【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 o bad such technology isn’t available in 2016”可知，本文作者認(rèn)為機(jī)器人時代來的不夠快，B項(xiàng)反映了作者的看法，概括了文章內(nèi)容。故選B。【點(diǎn)評】議論文閱讀首先要弄清楚作者要證明什么觀點(diǎn)，然后用什么樣的論據(jù)進(jìn)行怎樣的分析，最后得出了什么樣的結(jié)論，理清了線索，理解文章就不是問題?？搭}時注意確定關(guān)鍵詞，然后在文章中定位，找到與選項(xiàng)一致的內(nèi)容，就可以輕松的確定答案。4．閱讀理解 Science is finally beginning to embrace animals who were, for a long time, considered secondclass citizens. As Annie Potts of Canterbury University has noted, chickens distinguish among one hundred chicken faces and recognize familiar individuals even after months of separation. When given problems to solve, they reason: hens trained to pick colored buttons sometimes choose to give up an immediate food reward for a slightly later (and better) one. Healthy hens may aid friends, and mourn when those friend die. 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。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. I39。ve been guilty of prejudiced expectations, myself. At the start of my career almost four decades ago, I was firmly convinced that monkeys and apes outthink and outfeel other animals. They39。re other primates(靈長目動物), after all, animals from our own mammalian(哺乳動物的) class. Fairly soon, I came to see that along with our closest living relatives, whales too are masters of cultural learning, and elephants express profound joy and mourning with their social panions. Longterm studies in the wild on these mammals helped to fuel a viewpoint shift in our society: the public no longer so easily accepts monkeys made to undergo painful procedure kin laboratories, elephants forced to perform in circuses, and dolphins kept in small tanks at theme parks. 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? Animal activists are already there, of course, mitted to not eating these animals. But what about the rest of us? Can paying attention to the thinking and feeling of these animals lead us to make changes in who we eat?（1）According to Annie Potts, hens have the ability of_____________. A.interactionB.analysisC.creationD.abstraction（2）The research into pigs shows that pigs___________. A.learn letters quicklyB.have a good eyesightC.can build up a good relationshipD.can apply knowledge to new situations（3）Paragraph 4 is mainly about________. A.the similarities between mammals and humansB.the necessity of longterm studies on mammalsC.a change in people39。s attitudes towards animalsD.a discovery of how animals express themselves（4）What might be the best title for the passage? A.The Inner Lives of Food AnimalsB.The Lifestyles of Food AnimalsC.Science Reports on Food AnimalsD.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。文章論述了我們原來當(dāng)作食物的動物實(shí)際上也有情感有思想，它們有一定的分析推理能力。人類不應(yīng)只將它們當(dāng)作食物。（1）推理判斷題。由第二段中的“When given problems to solve, they reason: hens trained to pick colored buttons sometimes choose to give up an immediate food reward for a slightly later (and better) one”可知，當(dāng)解決問題時，母雞們會推理：例如，受過挑選彩色紐扣的訓(xùn)練的母雞們有時會選擇放棄即時的食物獎勵，換取稍晚一些(而且更好)的食物獎勵。由此可知，母雞們具備分析能力。故B選項(xiàng)正確。（2）推理判斷題。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。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.”可知，一些研究者拿著帶X標(biāo)記的木板，一些研究者拿著帶O標(biāo)記的木板，只有拿帶O標(biāo)記木板的研究者給豬提供食物，豬很快就只理會這些研究者了。當(dāng)木板換成帶X和O標(biāo)記的襯衫時，豬仍然只走向那些穿帶O標(biāo)記襯衫的研究者。這表明豬將把知識轉(zhuǎn)移到了二維的形式，這是一種相當(dāng)大的推理壯舉。結(jié)合選項(xiàng)，D選項(xiàng)正確。（3）段落大意題。由第四段中的“At the start of my career almost four decades ago, I was firmly convinced that monkeys and apes outthink and outfeel other animals...Fairly soon, I came to see that along with our closest living relatives, whales too are masters of cultural learning, and elephants express profound joy and mourning with their social panions. Longterm studies…h(huán)elped to fuel a viewpoint shift in our society: the public no longer so easily accepts monkeys made to undergo painful procedure kin laboratories, elephants forced to perform in circuses, and dolphins kept in small tanks at theme parks.”可知，數(shù)十年前，作者堅(jiān)信猴子和猩猩在思考能力和情感上都勝過其他的動物。很快，作者就意識到除了猴子和猩猩，鯨魚也是文化學(xué)習(xí)的主人，大象也表現(xiàn)出高興等情感。長期的研究也促進(jìn)著我們社會觀點(diǎn)的轉(zhuǎn)變：我們不再認(rèn)為猴子只能是實(shí)驗(yàn)室里的實(shí)驗(yàn)對象，大象只能在馬戲團(tuán)里進(jìn)行表演，海豚只能被養(yǎng)在主題公園狹小的池子里。很明顯，本段介紹的是人們對動物看法的轉(zhuǎn)變。故C選項(xiàng)正確。（4）標(biāo)題歸納題。第一段提出：科學(xué)開始擁抱原來被我們認(rèn)為是二等公民的動物們（即：我們對某些動物的看法正在發(fā)生變化）。第二和第三段以母雞和豬為例告訴讀者：通過科學(xué)研究，母雞和豬也具備情感，也具備分析推理能力。第四段介紹了人們對動物看法的轉(zhuǎn)變。第五和第六段呼吁讀者：動物有自己的情感和思想，我們不要只將動物當(dāng)成我們的食物。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。故A選項(xiàng)適合做該文標(biāo)題?！军c(diǎn)評】文章標(biāo)題解題技巧：（1）要在閱讀原文的基礎(chǔ)上，仔細(xì)考慮這句話或短語與文章主題是否有密切的聯(lián)系；（2）再看它對文章的概括性或覆蓋面如何；（3）要注意題目是過大還是過??；（4）要避免下列三種錯誤：①概括不夠（多表現(xiàn)為部分代整體，從而導(dǎo)致范圍太?。?；②過度概括（多表現(xiàn)為人為擴(kuò)大范圍）；③以事實(shí)、細(xì)節(jié)替代抽象具體的大意。5．閱讀理解 Most people know that listening to music when they are feeling down or depressed can encourage their spirits. However studies have also shown that music, especially certain tones can reduce stress. Music can change brainwave patterns, deepen breathing, and bring on a totally stressfree and more open mindset（心態(tài)）. Using music to relax when considering a particular problem may not only raise