as divers, spearfishing r harvesting shellfish. “We were s amazed that they culd stay underwater much lnger than us lcal islanders,” Dr. Jubilad said. “I culd see them actually walking under the sea.”
In2015, Melissa Ilard, then a graduate student in genetics at the University f Cpenhagen, heard abut the Bajau. She wndered if centuries f diving culd have led t the evlutin f physical characteristics that made the task easier fr them. “it seemed like the perfect chance fr natural selectin t act n a ppulatin,” said Dr. Ilard. She als said there were likely a number f ther genes that help the Bajau dive.
32．What des the authr want t tell us by the examples in paragraph 1?
A．Envirnmental adaptatin f cattle raisers.B．New knwledge f human evlutin.
C．Recent findings f human rigin.D．Significance f fd selectin.
33．Where d the Bajau build their huses?
A．In valleys.B．Near rivers.C．On the beach.D．Off the cast.
34．Why was the yung Jubilad astnished at the Bajau?
A．They culd walk n stilts all day.B．They had a superb way f fishing.
C．They culd stay lng underwater.D．They lived n bth land and water.
35．What can be a suitable title fr the text?
A．Bdies Remdeled fr a Life at SeaB．Highlanders’ Survival Skills
C．Basic Methds f Genetic ResearchD．The Wrld’s Best Divers
Passage4普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（天津卷)（7月)
Fr peple, wh are interested in sund, the field f sund technlgy is definitely making nise. In the past, sund engineers wrked in the back rms f recrding studis, but many f tday’s sund prfessinals are sharing their knwledge and experience with prfessinals in ther fields t create new prducts based n the phenmenn we call sund.
Sund can be used as a weapn. Imagine that a plice fficer is chasing a thief. The thief tries t escape. And the fficer can’t let him get away. He pulls ut a special device, pints it at the suspect, and switches it n. The thief drps t the grund. This new weapn is called a Lng Range Acustic Device(LRAD, 远程定向声波发射器). It prduces a deafening sund s painful that it temprarily disables a persn. The nise frm the LRAD is directed like a ray f light and travels nly int the ears f that persn, but it is nt deadly.
Fr thse wh hunger fr sme peace and quiet, sund can nw create silence. Let’s say yu are at the airprt, and the little by n the seat next t yu is humming(哼唱) a shrt cmmercial sng. He hums it ver and ver again, and yu are abut t g crazy. Thanks t the Silence Machine, a British inventin, yu can get rid f the sund withut upsetting the by r his parents. One may wnder hw the Silence Machine wrks. Well, it functins by analyzing the waves f the incming sund and creating a secnd set f utging waves. The tw sets f waves cancel each ther ut. Simply turn the machine r pint it at the target, and yur peace and quiet cmes back.
Directed sund is a new technlgy that allws cmpanies t use sund in much the same way sptlights(聚光灯) are used in the theater. A sptlight lights up nly ne sectin f a stage; similarly, “sptsund” creates a circle f sund in n targeted area. This can be useful fr businesses such as restaurants and stres because it ffers a new way t attract custmers. Restaurants can ffer a chice f music alng with the varius fd chices n the menu, allwing custmers mre cntrl ver the atmsphere in which they are dining. Directed sund is als beginning t appear in shpping centers and even at hmes.
46. What culd be inferred frm Paragraph 2 abut the effect f the LRAD?
A. It causes temprary hearing lss.
B. It slws dwn a running man.
C. It makes it easy t identify a suspect.
D. It keeps the suspect frm hurting thers.
47. The Silence Machine is a device specially designed t ________.
A. silence the peple arund yu
B. remve the sund f cmmercials
C. blck the incming sund waves
D. stp unwanted sund frm affecting yu
48. What feature d sptsunds and sptlights share?
A. They travel in circles.
B. They clear the atmsphere.
C. They can be transfrmed int energy.
D. They can be directed nt a specific area.
49. Directed sund can be used fr ________.
A. creative designs f restaurant menus
B. ideal sund effects n the theater stage
C. different chices f music fr businesses
D. strict cntrl ver any suspicius custmer
50. What des the passage fcus n?
A. Hw prfessinals invented sund prducts.
B. Inventins in the field f sund technlgy.
C. The grwing interest in the study f sund.
D. Hw sund engineers wrk in their studis.
题组二（高考真题）
Passage1(天津卷，B)
I must have always knwn reading was very imprtant because the first memries I have as a child deal with bks. There was nt ne night that I dn't remember mm reading me a strybk by my bedside. I was extremely inspired by the elegant way the wrds sunded.
I always wanted t knw what my mm was reading. Hearing mm say," I can't believe what's printed in the newspaper this mrning," made me want t grab it ut f her hands and read it myself. I wanted t be like my mm and knw all f the things she knew. S I carried arund a bk, and each night, just t be like her, I wuld pretend t be reading.
This is hw everyne learned t read. We wuld start ff with sentences, then paragraphs, and then stries. It seemed an unending jurney, but even as a six-year-ld girl I realized that knwing hw t read culd pen many drs. When mm said," The C-A-N-D-Y is hidden n the tp shelf," I knew where the candy was. My prgress in reading raised my curisity, and I wanted t knw everything. I ften fund myself telling my mm t drive mre slwly, s that I culd read all f the rad signs we passed.
Mst f my reading thrugh primary, middle and high schl was factual reading. I read fr knwledge, and t make A's n my tests. Occasinally, I wuld read a nvel that was assigned, but I didn't enjy this type f reading. I liked facts, things that are cncrete. I thught anything abstract left t much rm fr argument.
Yet, nw that I'm grwing and the wrld I nce knew as being s simple is becming mre cmplex, I find myself needing a way t escape. By pening a nvel, I can leave behind my burdens and enter int a wnderful and mysterius wrld where I am nw a new character. In these wrlds I can becme anyne. I dn't have t write dwn what happened r what technique the authr was using when he r she wrte this. I just read t relax.
We're taught t read because it's necessary fr much f human understanding. Reading is a vital part f my life. Reading satisfies my desire t keep learning. And I've fund that the pssibilities that lie within bks are limitless.
41. Why did the authr want t grab the newspaper ut f mm's hands？
A. She wanted mm t read the news t her.
B. She was anxius t knw what had happened.
C. She culdn't wait t tear the newspaper apart.
D. She culdn't help but stp mm frm reading.
42. Accrding t Paragraph 3，the authr's reading f rad signs indicates___________
A. her unique way t lcate herself
B. her eagerness t develp her reading ability
C. her effrt t remind mm t bey traffic rules
D. her grwing desire t knw the wrld arund her.
43. What was the authr's view n factual reading？
A. It wuld help her update test-taking skills.
B. It wuld allw much rm fr free thinking.
C. It wuld prvide true and bjective infrmatin.
D. It wuld help shape a realistic and serius attitude t life.
44. The authr takes nvel reading as a way t___________.
A. explre a fantasy land
B. develp a passin fr leaning
C. learn abut the adult cmmunity
D. get away frm a cnfusing wrld
45. What culd be the best title fr the passage？
A. The Magic f ReadingB. The Pleasure f Reading
C. Grwing Up with ReadingD. Reading Makes a Full Man
Passage2(新课标卷I，D)
During the rsy years f elementary schl(小学), I enjyed sharing my dlls and jkes, which allwed me t keep my high scial status. I was the queen f the playgrund. Then came my tweens and teens, and mean girls and cl kids. They rse in the ranks nt by being friendly but by smking cigarettes, breaking rules and playing jkes n thers, amng whm I sn fund myself.
Ppularity is a well-explred subject in scial psychlgy. Mitch Prinstein, a prfessr f clinical psychlgy srts the ppular int tw categries: the likable and the status seekers. The likables’ plays-well-with-thers qualities strengthen schlyard friendships, jump-start interpersnal skills and, when tapped early, are emplyed ever after in life and wrk. Then there’s the kind f ppularity that appears in adlescence: status brn f pwer and even dishnrable behavir.
Enviable as the cl kids may have seemed, Dr. Prinstein’s studies shw unpleasant cnsequences. Thse wh were highest in status in high schl, as well as thse least liked in elementary schl, are “mst likely t engage(从事)in dangerus and risky behavir.”
In ne study, Dr. Prinstein examined the tw types f ppularity in 235 adlescents, scring the least liked, the mst liked and the highest in status based n student surveys(调查研究). “We fund that the least well-liked teens had becme mre aggressive ver time tward their classmates. But s had thse wh were high in status. It clearly shwed that while likability can lead t healthy adjustment, high status has just the ppsite effect n us."
Dr. Prinstein has als fund that the qualities that made the neighbrs want yu n a play date-sharing, kindness, penness — carry ver t later years and make yu better able t relate and cnnect with thers.
