【正文】 d of the table though the table was no longer his but mine. Only with my marriage to Barbara, did I hear a voice questioning the arrangement. She requested, gently but firmly, that I sit at the head of the table in our home. I realized then that I was head of the family, but I also felt unwilling to introduce such a change. How would I feel sitting in that head place in my Dad39。4．閱讀理解 performance…”可知，這臺機器人的表現(xiàn)還要經(jīng)過進一步的測，說明正在測試階段，故選B。Uncertain.（4）What can be a suitable title for the text? A.Through objects.C. performance with a group of older adults to get a better idea of what prompts, video reminders and other preferences they have regarding the robot.（1）How does RAS serve elderly people? A.3．閱讀理解 【點評】推理題的解題方法）符合題意，故答案選C。s task.（2）When should we draw lessons from the past mistakes? A.t have a peaceful mind. After you “dose” a day, you should not bring anything out of it to the next day except for the lessons you extract. Focus on applying the lessons to the present. This way you will be able to start your day fresh without the burden of yesterday.（1）What will happen if we think too much about the past? A. After you have spent the time to think about the day and extract the lessons, make a decision to “close” the day. You are done with it。 ⒈Take time to evaluate your day（4）推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第一段最后一句話Dealing with tons of leftover peels usually involved burning them or paying to have them poured into a landfill, 可知，之前處理橘子皮一般要燒掉或花錢請人掩埋掉。Orange peels can make soil richer.C.Bum or bury them.s study has received worldwide attention, this type of “ruining” is being seriously considered as a way of bringing forests back to life.（1）What did Del Oro usually do with orange peels? A. “While I would walk over exposed rock and dead grass in the nearby fields, I39。 To fight for the conservation of forest ecosystem, several ecologists including Daniel Janzen convinced Del Oro, an orange juice producer, to donate part of their forestland to a national park. In return, Del Oro was allowed to throw large amounts of waste in the form of orange peels (皮) on a 3hectare piece of land within the national park at no cost. Dealing with tons of leftover peels usually involved burning them or paying to have them poured into a landfill, so the proposal was very attractive. The effect that the orange peels had on the land is probably not that surprising to people familiar with posting (施肥), but what is really shocking is that a judge actually thought the waste of orange “mined” a national park and stopped it from going forward. Now that Timothy Treuer39。Throw them into a national park.C.B.（1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。故答案為B。2．閱讀理解 ⒉Make a mitment to apply the lessonsWe won39。t finish today39。根據(jù)第一段的內(nèi)容可知，如果我們每天一開始就想前一天所犯的錯誤的話我們就很難把注意力放在當(dāng)前的這一天，那么我們的心情就很難平靜下來分析選項可知，C項（我們不會有和平的心態(tài)。分析選項可知D項（將它們應(yīng)用于將來）符合題意，故答案選D。 6. 結(jié)合已有的知識進行推斷。 While we are still in an early stage of development, our initial results with RAS have been promising, Minor said. The next step in the research will be to test RAS39。B.Optimistic.D.根據(jù)最后一段中的“The next step in the research will be to test RAS39。 【點評】本題考點涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇科技類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，同時根據(jù)上下文進行邏輯推理，概括歸納，從而選出正確答案。 s father is more than the question of which place to occupy at the dining table. It also means listening, wherever we sit and whatever positions we own, to the stories Dad longs to tell. We may then, during these magical moments, even be able to forget about whose chair is whose.（1）Why did Dad always sit in the big chair at the end of the table before he retired? the chair was large enough for him. sitting there he could see the trees and grass in the yard. it was the holy seat for the head of the family. the chair was fortable with arm rests.（2）What do we know from the second paragraph? writer39。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。所以判斷出作者不想傷害父親的感情。無論坐在哪里，無論坐什么位置，我們都會傾聽爸爸渴望告訴我們的故事。s south coast are perhaps the most wellknown. These piles of stones are some of the earliest known manmade structures in the world. They are showing their age a bit but what would you expect for buildings that are five and a half thousand years old. My house was built in the year 2000 and is already in bad condition round the edges. These temples are older than the pyramids!B.B.B.D.（1）推理判斷題。 選項They are not what they used to 。因此B符合題合題意。 4. 根據(jù)文章的結(jié)論推斷作者的態(tài)度。s underdog discovery story is part of what makes it so attractive. Clyde Tombaugh was a Kansas farm boy who built telescopes out of spare auto parts, old farm equipment and selfground lenses. As an assistant at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, Tombaugh39。t the limit at all. We don39。Pluto39。s telescopes used for searching stars were very simple.（4）What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph most probably mean?A.文章主要講述的是冥王星的被發(fā)現(xiàn)和被從太陽系去除的經(jīng)過，更表現(xiàn)了它的神秘和魅力。故選D。 Researchers consider that sleeping on a problem in most cases leads to elucidation(解釋). They say when a person enters a phase called Rapid Eye Movement (REM) during sleep, it increases the effect. Such phase takes place right before we awake and according to scientists it helps our brain make links between unrelated subjects.D.Each adult was allowed to sleep after the task was given.D.B.根據(jù)前一句They say when a person enters a phase called Rapid Eye Movement (REM) during sleep可知，it指代REM，選B。選D。 As one who is entrusted with a leadership position, I find it profitable to read of others who have led. Wherever you find me, you39。ll find no better account of the British Empire at its peak than the opening chapters of Manchester39。 This is why I love reading good biographies, and why I pity the person who neglects them. Don39。good biographies160