【正文】 have more beautiful flowers.D.They will depend less on sunlight.（2）Why does the author mention lightadjusting glasses？ A.To warn people of the hot and bright sun.B.To explain the principle of plants39。 protective system.C.To help leaves of the plants absorb sunlight.D.To serve the science experiment smoothly.（3）In the future, the genetic changes will be used to. A.improve tobacco plants39。 qualityB.increase tobacco plants39。 leaves and rootsC.improve the flowers39。 living timeD.increase the production of corn and rice（4）Which of the following can be the theme of this text？ A.Hacking plants for more productionB.Leaf growing more quicklyC.Double production of tobacco plantsD.Photosynthesis and production【答案】 （1）B（2）B（3）D（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，科學家通過改變植物的基因，加快光合作用的速度，使植物葉子生長迅速，從而提高植物產(chǎn)量。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“ scientists have found a way to hack a plant39。s genes in order to make it use sunlight more quickly. Someday, the results could increase the amount of food produced around the world. ”可知，科學家發(fā)現(xiàn)改變植物基因會使植物的光合作用速度加快，將來會增加全球植物的產(chǎn)量。故選B。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四段中的“ He pared a plant39。s protective system to lightadjusting glasses. When a person wears the glasses outside during the day, the lenses（鏡片）darken and lighten depending on how sunny it is. Plants do the same thing, he said. But in plants the adjustment can take anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour. ”可知，作者提到鏡片是為了說明植物的保護系統(tǒng)的工作原理與鏡片相同。故選B。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的“ But they think the genetic changes will produce the same results in corn and rice. ”但是他們認為基因的改變將在玉米和水稻中產(chǎn)生相同的結(jié)果。可知選D。 （4）考查主旨大意，根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知，科學家改變植物的基因，加快光合作用的速度，使植物葉子生長迅速，從而提高植物產(chǎn)量。故選A。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇科研類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細節(jié)信息的基礎上，進一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關系，進行分析，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，介紹了科技新動態(tài)數(shù)字人。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段可知，當安德魯卡普蘭回憶往昔的時候，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間的分享自己的這些故事。故選A。 （3）考查細節(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 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. ”如果一切按計劃進行，后代可以通過移動端的語音平臺和他交流，即使他的肉體不存在后，還可以問他問題，讓他講故事以及咨詢他一生經(jīng)驗的寶貴建議。可知卡普蘭成為“數(shù)字人”后，他的后代仍能得到他一生經(jīng)驗的寶貴建議。故選C。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“If technology succeeds in creating emotionally intelligent digital humans, experts say, it may forever change the way living people cooperate with puters and experience