In analyzing his and ther research，Dr. Prinstein came t anther cnclusin: Nt nly is likability related t psitive life utcmes, but it is als respnsible fr thse utcmes, t. "Being liked creates pprtunities fr learning and fr new kinds f life experiences that help smebdy gain an advantage, ” he said.
32. What srt f girl was the authr in her early years f elementary schl?
A. Unkind.B. Lnely.C. Generus.D. Cl.
33. What is the secnd paragraph mainly abut？
A. The classificatin f the ppular.
B. The characteristics f adlescents.
C. The imprtance f interpersnal skills.
D. The causes f dishnrable behavir
34. What did Dr. Prinstein’s study find abut the mst liked kids?
A. They appeared t be aggressive.
B. They tended t be mre adaptable.
C. They enjyed the highest status.
D. They perfrmed well academically.
35. What is the best title fr the text?
A. Be Nice-Yu Wn’t Finish Last
B. The Higher the Status, the Beer
C. Be the Best-Yu Can Make It
D. Mre Self-Cntrl, Less Aggressiveness
Passage3(新课标卷II，D)
Bacteria are an annying prblem fr astrnauts. The micrrganisms(微生物) frm ur bdies grw uncntrllably n surfaces f the Internatinal Space Statin, s astrnauts spend hurs cleaning them up each week. Hw is NASA vercming this very tiny big prblem? It’s turning t a bunch f high schl kids. But nt just any kids. It depending n NASA HUNCH high schl class, like the ne science teachers Gene Grdn and Dnna Himmelberg lead at Fairprt High Schl in Fairprt, New Yrk.
HUNCH is designed t cnnect high schl classrms with NASA engineers. Fr the past tw years, Grdn’s students have been studying ways t kill bacteria in zer gravity, and they think they’re clse t a slutin(解决方案). “We dn’t give the students any breaks. They have t d it just like NASA engineers,” says Flrence Gld, a prject manager.
“There are n tests,” Grdn says. “There is n graded hmewrk. There almst are n grades, ther than‘Are yu wrking twards yur gal?’ Basically, it’s ‘I’ve gt t prduce this prduct and then, at the end f year, present it t NASA.’ Engineers cme and really d an in-persn review, and…it’s nt a very nice thing at time. It’s a hard business review f yur prduct.”
Grdn says the HUNCH prgram has an impact(影响) n cllege admissins and practical life skills. “These kids are s absrbed in their studies that I just sit back. I dn’t teach.” And that annying bacteria? Grdn says his students are emailing daily with NASA engineers abut the prblem, readying a wrkable slutin t test in space.
32. What d we knw abut the bacteria in the Internatinal Space Statin?
A. They are hard t get rid f.B. They lead t air pllutin.
C. They appear different frms.D. They damage the instruments.
33. What is the purpse f the HUNCH prgram?
A. T strengthen teacher-student relatinships.B. T sharpen students’ cmmunicatin skills.
C. T allw students t experience zer gravity.D. T link space technlgy with schl educatin
34. What d the NASA engineers d fr the students in the prgram?
A. Check their prduct.B. Guide prject designs
C. Adjust wrk schedules.D. Grade their hmewrk.
35. What is the best title fr the text?
A. NASA: The Hme f Astrnauts.
B. Space: The Final Hmewrk Frntier.
C. Nature: An Outdr Classrm.
D. HUNCH:A Cllege Admissin Refrm.
Passage4(北京卷，C)
The prblem f rbcalls has gtten s bad that many peple nw refuse t pick up calls frm numbers they dn't knw. By next year，half f the calls we receive will be scams(欺诈).We are finally waking up t the severity f the prblem by supprting and develping a grup f tls，apps and appraches intended t prevent scammers frm getting thrugh. Unfrtunately，it's t little，t late. By the time these “slutins"(解决方案)becme widely available，scammers will have mved nt cleverer means. In the near future，it's nt just ging t be the number yu see n yur screen that will be in dubt. Sn yu will als questin whether the vice yu're hearing is actually real.
That's because there are a number f pwerful vice manipulatin ( 处理 ) and autmatin technlgies that are abut t becme widely available fr anyne t use .At this year's I/O Cnference ,a cmpany shwed a new vice technlgy able t prduce such a cnvincing human –sunding vice that it was able t speak t a receptinist and bk a reservatin withut detectin.
These develpments are likely t make ur current prblems with rbcalls much wrse. The reasn that rbcalls are a headache has less t d with amunt than precisin A decade f data breaches(数据侵入)f persnal infrmatin has led t a situatin where scammers can easily learn yur mther 's name ，and far mre. Armed with this knwledge. they're able t carry ut individually targeted campaigns t cheat peple. This means. fr example，that a scammer culd call yu frm what lks t be a familiar number and talk t yu using a vice that sunds exactly like yur bank teller 's，ricking yu int "cnfirming " yur address，mther's name，and card number. Scammers fllw mney，s cmpanies will be the wrst hit. A lt f business is still dne ver the phne，and much f it is based n trust and existing relatinships. Vice manipulatin technlgies may weaken that gradually.
We need t deal with the insecure nature f ur telecm netwrks. Phne carriers and cnsumers need t wrk tgether t find ways f determining and cmmunicating what is real. That might mean either develping a unifrm way t mark vides and images, shwing when and wh they were made by. r abandning phne calls altgether and mving twards data-based cmmunicatins—using apps like Face Time r WhatsApp, which can be tied t yur identity.
Credibility is hard t earn but easy t lse, and the prblem is nly ging t harder frm here n ut.
38. Hw des the authr feel abut the slutins t prblem f rbecalls?
A. Panicked.B. Cnfused.C. Embarrassed.D. Disappinted.
39. taking advantage f the new technlgies，scammer can______.
A. aim at victims preciselyB. damage databases easily
C. start campaigns rapidlyD. spread infrmatin widely
40. What des the passage imply?
A. Hnesty is the best plicy.
B. Technlgies can be duble-edited.
C. There are mre slutins than prblems.
D. Credibility hlds the key t develpment.
41. Which f the fllwing wuld be the best title fr the passage?
A. Where the Prblem f Rbcalls Is Rted
B. Wh Is t Blame fr the Prblem f Rbealls
C. Why Rbcalls Are Abut t Get Mre Dangerus
D. Hw Rbcalls Are Affecting the Wrld f Technlgy
题组三（高考真题）
Passage1(新课标卷I，B)
Gd Mrning Britain’s Susanna Reid is used t grilling guests n the sfa every mrning, but she is cking up a strm in her latest rle — shwing families hw t prepare delicius and nutritius meals n a tight budget.
In Save Mney: Gd Fd, she visits a different hme each week and with the help f chef Matt Tebbutt ffers tp tips n hw t reduce fd waste, while preparing recipes fr under £5 per family a day. And the Gd Mrning Britain presenter says she’s been able t put a lt f what she’s leant int practice in her wn hme, preparing meals fr sns, Sam,14, Finn,13, and Jack, 11.
"We lve Mexican churrs, s I buy them n my phne frm my lcal Mexican takeaway restaurant," she explains. "I pay £5 fr a prtin(一份), but Matt makes them fr 26p a prtin, because they are flur, water, sugar and il. Everybdy can buy takeaway fd, but smetimes we’re nt aware hw cheaply we can make this fd urselves. "
The eight-part series(系列节目), Save Mney: Gd Fd, fllws in the ftsteps f ITV’s Save Mney: Gd Health, which gave viewers advice n hw t get value frm the vast range f health prducts n the market.
With fd ur biggest weekly husehld expense, Susanna and Matt spend time with a different family each week. In tnight’s Easter special they cme t the aid f a family in need f sme delicius inspiratin n a budget. The team transfrms the family’s lng weekend f celebratin with less expensive but still tasty recipes.
24. What d we knw abut Susanna Reid?
A. She enjys embarrassing her guests.B. She has started a new prgramme.
C. She dislikes wrking early in the mrning. D. She has had a tight budget fr her family.
25. Hw des Matt Tebbutt help Susanna?
A. He buys cking materials fr her.B. He prepares fd fr her kids.
C. He assists her in cking matters.D. He invites guest families fr her.
26. What des the authr intend t d in paragraph 4?
A. Summarize the previus paragraphs.B. Prvide sme advice fr the readers.
C. Add sme backgrund infrmatin.D. Intrduce a new tpic fr discussin.
27. What can be a suitable title fr the text?
A. Keeping Fit by Eating SmartB. Balancing Our Daily Diet
C. Making yurself a Perfect ChefD. Cking Well fr Less
Passage2(新课标卷II，D)
We’ve all been there: in a lift, in line at the bank r n an airplane, surrunded by peple wh are, like us, deeply fcused n their smartphnes r, wrse, struggling with the uncmfrtable silence.
