【正文】 you to 120. So what can we conclude from this little disagreement among the researchers? That life span is flexible(有彈性的), but there is a limit, says George Martin of the University of Washington. We can get flies to live 50 percent longer, he says. But a fly39。s never going to live 150 years. Of course, if you became a new species (物種), one that ages at a slower speed, that would be a different story, he adds. Does Martin really believe that humans could evolve (進化)their way to longer life? It39。s pretty cool to think about, he says with a smile.（1）What does the story of Jeanne Calment prove to us? can live to 122. people are creative. are sporty at 85. live longer than men.（2）According to Steve Austad at the University of Texas, ______. average human life span could be 110 cannot find ways to slow aging people can expect to live to over 150 are not sure how long people can live（3）Who would agree that a scientist will bee famous if he makes the wildest guess at longevity? Shay. Austad. Miller. Martin.（4）What can we infer from the last three paragraphs? of us could be good at sports even at 120. average human life span cannot be doubled. believe mice are aging at a slower speed than before. techniques could be used to change flies into a new species【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了科學(xué)家對長壽的不同觀點和對延長人的壽命的不同理解。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“Jeanne Calment is the world39。s recordholder. She lived to the ripe old age of 122. ”說明人們可以活到122歲，故選A。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。文章第四段中 的“People can live much longer than we think.”可知人類能活多長仍是未知數(shù)，故選D。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第五段中的“Usually the scientist who picks the highest number gets his name in Time magazine.，可知Rich Miller認為科學(xué)家們，只要瘋狂的想法找機會成名，因此選C。 （4）考查推理判斷。最后三段提到了在老鼠身上做的實驗，證明生命是可以通過抗老技術(shù)延長的，但同時又提到生命是有限度的。科學(xué)家通過試驗證實人類平均壽命的跨度不能翻倍，故選B。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇健康類閱讀，考生需要準確掌握細節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。8．閱讀理解 Fairies today are the material of, children39。s stories, little magical people with wings, often shining with light. Typically pretty and female, like Tinkerbell in Peter Pan, they usually use their magic to do small things and are mostly friendly to humans. One explanation suggests the origin of fairies is a memory of real people. So, for example when tribes with metal weapons invaded land where people only used stone weapons some of the people escaped and hid in forests and caves. Further support for this idea is that fairies were thought to be afraid of iron and could not touch it. Living outside of society, the hiding people probably stole food and attacked villages. This might explain why fairies were often described as playing tricks on humans. Hundreds of years ago, people actually believed that fairies stole new babies and replaced them with a changelinga fairy babyor that they took new mothers and made them feed fairy babies with their milk. While most people no longer believe in fairies, only a hundred years ago some people were very willing to think they might exist. In 1917, 16yearold Elsie Wright took two photos of her cousin, nineyearold Frances Griffiths, sitting with fairies. Some photography experts thought they were not real, while others weren39。t sure. But Arthur Conan Doyle, the writer of the Sherlock Holmes detective stories, believed they were real. He published the original pictures, and three more that the girls took for him, in a magazine called The Strand, in 1920. The girls only admitted the photos were not real years later in 1983, and that they created them using pictures of dancers that Elsie copied from a book.（1）What does the underlined words this idea in Paragraph 2 refer to? A.Fairies used stone tools.B.Fairies used metal weapons.C.Fairies are based on real people.D.Fairies are friendly to humans.（2）Why were fairies often described as playing tricks on humans? A.Fairies were afraid of iron and could not touch it.B.Fairies stole new babies and replaced them with a fairy baby.C.People who were defeated would escape and hide in the forests.D.The hiding people would probably steal food and attack villages.（3）Who thought the photos taken in 1917 were real? A.Arthur Conan Doyle.B.Elsie Wright.C.Most photography experts.D.Elsie Wright39。s cousin.（4）Which idea will the author most probably agree with? A.Whether fairies exist or not is uncertain.B.There are still many people believing in fairies.C.Children should not believe in fairies any longer.D.The attitude people hold towards fairies has changed.【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）A（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了人們對于“小精靈、小仙子”的原形的看法以及現(xiàn)在人們對于童話故事的認知。 （1）考查詞義猜測。第二段中的“One explanation suggests the origin of fairies is a memory of real people.”一種解釋是小仙子起源于人們對一些真實人物的記憶，是段落中心句，講述了人們對于“小仙子、小精靈”的一種認知；再結(jié)合“for example”可知，這句話是舉例證明首句中心句；“Further support”進一步的支持點，可知，這句話還是進一步證明首句中心句的。所以this idea就是指代“仙女是以真人為原型的”。故選C。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“Living outside of society, the hiding people probably stole food and attacked villages. This might explain why fairies were often described as playing tricks on humans. ”居住在遠離社會的地方，這些隱藏起來的人可能偷食物和襲擊村莊。這可能就解釋了為什么仙子常常被描述為捉弄人類的形象?？芍勺映３１幻枋鰹樽脚祟惖男蜗笫且驗樗鼈兛赡芡凳澄锖鸵u擊村莊。故選D。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“But Arthur Conan Doyle, the writer of the Sherlock Holmes detective stories, believed they were real.”但是Arthur Conan Doyle，福爾摩斯偵探小說的作者，相信它們是真的，可知，Arthur Conan Doyle相信Elsie Wright拍的那兩張照片是真的。故選A。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“While most people no longer believe in fairies, only a hundred years ago some people were very willing to think they might exist.“然而現(xiàn)在很多人不再相信小仙子了，只有一