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into your blood, often without you noticing. In contrast, the tsetse fly39。 To make matters worse, several species of tsetse fly can transmit diseases. One of the most dangerous is a parasite that causes "sleeping sickness", or "human African trypanosomiasis"to give it its official name. Without treatment, an infection is usually fatal. defence mechanisms. Some of their insights could now help us eliminate sleeping sickness altogether. It is worth noting that sleeping sickness is no longer as deadly as it once was. In the early 20th Century several hundred thousand people were infected each year. By the 1960s the disease was considered "under control" and had reached very low numbers, making its spread more difficult. But in the 1970s there was another major epidemic, which took 20 years to control. Sleeping sickness has always been considered —— and diagnosed —— as a blood disease, because T. brucei parasites can readily be detected in the blood of its victims.(1)A tsetse fly is different from a mosquito in that________. A.it can spread a parasite that causes "sleeping sickness"B.It usually draws attention from medical researchers.(3)What is implied in the last three paragraphs ? A.T. brucei parasites can only be detected in the blood of its victims.B.How to control deadly"sleeping sickness" from a tsetse fly.【答案】(1)C(2)B(3)D(4)B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文,作者介紹了70年代被采采蠅咬傷很容易感染疾病,傳播病菌,一定要小心。,"可知,采采蠅可以傳播一種寄生蟲,導(dǎo)致“昏睡病”故選C。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段中的"While this decline looks positive, there may be many more cases that go unreported in rural Africa."可知,非洲農(nóng)村可能還有更多的病例未報告,因此關(guān)于“昏睡病”病例的數(shù)據(jù)可能不那么準(zhǔn)確,故選D。5.閱讀理解 mobile phones can do many of the same things for less money.s Huawei and Oppo, and Korea39。 At one time, Chinese manufacturers copied features and designs from others to produce lowcost phones. But they have now added highend features to their phones and they control nearly half the global mobile phone market.s biggest electronics seller. A spokesperson for the store told Reuters that,“Huawei is seen as a relevant petitor to Apple and Samsung by covering all major price points and placing big investments in marketing and sales. 39。s manufacturers.B. fast growth.TCL.D.Chinese makers39。40 percent of Asian smart phones are exported now.(4)What is the writer39。根據(jù)第二段“The new iPhone 8 and X have wireless charging, edgetoedge glass screen and double cameras. But all of these features are already available in smart phones from China39。當(dāng)蘋果為其高端機(jī)型標(biāo)出1000美元的售價時,一些亞洲手機(jī)制造商可以用更少的錢提供類似功能。根據(jù)第六段中的“Huawei is currently the world39。根據(jù)第二段“The new iPhone 8 and X have wireless charging, edgetoedge glass screen and double cameras. But all of these features are already available in smart phones from China39。當(dāng)蘋果為其高端機(jī)型標(biāo)出1000美元的售價時,一些亞洲手機(jī)制造商可以用更少的錢提供類似功能。s new facial recognition feature with a Facebook video called Real AI phone. Huawei plans to show its topoftheline Mate 10 phone on Oct. 16. The phone will have artificial intelligence features such as instant translation and image recognition and will cost less than $1,000. Other Chinese panies are looking to enter the highend smartphone market.”這家中國公司甚至在Facebook上發(fā)布了一則名為《RealAIphone》的視頻,取笑蘋果公司新的面部識別功能。可以推斷出作者對亞洲手機(jī)制造商很有信心,對亞洲手機(jī)發(fā)展前景樂觀,故選C。 If they change the price of the fish tacos (魚肉卷餅) at the United States Open, it39。 So much has changed, but Centre Court remains true to its original spirit: more a theater than a stadium. Catching that feeling is part of covering Wimbledon, too.(1)What did the author do on the Crow39。He reported on tennis matches.C.B.D.To introduce the typical treat at Wimbledon.C.To show the traditions of Wimbledon are an attraction.(4)What difference does the new roof make? A.s less fun in watching Wimbledon indoors.C.作者追憶對溫網(wǎng)的報道。根據(jù)第二段中的“The Crow’s Nest was a particularly useful point, because it allowed a tennis writer to keep track of the action on as many as 10 outside courts at a time. At days end, reporters from different nations would share notes on what they had observed all over the grounds.”可知,過去作者在the Crow’s Nest報道了網(wǎng)球比賽。故選A。(4)考查推理判斷。7.閱讀下列短文,從每題所給的四個選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中,選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 You39。 Desperate, I enrolled in (注冊) a sixteenweek program for the blind and visually impaired (損傷的). I learned personal adjustment and the use of a puter with adaptive software. A whole new world opened up to me through this program.s amazing! Hope went up for the first time in years. By learning how to use hot keys to control the mouse, you can use Microsoft Access, Excel and Powerpoint, my instructor added.The right opportunity.The children39。An inspiring speech.D.文章告訴我們:當(dāng)一扇門關(guān)上時,另一扇門就會打開。根據(jù)第三段中的“Precisely three months after my twentyfifth birthday, I had a massive hemorrhage (大出血) in my left eye because of an accident.”可知,作者25歲時左眼受傷。故選A?!军c(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解,代詞指代,推理判斷和主旨大意四個題型的考查,是一篇故事類閱讀,要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上,進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系,進(jìn)行分析,推理,概括和歸納,從而選出正確答案。 Persuasion is to convince someone to agree with you, just like art which also calls for special techniques to acplish. According to the ancient Greeks, there are three basic tools of persuasion: ethos, pathos and logos.s way of convincing the audience that he is trustworthy, honest and reliable. One mon way a speaker can develop ethos is by explaining how much experience or education he has in the field. After all, you39。 Pa。根據(jù)最后一段中的“For the next several years, I learned that when one door closes, another door opens. There are plenty of choices available for the blind and visually impaired through the gift of technology.”可知,作者告訴我們“面對生活中的困難,要樂觀。(3)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的“‘You’ll be blind by the time you’re twentyfive,’ a doctor at Children’s Hospital predicted.“當(dāng)你25歲的時候,你就會失明” 可知, No matter where I was or what I was doing, it was overhead like a dark cloud, waiting for just the