What’s the prblem? It’s pssible that we all have cmprmised cnversatinal intelligence. It’s mre likely that nne f us start a cnversatin because it’s awkward and challenging, r we think it’s annying and unnecessary. But the next time yu find yurself amng strangers, cnsider that small talk is wrth the truble. Experts say it’s an invaluable scial practice that results in big benefits.
Dismissing small talk as unimprtant is easy, but we can’t frget that deep relatinships wuldn’t
even exist if it weren’t fr casual cnversatin. Small talk is the grease(润滑剂) fr scial cmmunicatin, says Bernard Carducci, directr f the Shyness Research Institute at Indiana University Sutheast. ＂Almst every great lve stry and each big business deal begins with small talk,＂ he explains. ＂The key t successful small talk is learning hw t cnnect with thers, nt just cmmunicate with them.＂
In a 2014 study, Elizabeth Dunn, assciate prfessr f psychlgy at UBC, invited peple n their way int a cffee shp. One grup was asked t seek ut an interactin(互动) with its waiter; the ther, t speak nly when necessary. The results shwed that thse wh chatted with their server reprted significantly higher psitive feelings and a better cffee shp experience. ＂It’s nt that talking t the waiter is better than talking t yur husband,＂ says Dunn. ＂But interactins with peripheral(边缘的) members f ur scial netwrk matter fr ur well-being als.＂
Dunn believes that peple wh reach ut t strangers feel a significantly greater sense f belnging, a bnd with thers. Carducci believes develping such a sense f belnging starts with small talk. ＂Small talk is the basis f gd manners,＂ he says.
32. What phenmenn is described in the first paragraph?
A. Addictin t smartphnes.
B. Inapprpriate behaviurs in public places.
C. Absence f cmmunicatin between strangers.
D. Impatience with slw service.
33. What is imprtant fr successful small talk accrding t Carducci?
A. Shwing gd manners. B. Relating t ther peple.
C. Fcusing n a tpic. D. Making business deals.
34. What des the cffee-shp study suggest abut small talk?
A. It imprves family relatinships. B. It raises peple’s cnfidence.
C. It matters as much as a frmal talk. D. It makes peple feel gd.
35. What is the best title fr the text?
A. Cnversatin Cunts B. Ways f Making Small Talk
C. Benefits f Small Talk D. Uncmfrtable Silence
Passage3(新课标卷III，B)
Cities usually have a gd reasn fr being where they are, like a nearby prt r river. Peple settle in these places because they are easy t get t and naturally suited t cmmunicatins and trade. New Yrk City, fr example, is near a large harbur at the muth f the Hudsn River. Over 300 years its ppulatin grew gradually frm 800 peple t 8 millin. But nt all cities develp slwly ver a lng perid f time. Bm twns grw frm nthing almst vernight. In 1896, Dawsn, Canada, was unmapped wilderness(荒野). But gld was discvered there in 1897, and tw years later, it was ne f the largest cities in the West, with a ppulatin f 30,000.
Dawsn did nt have any f the natural cnveniences f cities like Lndn r Paris. Peple went there fr gld. They travelled ver snw-cvered muntains and sailed hundreds f miles up icy rivers. The path t Dawsn was cvered with thirty feet f wet snw that culd fall withut warming. An avalanche(雪崩) nce clsed the path, killing 63 peple. Fr many wh made it t Dawsn, hwever, the rewards were wrth the difficult trip. Of the first 20,000 peple wh dug fr gld, 4,000 gt rich. Abut 100 f these stayed rich men fr the rest f their lives.
But n matter hw rich they were, Dawsn was never cmfrtable. Necessities like fd and wd were very expensive. But sn, the gld that Dawsn depended n had all been fund. The city was crwded with disappinted peple with n interest in settling dwn, and when they heard there were new gld discveries in Alaska, they left Dawsn City as quickly as they had cme. Tday, peple still cme and g — t see where the Canadian gld rush happened. Turism is nw the chief industry f Dawsn City — its present ppulatin is 762.
24. What attracted the early settlers t New Yrk City?
A. Its business culture.
B. Its small ppulatin.
C. Its gegraphical psitin.
D. Its favurable climate.
25. What d we knw abut thse wh first dug fr gld in Dawsn?
A. Tw-thirds f them stayed there.
B. One ut f five peple gt rich.
C. Almst everyne gave up.
D. Half f them died.
26. What was the main reasn fr many peple t leave Dawsn?
A. They fund the city t crwded.
B. They wanted t try their luck elsewhere.
C. They were unable t stand the winter.
D. They were shrt f fd.
27. What is the text mainly abut?
A. The rise and fall f a city.
B. The gld rush in Canada.
C. Jurneys int the wilderness.
D. Turism in Dawsn.
Passage4(北京卷，A)
My First Marathn（马拉松）
A mnth befre my first marathn, ne f my ankles was injured and this meant nt running fr tw weeks, leaving me nly tw weeks t train. Yet, I was determined t g ahead.
I remember back t my 7th year in schl. In my first P.E. class, the teacher required us t run laps and then hit a sftball. I didn’t d either well. He later infrmed me that I was ＂nt athletic＂.
The idea that I was ＂nt athletic＂ stuck with me fr years. When I started running in my 30s, I realized running was a battle against myself, nt abut cmpetitin r whether r nt I was athletic. It was all abut the battle against my wn bdy and mind. A test f wills!
The night befre my marathn, I dreamt that I culdn’t even find the finish line. I wke up sweating and nervus, but ready t prve smething t myself.
Shrtly after crssing the start line, my she laces(鞋带) became untied. S I stpped t readjust. Nt the start I wanted!
At mile 3, I passed a sign: ＂GO FOR IT, RUNNERS!＂
By mile 17, I became ut f breath and the nce injured ankle hurt badly. Despite the pain, I stayed the curse walking a bit and then running again.
By mile 21, I was starving!
As I apprached mile 23, I culd see my wife waving a sign. She is my biggest fan. She never minded the alarm clck sunding at 4 a.m. r questined my expenses n running.
I was ne f the final runners t finish. But I finished! And I gt a medal. In fact, I gt the same medal as the ne that the guy wh came in first place had.
Determined t be myself, mve frward, free f shame and wrldly labels(世俗标签), I can nw call myself a ＂marathn winner＂.
36. A mnth befre the marathn, the authr ____________.
A. was well trainedB. felt scared
C. made up his mind t runD. lst hpe
37. Why did the authr mentin the P.E. class in his 7th year?
A. T acknwledge the supprt f his teacher.
B. T amuse the readers with a funny stry.
C. T shw he was nt talented in sprts.
D. T share a precius memry.
38. Hw was the authr’s first marathn?
A. He made it.B. He quit halfway.
C. He gt the first prize.D. He walked t the end.
39. What des the stry mainly tell us?
A. A man wes his success t his family supprt.
B. A winner is ne with a great effrt f will.
C. Failure is the mther f success.
D. One is never t ld t learn.
题组四（名校模拟题）
Passage 1（重庆高三开学考试）
At the Wrld Ecnmic Frum last mnth, President Trump drew claps when he annunced the United States wuld respnd t the frum's prpsal t plant ne trillin(万亿) trees t fight climate change. The trillin-tree idea wn wide attentin last summer after a study published in the jurnal Science cncluded that planting s many trees was “the mst effective climate change slutin t date”.
If nly it were true. But it isn't. Planting trees wuld slw dwn the planet's warming, but the nly thing that will save us and future generatins frm paying a huge price in dllars, lives and damage t nature is rapid and cnsiderable reductins in carbn release frm fssil fuels, t net zer by 2050.
Fcusing n trees as the big slutin t climate change is a dangerus diversin(偏离). Wrse still, it takes attentin away frm thse respnsible fr the carbn release that are pushing us tward disaster. Fr example, in the Netherlands, yu can pay Shell an additinal 1 eur cent fr each liter f regular gasline yu put in yur tank, t plant trees t balance the carbn release frm yur driving. That's clearly n mre than disaster slightly delayed. The nly way t stp this planet frm verheating is thrugh plitical, ecnmic, technlgical and scial slutins that end the use f fssil fuels.
There is n way that planting trees, even acrss a glbal area the size f the United States, can absrb the huge amunts f fssil carbn released frm industrial scieties. Trees d take up carbn frm the atmsphere as they grw. But this uptake merely replaces carbn lst when frests were cleared in the first place, usually lng ag. Regrwing frests where they nce grew can und sme damage dne in the past, but even a trillin trees can't stre enugh carbn t head ff dramatic climate changes this century.
In a sharp cunter argument t last summer's Paper in Science, Justin Gillis wrte in the same jurnal in Octber that the study's findings were incnsistent with the dynamics f the glbal carbn cycle. He warned that “the claim that glbal tree restratin(复原) is ur mst effective climate slutin is simply scientifically incrrect and dangerusly misleading”.
