【正文】 data. Sometimes, these ideas are helpful for people or businesses. Other times, bad ideas can cause problems for certain groups of people.（1）This reading is about ______. A.what big data is and how it is usedB.what schools and hospitals people likeC.where important data is collected and storedD.how big data is controlled by governments and panies（2）One pany uses weather information to ______. A.help children in needB.know when people will visit the hospitalC.find out who tides the bus or trainD.understand when people will need ice cream（3）The main idea of Paragraph 3 is ____. A.big data can be used for good reasonsB.we can use big data in a number of waysC.big data can be used for both good and bad reasonsD.we can use big data to stop babies from getting sick（4）The overall tone （總基調） of this reading is _________. A.sad and personalB.personal and scientificC.informative but sillyD.scientific and informative【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）C（4）D 【解析】【分析】文章大意：這篇文章主要講的是什么是大數據以及如何使用它。 （1）主旨大意題，根據文章第一段第一句Big data （數據） is a lot of sets of information that are put together so they can be used by a puter program. 和第二段第一句Big data can be used in many ，大數據是將許多信息集合在一起，以便計算機程序使用，而且大數據可以以多種方式使用。由此可知，這篇文章主要講的是什么是大數據以及如何使用它。故選Ａ。 （２）細節(jié)理解題，根據文章第二段最后一句For example, one pany uses weather data to see when people eat the most ice ，一家公司使用天氣數據來查看人們什么時候吃的冰激凌最多。故選Ｄ。 （３）段落大意題，根據文章第三段第一句Big data can be used for good data can also be used for bad ，大數據既可以用于良性的改善救助，也可以用于預防惡性的行為。故選C。 （4）推理判斷題，這篇文章主要講的是什么是大數據以及如何使用它。而且文章使用了很多例子，讓讀者更容易理解。整篇文章具有科學性且信息豐富，具有教育意義。故選D。 【點評】考查閱讀理解，本文涉及細節(jié)題、推斷題、段落大意題和主旨題?？碱}型，細節(jié)題要注意從文中尋找答案；推斷題需要聯系上下文，推斷出需要的信息；段落大意題是通讀整段，找出主題句；主旨題需要通讀全文，了解大意之后找出中心思想。9．閱讀理解 Our monthly talks start at 19: 30 on the first Thursday of each month except August. Admission is at normal charges and you don39。t need to book. They end around 21: 00. November 7th The Canal（運河）Pioneers（先驅者）, by Chris Lewis. James Brindley is recognized as one of the leading early canal engineers. He was also a major player in training others in the art of canal planning and building. Chris Lewis will explain how Brindley made such a positive contribution to the education of that group of early civil engineers. December 5th Ice for the Metropolis, by Malcolm Tucker. Well before the arrival of freezers, there was a demand for ice for food preservation and catering. Malcolm will explain the history of importing natural ice and the technology of building ice wells, and how London39。s ice trade grew. February 6th An Update on the Cotswold Canals, by Liz Payne. The Stroud water Canal is moving towards reopening. The Thames and Severn Canal will take a little longer. We will have a report on the present state of play. March 6th Eyots and AitsThames Istands, by Miranda Vickers. The Thames had many islands. Miranda has undertaken a review of all of them. She will tell us about those of greatest interest. （1）When is the talk on James Brindley? A.On February 6th.B.On March 6th.C.On November 7th.D.On December 5th.（2）What is the topic of the talk in February? A. The Canal Pioneers.B. Ice for the Metropolis.C.Eyous and Aits Thames Istands.D.An Update on the Cotswold Canals.（3）Who will give the talk on the islands in the Thames? A.Miranda Vickers.B.Malcolm Tucker.C.Chris Lewis.D.Liz Payne.【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）A 【解析】【分析】本文介紹了博物館每個月的講座安排。 （1）細節(jié)題。根據 11月7日運河（運河）先鋒（先驅者），作者克里斯劉易斯。詹姆斯布林德利是公認的早期運河工程師之一可知，11月7日是關于James Brindley的講座，故選C。 （2）細節(jié)題。根據 February 6thAn Update on the Cotswold Canals, by Liz Payne. The Stroud water Canal is moving towards reopening. The Thames and Severn Canal will take a little longer. We will have a report on the present state of play 2月6日利茲佩恩報道科茨沃爾德運河的最新情況。斯特勞德運河正朝著重新開放的方向發(fā)展。泰晤士河和塞文運河將需要一點時間。我們將有一份關于比賽現狀的報告，可知二月份談話的主題是科茨沃爾德運河的最新消息，故選D。 （3）細節(jié)題。根據 March 6thEyots and AitsThames Istands, by Miranda Vickers可知 Miranda Vickers 將在泰晤士河中的島嶼上發(fā)表演講，故選A。 【點評】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及細節(jié)題、推斷題，細節(jié)題要注意從文中尋找答案；推斷題需要聯系上下文，推斷出需要的信息。10．閱讀理解 Many people thought a puter wasn39。t supposed to be able to beat a top master at the ancient Chinese game, Weiqi, for at least another 10 years. But AlphaGo, an artificially intelligent system （人工智能系統(tǒng)） designed by Google, made it. It easily beat Lee Sedol last year, one of the best players in the world. It challenged the world39。s top players to show how much progress it had made over the past few years. In late May, 2017, AlphaGo appeared in China and played against 19yearold Ke Jie in Wuzhen, China. He is No. 1 player now in the world. However, the result wasn39。t out of people39。s expectation. He lost the match. Though Ke Jie tried his best and he once saw the victory just a step away, he lost his best chance when he became excited. At the press conference （新聞發(fā)布會） after the match, Ke Jie was interviewed by the reporters. He said he had realized how powerful AlphaGo was, and it was getting perfect. When a Chinese reporter asked him in English, the reporter spoke so fast that the interpreter （口譯員） couldn39。t catch him. Ke Jie got kind of angry and told him that it was unnecessary for two Chinese to speak in English. The reporter apologized to him and offered to ask him for a coffee. The cat and mouse game is over, but the challenge b