【正文】 ets) and teles panies (in emerging ones) are developing fast, easytouse payment technologies from which they can pull data and pocket fees. There is a high cost to running the infrastructure behind the cash economy—ATMs, vans carrying notes, tellers who accept coins. Most financial firms are keen to abandon it, or discourage oldfashioned customers with heavy fees.. A.promote payment without paper money or coins（2）In paragraph 3, several countries are mentioned to show . A.China is developing faster that those developed countries in digital payment（3）Cash is disappearing largely because the infrastructure is developing at a high speed in developed marketsD.B.D.根據(jù)第一段中的“Rich countries are racing to dematerialise payments.”可知, 富裕國(guó)家正競(jìng)相將支付非物質(zhì)化；再根據(jù)第三段中的“In Sweden the number of retail cash transaction per person has fallen by 80% in the past ten years.”在過(guò)去的十年中,瑞典的人均零售現(xiàn)金交易數(shù)量下降了80％。根據(jù)第三段中的“In Sweden the number of retail cash transaction per person has fallen by 80% in the past ten years.”可知在過(guò)去的十年中,瑞典的人均零售現(xiàn)金交易數(shù)量下降了80％；再根據(jù)“In China digital payments rose from 4% of all payments in 2012 to 34% in 2017.”可知在中國(guó),數(shù)字支付從2012年占所有支付的4％上升到2017年的34％。根據(jù)第四段中的 “But equally important is that suppliers such as banks and tech firms (in developed markets)... Most financial firms are keen to abandon it, or discourage oldfashioned customers with heavy fees.”可知現(xiàn)金消失的一個(gè)重要原因就是諸如銀行和科技公司（在發(fā)達(dá)市場(chǎng)）和電信公司（在新興市場(chǎng)）之類(lèi)的供應(yīng)商正在開(kāi)發(fā)快速,易于使用的支付技術(shù),他們可以從中提取數(shù)據(jù)和小費(fèi)。故選B。2．閱讀理解 ll have no trouble answering these questions.s day is filled with fascination, newness and wonder. Curiosity gave us all a natural awareness. But distinctions that were sharp to us as children bee unclear。The first step in awakening senses is to stop predicting what we are going to see and feel before it occurs. This blocks awareness. One chilly night when I was hiking in the Rocky Mountains with some students, I mentioned that we were going to cross a mountain stream. The students began plaining about how cold it would be. We reached the stream, and they unwillingly walked ahead. They were almost kneedeep when they realized it was a hot spring. Later they all admitted they39。Another block to awareness is the obsession(癡迷) many of us have with naming things. I saw bird watchers who spotted a bird, immediately looked it up in field guides, and said, a rubycrowned kinglet and checked it off. They no longer paid attention to the bird and never learned what it was doing.s around them. I asked them what they39。Nature seems to unfold to people who watch and wait. Next time you take a walk, no matter where it is, take in all the sights, sounds and sensations(感覺(jué)）. Wander in this frame of mind and you will open a new dimension to your life.（1）What idea does the author convey in Paragraph 3? avoid jumping to conclusions. stop plaining all the time. follow the teacher39。作者希望我們能夠運(yùn)用我們的感官和情感去全方位感受自然的美妙，去感受世界的美好。故選A。他們不再注意這只鳥(niǎo)，也不觀察它在干什么。根據(jù)第五段中的“I encountered many hikers who were headed to a distant campground with just enough time to get there before dark. It seldom occurred to them to wander a bit, to take a moment to see what39。根據(jù)最后一段中的“ Nature seems to unfold to people who watch and wait. Next time you take a walk， no matter where it is, take in all the sights, sounds and sensations.”可知，作者希望我們能夠運(yùn)用我們的感官和情感去全方位感受自然的美妙，去感受世界。s messages, she used just one word to describe Winston39。 Winston39。 Studies have shown that rudeness spreads quickly, almost like the mon cold. Just witnessing rudeness makes it far more likely that we, in turn, will be rude later on. The only way to avoid it is to deal with it face to face. We must say, Just stop. For Winston, that would have meant approaching the woman, telling her that her conversation was frustrating other passengers and politely asking her to speak more quietly or make the call at another time.s behavior — but from afar, in a way that shamed her.d defend our best friends. But we can do it with grace, by handling it without a trace of aggression and without being rude ourselves. Because once rude people can see their actions through the eyes of others, they are far more likely to end that strain themselves. As this tide of rudeness rises, civilization needs civility.（1）What can you learn about Robert Winston from the passage? A.s rudeness.D.Rudeness can be avoided through social media.C.Point it out in a polite and skillful way.C.Rudeness and manners can hardly coexist in civilized society.C. eyes.【答案】 （1）D（2）D（3）B（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，作者通過(guò)溫斯特對(duì)打電話這位粗魯?shù)呐科毓庠诿襟w上的不當(dāng)行為，提出了我們要用禮貌而巧妙的方式指出來(lái)生活中粗魯?shù)男袨?。可推出，作者認(rèn)為溫斯頓的做法不正確。s tale is something of a microcosm(縮影) of our age of increasing rudeness”可知作者描述這個(gè)時(shí)代越來(lái)越粗魯；再根據(jù)第四段中的“Studies have shown that rudeness spreads quickly, almost like the mon cold. ”研究表明，粗魯行為傳播迅速，就像普通感冒一樣。根據(jù)最后一段中的“But we can do it with grace, by handling it without a trace of aggression and without being rude ourselves. ”但我們可以優(yōu)雅地做到這一點(diǎn)，處理它時(shí)不帶一絲侵略性，自己也不粗魯。根據(jù)最后一段中的“We must defend strangers in the same way we39。4．閱讀理解 Each year, setting aside vacation time to spend together is especially important to us. A relaxing environment opens the doors to all kinds of conversations—deep, silly or meaningful. There39。根據(jù)第一段中的“When I was a boy, my parents and I traveled from New York City to the Pennsylvania countryside for a weeklong taste of rural life.”當(dāng)我還是個(gè)男孩的時(shí)候，我的父母和我從紐約到賓夕法尼亞的鄉(xiāng)村旅行了一周，體驗(yàn)鄉(xiāng)村生活。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“Involving the kids in planning the vacation makes sure that they have a great vacation too.”讓孩子們參與計(jì)劃假期，確保他們也有一個(gè)美好的假期。 （3）考查主旨大意?！弊罘衔恼轮行摹 attitude towards this remarkable advance in AI? ....【答案】 （1）A（2）A（3）C（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，作者結(jié)合人工智能AlphaGo戰(zhàn)勝韓國(guó)棋手李世石的圍棋比賽展開(kāi)，闡述了AI的運(yùn)作原理以及作者的思考。根據(jù)第四段中的“However，unpredictability also indicates a loss of human control.”可知，不可預(yù)測(cè)性也表明失去了人類(lèi)的控制，故選A。 （4）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 【點(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，是一篇人生感悟類(lèi)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。Debates over the b