1．What d we knw abut the trillin-tree idea?
A．It was published in a jurnal.
B．It was prpsed last summer.
C．It was put frward by Trump.
D．It drew lts f public attentin.
2．What is paragraph 3 mainly abut?
A．A drawback f the tree planting strategy.
B．An example f balancing carbn release.
C．An anecdte f making a purchase at Shell.
D．A respnsibility fr pliticians and ecnmists.
3．What was Justin Gillis's attitude twards glbal tree restratin?
A．Indifferent.B．Oppsed.
C．Hesitant.D．Supprtive.
4．What is the best title fr the text?
A．Cntradictry Ideas n Tree Planting.
B．A Trillin Trees Cme t the Rescue.
C．Planting Trees Wn't Save the Wrld.
D．The Best Slutin t Climate Change.
Passage 2（天津和平区耀华中学高三一模）
Spending ver a year in the bleak (荒凉的) Antarctica might change yur brain fr the wrse, accrding t new research ut this mnth. It seems t shw that plar explrers wh lived fr 14 mnths at an Antarctica research statin experienced brain shrinkage, likely as a result f their lneliness and bredm.
The study’s authrs used MRI (核磁共振) t scan the brains f eight members f a team befre they began a lng stay at the German-run research statin. During their missin. the team peridically tk tests f their cgnitin and memry and prvided bld samples that allwed the study authrs t measure their levels f a prtein imprtant fr brain health called brain-derived neurtrphic factr (BDNF). When they returned, they had their brains scanned again.
Finally, cmpared t themselves befre the missin, the explrers' brains appeared t have less grey matter n average. The shrinkage was mst apparent in the hippcampus, in area f the brain key t memry and cgnitin. Their average levels f BDNF als drpped during the trip and didn’t imprve significantly even after ne-and-a-half mnths back hme.
The study's findings, published in The New England Jurnal f Medicine, aren't the first t suggest that lng time f being separated can change the brain. But practically all f this wrk has invlved animals, accrding t the researchers.
Of curse, an eight-persn study is small, s any f its cnclusins shuld be taken with cautin. Lead authr Alexander C．Stahn, nw a researcher at the Perelman Schl f Medicine at the University f Pennsylvania, said that the effects n the hippcampus are likely temprary, prvided the scientists returned back t a life filled with scial interactin and interesting things t see.
Still, since peple will cntinue traveling t and frm Antarctica fr lng perids f time, the findings are definitely wrth keeping in mind and explring further. They might even prve relevant fr the rare few peple wh might travel as far as Mars in the future — perhaps the nly similarly scientific, mnths-lng missin that wuld be even mre lnely.
1．What will d damage t the brain accrding t the first paragraph?
A．Ding research in brain shrinkageB．Traveling t the Antarctica.
C．Wrking as a researcher in a statin.D．Being in a lnely place fr a lng time.
2．Hw did the scientists get the cnclusin?
A．By cmparing the scanned results.B．By studying the previus figures.
C．By making a lng-term prgram.D．By scanning the participants’ brains.
3．What can we infer abut the explrers when they returned?
A．They were n lnger used t the civilized wrld.
B．They had sme difficulty in remembering things.
C．They became nrmal after ne-and-a-half mnths.
D．They published their findings in a medical magazine.
4．What can we learn abut the study?
A．The scientists are prvided with varius scial activities.
B．Lng time f being separated can change the brain f all animals.
C．Other researches have the same findings as the study.
D．Its cnclusin may be relevant fr thse wh arc fnd f travelling.
5．What is the last paragraph mainly abut?
A．The imprtance f the finding.B．The disadvantage f the finding.
C．The future develpment f the space.D．The pssibility f travelling t Mars.
Passage 3（哈尔滨市第一中学校高三开学考试）
Kevin Randall, a teacher,wh teaches bilgy at Grandville High Schl,runs the envirnmental club at the high schl,which has arund 2,000 students.The club is knwn as the GHS Green Team,and it aims t raise awareness amng students and teachers abut sustainability(持续性).It als wrks n prjects t reduce the envirnmental ftprint f the building itself.
One f the club's recent prjects fcused n reducing waste in the schl cafeteria.Randall said their cafeteria supervisr tld them that the schl went thrugh 54,000 plastic frks every year.The club applied fr a financial help,built recycling centers fr the cafeteria,and purchased metal silverware.
And nw every student uses a durable metal frk r a spn instead f dispsables.(一次性用品),“and that's just ne way we're trying t capture the lw-hanging fruit,if yu will,"Randall said.
The effrts f Randall and his students have earned Grandville High Schl the Michigan Green Schl certificatin frm the state.In additin t their wrk reducing waste in the cafeteria, the GHS Green Team has als built a garden with flwers and vegetables n campus,and leads cleanups n site and ut in the cmmunity.Over the years,Randall and his students have als been wrking n raising mney t install slar panels(太阳能板) n the rf f the high schl.
Randall said he was mtivated t take the lead n envirnmental issues fr his schl because he wanted his students t have smene t turn t in the building wh understands what's at stake(利害攸关）when it cmes t climate change.
＂And I als felt like I needed t d mre in my life fr my wn tw children at hme," Randall added,"They need t knw that their dad is wrking as hard as he can t reduce the effects f climate change,and t spread the wrd,and t make sure that ther students ut there are learning abut this just the way they are at hme."
1．What is the purpse f the GHS Green Team club?
A．T inspire students' lve fr bilgy.
B．T finish the prjects assigned by schl.
C．T prepare students fr their future jbs.
D．T prmte envirnmental prtectin.
2．What's the result f the prject n schl cafeteria?
A．It has changed the utlk f the cafeteria.
B．Students can have mre fruits in the cafeteria.
C．Plastic frks are n lnger used in the cafeteria.
D．The schl has becme famus natinwide.
3．What's the furth paragraph mainly abut?
A．The classificatin f the prjects.
B．The characteristics f the club.
C．The activities rganized by the club.
D．The future f the club.
4．What was Randall's aim by ding the wrk n envirnmental issues?.
A．T educate the yung.
B．T get material rewards.
C．T amuse his children.
D．T make himself famus.
Passage 4（湖南高三二模）
Fathers have a strng influence n their children. And ne f the areas in which researchers lk fr the influence is in the develpment f language. What begins with gestures and sunds develps int cmpetence with language by arund age 3.Fathers are prving t be an imprtant part f this prcess, as Lynne Vernn-Feagans f the University f Nrth Carlina and her clleagues are finding ut.
They have dne sme f the mst interesting wrk lking at children's language develpment in bth middle-class and pr, rural families. They've fund, t their surprise, that nt nly are fathers imprtant fr children’s language develpment, but that fathers matter mre than mthers. Fr example, they fund that fathers' use f vcabulary when reading picture bks t their children at 6 mnths f age was significantly related t the children's expressiveness at 15 mnths and use f advanced language at age 3.This held true n matter what the mther's educatinal level was r hw she spke t the children.
Vernn-Feagans was surprised by the difference between mthers and fathers. She had thught they wuld be equally invlved in encuraging their children’s language develpment. Why wuld fathers be mre imprtant in this regard than mthers? Maybe it's because mthers are mre familiar with their kids, typically spending mre time with them than fathers d. That makes mthers mre likely t chse wrds the kids knw. Fathers aren't as familiar with their kids,s they use a brader vcabulary, and the kids learn new wrds and cncepts as a result.
Vernn-Feagans thught there might be anther factr at play as well. Because fathers usually spend less time with their kids, they are mre f a nvelty. That makes them mre interesting playmates. “I d think ur children see it as very special when they d bk reading with their fathers,” she said. “They may listen mre and acquire language in a special way.”
The researchers fund that wealthier fathers prduced a greater rise in their children’s IQs than did similarly active lw-incme fathers. It might sund discuraging, but it suggests that imprving men's educatinal r financial status wuld bring benefits nt nly t them but t their children as well.
1．What did Vernn-Feagans and her clleagues find unexpectedly in their research?
A．Mthers' imprper ways t talk t children.
B．Fathers' imprtant rle in children's language.
C．Children’s use f advanced language at age 3.
D．Different vcabulary in different families.
2．What might make mthers a less imprtant rle in children’s language develpment?
A．Use f new wrds.
B．Familiarity with wrds.
C．Use f limited vcabulary.
D．T much time with children.
3．What des the underlined“ a nvelty” in Paragraph 4 indicate?
A．Fathers cannt affrd the time with their kids.
B．Kids ften cmplain abut their fathers' absence.
C．It is quite cmmn that fathers stay with their kids.
D．It feels new and different fr kids t stay with their fathers.
4．What is the main idea f the text?
A．Fathers' scial status benefits children's language.
