【正文】 difficult to get some minerals and vitamins that your body needs,” Wyness told BBC news. Social media is also believed to have given rise to the increase in veganism. Platforms such as Facebook allow young vegans to connect with each other much easier, while others such as Instagram have led to the creation of “vegan celebrities (名人)”, who share lips on vegan lifestyles.s cars, trains and planes bined. Another reason is that many of today39。 A study by a UK market research organization, suggests that over 542,000 Brits went vegan during the previous decade, an increase of 360%. And the main force behind this increase was those aged 1534 years old — 42% of recent vegans fall under that age range.故選C。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段“The researchers noted that the effect of air pollution on verbal ability is even more serious as people age, especially among men and the less educated. The researchers also stressed that every country, whether developed, developing or poor, should focus on air pollution or humans will face a bad situation.”可知，研究人員指出，隨著人們年齡的增長(zhǎng)，空氣污染對(duì)言語(yǔ)能力的影響更加嚴(yán)重，尤其是在男性和文化程度較低的人群中。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“In his words, the data and facts are convincing and this range of ages and locations across the country provided a real, objective and representative sample.”可知，用Xi Chen的話說(shuō)，調(diào)查得到的數(shù)據(jù)和事實(shí)令人信服，全國(guó)各地的不同年齡和不同地方的人提供了真實(shí)，客觀和有代表性的研究樣本。s mental abilities in two areas: Language and math.”可知，研究人員報(bào)告說(shuō)，長(zhǎng)期暴露在空氣污染中會(huì)在兩個(gè)方面影響一個(gè)人的智力：語(yǔ)言和數(shù)學(xué)。s intelligence. are more affected by air pollution than males. are more affected by air pollution than Chinese. working indoors are actually not affected by air pollution.（2）What did Chen say about the study? is doubtful. is extremely unfair. is mon and not representative. is relatively objective and persuasive.（3）What did the researchers emphasize in the last paragraph? data from the 33 provinces is convincing. whole world should pay attention to air pollution. less educated take more responsibility for air pollution. pollution39。s 33 provinces. In his words, the data and facts are convincing and this range of ages and locations across the country provided a real, objective and representative sample.“The older persons—they are more affected. And we find, quite amazingly, 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。 s new camera, called Clips, is a small, smart device.”可知，本文主要講述了谷歌開(kāi)發(fā)的一款新的照相機(jī)，并對(duì)照相機(jī)的各種功能和使用進(jìn)行了介紹。re likely to get more assistance from the artificial intelligence packed into our apps and gadgets”可知，這款相機(jī)依靠先進(jìn)的科技和人工智能等使得它成為了可能，成為了可以幫助人們記錄美好瞬間的工具。candid moments意為“短暫”的時(shí)刻。故選D。This product is only possible because of the way that silicon(硅) has advanced, Payne said that now they could squeeze the technology down into a device this size. Going forward, we39。 s a face you see frequently, it39。What sets this roughly 2inch by 2inch camera, with a threehour battery life and Gorilla Glass for toughness apart is that it is specially intended for candid moments, like when a child does something cute that may happen too quickly for you to pull out your smartphone.s new camera, called Clips, is a smart device. It es with a case that has a clip (夾子), but it39。3．閱讀理解 妹妹精心種西紅柿，但別人的西紅柿成熟時(shí)自己的不行，當(dāng)想放棄時(shí)才知道西紅柿品種不一樣，成熟時(shí)間不一樣。根據(jù)最后一段中的“It makes me wonder how many of us have ‘Big Boy’ dreams in our hearts, ……Instead of waiting with excitement, we give up on our dreams and……we see other people39。（2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“Mertie researched exactly how far apart to space her tomato plants。Success sometimes needs a little patience.D.Goals.Because she didn39。s tomato plants fail to produce at the expected time? A.Keeping them well apart.C.Using suitable fertilizer. It makes me wonder how many of us have Big Boy dreams in our hearts, yet we just don39。s gardening experience, I had to smile. She just didn39。 With that new knowledge, Mertie went home with excitement, knowing they would be worth the wait. Well there39。通讀全文可知，本文主要敘述了最近日本尤其是醫(yī)藥大學(xué)對(duì)女性性別的歧視，使社會(huì)一片嘩然，這一性別歧視現(xiàn)象讓日本政府陷入窘境，出現(xiàn)了很大的問(wèn)題。（2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。Discrimination against women in careers in Japan is a big concern.【答案】（1）C（2）B（3）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，介紹了最近的日本尤其是醫(yī)藥大學(xué)對(duì)女性性別的歧視，使社會(huì)一片嘩然，這一性別歧視現(xiàn)象讓日本政府陷入窘境。B.s cabinet.She is quite likely to win the leadership contest.TMU judging female applicants to medical school merely on their test score.C.s rights. Ms. Noda, who makes little secret of her ambition to beat Mr. Abe in a leadership contest next month, has just published a book called Grab the Future, her public declaration for pulling Japan into line with global standards. She has almost no chance of winning.（1）According to the passage, what has aroused the public39。 Their defence was that women are more likely to drop out to marry and have children. To judge female applicants to medical school purely on their academic performance would leave Japan with a shortage of doctors, they said. The admission has caused outrage. Doctoring has long been a male field. But it is not the only one. Discrimination is mon in banks and trading firms, where stamina (耐力) and loyalty, qualities somehow associated with men, are prized, says Mari Miura, a political scientist at Sophia University. All this embarrasses a government that has promised to make women shine. The policy seems based on the need for more workers rather than on genuine concern for women.s premiership (首相任期) is disappointing. Just two members of his 20strong cabinet are