【正文】 bserve motion in a shorter time than our own eyes can achieve, which allows them to avoid being hit. Professor Graeme Ruxton of the University of St Andrews in Scotland, who worked jointly on the research project, said in a statement, Having eyes that send updates to the brain at much higher frequencies than our eyes do is of no value if the brain cannot process that information equally quickly. Thus, this work highlights the impressive abilities of even the smallest animal brains. Flies might not be deep thinkers, but they can make good decisions very quickly. In parison, the tiger beetle(虎甲蟲)runs faster than its eyes can keep up, basically being blind, which requires it to stop periodically to reevaluate its prey39。s(獵物)position. Our results suggest that time perception offers an as yet unstudied dimension along which animals can specialize and there is considerable range to study this system in more detail.（1）What is the research mentioned in the passage mainly about？ A.Pace of life of animals.B.Impressive abilities of animals.C.Lifetime of small animals.D.Time perception of animals.（2）What does Kevin Healy39。s ment mean in ？ A.The survival of fast moving animals relies on their ability to perceive time.B.Animals with quicker pace of life have better perception of time.C.The ability of animals to perceive time depends on their high moving speed.D.Animals with poor ability of time perception have a shorter life.（3）Why can houseflies avoid being hit? A.They can think very deeply before they act.B.They can process the information as quickly as they receive it.C.They can fly much faster than their eyes can keep up.D.They can send information to brain more quickly than to their eyes.（4）What will a tiger beetle have to do to catch a moving prey? A.Slow down to gain its time perception.B.Prevent itself from being blind.C.Stop occasionally to spot the prey again.D.Try to run as fast as it can.【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）B（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了對動物時(shí)間感知的研究。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“According to a team of researchers，an animal39。s ability to perceive（感知）time is linked to their pace of life.”可知，據(jù)一組研究人員稱，動物感知時(shí)間的能力與它們的生活節(jié)奏有關(guān)，由此可知，文中提到的這個(gè)研究是關(guān)于動物的時(shí)間感知的，故選D。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“the importance of time perception in animals where the ability to perceive time in a very short time may be the difference between life and death for fast moving creatures.”可知，對于能快速移動的動物而言，在極短的時(shí)間內(nèi)感知時(shí)間的能力可能是生與死的區(qū)別，由此可知，Kevin Healy說的意思是快速移動的動物的生存依賴于它們對時(shí)間的感知能力，故選A。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的“The research showed flies ‘observe motion in a shorter time than our own eyes can achieve，’which allows them to avoid being hit.”可知，家蠅觀察物體運(yùn)動的時(shí)間比我們?nèi)搜鬯苓_(dá)到的時(shí)間要短，這使得它們能夠避免被擊中；再結(jié)合第五段中的“but they can make good decisions very quickly.”可知，它們可以很快做出好的決定，也就是說它們可以盡快處理收到的信息，故選B。 （4）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“the tiger beetle（虎甲蟲）runs faster than its eyes can keep up，basically being blind，which requires it to stop periodically to reevaluate its prey39。s（獵物）position”可知，虎甲蟲的移動比眼睛快，基本上是盲目的，這就要求它不時(shí)地停下來，重新評估獵物的位置，由此可知，為了抓住移動的獵物，虎甲蟲需要不時(shí)地停下來確定獵物的位置，故選C。 【點(diǎn)評】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，是一篇科研類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。3．閱讀理解 Scientists at the University of Oxford have developed new artificial intelligence(AI) software to recognize and follow up the faces of chimpanzees(黑猩猩)in the wild. The new software will allow researchers and wildlife conservationists to significantly cut back on time spent analyzing videos, according to the new paper published in Science Advances. For species(物種)like chimpanzees which have plex social lives and live for many years, getting photos of their behavior taken from shortterm field research can only tell us so much, says Dan Schofield, researcher and DPhil student at Oxford University39。s Private Models Lab, School of Anthropology. By taking advantage of the power of machine learning to unlock large video files, it makes it possible to measure behavior over the long term. The puter model was trained using over 10 million images(影像):from Kyoto University s Primate Research Institute(PRI) video files of wild chimpanzees in Guinea, West Africa. The new software is the first to continuously track and recognize individual a wide range of poses, performing with high accuracy in difficult conditions such as low lighting and poor image quality. Access to this large video file has allowed us to use deep neural networks to train models to a degree that was previously not possible, says Arsha Nagrad, coauther of the study and DPhil student at the Department of Engineer Science, University of Oxford. Additionally, our new software differs from previous primate face recognition software in that it can be applied to videos with limited manual intervention(人工干預(yù)), saving hours of time. The technology can be potentially used to monitor species for conservation Although the present application focuses on chimpanzees, the AI software provided will be applied to other species, and help drive the adoption of AI systems to solve(解決)a range of problems in the wildlife sciences.（1）What is the purpose of developing the new soft? save wildlife researchers39。 time spent in the labs. keep track of wildlife conservationists39。 behaviors. protect chimpanzees and help them to live longer. recognize and track the faces of wild chimpanzees.（2）What does the underlined word it in paragraph 2 refer to? photos. videos. powerful machine new AI software.（3）What does paragraph 4 mainly talk about? working principle of the new software. limitations of using the new software. unique advantages of the new software. attitudes to the new software.（4）What can be known from the last paragraph? advance is the final goal of science new software won39。t just be applied to chimpanzees. systems are widely used in the wildlife sciences. application of the new technology isn39。t easy.【答案】 （1）D