【正文】 B.Negative.C.Optimistic.D.Uncertain.（4）What can be a suitable title for the text? A.Elderly people leave the nursing home.B.Smart Home Tests first elderCare robot.C.RAS, the first robot to make home smart.D.Older adults have benefited from RAS.【答案】 （1）A（2）B（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，介紹了一款由美國(guó)華盛頓州立大學(xué)的科學(xué)家們研發(fā)的機(jī)器人，可以幫助那些癡呆或有身體缺陷的老年人在家里過(guò)上自立的生活。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)章第二段中的“ The Robot Activity Support System, or RAS, uses sensors （傳感器）equipped in a WSU smart home to determine where its residents are, what they are doing and when they need assistance with daily activities”可知機(jī)器人活動(dòng)支持系統(tǒng)（RAS）使用WSU智能家居中配備的傳感器（傳感器）來(lái)確定其居民在哪里，他們?cè)谧鍪裁匆约昂螘r(shí)需要日?；顒?dòng)的幫助，說(shuō)明傳感器起到了重大的作用，故選A。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“The next step in the research will be to test RAS39。 performance…”可知，這臺(tái)機(jī)器人的表現(xiàn)還要經(jīng)過(guò)進(jìn)一步的測(cè)，說(shuō)明正在測(cè)試階段，故選B。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“ While we are still in an early stage of development, our initial results with RAS have been promising”可知，Minor對(duì)這款機(jī)器人的未來(lái)發(fā)展充滿信心、非常樂(lè)觀，故選C。 （4）考查主旨大意?？v觀全文可知，本文介紹了一款由美國(guó)華盛頓州立大學(xué)的科學(xué)家們研發(fā)的機(jī)器人。再根據(jù)最后一段中的“The next step in the research will be to test RAS39。 performance ”可知，機(jī)器人目前還在華盛頓州立大學(xué)的智能屋里進(jìn)行測(cè)試，故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科技類(lèi)閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，同時(shí)根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，概括歸納，從而選出正確答案。7．閱讀理解 Darrell Blatchley, a marine biologist and environmentalist based in the Philippine city of Davao, received a call from the Philippines, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (漁業(yè)與水產(chǎn)資源局) early Friday morning reporting a death of a young whale. When the necropsy (尸檢) was performed, Blatchley told NPR, he was not prepared for the amount of plastic they found in the whale39。s stomach. It was full of plastic nothing but nonstop plastic. he said It was filled to the point that its stomach was as hard as a baseball. That means that this animal has been suffering not for days or weeks but for months or even a year or more, Blatchley added. Blatchley is the founder and owner of the D39。Bone Collector Museum, a natural history museum in Davao. In the ing days, the museum will display all the items found in the whale39。s system. Blatchley and his team work with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and other organizations to assist in rescue and recovery of marine animals. Within the last 10 years, we have recovered 61 whales and dolphins just within the Davao Gulf, he said. Of them, 57 have died due to man whether they took plastic or fishing nets or other waste, or gotten caught in pollution — and four were pregnant. Blatchley said he hoped that the latest incident would launch the issue of plastic pollution in the Philippines and across the globe. If we keep going this way, it will be more unmon to see an animal die of natural causes than it is to see an animal die of plastic, he said.（1）What can he inferred from the second paragraph? A.The whale was starved to death.B.Blatchley was shocked at what he found.C.The dead whale must have swallowed a baseball.D.Blatchley didn39。t make preparations for the necropsy.（2）What will be shown in the D39。Bone Collector Museum? A.Waste collected from the ocean.B.The whole system of the whale.C.Things found in the whale39。s body.D.Many different tools of whaling.（3）What does Blatchley think of plastic pollution in the Philippines? A.Unmon.B.Worrying.C.Inspiring.D.Mild.（4）What is the best title for the text? A.A Whale Found Dead of PlasticB.Stand Up for Protecting WhalesC.Plastic Threatening Our ExistenceD.Natural Death or Merciless Murder【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）B（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，一只鯨魚(yú)因吞食大量的塑料而死亡，這引發(fā)了人們對(duì)海洋塑料污染的擔(dān)憂。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“he was not prepared for the amount of plastic they found in the whale39。s stomach”可知，布拉奇利在鯨魚(yú)的胃里發(fā)現(xiàn)了大量的塑料，他對(duì)此毫無(wú)準(zhǔn)備，這是他意想不到的，由此可知，布拉奇利對(duì)他的發(fā)現(xiàn)感到震驚，故選B。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“In the ing days, the museum will display all the items found in the whale39。s system.”可知，在鯨魚(yú)體內(nèi)發(fā)現(xiàn)的東西將在這座自然博物館中展出，故選C。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“If we keep going this way, it will be more unmon to see an animal die of natural causes than it is to see an animal die of plastic,”可知，布拉奇利說(shuō)如果我們繼續(xù)這樣下去，動(dòng)物因吃塑料死亡的情況比自然死亡更為常見(jiàn)，由此可知，他對(duì)菲律賓的塑料污染很擔(dān)憂，故選B。 （4）考查主旨大意?？v觀全文可知，本文主要講述了一只鯨魚(yú)因吞食大量的塑料而死亡，這引發(fā)了人們對(duì)塑料污染的擔(dān)憂，故選A。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇環(huán)保類(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 NASA has a new job listing, and it39。s no joke. The US space agency is looking for a joker to join their planned mission to Mars. A mission to Mars is no laughing matter. On average, the red planet is 140 million miles (225 million kilometers) away from Earth. A trip there would take around eight months in a small spacecraft. And Mars has a munications delay of 20 minutes. This means that astronauts will have to wait 20 minutes for a reply, when an emergency happens. When you39。re living with others in a confined space for a long period of time, such as on a mission to Mars, problems are likely to occur, Jeffrey Johnson, a scientist at the University of Florida, told The Guardian. This is probably why NASA wants an astronaut with a sense of humor. These are people that have the ability to pull everyone together, Johnson said. In stressful situations, perhaps humor is a way to know we aren39。t alone. By laughing together, we share our stress. Then we can focus on our jobs instead of just worrying. There are other examples of team clowns. One example is th