B．Parents have different influences n children's language.
C．Children’s language abilities depend n gd fathering.
D．Fathers cntribute mre than mthers t children's language.
题组一
Passage1(全国卷III，B)
【答案】 24．D 25．B 26．D 27．A
【解析】这是一篇新闻报道。短文报道了电影“猩球崛起”上个月首次与公众见面。动物爱好者聚集在好莱坞前，感谢电影制作者，在电影拍摄时，没有使用真的类人猿。现在的动物拍摄使用的是数字化人猿的创造技术，而一些电影的拍摄却存在着虐地动物的现象，这让一个非盈利的组织密切关注此事。但有些拍摄也是不能够被监测到的。
24．
细节理解题。根据第一段“Instead, ne activist ,dressed in a full -bdy mnkey suit ,had arrived with a sign praising the filmmakers:“Thanks fr nt using real apes”可知，相反，一名身穿全套猴服的活动人士来到现场，手里拿着一块牌子，称赞电影制作人:“感谢你们不用真正的猿猴。所以动物保护者聚集在好莱坞大道是为了向电影制作者表示感谢。故选D项。
25．
主旨大意题。根据第二段“The creative team behind "Apes" used mtin-capture (动作捕捉) technlgy t create digitalized animals, spending tens f millins f dllars n technlgy that I recrds an actr’s perfrmance and later prcesses it with cmputer graphics t create a final image (图像). ”可知，“人猿”背后的创作团队利用动作捕捉技术创造数字化的动物，在记录演员表演的技术上，花费数千万美元，然后用电脑图形处理，以产生最终的影像。由此可知，第二段主要是关于数字化人猿的创造。故选B项。
26．
词句猜测题。根据第三段划线前的句子“One nnprfit rganizatin, which mnitrs the treatment r animals in filmed entertainment”（一个非营利组织，监控动物在电影娱乐中的待遇）以及下文Already, a number f films, including "Water fr Elephants," "The Hangver Part Ⅱ" and "Zkeeper," have drawn the anger f activists wh say the creatures acting in them haven’t been treated prperly.（许多电影,包括“大象的眼泪”,“宿醉Ⅱ”和“管理员”,引起了动物保护人士的愤怒，他们说影片中的动物没有遭到很好的对待。）由此可知，其中一家监控动物待遇的非营利组织，今年正密切关注着2000多部影片。由此判断出，划线词的意思是“密切关注”。故选D项。
27．
推理判断题。根据最后一段In sme cases, it’s nt s much the treatment f the animals n set in the studi that has activists wrried; it’s the ff-set training and living cnditins that are raising cncerns. And there are questins abut the films made utside the States, which smetimes are nt mnitred as clsely as prductins filmed in the Sates.”（在某些情况下，让活动人士担心的并不是电影棚里对动物的待遇;让人担忧的是训练和生活条件。还有一些关于在美国以外拍摄的电影的问题，这些电影有时不像在美国拍摄的电影那样受到严密的监控。）可知，在某些情况下，让活动人士担心的并不是工作室里动物的待遇;令人担忧的是训练和生活条件。由此判断出动物演员可能受到虐待。故选A项。
Passage3 浙江省高考英语试卷（1月）
【答案】27．A 28．D 29．A 30．C
【解析】这是一篇说明文。研究人员发现，父亲在帮助青春期的孩子学习毅力方面具有独特的地位。研究人员认为，父亲们需要采用一种“权威”的养育方式，且一项重要的发现是，随着时间的推移，由权威父亲抚养长大的孩子更有可能培养出坚持不懈的精神，从而在学校取得更好的成绩。
27．细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句Researchers frm Brigham Yung University discvered that fathers are in a unique psitin t help their adlescent children learn persistence.（杨百翰大学的研究人员发现，父亲在帮助青春期的孩子学习毅力方面具有独特的地位）可知杨百翰大学研究的特别之处在于，它关注的是父亲在养育子女中的角色。故选A。
28．推理判断题。根据第四段中Rather，an authritative parenting style includes sme f the fllwing characteristics: children feel warmth and lve frm their father；respnsibility and the reasns behind rules are stressed children are given an apprpriate level f autnmy.（相反，权威的养育方式包括以下一些特征:孩子们感受到来自父亲的温暖和爱；强调责任和规则背后的原因；孩子们被给予适当的自主权）可知一个有权威的父亲在抚养孩子时会向他们解释规则。故选D。
29．细节理解题。根据最后一段最后一句Yet the researchers suggest that single parents still may play a rle in teaching the benefits f persistence，which is an avenue f future research.（然而，研究人员认为，单亲父母仍然可能在教授坚持不懈的好处方面发挥作用，这是未来研究的一个方向）可知根据研究人员的说法，单亲父母是未来研究的重点。故选A。
30．主旨大意题。根据文章倒数第二段中A key finding is that ver time，children raised by an authritative father were significantly mre likely t develp persistence，which leads t better utcmes in schl.（一项重要的发现是，随着时间的推移，由权威父亲抚养长大的孩子更有可能培养出坚持不懈的精神，从而在学校取得更好的成绩）和文章主要内容为说明父亲在养育子女中的角色，故选C选项“孩子们倾向于向父亲学习决心”最符合文章标题。故选C。
Passage3(全国卷III，D)
【答案】32．B 33．D 34．C 35．A
【解析】这是一篇说明文。最近一项对人类基因的研究发现，人类的进化不仅仅发生在数十亿年前，而且最近几千年也有。Bajau人因为靠海为生，他们的身体已经进化成更能适应海洋生活。
32．推理判断题。根据第一段的we are the prducts f evlutin, and nt just evlutin that ccurred billins f years ag. As scientists lk deeper int ur genes, they are finding examples f human evlutin in just the past few thusand years.(我们是进化的产物，而且不仅仅是数十亿年前的产物。当科学家更深入的研究我们的基因时，他们发现了人类在过去几千年进化的例子)可知，作者列举第一段的例子是为了告诉我们关于人类进化的一个新信息，那就是人类在最近几千年也在进化。B. New knwledge f human evlutin.(人类进化的新知识)符合以上说法，故选B项。
33．细节理解题。根据第二段的The Bajau, as these peple are knwn, number in hundreds f thusands in Indnesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. They have traditinally live n husebats; in recent times, they've als built huses n stilts in castal waters.(这些人被称为Bajau，在印度尼西亚、马来西亚和菲律宾有数十万人。他们一直住在船屋上；最近他们也把房子建在沿海水域的吊脚楼上)可知，Bajau把房子建在沿海区域。D. Off the cast.(沿海)符合以上说法，故选D项。
34．细节理解题。根据第三段的we were s amazed that they culd stay underwater much lnger than us lcal islanders.(我们很惊讶，他们在水下待的时间比我们当地的岛民要长的多)可知，让Jubilad感到吃惊的是Bajau人能在水下待更长的时间。C. They culd stay lng underwater. (他们能在水下待很长时间)符合以上说法，故选C项。
35．主旨大意题。根据文章的主要内容，尤其是第二段的On Thursday in an article published in Cell, a team f researchers reprted a new kind f adaptin-nt t air r t fd, but t the cean.(周四，在《细胞》杂志上发表的一篇文章中，一群研究人员报道了一种新的适应——不是空气也不是食物，而是海洋)可知，本文主要讲述了一种新的进化，即长期生活在海边，靠海为生的生活方式，让Bajau人的身体进化成更适应海洋生活。A. Bdies Remdeled fr a Life at Sea.(身体为适应海洋生活而重塑)可以作为本文标题，故选A项。
Passage4 普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（天津卷)（7月)
【答案】46. A 47. D 48. D 49. C 50. B
【解析】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一些声音技术领域的发明创造，包括声音可以用作武器的远程声学设备、用来阻止有害声音影响你的静音机以及定向音响技术。
46. 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“It prduces a deafening sund s painful that it temprarily disables a persn. The nise frm the LRAD is directed like a ray f light and travels nly int the ears f that persn, but it is nt deadly.”可知它发出震耳欲聋的声音，这种声音令人如此痛苦以至于它会使人暂时丧失能力。LRAD发出的噪音像光线一样被引导，只进入那个人的耳朵，但不会致命。由此可推知，LRAD会导致暂时性听力损失。故选A。
