【正文】 n a century. We wele people from around the globe to study at Birmingham and Chinese students form an integral part of our education and research munity. We are further opening access to Birmingham39。 Gaokao is increasingly accepted by universities in Australia, the USA, Canada and mainland Europe. Birmingham will only be considering high quality students who achieve a minimum 80% Gaokao score and meet additional academic and English language requirements.s China Institute said: The University of Birmingham has a long history of educating students from China and one of our most famous graduates is Li Siguangthe founding father of Chinese geology. I am delighted that the University is now accepting the Gaokao. This gives the brightest and best Chinese students an opportunity to move straight into the first year of our undergraduate programmes and experience the benefits of studying at a global Top 100 university, such as Birmingham. （1）What do Chinese students have to do to enter the University of Birmingham before 2019? A.Score over 800% of the university39。The students of the UK.Chinese students.（3）Which of the following best explains integral underlined in paragraph 3? A.C.The introduction to the Gaokao of China.B.s admission to Gaokao.【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】這是一篇說明文。故答案選A。 （3）詞義猜測題。本文介紹了世界一流大學(xué)——英國伯明翰大學(xué)從2019年起開始承認(rèn)中國高考成績，為更多的中國高水平學(xué)生提供更多到世界名校深造的機會。 The findings were published by Chinese researchers in the journal Nature on Wednesday. This fallback formation is theoretically possible but scientists have never been able to prove or observe it. If this is how LB1 formed, then we may have direct evidence for this process for the first time, the study said.但這個理論現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)被新中國科學(xué)家發(fā)現(xiàn)的黑洞LB1所推翻。t exist.”可知，科學(xué)家們已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個“巨型黑洞”，其質(zhì)量之大，在理論上是不應(yīng)該存在；再根據(jù)第三段“This theory has now been toppled by LB1, the newly discovered black hole. Located about light years away, it has a mass 70 times greater than our sun, according to a press release from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.”可知，但這個理論現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)被新中國科學(xué)家發(fā)現(xiàn)的黑洞LB1所推翻。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段中的“If this is how LB1 formed, then we may have‘direct evidence for this process’ for the first time.”可知，如果這就是LB1的形成過程，那么我們可能首次有了“這一過程的直接證據(jù)”。根據(jù)第二段中的“because 8S these stars die, they lose most of their mass through explosions that expel matter and gas swept away by stellar winds.”可知，因為這些恒星會死亡，它們大部分質(zhì)量因爆炸而損失，恒星風(fēng)會把爆炸釋放出來的物質(zhì)和氣體吹走。4．閱讀理解t even finish it.”t tell her friends about her poetry because she worried they would make fun of her.m worth something.”t ever see.”（1）What did Tahay39。B.Try hard to make friends with them.（2）What are the themes of Tahay and her team39。Their appreciation of natural beauty.C.s poems? A.C.She felt more confident about herself.She won many national poetry petitions.C.(1)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。(2)考查推理判斷。故選D。“我希望我也能那樣寫，”。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“But with time, her poems changed her. ‘They gave me pride,’ Tahay said.”可知，寫詩給了她自信和自豪感。 Of course, her name wasn39。d removed it, the professor came up to me, “If you look at the opening carefully, you39。t the author know much about Mrs. Jones? A.Because he didn39。It came from a song being played when we first met.C.Grateful.Hateful.Being a doctor has nothing to do with the medical training.C.根據(jù)第二段中的“It might seem rather negligent not to know the basic facts of my patient ,but I had a valid reason—Mrs. Jones was dead, and had been dead for about three years before I made a patient of her.”可知瓊斯夫人在去世后，把遺體捐給了醫(yī)學(xué)院，所以在她去世之前，作者并不認(rèn)識她，故選C。(3)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。re a doctor, the trick is to have a person and not turn them into a dead body,’ and he laughed, shook my hand and walked away.”可知教授說得這段話的意思是：“在你剛開始訓(xùn)練解剖尸體的時候，你要設(shè)法把尸體變成一個人。6．閱讀理解 A Restaurant with a Viewre eating? Try the Top of the World restaurant. At about 244 meters above Las Vegas, diners can enjoy a spectacular view of Las Vegas in this revolving restaurant. However, the real adventure starts at the end of the meal. That39。 A Theatrical ExperienceA free rideArchipelagoTop of the WorldMimeModem Toilet（3）Where is the passage likely to be taken from? A.An entertainment magazineC.根據(jù)A Restaurant with a View部分中的“That39。(3)考查推理判斷。s breath quickened, and her father phoned the family39。 The nurse knew the visit would require more than four hours of her time: a twohour drive in each direction, plus her time with the girl. Why don39。 The nurse asked the father to move his daughter gently to her side, then to her back, to lift the child39。 Telemedicine has bee a trend in America. Some hospitals have gone so far as to specially design telemedicine clinics. The room is staged like an office but with better lighting. There39。s home.t pay for her fare of transportation.（2）How did the father think of the telemedicine service? A.He thought highly of the service.C.He challenged the authority of the nurse.（3）What do we know about the rooms for telemedicine? A.Mics are equipped to protect privacy of patients.C.The room with a puter is situated in the doctor39。B.D.t we connect over FaceTime, she asked.”可知，護士建議通過視頻通話是因為需要太多的時間她才能到達(dá)病人的家。故選B。故選B。因此推斷在遠(yuǎn)程診療時，醫(yī)生在鏡頭面前會感到不舒服。 The reason is thought to be so called similarity attraction theorywhere people tend to like others who have similar tastes or habits to themselves. But this is believed to be one of the first studies highlighting the role of food in this relationship. Researchers at Chicago University in the US conducted a series of experiments to examine food39。 In a test, participants were told to watch TV where someone pretending to be a member of the public praised a certain product. The volunteers were given Kit Kat bars to nibble, while the TV people ate either a Kit Kat or grapes as they talked.has the same taste as them16