【正文】 的研究者給豬提供食物，豬很快就只理會這些研究者了。文章論述了我們原來當作食物的動物實際上也有情感有思想，它們有一定的分析推理能力。a change in people39。D. Science is finally beginning to embrace animals who were, for a long time, considered secondclass citizens.故選D。( 1 )推理判斷題。Clyde Tombaugh39。Because it was proved to be the coldest planet in the universe.（2）What can be a suitable title for the text?A.排除A；再根據(jù)第四段中的“as the fourth type is much larger: jobs where emotions are needed, such as teachers, nannies and doctors.”可知需要情感的工作,例如老師,保姆和醫(yī)生也不大可能被取代,因此排除C和D。 （2）考查詞義猜測。因此,在人工智能時代人類仍然會有工作,關(guān)鍵必須是對勞動力進行再培訓,這樣人們才能從事這些工作。The shop assistant.Be similar toTo mention Nigel39。 impressive feat is a useful example to show how artificial intelligence works—real AI. Both of Richard and AI take in massive amounts of data to achieve goals with unlimited memory and superman accuracy in a certain field.(3)考查細節(jié)理解。Fill out the customer satisfaction survey.【答案】（1）D（2）B（3）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇應用文，是酒店客服經(jīng)理寫給皮爾斯的一封信。 Thank you for choosing Destination Travels. We guarantee your honeymoon with us will be an unforgettable experience. To aid us in improving our service, please visit our website at . and plete the questionnaire. Thank you for trusting Destination Travels for your honeymoon plans. This letter includes all the information regarding the flights and acmodation arrangements we have already agreed on.DateFlight No.Place/Time DepartPlace/Time ArriveAugust 6UA 674New York, JFK 6:30 AMPuerto Rico Int. Airport 9:00AMAugust 15UA 673Puerto Rico Int. Airport 1:00 PMNew York, JFK 3:30 PMThe snorkeling classes.D.根據(jù)第二段中的“The transfer to and from the airport is offered by the hotel as part of your honeymoon package.”可知，機場來回的換乘車是酒店蜜月套餐的一部分，不用再有額外的花費，故選B。 In 2015, a man named Nigel Richards memorized 386, 000 words in the entire French Scrabble Dictionary in just nine weeks. However, he does not speak French. Richards39。four types of jobs are not at risk at all. First, there are creative jobs. AI needs to be given a goal to optimize. It cannot invent, like scientists, novelists and artists can. Second, the plex, strategic jobs—executives, diplomats, economists — go well beyond the AI limitation of singlefield and Big Data. Then there are the asyetunknown jobs that will be created by AI.To introduce the topic.B.C.B.s professional skills all the time.【答案】 （1）A（2）A（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，人工智能有取代人類工作的潛力,但是,并非所有工作都會被人工智能取代,有四種類型的工作完全沒有風險。故選A。也就是作家和科學家不會被取代。 Pluto, which famously was downgraded from a “major planet” to a “dwarf planet”（矮星） in 2006, captured our imagination because it was a mystery that could plete our picture of what it was like at the most remote corners of our solar system.Because it was discovered by an American.D.Pluto was the only planet that was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh.C.Pluto is not a planet in the solar system, but it is more than a planet.【答案】 （1）A（2）C（3）D（4）D 【解析】【分析】文章講述了小時候作者對冥王星的認識，以及冥王星被發(fā)現(xiàn)和被從太陽系去除的經(jīng)過，更表現(xiàn)了冥王星的神秘和魅力，這使作者認識到宇宙是無窮的，也是不斷變化的，需要我們不停去探索。s dark encroachment (入侵).可知，是Clyde Tombaugh用他簡陋的儀器發(fā)現(xiàn)了冥王星，成了第一個發(fā)現(xiàn)行星的美國人，并且給黑暗的大蕭條時期帶來了一線光明。s. Then the team switched from reallife objects to Tshirts printed with X or O symbols. Still, the pigs walked only toward the Oshirted people: they had transferred their knowledge to a twodimensional format, a not inconsiderable feat of reasoning. Over time, though, as I began to broaden out even further and explore the inner lives of fish, chickens, pigs, goats, and cows, I started to wonder: Will the new science of food animals bring an ethical (倫理的) revolution in terms of who we eat? In other words, will our ethics start to catch up with the development of our science?creationthe necessity of longterm studies on mammalsC.A Revolution in Food Animals【答案】（1）B（2）D（3）C（4）A 【解析】【分析】這是一篇議論文。由第三段中的“Pigs respond meaningful to human symbols. When a research team led by Candace Croney at Penn State University carried wooden blocks marked with X and O symbols around pigs, only the O carriers offered food to the animals. The pigs soon ignored the X carriers in favor of the O39。長期的研究也促進著我們社會觀點的轉(zhuǎn)變：我們不再認為猴子只能是實驗室里的實驗對象，大象只能在馬戲團里進行表演，海豚只能被養(yǎng)在主題公園狹小的池子里。結(jié)合每段大意可知，該文主要是圍繞動物也有情感有思想來展開的。a stormC.D.The weather changes in Houston.C.這篇文章描述了作者親身經(jīng)歷的一場風暴Rita，作者對于自己能夠追逐并且記錄這場風暴，感覺非常驕傲。由第三段However, I came across another storm chaser (追逐者) who had 45 gallons of ，作者是一位風暴追逐者，選A。詢問寫作目的的題，選項里常出現(xiàn)的詞是：explain(解釋), prove (證明), persuade(勸說), advise(勸告), ment(評論), praise(贊揚), criticize(批評), entertain(娛樂), demonstrate(舉例說明), argue(辯論), tell(講述), analyze(分析)等。 . A. attention awaywarn the dogs not to approach them（2）According to the passage, oxytocin can . A.To give advice on how to get along with dogs.C.s hard for you to go away, and you may speak out “A” without hesitation. However, there39。故答案選C。通讀全文可知，本文解釋了狗與人類的關(guān)系如何演變成今天的如此和諧的朋友關(guān)系的原因。s most famous and influential produced works of astonishing quality right up until his death at the age of new exhibition will lead you on an artistic journey through the last 30 years of Hokusai39。 Drawn from the British Museum39。 This major exhibition explores the story of the Scythians—nomadic tribes and masters of mounted warfare, who flourished between 900 and 200 BC. Their encounters with the Greeks, Assyrians and Persians were written into history but for centuries all trace of their culture was lost—buried beneath the ice.s contribution to the IndiaUK Year of Culture looks at the popular print culture of India from the 1880s until the 1950s.Room 90a（2）Which exhibition can you attend in October 2017? A.In a health report.In a tour guide.【答案】（1）B（2）B（3）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇應用文，介紹了四個不同的展覽，分別是日本藝術(shù)家的杰作，英國水彩風景，希臘歷史探索和印度印刷文化。（3）考查推理判斷