【正文】 ars spokesperson Barry Parkin told Business Insider. The message here is that if we all do our part, we may be able to prevent some of the worst impacts of climate change. Or if we39。re unlucky, chocolate will bee a thing of the past.（1）What could make it hard for cacao to survive around the equator in the future? A.The increased heat there.B.The higher humidity there.C.The decrease in rainfall there.D.The moisture loss in the soil there.（2）What does the underlined word “offset” in the seventh paragraph mean? A.hold backB.make up forC.protectD.accept（3）What will US pany Mars do to help cacao survive? A.It will work hard to plant cacao in greenhouses.B.It will apply gene editing technology in planting cacao.C.It will give financial support to help fight climate change.D.It will develop cacao that can survive in dryer conditions.（4）What may be the best title of this text? A.Chocolate could bee historyB.Work together to fight climate changeC.How do we grow cacao in the future?D.How do cacao plants affect climate change?【答案】（1）D（2）B（3）C（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，未來由于氣候的變化，用于制造巧克力的可可樹可能會(huì)滅絕，所以巧克力有可能會(huì)成為歷史。(1)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第七段中的“‘In other words, as higher temperatures squeeze more water out of soil and plants, it39。s unlikely that rainfall will increase enough to offset the moisture (含水量) loss,’ Michon Scott, the essay39。s author, wrote.”可知未來赤道附近的可可樹很難存活，是因?yàn)槟抢锿寥乐兴值牧魇?，故選D。(2)考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第六段中的“The problem doesn39。t lie in increased heat, however，but in lower humidity (濕度)，as it39。s believed that rainfall will stay at the same level if the temperature other words, as higher temperatures squeeze more water out of soil and plants, it39。s unlikely that rainfall will increase enough to offset the moisture (含水量) loss”的意思是換句話說，高溫帶走了土壤和植物中更多的水分，降雨量的增長不足以抵消水量的流失，所以“offset”的意思是彌補(bǔ)，抵消，故選B。(3)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段中的“In the meantime, US pany Mars, one of the world39。s biggest manufacturers of chocolate products, announced in January that it would spend $1 billion to help reduce the effects of climate change.”可知美國的火星巧克力公司給予財(cái)政支援，用來幫助對(duì)抗氣候的變化，故選C。(4)考查主旨大意。本文主要講了未來由于氣候的變化，用于制造巧克力的可可樹可能會(huì)滅絕，所以巧克力有可能會(huì)成為歷史，故選A?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科普類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。8．閱讀理解 When Andrew Kaplan recalls, his stories leave the impression that he has managed to pack multiple lives into a single existence: A war reporter in his 20s. an army member, a successful businessman and later. the author of numerous spy novels and Hollywood scripts. Now the silver haired 78year old has realized he would like his loved ones to have access to those stories, even when he is no longer alive to share them. Kaplan has agreed to bee AndyBot a virtual person who will be: immortalized(T F5)in the cloud for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years If all goes according to plan future generations will be able to interact with him using voice puting platforms of mobile devices, asking him questions, letting him tell stories and drawing upon a lifetime39。s worth of advice long after his physical body is gone. Someday, Kaplan, who playfully refers to himself as a pig, may be remembered as one of the world39。s first digital humans. For decades, Silicon Valley futurists have sought to free humanity from the life cycle. Today, a new generation of panies is selling some approximation(近似) of virtual immortality, which gives people the opportunity to preserve one39。s legacy(遺產(chǎn)) online forever. Kaplan is eager to bee one of the world39。s first virtual residents, partly because he considers the effort a way to extend closed family bonds over multiple generations. If technology succeeds in creating emotionally intelligent digital humans, experts say, it may forever change the way living people cooperate with puters and experience loss. AndyBot may bee one of the world39。s first: meaningful examples, raising plex philosophical questions about the nature of immortality and the purpose of existence itself.（1）What is the purpose of the first paragraph? highlight Kaplan39。s achievements. introduce the topic AndyBot. arouse readers interest in Kaplan. introduce Kaplan39。s life.（2）Why did Andrew Kaplan agree to bee AndyBot? wanted to share his life experience as long as possible. wanted to make his loved one remember him. believed this action will help with his novels. could live in the cloud to continue his life.（3）What might the AndyBot do for future generations? may use voice puting platforms. may use a new body to go on living. may offer some guidance. may ask them questions.（4）What can we infer from the last paragraph? problems can be worked out by modern science. can talk with their late family members freely. have made great progress in puter science. is still a long way for digital humans to go.【答案】 （1）B（2）A（3）C（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了科技新動(dòng)態(tài)數(shù)字人。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段可知，當(dāng)安德魯卡普蘭回憶往昔的時(shí)候，他的故事讓人感覺他活出了各種各樣的人生：20多歲的時(shí)候是戰(zhàn)地記者，還是一名軍人，一位成功的商人，隨后又是很多間諜小說和好萊塢劇本的作者。主要介紹安德魯卡普蘭豐富多彩的人生；在根據(jù)第二段中的“Now the silver haired 78year old has realized he would like his loved ones to have access to those stories, even when he is no longer alive to share them. Kaplan has agreed to bee “AndyBot” a virtual person who will be”現(xiàn)在這位花白頭發(fā)的78歲的老人想要他愛的人知道這些故事，甚至當(dāng)他去世之后還可以分享這些故事。Kaplan同意變成數(shù)字人 ，可知，第一段的內(nèi)容主要是引出下文中文章的話題數(shù)字人。故選B。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“Now the silver haired 78year old has realized he would like his loved ones to have access to those stories, even when he is no longer alive to share them. Kaplan has agreed to bee ‘AndyBot’...a virtual person who will be”現(xiàn)在這位花白頭發(fā)的78歲的老人想要他愛的人知道這些故事，甚至當(dāng)他去世之后還可以分享這些故事。Kaplan同意變成數(shù)字人，可知，卡普蘭同意變成數(shù)字人是為了能更長時(shí)間的分享自己的這些故事。故選A。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“If all goes according to plan. future generations will be able to interact with him using voice puting p