【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 。C.WaterD.Honey（2）What is the 2nd paragraph mainly about? A.Bees39。 special talentB.Bees39。 hard work.C.Bees39。 living environment.D.Bees39。 social behavior.（3）What is the purpose of the passage? A.To appeal for help for honeybees.B.To talk about the history of a treasure.C.To put forward techniques for gardeners.D.To argue against the control of chemicals.【答案】 （1）D（2）B（3）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，用擬人的手法，以蜂蜜的口吻，介紹了蜜蜂雖然只有六周左右的壽命，但用其一生辛勤為人類釀造蜂蜜，人類應(yīng)該保護(hù)蜜蜂。 （1）考查代詞指代。根據(jù)第一段中的“While you39。re thinking about avoiding an attack, that bee is focused on something else entirely可知，當(dāng)你在想如何避免蜜蜂的攻擊時(shí)，其實(shí)蜜蜂完全專注于其他的東西——蜜，由此可知me指的就是蜜，故選D。 （2）考查主旨大意。通讀第二段內(nèi)容可知，本段主要介紹了蜜蜂雖然只有六周左右的壽命，但用其一生辛勤采蜜，為人類釀造蜂蜜，由此可知本段主要介紹的是蜜蜂的辛勤工作，故選B。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的thus helping the bees, who give so much—to you, to me—without ever asking for anything in return.可知，這篇文章的目的是呼吁人們幫助為人類辛勤采蜜的蜜蜂，故選A。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及代詞指代，推理判斷和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科普類閱讀，考生需要根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，概括歸納，從而選出正確答案。5．犇犇Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. Studies show that older people tend to remember the positive things in life rather than the negative things, while younger people remember the positive and negative equally well. The dominant psychological theory to explain this is that older people are aware of their limited time left, so they prioritize positive emotional experiences. But about a decade ago, I worked with biologist Robert Trivers on his idea that there was an evolutionary basis for older people39。s increased positive outlook. Our research took us in the fascinating direction of exploring how the body uses its energy. When our ancestors needed more energy than usual, perhaps while being chased by a tiger, they had to get that energy from somewhere in the body. Could they borrow it from the brain? That organ uses 20 percent of our metabolic (新陳代謝) output, whether we are solving math problems or watching television reruns. Due to this constant energy requirement, borrowing energy from the brain when our need surpasses the available supply is not an option. Perhaps we could borrow energy from our muscles. Because we use far more muscle energy when we are active than when at rest, in principle, we could borrow energy when we are sitting. But the problem is that most of the energydemanding emergencies of our ancestors required a muscular response. There was no way to borrow energy from our muscles during an emergency because relaxing when a tiger showed up was not an effective response. This brings us to our immune system, which, when strong, protects us from many illnesses and diseases. Like the brain, the immune system works at great metabolic cost, but largely in the service of keeping us healthy in the future. We have an enormous number of immune cells coursing through our body, a momentary break from production is fine. So, when our body needs extra energy, one of the places it goes is our immune function. When you39。re being chased by a tiger, you don39。t need to waste energy making immune cells to fight off tomorrow39。s cold. What you need is to shift all available energy resources to your legs, with the hope that you will live to experience another cough or sneeze. As a result, our immune system evolved to run in maximum amounts when we39。re happy, but to slow down dramatically when we39。re not. With this background in mind, Trivers supposed that older people evolved a strategy of turning this relationship on its head, being more focused on the positive things in life in an effort to enhance their immune functioning. This was helped along by their knowing much more about the world than younger adults, so they can deal with some of the unpleasant things in life more easily.（1）According to Robert Trivers, when our body needs extra energy, ______. A.muscles will respond to it by relaxing a little bitB.organs will speed up metabolic processes to answer itC.immune system will temporarily shut down to fulfill itD.brain will satisfy it by sharing optional metabolic output（2）In paragraph 3 this relationship most probably refers to the one between ______. A.experiences and related knowledgeB.happiness and biological evolutionC.immune function and healthD.optimism and length of life（3）What can be concluded from Robert Trivers39。 study? A.Younger people adopt strategies of handling tense situations from everyday life.B.Our ancestors evolved their immune systems in fighting against fierce animals.C.Realizing that their days are numbered, older people prefer being positive.D.Being negative drains energy from our body, lowering resistance to disease.（4）Which of the following is the best title of the passage? A.Brain, muscles and immune systemB.Age, health and happinessC.Ancestors, emergency and evolutionD.Energy, effort and response【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）D（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，研究表明，老年人往往會記住生活中積極的事物，而不是消極的事物。十年前作者與生物學(xué)家羅伯特特里弗斯合作研究身體是如何使用能量的，他們的發(fā)現(xiàn)解釋了這一現(xiàn)象。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“We have an enormous number of immune cells coursing through our body, a momentary break from production is fine. So, when our body needs extra energy, one of the places it goes is our immune function.”可知我們的身體里有大量的免疫細(xì)胞，暫時(shí)停止運(yùn)作是可以的。因此，當(dāng)我們的身體需要額外的能量時(shí)，（我們的身體）會去找免疫系統(tǒng)。由此可以推斷，免疫系統(tǒng)會暫時(shí)停止來為身體提供額外的能量。選C。 （2）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第三段中的 being more focused on the positive things in life in an effort to enhance their immune functioning. 可知老人們更加關(guān)注生活中積極的事物，是為了增強(qiáng)他們的免疫功能。也就是說積極與免疫功能之間有關(guān)系，越積極，免疫功能越強(qiáng)，就能活得越久，所有選項(xiàng)中D項(xiàng)（樂觀與壽命）之間最切題，故選D。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的As a resu