【正文】 dre found himself staring at the body of a dead whale on a beach in the Canary Islands. It was obvious that the animal had been struck violently by a ship——but why? Only later, after surveying the whales which lived in the area and measuring the increase of sound pollution from ships did it bee clear that there was a link. The whales had bee desensitised to the noise of approaching boats and were being struck by them, often seriously. We never thought that this could be something that could kill, recalls (回憶) Andre, who is the director of the Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics at the Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona. Andre has spent 20 years developing an advanced system to better understand why incidents like this happen. His underwater microphones have exposed a world of deafening sound and animal munication never observed with such clarity(清晰) before. It was not an easy task. Sound waves don39。t travel through water in the uniform, predictable way they do through the air. Instead, the temperature, salinity (鹽度) and, flow of water have great effects on their path. What can be done? One solution is to change shipping routes to courses where ships are statistically less likely to meet animals. It39。s also possible to slow ships down to 18km/h or less, which is less likely to seriously injure a whale. As for dealing with the root cause of the problem, the UN39。s International Maritime Organisation has already published guidelines on how to quieten ships, but it will be a while before the effects of such changes might be observed. The ocean is not our world, ments Andre. But it is ours to look after. And thanks to his work, we can better understand the effects of subsea sound pollution.（1）What does the underlined word desensitised in Paragraph 2 mean? A.Stubborn.B.Flexible.C.Dull.D.Friendly.（2）What39。s one way to solve the problem according to the text? A.To lower the speed of ships.B.To reduce the number of ships.C.To set up preserves under the sea.D.To give the injured animals timely treatment.（3）What is the author39。s attitude towards what Michel Andre has done? A.Doubtful.B.Disapproving.C.Positive.D.Uncaring.（4）What is the text mainly about? A.A great expert.B.Noise in the sea.C.Animals in the sea.D.Sea exploration technology.【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，介紹了海底噪音對(duì)海洋生物的影響以及如何降低海底噪音的問(wèn)題。 （1）考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)第二段中的”the noise of approaching boats and were being struck by them, often seriously“可知，鯨魚(yú)被靠近的船只碰撞，因?yàn)樗鼈兛赡苁菍?duì)船只所產(chǎn)生的噪音比較“遲鈍”。故可知?jiǎng)澗€(xiàn)部分單詞意思為“遲鈍的”。故選C。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第五段中的”It39。s also possible to slow ships down to 18 km/h or less, which is less likely to seriously injure a whale.“也有可能將船只減速到每小時(shí)18公里或更少，這樣就不太可能?chē)?yán)重傷害鯨魚(yú)?？芍?，降低船只速度是文中提到的一種解決辦法。故選A。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的”And thanks to his work, we can better understand the effects of subsea sound pollution.“由于他的工作，我們可以更好地了解海底聲音污染的影響。可知，作者對(duì)Michel Andre所做的工作十分認(rèn)可。故選C。 （4）考查主旨大意。通讀全文可知，文章主要講述了海底噪音對(duì)海洋生物的影響以及如何降低海底噪音的問(wèn)題，故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)，推理判斷和主旨大意四個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科研類(lèi)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 ESports, short for electronic sports, is one of the growing industries in the world, with prizes totaling around $25 million up for grabs in some tournaments. ESports are professional multiplayer video game petitions. Any video game with a strong petitive element is considered eSports. The petition models itself after traditional professional sports in several ways: it uses corresponding tournament formats, involves player contracts, and is governed by regulations. The athletes who pete in eSports petitions are gamers． The history of eSports dates back to 1972 when some Stanford University students peted in the Intergalactic Space War Olympics for the opportunity to win a oneyear subscription to the Rolling Stone Magazine. ESports pretty much continued on the rather quiet path until the 80s when petitions like the Space Invaders Championship shot them to the spotlight. 2002 marked the beginning of a new era for the sport and laid the foundation for what eSports would bee thanks to the release of the Xbox live, which brought online play to consoles. Halo Ⅱ became the first game to be shown on national television for Major League Gaming in 2004, paving the way for eSports to bee a global phenomenon. Today, eSports are growing at a rapid pace thanks to advance in technology and the arrival of streaming services like Twitch which have exposed video game petitions to a new audience due to their extensive reach. To understand how much impact Twitch has made, data from gaming analyst group Newzoo show that eSports global audience increased 43 percent from 204 million to 292 million between 2014 and 2016. Interestingly, this coincides (一致) with Amazon39。s acquisition of Twitch in 2014 and its effort to make the petition a spectator sport.（1）What do we know about eSports? A.They are strongly petitive.B.They spread worldwide overnight.C.They totally differ from traditional ones.D.The athletes in the sports are programmers.（2）What is the main idea of Paragraph