【正文】 only slow the global economy and hurt American exports, shrinking the U. S. economy and accelerating job loss. （1）The underlined word decimate in Paragraph 1 can be replaced by ______. A.make someone interested inB.equip someone forC.wipe outD.bring back（2）What will happen with technologies developing according to the text? A.Robots will bee smarter and smarter.B.Uber39。s labor cost will be lower and lower.C.More and more truck drivers will be needed.D.Taxi drivers can enjoy more health insurance.（3）Which of the following is an advantage of a fulltime job? A.It may be flexible.B.It may offer sick pay.C.It is full of adventure.D.It is always wellpaid.（4）Which of the following does the writer agree on? A.Weling foreign trade.B.Offering more parttime jobs.C.Using fewer robots to stop job loss.D.Developing more new technologies.（5）What39。s the writer39。s main purpose in writing the text? A.To show technology advances in our daily life.B.To prove technologies cause low ines.C.To introduce what the Gig Economy is.D.To warn the Gig Economy is ing.【答案】 （1）C（2）B（3）B（4）A（5）D 【解析】【分析】短文大意：本文主要介紹了隨著技術進步，很多公司使用更多的機器人，不再需要很多全職工人，零工經濟時代很快就會到來，并舉出Uber公司的例子加以說明。 （1）詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第二段第一句Some robots already cost less to operate than the salaries of the humans they replace, and they are getting cheaper. 可知機器人的成本比人力更便宜，未來很多公司會更多使用機器人。也就是說機器人會奪走很多人的工作，故C項正確。 （2）推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段第一句Uber and many other panies are working on developing cars and trucks that don39。t need a driver in the driver39。s seat. 可知Uber公司開發(fā)了無人駕駛技術，會大大地減少雇傭司機的工資付出，公司的運營成本會越來越低。故B項正確。 （3）推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段最后一句The problem is that not only do such parttime workers lack reliable fulltime jobs and sick pay, but they can39。t enjoy health insurance and longerterm benefits. 可知兼職工作的人無法享受生病工資，也就是說全職工作的人可以享受sick pay，這也是全職工作的優(yōu)勢，故B項正確。 （4）推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后一句But closing the doors to foreign trade won39。t bring jobs back. It will only slow the global economy and hurt American exports, shrinking the U. S. economy and accelerating job loss. 可知作者認為關閉對外貿易并不能讓工作機會回歸，只會減緩全球經濟發(fā)展并傷害美國的出口。由此可見作者支持對外貿易。故A項正確。 （5）推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章前兩段可知技術進步讓公司使用更多的機器人，不再需要很多全職工人。再根據(jù)第四段第一句And then there is the Gig Economy (零工經濟) that has some businesses moving toward parttime, ondemand employment. 可知零工經濟時代很快就會到來。故D項正確。 【點評】考查閱讀理解。本文詞義猜測題和推理判斷題兩種常考題型，詞義猜測題要注意理解劃線詞匯所在語境需要表達的意思；推理判斷題需要聯(lián)系上下文，推斷出需要的信息。8．閱讀理解 History is full of tales of great ideas taking shape in sleeping minds。 Paul McCartney said that he awoke with the tune of Yesterday in his head, and Robert Louis Stevenson said that the idea for The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde came to him in a dream. Scientists believe that the mind at night puts together bits of information in creative ways. Throughout the day your brain rarely gets a chance to stop and think. It constantly responds to a stream of challenges, from writing a report for a work deadline to remembering where you left your car keys and figuring out what to buy for dinner. Think of your brain like a web, says Russell Foster, Professor of Neuroscience at Oxford University. During the day the web is very tight, so you can only put information in a certain number of places. During sleep the web expands, and with the luxury of time, those bits of information can be put into lots of different places and make new associations. He adds that this process may help to foster the formation of new ideas. This bringing together of seemingly unrelated bits of information is vital to helping the brain think itself out of problems, says Russell Foster. Sleep seems to allow your mind to make nonobvious connections. It puts all the information from the day into a big biological theatre and forces the mind to speak to people at the back of the theatre, who you may not think you have any connection with. This is the basis of creativity connecting ideas, events and memories that wouldn39。t normally fit together. By placing volunteers into brain scanners and sending them to sleep, scientists have seen that the areas associated with emotion go into overdrive, especially while dreaming, while the areas that are responsible for logic (邏輯)are switched off. This not only explains why dreams are unbelievably randomyou can be talking to a colleague one minute and the next minute sitting in your old school classroom dressed in your nightclothes173。but also explains how the brain can put together different information.（1）In what way are the mind at night and the mind during the day different? A.The ways to receive information.B.The ways to provide information.C.The ways to process information.D.The ways to exchange information.（2）According to Russell Foster, what may bring out creativity? A.Information put together in normal ways.B.Information put together in unusual ways.C.Information stored in a biological theatre.D.Information stored in the mind.（3）Which can replace go into overdrive, underlined in the last paragraph? A.Start being active.B.Return to normal.C.Stop working.D.Perform badly.（4）What can be a suitable title for the text? A.The Creative Power of the BrainB.Great Works from SleepC.Never Believe Your Sleeping MindsD.Sleep Can Bring Creative Ideas【答案】 （1）C（2）B（3）A（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，討論了睡眠的重要性:睡眠可以帶來一些創(chuàng)造性的想法。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“ the