47. 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Well, it functins by analyzing the waves f the incming sund and creating a secnd set f utging waves. The tw sets f waves cancel each ther ut. Simply turn the machine n pint it at the target, and yur peace and quiet cmes back.”可知，它的功能是通过分析传入声音的波，并产生第二组传出的波。这两组波会相互抵消。只要打开机器对准目标，你的宁静就会回来。由此可知，静音机是一种专门设计用来阻止有害声音影响你的设备。故选D。
48. 细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“A sptlight lights up nly ne sectin f a stage; similarly, a “sptsund” creates a circle f sund in ne targeted area.”可知，聚光灯只能照亮舞台的一个部分；类似地，一个“sptsund”在一个目标区域创建一个声音圈。由此可知，sptsunds和聚光灯的共同特性是它们可以被定向到一个特定的区域，故选D。
49. 细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“A sptlight lights up nly ne sectin f a stage; similarly,”sptsund” creates a circle f sund in n targeted area. This can be useful fr businesses such as restaurants and stres because it ffers a new way t attract custmers. Restaurants can ffer a chice f music alng with the varius fd chice n the menu, allwing custmers mre cntrl ver the atmsphere in which they are dining.”可知，聚光灯只能照亮舞台的一个部分；类似地，一个”sptsund”在一个目标区域创建一个声音圈。这对餐馆和商店等企业很有用，因为它提供了一种吸引顾客的新方式。餐厅可以提供音乐选择与菜单上的各种食物选择，让顾客更多地控制气氛，在他们用餐。由此可知，定向音响可以用于不同的商业音乐选择。故选C。
50. 主旨大意题。根据第一段中的“In the past, sund engineers wrked in the back rms f recrding studis, but many f tday's sund prfessinals are sharing their knwledge and experience with prfessinals in ther fields t create new prducts based n the phenmenn we call sund.”可知，在过去，音响工程师在录音室的后室工作，但今天的许多音响专业人士正在与其他领域的专业人士分享他们的知识和经验，以我们所谓的声音现象为基础创造新产品。结合下文具体内容可知，本文着重论述了声音技术领域的发明创造。故选B。
题组二
Passage1
【语篇解读】本文为夹叙夹议文，作者讲述了自己的读书经历和感悟。
41.B 【解析】细节理解题。根据第二段主题句I always wanted t knw what my mm was reading.和Hearing mm say … made me want t grab it ut f her hands and read it myself可知，作者一直想知道妈妈在读什么。作者抢过妈妈读的报纸，因为作者自己迫切想看一看报纸上写的内容，故选B。
42. D【解析】推理判断题。根据第三段My prgress in reading raised my curisity, and I wanted t knw everything，可以推断出，让妈妈开车开慢一点，他能够读出所有路标，正是作者在阅读方面的进步引起了他的好奇心，想要了解周围的一切，故选D。
43.C 【解析】推理判断题。根据第四段第一句Mst f my reading thrugh primary, middle and high schl was factual reading. I read fr knwledge, and t make A’s n my test.可知，小学和中学阶段的阅读都是事实性阅读，读书是为了获取知识，考试得A。因此事实性阅读能够提供真实的客观的信息，故选 C。
44. D 【解析】细节理解题。根据第五段By pening a nvel, I can leave behind my burdens and enter int a wnderful and mysterius wrld where I am nw a new character. In these wrlds I can becme anyne.( 打开一本小说，我可以摆脱我的负担，进入一个奇妙而神秘的世界，我现在是一个新的角色。在这个世界上，我可以成为任何人。) 可知，阅读小说可以让作者避开复杂的现实而投入到小说中的世界中去，故选D。
45.C
【解析】主旨大意题。根据上下文可知，作者以时间顺序回忆了自己的阅读经历和感悟，伴着阅读成长，故选项C符合题意。
Passage2
【语篇解读】这是一篇说明文。文章主要讲到研究表明，对别人好，讨人喜欢对人生活的各个方面有深远的有益影响。
32.C 【解析】推理判断题。根据第一段During the rsy years f elementary schl, I enjyed sharing my dlls and jkes, which allwed me t keep my high scial status（在美好的小学时光里，我喜欢分享我的娃娃和笑话，这让我保持了高高的社会地位。）由此推断出，作者在小学早期时，是一个慷慨的女孩。unkind不友善的；lnely寂寞的；generus慷慨的；cl冷静的，故选C。
33.A 【解析】段落大意题。第二段Mitch Prinstein, a prfessr f clinical psychlgy srts the ppular int tw categries: the likable and the status seekers.（临床心理学教授Mitch Prinstein将受欢迎的人分为两类:讨人喜欢的人和追求地位的人。）是段落主题句，本段内容分别对the likable 和the status seekers 做了解释，所以本段主要介绍了两种受欢迎的分类，故选A。
34.B 【解析】推理判断题。根据第四段It clearly shwed that while likability can lead t healthy adjustment （它清楚地表明，可爱可以促使健全的调整），由此推断出，心理学教授Mitch Prinstein的研究表明，最有人望的孩子适应性更强，故选B。
35.A
【解析】标题归纳题。通过阅读全文内容，尤其是最后一段，可知这篇文章主要讲了受欢迎，讨人喜欢对人生活的各个方面有深远的有益影响。与选项A“对别人好——最终，你的收获无穷无尽”一致，故选A。
Passage3
【语篇解读】本文为说明文。本文介绍了HUNCH项目就是通过Grdn的学生找到如何杀死空间站的细菌这一技术，把空间技术与带进课堂，与学校教育相结合，从而最终影响到大学入学。
32.A 【解析】细节理解题。根据第一段中的“Bacteria are annying prblem fr astrnauts. The micrrganisms frm ur bdies grw uncntrllably n surfaces f the Internatinal Space Statin, s astrnauts spend hurs cleaning them up each week.”可知，细菌对宇航员来说是个令人讨厌的问题。这种来自我们身体的微生物在国际空间站的表面不受控制地生长，宇航员每周要花几个小时来清理它们。也就是说它们很难去掉。其中的“the micrrganisms”包括“bacteria”。由此可知， A项符合题意。
33.D 【解析】推理判断题。根据第二段的 “HUNCH is designed t cnnect high schl classrms with NASA engineers. Grdn’s students have been studying ways t kill bacteria in zer gravity,...”可知，Hunch旨在把高中教室和NASA的工程师联系起来。Grdn的学生一直在研究如何在零重力下杀死细菌, ...”。结合最后一段中的“Grdn students are emailing daily with NASA engineers abut the prblem,...”可知，学生每天都给NASA的工程师发邮件一起探讨（如何杀死空间站的细菌这一空间技术）这个问题。由此可推断出HUNCH prgram的目的把空间技术与学校教育相结合。分析选项可知D项符合题意。
34.A 【解析】细节理解题。根据第三段中的“I’ve gt t prduce this prduct and then, at the end f the year ,present it t NASA, ”“Engineers cme and really d an in-persn review，and ’s nt a very nice thing at times. It’s a hard business review f yur prduct.”可知，NASA的工程师要检查学生所做的产品。分析选项可知A项符合题意，故选A。
35.B 主旨大意题。文章以国际空间站里的微生物很难清除开头，引出宇航员们解决此问题的途径——借助美国国家航空航天局的HUNCH高中班，此计划的目的是把航天技术与学校教育结合起来。在这项计划里，学生们通过hmewrk（制作供美国国家航空航天局使用的产品）探索无疆的太空，因此“太空：最后的功课疆域”最适合做文章的标题。故选B。
Passage4
【语篇解读】这是一篇说明文。语音操作与自动化技术出现使得机器人电话可以以假乱真。语音操作和自动化技术发展会使得机器人电话产生的问题更加严重。
38. D
【解析】观点态度题。根据第一段中的“We are finally waking up t the severity f the prblem by supprting and develping a grup f tls, apps and appraches intended t prevent scammers frm getting thrugh. Unfrtunately, it’s t little, t late. By the time these “slutins” becme widely available, scammers will have mved nt clever means”可知，最后，我们通过支持和开发一组旨在防止欺诈者通过的工具、应用程序和方法，认识到了问题的严重性。不幸的是，我们的努力太少了，也太晚了。在这些“解决方案”被广泛使用的时候，骗子将转移到更巧妙的手段上。由此推知，作者认为这些“解决办法”对于解决问题起不了什么作用，因此作者感到很“失望”。故D选项正确。
39.A
【解析】细节理解题。根据第三段中的“The reasn that rbcalls are a headache has less t d with amunt than precisin. A decade f data breaches f persnal infrmatin has led t a situatin where scammers can easily learn yur mther’s name, and far mre. Armed with this knwledge, they’re able t carry ut individually targeted campaigns t cheat peple. This means, fr example, that a scammer culd call yu frm what lks t be a familiar number and talk t yu using a vice that sunds exactly like yur bank teller’s, tricking yu int “cnfirming” yur address, mther’s name, and card number”可知，机器人通话之所以令人头痛，与其说与数量有关，不如说与精确度有关。长达十年的个人信息泄露已经导致了这样一种情况：骗子可以轻易地知道你母亲的名字，甚至更多。有了这些知识，他们就能够开展有针对性的运动来欺骗人们。根据这些可知，利用这种新的技术，欺诈者们可以精确的确定他们行骗的目标。故A选项正确。
