【正文】 uccess thus far. Ravishankar says, What was fascinating to me was the reaction of the children to Will. The way they look at the world is so creative and different, and Will really captured their attention. However, regardless of how popular it bees, Will is unlikely to replace human educators any time soon.（1）What was special for some elementary school students in Auckland? A. responses to the topic. Thanks to a webcam and microphone, the avatar not only responds to questions the kids may have, but also picks up nonverbal cues. For instance, if a student smiles at Will, he responds by smiling back. This twoway interaction not only helps attract the students39。s desktop, or smartphone screen, when ordered to e.可知回巢族孩子現(xiàn)象的副作用是在少數(shù)情況下，緊張情緒會導(dǎo)致父母和孩子之間偶爾發(fā)生爭吵。 financial and emotional support.”參與這項(xiàng)研究的年輕人對于搬回家“比預(yù)期的更積極”——他們的羞愧感減少了，因?yàn)樗麄兊脑S多朋友都處于同樣的處境，而且他們承認(rèn)父母在經(jīng)濟(jì)和情感上的支持是有好處的?？芍?，以往的研究顯示，返鄉(xiāng)的成年子女會導(dǎo)致父母的生活質(zhì)量和幸福感比之前更差，故選C。Neither parents nor children want to do the chores at home.C.They are glad that they could e back.C.defeatThe parents were looking forward to their children39。 The families featured in the study were middleclass and tended to view the achievement of adult independence for their children as a family project. Parents accepted that their children required support as university students and then as graduates returning home, as they tried to find jobs paying enough to enable them to move out and get on the housing ladder.故選C。故選D。s care about nature. about people39。s a concern among conservationists (生態(tài)環(huán)境保護(hù)者) that people are losing touch with the natural world and that they39。 And not just birds. Mittermeier and his team surveyed nearly billion Wikipedia search records, for 32,000 species, across 245 languages. They also saw variable search rates for insects, horsetails and flowering plants. Seasonal trends seemed to be widespread in Wikipedia behavior for many species of plants and animals. This finding suggests new ways to monitor changes in the world39。他們的在線物種搜索遵循季節(jié)性動物遷徙的模式。即第三段的寫作目的是為了進(jìn)一步支持研究結(jié)果。即他認(rèn)為這些搜索數(shù)據(jù)可以有助于設(shè)定保護(hù)目標(biāo)。 However, the study says, daytoday tensions about the prospects of achieving different dimensions of independence, which in a few extreme cases came close to conflict, characterised the experience of a majority of parents and a little over half the graduates. quality of life became worse than before.D.ariseThe children want to keep in closer touch with their parents.B.而這一發(fā)現(xiàn)與今年早些時候發(fā)表的一項(xiàng)研究結(jié)果相矛盾，該研究顯示，返鄉(xiāng)的成年子女會導(dǎo)致父母的生活質(zhì)量和幸福感顯著下降。 quality of life and wellbeing. ”通過新舊研究對比，以往的研究表明，返鄉(xiāng)的成年子女會導(dǎo)致父母的生活質(zhì)量和幸福感顯著下降。根據(jù)第四段中的“But they acknowledged that things were different for graduates today, who leave university with huge debts and fewer job opportunities.”但他們承認(rèn)，如今的畢業(yè)生情況有所不同，他們畢業(yè)時背負(fù)著巨額債務(wù)，工作機(jī)會也更少。3．犇犇閱讀理解 The autonomous animation platform has been modeled after the human brain and nervous system, allowing it to show humanlike behavior. The digital teacher is assigned to teach Vector39。This was the start of a new school year.B.s attitude to Will39。New Zealand Will Replace Teachers in Classrooms【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）D（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了一款智能機(jī)器人走進(jìn)小學(xué)課堂，為孩子們講授能源可持續(xù)發(fā)展。 attention, but also allows the program39。s first kids to be “taught” by a digital teacher”可知，從新學(xué)年開始，新西蘭奧克蘭的小學(xué)生將成為世界上第一批被機(jī)器人老師教的孩子。 Scientists have found what they believe are pieces of a meteor(流星)that fell to the earth last year. The objects were discovered off the coast of the United States in the Pacific Ocean.To study unexplored places of the ocean.這些物體是在美國太平洋沿岸發(fā)現(xiàn)的。故選A。5．犇犇Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. The worsening deoxygenation in the warming ocean.B.Ocean deoxygenation changes some animals39。B.其他地區(qū)的降幅較小，全球平均降幅為2%。故選C。通讀全文可知，短文說明了海洋氧含量下降是一個與氣候變化有關(guān)的令人擔(dān)憂的趨勢，海洋氧含量下降的原因以及對海洋生物的影響和對其生存的威脅。It has been discovered that after the age of sixteen, the number of our brain cells begins to decrease at a speed of several million a year. They simply die off. In certain types of activity, the human brain is at its highest point in the early twenties, when it has collected enough information to be able to use the vast number of cells freely in the most effective way. Pure mathematics is one of the fields in which this happens, and we know that Albert Einstein made all his worldshaking discoveries between the age of about 20 and 25, and spent the rest of his life tidying them up and arranging them. how real people behave and react, as against how one would like them to behave and react. One can read and hear lot of idealistic stuff about how to make the world a better place, which would be found if it was based on an accurate observation of human nature, but which is basically a waste of time because it is not.（1）According to the writer, the great discoveries made by Albert Einstein were mainly a result in________. of hard work of the brain experience deep understanding of the nature（2）Some people achieve success much later in life because （1）考查推理判斷?？赏茢喑鲇行┤嗽谕砟耆〉贸晒κ且?yàn)樗麄兊墓ぷ髦型枰芏嘟?jīng)驗(yàn)。 （4）考查推理判斷。 Bratislavabased Nice Architects are behind the extraordinary Ecocapsules and said they initially designed them for people who stay in the nature for a long time. However, it quickly became apparent that they could be opened up to the wider public and even used in urban areas to fight against high rent and placed on roofs for studio space or living quarters. The Ecocapsule can serve as a cottage, a popup hotel or even as a charging station for electric cars.The Ecocapsules could even be quickly imported for housing for emergency teams who have been quickly arranged to help with natural disasters. Described by the website as a Swiss Army knife — it packs everything you need, the selfcontained unit can sustain long periods of time without external resources.1