【文章內容簡介】 【文章大意】這是一篇說明文。文章主要介紹了一種智能無線溫控器Ecobee3的功能和優(yōu)點。24. How can you control Ecobee3? A. By installing WiFi. 　 B. By replacing its sensors. C. By using the relative phone. D. By closing power supply. 【解析】選C。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段內容可知, 一旦你可以從手機上調高或者調低家里的溫度, 你就不再想回到過去。由此得出Ecobee3是用手機進行控制的。25. What advantage does Ecobee3 have pared with other thermostats? A. Its size is different. B. Its price is lower. C. Its password is simpler. D. Its coverage area is larger. 【解析】選D。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段的In parison, other thermostats’ measurements are largely limited to the area in which they’re installed. (相比之下, 其他的溫控器的范圍很大程度上受限于它們所安裝的區(qū)域。)可知和其他溫控器相比, Ecobee3覆蓋的范圍更大。26. What change will Ecobee3 bring to us? A. It makes us enjoy travelling and work better. B. It leads us to hope to open a shop online. C. It leads us to build our own smart houses. D. It helps us pay attention to environmental protection. 【解析】選D。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段中的Their presence will probably make you more conscious about saving energy. (它們的存在很可能讓你更注意節(jié)約能源。)可知Ecobee3可以讓我們更關注環(huán)保。27. What’s the author’s purpose in writing the text? A. To show the future of Ecobee3. B. To attract people to buy Ecobee3. C. To introduce how to use Ecobee3. D. To explain why Ecobee3 was invented. 【解析】選B。推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章的主要內容, 尤其是最后一段的Ecobee3 Smarter WiFi Thermostat with Remote Sensor is available at all shopping websites. (帶有遠程傳感器的Ecobee3智能WiFi溫控器可以在所有的購物網(wǎng)站上買到。)可推測作者寫這篇文章的目的是吸引人們去買Ecobee3。CWhen did you last buy something? Maybe you are looking forward to a shopping trip at the weekend, but will it make you happy? In the short term, the answer might be yes. However, some people think it might not be good for our health and happiness in the long term. One of the busiest shopping days of the year in the USA is Black Friday (the fourth Friday of November), which has spread around the world. However, not everyone will be queuing for a bargain. In 1992, Buy Nothing Day started in Canada and now more than sixty countries take part. Their message is simple: “Participate by not participating. ” For twentyfour hours on the fourth Friday of November, people do not buy anything at all. Some people choose to spend time with friends and family instead. Others join protests. But what’s the point? Every single purchase that you make has some kind of effect on the planet. Making the products and transporting them to the shops use a lot of natural resources. When they are no longer in fashion, the products will end up in the dustbin. All this contributes to air and water pollution, the destruction of our environment and social inequality. The social influence of our spending habits is also serious. People in consumerist culture are more likely to suffer from financial problems and stress. In order to buy expensive products, people work long hours and therefore spend less time with family and friends. Critics of Buy Nothing Day say it’s meaningless because people will just buy more the following day. But the organizers argue that Buy Nothing Day makes people think about the consequences of consumption and maybe make some changes to their lifestyle. 【文章大意】本文是一篇議論文。文章圍繞購物這個話題, 講述了Buy Nothing Day的意義: 可以挽救地球和環(huán)境。 挽救和朋友以及家人的關系以及減少工作時間, 在一定程度上發(fā)揮作用。28. Why is the question “When did you last buy something? ” asked? A. To remind us of the approaching of Black Friday. B. To attach importance to our health and happiness. C. To introduce the topic of shopping too much. D. To encourage us to participate in Buy Nothing Day. 【解析】選C。推理判斷題。第一段先提出問題: 你上一次是什么時候購物的? 或許你期待周末有一次購物, 但它會使你幸福嗎? 然后給出解答: 在短期內, 答案可能是肯定的。然而, 有些人認為從長遠來看, 這可能不利于我們的健康和幸福。接下來分析購物的影響, 因此推斷提出問題是為了引出購物過多這個主題。故選C。29. How can people participate in Buy Nothing Day? A. By not participating in any advertisement for Black Friday. B. By not buying anything on four Fridays of November. C. By spending time shopping with friends and family. D. By not going shopping on Black Friday. 【解析】選D。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段內容可知在11月第四個星期五的二十四小時里, 人們根本不買任何東西, 由此得出, 人們通過在黑色星期五不購物參加Buy Nothing Day。故選D。30. What’s NOT the point of Buy Nothing Day? A. Saving time spent on working. B. Saving the environment and our earth. C. Saving money for charity. D. Saving our relationship with friends and family. 【解析】選C。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段最后一句(所有這些都加劇了空氣和水的污染、環(huán)境的破壞和社會的不平等)可推斷, 不購物可以挽救環(huán)境和我們的地球, 故B項是Buy Nothing Day的意義。 根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段的最后一句(為了購買昂貴的產品, 人們工作時間很長, 因此與家人和朋友相處的時間較少)可推斷, 不購物可以節(jié)省工作時間, 可以挽救我們與朋友和家人的關系, 故A、D項正確。 C項“為慈善募捐”文章中沒有提到。故選C。31. What’s the organizers’ opinion on Buy Nothing Day? A. It can make a difference in some way. B. It won’t have a lasting effect. C. It can help people choose goods more reasonably. D. It can cure people’s shopping addiction. 【解析】選A。推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段最后一句(但是組織者認為, Buy Nothing Day會讓人們思考消費的后果, 也許會改變他們的生活方式)可推斷, Buy Nothing Day可以在一定程度上發(fā)揮作用。故選A。D(2020瀏陽高二檢測)Electronic book publishing has many of the same risks and opportunities as electronic music publishing. By delivering text directly to the reader’s puter screen, the ebook could cut down costs, and allow creators to deal directly with their audience, bypassing traditional publishers and traders. But it also raises the possibility of mass piracy(盜版). Phil Rance, founder and managing director of Online Originals, a Londonbased ebook publisher, sums it up, “No one wants Napster to happen to books. ”Indeed, the most popular MP3 may have put the frighteners on an industry that generally operates some way behind the “bleeding edge”. The Meta Group, a leading USbased market researcher, says publishers are far too concerned about protecting their rights, “ We believe all the recent legal control over Napster is like putting a finger in a river that is already overflowing. Publishers need to deal with reality and e up with new ways to develop wide electronic distribution, asking the question, ’How can we change the certainty of wide distribution to our advantage? ’”At the moment, most publishers would like to limit the use of ebooks to the person wh