【正文】 males are more affected than females. And people working outdoors are more affected than people working indoors.Chen said that the effect generally is worse for those over 64 years of age, for men and for those with little or no education.Xi Chen of the Yale School of Public Health led the study. He and his team found that breathing polluted air can reduce a person39。 但朋友們和鄰居們提供的幫助，讓作者感受到了他們的善良，對他們感恩；再根據(jù)最后一段中的“I realised that the answer to the old question of ‘What would you save in a fire? ’ is actually that nothing really matters but each other.”作者感受到擁有彼此才是最重要的。t expect to feel, however, is this lucky.”作者沒想到的是自己家很幸運，下文提到朋友們和鄰居們都提供了幫助，作者從中感受到了他們的善良。此句涉及的那些柔軟的東西被認為可能是被污染損害的東西，suspected指的就是這些東西。故選B。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。 Walking through the house, sweeping up the broken glass, I realised that the answer to the old question of What would you save in a fire? is actually that nothing really matters but each other.（1）What happened to the author39。s all too easily assumed that family history lives in tangible(有形的)things— old photographs, a dress bought decades ago for a night heavy with memories — but that39。 how much we must have been hanging on to out of habit, and how much we have been conditioned to think was important.ve learned. For in a sense, we have a chance to start again. What I didn39。t enough. Anything soft—sofas and carpets and children39。全文雖是作者的視角在看父子倆的關(guān)系，但全文的主人公卻是父子倆，因此文章以父子為標題更合適。根據(jù)第二段中的“I know we39。根據(jù)第一段中的“Not many people consider them fun, but on this Saturday I heard laughter. At the front of the first car – looking out the window at the track that lay ahead – were a man and his son.”和最后一段中的“ The father and son, though, were just riding this shuttle together, making it exciting, sharing each other39。B.D.The father and son were black, dressed in inexpensive clothes.To acpany and have fun.s pany.（1）Why did the father take his son to ride the train? A. Where are all these people going, Daddy? the son asked.re not tired? I want to ride some more! I did – and just as I was about to reboard the train for my gate, I saw that the man and his son had returned too. I realized then that they hadn39。 As I got off, I remembered something I39。 I know we39。 We had just stopped to let off passengers, and the doors were closing again. Here we go! Hold on to me tight! the father said. The boy, about five years old, made sounds of sheer delight.re supposed to avoid making racial distinctions(種族歧視) these days, so I hope no one will mind if I mention that most people on the train were white, dressed for business trips or vacations.d wanted to buy in the terminal. I was early for my flight, so I decided to go back.t been heading for a flight, but had just been riding the shuttle. There are parents who can afford to send their children to Europe or Disneyland, but the children turn out rotten. There are parents who live in milliondollar houses and give their children cars and swimming pools, yet something goes wrong. Rich and poor, black and white, so much goes wrong so often.To take the flight.B.The shuttle is running all day long and free of charge to every passenger.（3）Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A.Happy Boy with Father39。D.s pany.”可知父子倆乘車是相互陪伴的一次愉快的經(jīng)歷。re supposed to avoid making racial distinctions(種族歧視) these days, so I hope no one will mind if I mention that most people on the train were white, dressed for business trips or vacations.”可知父子倆是不富裕的黑人。故選B。 And so it came to pass. Away for Christmas, we got a call from kind friends at home, our neighbour39。s teddy bears, clothes—is suspected. We will be seeing in the New Year in a decidedly minimalist fashion.t expect to feel, however, is this lucky. Friends and neighbours have e together with incredible generosity. We will never again underestimate the closeness of the village munity in which we live, or the innate kindness that is most people39。s not quite right. These things were only reminders of what we already carry with us in head and heart.s house? caught a fire. was affected by a fire. was broken into by friends. windows were broken.（2）What does the underlined word suspected in Paragraph 3 refer to? that may be damaged. that may not be genuine. that may not be so good. that may be dangerous.（3）What did the author expect to feel? around him were cold to others39。根據(jù)第二段中的“our neighbour39。 （2）考查詞義猜測。故選A。由此推知作者原來認為的是人們會對別人家的困難很冷漠，故選A。這些說明作者是滿足的，故選D。 The researchers reported that longterm exposure to air pollution can affect a person39。The researchers studied about 25,000 people from across China. Between 2010 and 2014, these Chinese men, women and children were given language and math tests. Then researchers pared the test results with measurements of pollution in the air, namely nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide (二氧化硫).s education level by about one year.s influence on verbal ability is less serious as people age.（4）Where is the text most likely taken from? life diary. guidebook. science magazine. biography.【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）B（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，一項新的研究表明，長期暴露在空氣污染中會在語言和數(shù)學兩個方面影響一個人的智力，因此每個國家都應關(guān)注空氣污染否則人類將面臨一個糟糕的局面。即研究結(jié)果是空氣污染會對人們的智力產(chǎn)生不良影響。即Xi Chen對這項研究說的是“研究結(jié)果是相對客觀和有說服力的。研究人員還強調(diào)，每個國家，無論是發(fā)達國家，發(fā)展中國家還是貧窮國家，都應關(guān)注空氣污染否則人類將面臨一個糟糕的局面。根據(jù)第一段“A new study shows that air pollution can cause a huge reduction in our intelligence. The study was a project involving researchers at Peking University in China and Yale University in the United States.”可知，本文的話題是研究表明空氣污染會大大降低人們的智力。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇科研類閱讀，考生需要準確捕捉細節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。 A bite from a tsetse fly (采采蠅) is an extremely unpleasant experience. It is not like a mosquito, which can put its thin mouthpart directly