【正文】 故選A。s ignorance and jealousy.（4）Which of the following may best describe the theme of the passage? A.B.”由此推知，此處的them指的是insects，故選A。D.D.It will replace traditional food. in central Africa, up to 50% of dietary protein has e from insects, with their market value higher than many alternative sources of animal protein.longed for the ing of springB.t ready to go back inside. Just a short meeting with those robins had renewed my spirit. The next day I would return to my outdoor work with a cheerful heart and a hopeful eye for these signs of spring.（1）The author missed a snowy winter because snow could On a February day during an unusually mild winter, found myself missing the snowy beauty. I enjoyed the feeling that es from watching snow fall gently from heaven while I39。他們抱怨沒有足夠的時間而不是沒有足夠的時間，故C是錯誤的。根據(jù)第二段中的I heard an artist friend telling everybody that his idea came while he was having a shower. …“Don39。Everything is done in a hurry.C. Symptoms of Hurry Sickness include stress and anxiety, bad relationships, lowered work performance and even disease. Some people don39。 plenty of great thoughts e from there!” I tried it out. I slowed down the whole process, started enjoying the warm water, taking a little longer to soap myself and even spending more time just enjoying the process, and realized how much I had missed in hurrying up all these years.5．閱讀理解re seeing on many coral reefs around the world, said lead author, Tim Gordon.（1）What causes the phenomenon of coral bleaching? species. pollution. industry. temperatures.（2）What approach is introduced to recover the coral reefs? damaged coral reefs. loudspeakers to keep fish away. new homes for sea species. certain sounds to appeal to fish.（3）Why are Steve Simpson39?？芍?，作者受到這份特殊的禮物后很感動，故選B。s reaction during checkin the author probably felt __________. （4）From this passage, we can know that __________. author made the daughter39。 I had been learning for two weeks how to say: Wele to Ireland. My sign language is terrible, but please, if you need anything during your stay, just let me know and we will help you.縱觀全文可知，本文介紹了一款由美國華盛頓州立大學(xué)的科學(xué)家們研發(fā)的機(jī)器人。RAS, the first robot to make home smart. RAS is the first robot researchers have tried to incorporate into their smart home environment. They recently published a study in the journal Cognitive Systems Research that demonstrates how RAS could make life easier for older adults struggling to live independently.故答案選C【點(diǎn)評】新聞報道類閱讀理解的解題技巧1）仔細(xì)閱讀導(dǎo)語，掌握新聞主旨：導(dǎo)語(即文章的第一句話或第一自然段)往往是對整篇文章的高度概括，正文部分則對導(dǎo)語展開敘述，因此讀懂首句或首段至關(guān)重要。B.2）運(yùn)用查讀的方法明確新聞的細(xì)節(jié)：根據(jù)題干的關(guān)鍵詞，采用查讀的方法搜尋所考查的細(xì)節(jié)描述，然后與選項進(jìn)行比較，最后確定答案。B.再根據(jù)最后一段中的“The next step in the research will be to test RAS39。s checkout smooth author was deeply moved by an unexpected gift daughter cried for five minutes before they left daughter asked the author to learn sign language【答案】 （1）D（2）C（3）B（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，作者回憶了接待一對父女來愛爾蘭旅游，幫助他們登記的故事，因為那位父親是個聾啞人，執(zhí)著專門學(xué)了手勢語歡迎來愛爾蘭，結(jié)果那位父親對于作者的接待很滿意，走得時候還送給作者禮物，并給經(jīng)理寫信，希望給作者加薪。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。s words quoted? provide some findings of the study. show the progress of the experiment. explain reasons for the new approach. give another solution to the problem.（4）What can we infer from the last paragraph? attempts are in vain. recovery is impossible. success has been achieved. coral reefs have returned to normal.【答案】 （1）D（2）D（3）C（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，由于氣候變化導(dǎo)致的平均水溫上升導(dǎo)致了更頻繁、更長期的珊瑚白化事件，而為了恢復(fù)這一脆弱的生態(tài)系統(tǒng)，科學(xué)家們在受損的珊瑚礁附近使用水下擴(kuò)音器，讓珊瑚聽起來更健康，從而能夠吸引魚類。t survive it. What39。People don39。t you get your creative thoughts from the same place?”可知，作者的藝術(shù)家的朋友告訴大家。而D項與題干無關(guān)。m cosy inside with a good fire burning in the stove. But there were more serious concerns, like the lack of rainfall making our woods more accessible to summer forest fires. Local ski fields and hotels, all dependent on a snowy season, felt sorry for the vacant lifts, empty restaurants and unused snowmobiles.three little robins flew into his yardC.More money can be made by raising insects.（3）What does the underlined word in paragraph 4 stand for? A.Supply systems（4）Which is the possible title of this passage? A.(4)考查主旨大意。He felt angry failing to change others39。Everything es to the man who waits.（2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“ Castle Dale is a small town in central Utah”Castle Dale是“我”的家鄉(xiāng)，然后介紹了“我”在祖父的農(nóng)場長大每天做了很多雜事：給奶牛擠奶，喂雞、砍柴火等；暗示出從小我來自于一個普通的家庭，并沒有表現(xiàn)出特殊的地方。He hated people39。m unique and I matter. No one could ever take that away from me. I knew this then, and I know this now. That alone helped me through the frustrations and heartaches of normal life.根據(jù)第四段中的“Studies overall show that insects could make valuable economic and nutritional contributions to the food or fed systems, but there are no clear regulations in place to bring insects into such supply systems without them turning into a more expensive version of poultry（家禽）for food,” “研究表明，昆蟲可以為食物或食物系統(tǒng)做出有價值的經(jīng)濟(jì)和營養(yǎng)貢獻(xiàn)，但目前還沒有明確的規(guī)定，可以將昆蟲帶入這樣的供應(yīng)系統(tǒng)，而不讓它們變成更昂貴的家禽飼料。It is environmentally friendly.C. The article highlights how insects have been a source of food for hundreds of years in more than 100 countries with over 2,000 species that can be eaten。7．閱讀理解thought winter was already overC.the sky was deep blue with clouds Despite the cold, I wasn39。在本段中說他們匆匆忙忙地工作而不是奔跑去上班， A錯誤。（1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。B.s the place where you need to slow down。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇環(huán)保類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。By using loudspeakers to copy such sounds, parts of dead coral reefs were found to attract twice as many fish, pared to places where no sounds were played