40.B
【解析】推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句可知，这项语音技术可以产生一个听起来和人类非常相似的声音，它可以和接待员进行交谈，进行预订。由此可知，这项新技术有其好的方面。根据第三段的叙述可知，欺诈者们可以利用这项新技术来进行欺诈行为。由此推知，这项新技术既可以发挥好的作用，也可能为坏人所利用，产生不好的作用，因此可以说它是一把双刃剑。故B选项正确。
41.C
【解析】主旨大意题。第一段提到：rbcalls（机器人电话: 自动拨号播放录音信息的推销电话）在未来变得会越来越严重，不仅仅是出现在你的手机屏幕上的电话号码令人怀疑，而且你会质疑听到的声音是否是真的。第二段介绍原因：语音操作与自动化技术的出现使得机器人电话可以以假乱真。第三段介绍了语音操作和自动化技术发展会使得机器人电话产生的问题更加严重。最后两段提出我们该如何应对这些问题。综上，文章第一段点明文章中心：机器人电话问题在未来会变得越来越严重。下文都是围绕这一话题展开的。故C选项适合作标题。
题组三
Passage 1
【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了一档英国系列电视节目，给观众介绍如何减少食物浪费以及如何以较少的预算做出美味佳肴。
24.B 【解析】细节理解题。根据文章第一段知道Gd Mrning Britain’s Susanna Reid is used t grilling guests n the sfa every mrning, but she is cking up a strm in her latest rle可知，她开辟了一个新的节目。故选B。
25.C 【解析】细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的In Save Mney: Gd Fd, she visits a different hme each week and with the help f chef Matt Tebbutt ffers tp tips n hw t reduce fd waste, while preparing recipes fr under £5 per family a day.可知， Susanna 在Matt Tebbutt的帮助下，提供如何减少食物浪费同时给每日生活费低于5英镑的每个家庭准备食谱。故选C。解题关键词：同义词表达with the help f和help。
26.C 【解析】写作意图题。根据文章第四段中的which gave viewers advice n hw t get value frm the vast range f health prducts n the market.可知，Save Mney: Gd Fd节目是Save Mney: Gd Health节目之后，给观众一些建议：如何从众多的市场上的健康产品中获取价值。故选C。
27.D 【解析】主旨要义题。根据文章的整体内容可知，文章作者一直在讲如何用较少的钱做出好的食物。根据文章中的prepare delicius and nutritius meals n a tight budget. 在资金紧张的情况下，准备可口且有营养的饭菜； hw t reduce fd waste, while preparing recipes fr under £5 per family a day. 如何减少食物浪费同时给每日生活费低于5英镑的每个家庭准备食谱； hw cheaply we can make this fd urselves. 我们自己做这种食物有多便宜； less expensive but still tasty recipes.不贵可仍然可口的食谱。可以推知D正确。
Passage2
【文章大意】这是一篇议论文。在当今社会，人们在公共场合或沉迷于智能手机，或与不舒服的沉默抗争，陌生人之间缺乏沟通。但人与人之间是需要适当的交谈闲聊的，闲聊是人际关系社会交往必不可少的部分，而且也有很多好处。
32.C 【解析】主旨大意题。题干问的是：第一段描述了什么现象。在公共场合（比如在电梯里，在银行排队，或在飞机上）人们深深地专注于他们的智能手机，或者更糟糕的是，与不舒服的沉默抗争。有此可知，陌生人之间缺乏沟通。A项意为：沉迷于智能手机。B项意为：在公共场所不适当的行为。C项意为：陌生人之间缺乏沟通。D项意为：对缓慢的服务不耐烦。故选C项。
33.B 【解析】推理判断题。题干问得是对于Carducci来说，成功的闲聊中重要的是什么。根据第三段最后一句“The key t successful small talk is learning hw t cnnect with thers, nt just cmmunicate with them”（成功闲聊的关键是学习如何与他们交流，而不仅仅是与他们沟通。）由此推断C符合题意。A项意为：表现出良好的礼貌。B项意为：与他人有关的。C项意为：专注于一个话题。D项意为：做商业交易。故选B项。
34.D 【解析】推理判断题。题干问的是：咖啡店的研究对闲聊有什么建议。根据第四段的调查结果可知，那些与服务员聊天的人，有显著的积极情绪和更好的咖啡店体验。由此可知，D项符合题意。A项意为：闲聊改善了家庭关系。B项意为：闲聊提高了人们的信心。C项意为：闲聊和正式谈话一样重要。D项意为：闲聊让人感觉很好。故选D项。
35.C 【解析】主旨大意题。整篇文章刚开始介绍了社会的现象（公共场合人们沉迷于智能手机，陌生人之间缺乏沟通交流），接着分析了这一问题的原因，接下来有专家对闲聊进行了研究，最后得出结论，闲聊都有什么样的好处。A项意为：谈话很重要。B项意为：闲聊的方法。C项意为：闲聊的好处。D项意为：不舒服的沉默。故选C项。
Passage3
【话题解读】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了Dawsn这座城市的发展原因、过程与现状。
24.C 【解析】细节理解题。根据文章第一段中Cities usually have a gd reasn fr being where they are, like a nearby prt r river. Peple settle in these places because they are easy t get t and naturally suited t cmmunicatins and trade. New Yrk City, fr example, is near a large harbur at the muth f the Hudsn River.可知，人们选择在河边或港口设城是因为交通方便，便于做生意。而纽约就是在哈德森河口附近的一个大港口，故纽约吸引早期移民的原因是它的地理位置，故C正确。
25.B 【解析】细节理解题。根据文章第二段最后一句Of the first 20,000 peple wh dug fr gld, 4,000 gt rich. Abut 100 f these stayed rich men fr the rest f their lives.可知，在最初挖黄金的两万人中有4000人变富有，所以是五分之一的人变富了，故B正确。
26.B 【解析】细节理解题。根据文章最后一段中and when they heard there were new gld discveries in Alaska, they left Dawsn City as quickly as they had cme.可知，人们离开Dawsn的主要原因是听说在Alaska发现了黄金，也就是他们要去别的地方寻找发财的机会。故B正确。
27.A 【解析】主旨大意题。第一段简要介绍城市发展的原因，引出Dawsn这一城市的兴起，第二段介绍了该城市兴起的原因，第三段介绍人们选择离开该城市的原因及现在的状况，所以全文围绕Dawsn这个城市的发展起伏。故A正确。
Passage4
【文章大意】本文为一篇记叙文。讲述了自己第一次跑马拉松，凭借自己的意志力成功跑完全程的励志故事。
36.C 【解析】细节理解题。根据文章第一段最后一句Yet, I was determined t g ahead. 可知，马拉松赛前一个月尽管作者脚踝受伤使得训练时间缩短，但作者仍下定决心参赛。故选C。
37.C 【解析】细节理解题。根据文章第二段I didn’t d either well. He later infrmed me that I was ＂nt athletic＂可知，作者提到7年级的事情是为了证明自己真的没有运动天赋。故选C。
38.A 【解析】细节理解题。根据文章第10段I was ne f the final runners t finish. But I finished! And I gt a medal. In fact, I gt the same medal as the ne that the guy wh came in first place had. 可知，作者坚持到了最后，而且得到了一块奖牌，虽然不是第一名，由此可见他成功地跑完了马拉松。故选A。
39.B 【解析】主旨大意题。通读全文可知，作者在讲述自己跑马拉松的经历，再根据最后一段Determined t be myself, mve frward, free f shame and wrldly labels(世俗标签), I can nw call myself a ＂marathn winner＂. 可知，作者成功跑完马拉松源于自己的意志。故选B。
题组四
Passage 1（重庆高三开学考试）
【答案】1．D 2．A 3．B 4．C
【解析】本文为一篇议论文。文章论述了作者不赞成美国总统Trump响应 “种一万亿棵树”来对抗气候变化的倡议，作者认为真正能解决问题的方法是迅速地大量减少碳排放。
1．细节理解题。根据第一段The trillin-tree idea wn wide attentin last summer after a study published in the jurnal Science cncluded that planting s many trees was “the mst effective climate change slutin t date”.去年夏天，发表在《科学》杂志上的一项研究得出结论，大量种树是“迄今为止最有效的气候变化解决方案”，这 “一万亿棵树”的想法赢得了广泛关注。可知，一万亿树的想法引起了公众的广泛关注。故选D项。
2．主旨大意题。根据第三段Fcusing n trees as the big slutin t climate change is a dangerus diversin(偏离). Wrse still, it takes attentin away frm thse respnsible fr the carbn release that are pushing us tward disaster. 把树木作为解决气候变化的主要办法是一种危险的转移。更糟糕的是，它把注意力从那些对碳排放负责的人身上移开，正是这些人把我们推向灾难。因此，第3段主要论述了以植树来保护环境的缺点。故选A项。
3．推理判断题。根据最后一段In a sharp cunter argument t last summer's Paper in Science, Justin Gillis wrte in the same jurnal in Octber that the study's findings were incnsistent with the dynamics f the glbal carbn cycle. He warned that “the claim that glbal tree restratin(复原) is ur mst effective climate slutin is simply scientifically incrrect and dangerusly misleading”. Justin Gillis在《科学》杂志上发表了与去年夏天《科学》杂志公布的研究结果截然相反的观点，他认为去年夏天公布的那个研究结果是不符合地球碳循环动力学的。同时，他发出警告：通过植树来解决气候问题是不科学的，是错误的，是危险的，是具有误导性的。推测，Justin Gillis对植树提议是持反对态度的。故选B项。
4．主旨大意题。结合全文，文章论述了作者不赞成美国总统Trump响应 “种一万亿棵树”来对抗气候变化的倡议，作者认为真正能解决问题的方法是迅速地大量减少碳排放，种树的想法是不科学的，且具有误导性。C项“植树不会拯救世界。”符合文章主旨，适合作为标题。故选C项。
Passage 2（天津和平区耀华中学高三一模）
【答案】1．D2．A3．B4．C5．A
【解析】这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了有研究表明，在一个孤独的地方呆了很长时间会对大脑造成损害。文介绍了这项研究的过程、相关研究人员对此的看法和这一发现的重要性。
1．细节理解题。根据第一段Spending ver a year in the bleak (荒凉的) Antarctica might change yur brain fr the wrse, accrding t new research ut this mnth. It seems t shw that plar explrers wh lived fr 14 mnths at an Antarctica research statin experienced brain shrinkage, likely as a result f their lneliness and bredm.可知，根据本月公布的一项新研究，在荒凉的南极洲度过一年多可能会让你的大脑变得更糟。这似乎表明，在南极研究站生活了14个月的极地探险家的大脑出现了萎缩，可能是由于他们的孤独和无聊。由此可知，在一个孤独的地方呆了很长时间会对大脑造成损害。故选D。
2．细节理解题。根据第二段The study’s authrs used MRI (核磁共振) t scan the brains f eight members f a team befre they began a lng stay at the German-run research statin. During their missin. the team peridically tk tests f their cgnitin and memry and prvided bld samples that allwed the study authrs t measure their levels f a prtein imprtant fr brain health called brain-derived neurtrphic factr (BDNF). When they returned, they had their brains scanned again.(该研究的作者在一个团队的8名成员开始在德国运营的研究站长期停留之前，使用核磁共振成像扫描了他们的大脑。在他们执行任务过程中，研究小组定期对他们的认知和记忆进行测试，并提供血样，使研究作者能够测量他们的一种叫做脑源性神经营养因子的蛋白质水平，这种蛋白质对大脑健康很重要。当他们返回时，再次对他们的大脑进行扫描)以及第三段Finally, cmpared t themselves befre the missin, the explrers' brains appeared t have less grey matter n average. The shrinkage was mst apparent in the hippcampus, in area f the brain key t memry and cgnitin. Their average levels f BDNF als drpped during the trip and didn’t imprve significantly even after ne-and-a-half mnths back hme.可知，最后，与执行任务前相比，探险者的大脑平均灰质较少。海马的萎缩最为明显，海马是大脑中记忆和认知的关键区域。他们的平均BDNF水平在旅途中也有所下降，即使在回家一个半月后也没有明显改善。由此可知，科学家通过比较扫描结果得出结论。故选A。
3．推理判断题。根据第三段中Finally, cmpared t themselves befre the missin, the explrers' brains appeared t have less grey matter n average. The shrinkage was mst apparent in the hippcampus, in area f the brain key t memry and cgnitin.可知，最后，与执行任务前相比，探险家的大脑平均灰质较少。海马的萎缩最为明显，海马是大脑中记忆和认知的关键区域。由此可推知，当探险家返回时，他们在记忆方面有些困难。故选B。
4．细节理解题。根据第四段中The study's findings, published in The New England Jurnal f Medicine, aren't the first t suggest that lng time f being separated can change the brain.可知，这项研究发表在《新英格兰医学杂志》上，并不是第一个表明长时间的隔绝会改变大脑的研究。由此可知，其他研究与本研究有相同的发现。故选C。
5．主旨大意题。根据最后一段Still, since peple will cntinue traveling t and frm Antarctica fr lng perids f time, the findings are definitely wrth keeping in mind and explring further. They might even prve relevant fr the rare few peple wh might travel as far as Mars in the future — perhaps the nly similarly scientific, mnths- lng missin that wuld be even mre lnely.可知，尽管如此，由于人们将在很长一段时间内继续往返于南极洲之间，这些发现绝对值得我们牢记在心，并进行进一步的探索。他们甚至可能会被证明与未来可能远行到火星的极少数人有关——也许只有类似的科学性、长达数月的任务才会更加孤独。由此可知，最后一段主要讲了这一发现的重要性。故选A。
Passage 3（哈尔滨市第一中学校高三开学考试）
【答案】1．D2．C3．C3．A
【解析】这是一篇记叙文。讲述了Kevin Randall老师在学校组织了一个环保俱乐部，带领学生进行环境保护相关的活动及成就，提高学生环境保护意识的故事。
1．推理判断题。根据第一段“it aims t raise awareness amng students and teachers abut sustainability(持续性).It als wrks n prjects t reduce the envirnmental ftprint f the building itself.”（它旨在增强学生们和老师们关于可持续发展的意识。它也致力于减少建筑本身的环境面积的项目。）可知，the GHS Green Team club的目的在于促进环境保护。故选D。
2．细节理解题。根据第三段“And nw every student uses a durable metal frk r a spn instead f dispsables.(一次性用品),”（现在每个学生都使用耐用的金属餐叉或勺子，而不是一次性餐具。）可知，学校餐厅项目的结果是餐厅不再使用塑料餐具。故选C。
3．主旨大意题。根据第四段内容，“In additin t their wrk reducing waste in the cafeteria,”、（除了他们减少餐厅废物的垃圾的工作，）“the GHS Green Team has als built a garden with flwers and vegetables n campus,”、（the GHS Green Team还在校园里建立了有鲜花和蔬菜的花园）“Randall and his students have als been wrking n raising mney t install slar panels(太阳能板) n the rf f the high schl”，（兰德尔和他的学生也一直在筹集资金为了在高中屋顶安装太阳能电池板）可知第四段的主要介绍了这个俱乐部组织的活动有哪些。故选C。
4．推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“because he wanted his students t have smene t turn t in the building wh understands what's at stake(利害攸关）when it cmes t climate change.”（因为他想要让他教学楼里的学生能够变成理解气候变化的利害相关的人。）可知，Randall的目的在于教育年轻人。故选A。
Passage 4（湖南高三二模）
【答案】1．B 2．C 3．D 4．D
【解析】本文是说明文。介绍了父亲对孩子的语言的发展影响很大。
1．细节理解题。根据第2段中的 “They've fund, t their surprise, that nt nly are fathers imprtant fr children's language develpment, but that fathers matter mre than mthers.( 令他们惊讶的是，他们发现不仅父亲对儿童语言发展的是重要的，而且父亲比母亲更重要)” 可确定答案是B。故选B。
2．细节理解题。 根据第3段That makes mthers mre likely t chse wrds the kids knw.Fathers aren't as familiar with their kids,s they use a brader vcabulary,and the kids learn new wrds and cncepts as a result.可知，这使得母亲们更倾向于选择孩子们知道的词语。父亲和孩子不太熟悉，所以他们会使用更广泛的词汇，而孩子也因此学会了新单词和概念。，父亲之所以在孩子的语言发展方面起着更重要的作用是因为他们 “use a brader vcabulary”，而母亲则 “chse wrds the kids knw”。相对父亲，母亲使用的词汇限制在孩子认识的词汇范围内。故选C。
3． 词句猜测题。根据第4段中的“Because fathers usually spend less time with their kids” 因为父亲陪伴孩子的时间通常较少、“That makes them mre interesting playmates”这使它们成为更有趣的玩伴 、“ur children see it as very special”我们的孩子认为它很特别。可推断，因为父亲通常花更少的时间和他们的孩子在一起，他们更具新颖性，故划线词与D项意思相近。故选D。
4．主旨大意题。由第一段的Fathers have a strng influence n their children. And ne f the areas in which researchers lk fr the influence is in the develpment f language.（父亲对他们的孩子有很强的影响。 研究人员寻找影响的领域之一是语言的发展。）以及全文内容可知，本文主要是关于父亲对儿童语言的贡献大于母亲。故选D。