【正文】 ter has other benefits. It is connected to better health. It is important to remember these are connections which are not proven causes. Scientists call this correlation. Just because something is connected to something else does not mean one of those things caused the other. And it39。s worth noting that what constitutes intelligence is subjective and can be difficult, if not impossible, to measure. Forget genes though. Plenty of proof shows wearing glasses makes people think you are more intelligent, even if you do not need glasses. A number of studies have found people who wear glasses are seen as smarter, hardworking and honest. Many lawyers use this idea to help win their cases. Lawyer Harvey Solves explained this. Glasses soften their appearance. He said sometimes there has been a huge amount of proof showing that people he was defending broke the law. He had them wear glasses and they weren39。t found guilty. Glasses are also used to show someone is intelligent in movies and on TV. Ideas about people who wear glasses have begun to shift. People who do not need glasses sometimes wear them for fashion only. They want to look worldly or cool. But not everyone is impressed by this idea, though. GQ magazine said people who wear glasses for fashion are trying too hard to look smart and hip (時(shí)髦的). However, that hasn39。t stopped many celebrities from happily wearing glasses even if they do not need them. Justin Bieber is just one highprofile fan of fashion glasses.（1）What does the new study show? A.People wearing glasses are smarter.B.People wearing glasses are healthier.C.Wearing glasses can make people cleverer.D.Wearing glasses is associated with higher IQ.（2）What does the underlined word in Paragraph 3 mean? A.Shift.B.Link.C.Proof.D.Consequence.（3）Why do some lawyers ask their clients to wear glasses in court? A.Because it can create a moral image.B.Because it can mislead the witnesses.C.Because it can highlight clients39。 qualities.D.Because it can prove the clients39。 innocence.（4）What is the general attitude to those who wear glasses for fashion? A.Positive.B.Negative.C.MixedD.Indifferent.【答案】 （1）D（2）B（3）A（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了研究發(fā)現(xiàn)戴眼鏡和高智商有關(guān)，文章還指出有些人只是為了追求時(shí)尚而戴眼鏡。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“The study showed intelligence can be connected to physical characteristics. One characteristic was eyesight. In out of 10 people who were more intelligent, there was a higher chance they needed glasses.”可知，研究表明，智力與身體特征有關(guān)，其中一個(gè)特征就是視力，在10個(gè)更聰明的人中，他們需要眼鏡的幾率更高，也就是說戴眼鏡與高智商有關(guān)，故選D。 （2）考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)第三段中的“Just because something is connected to something else does not mean one of those things caused the other.”可知，僅僅因?yàn)槟澄锱c其他事物相聯(lián)系并不意味著其中一個(gè)事物導(dǎo)致了另一個(gè)事物，這是對(duì)畫線詞的解釋說明，因此此處是說重要的是要記住這些都是沒有被證實(shí)的原因的聯(lián)系，科學(xué)家稱之為相關(guān)性，由此可知畫線詞詞義為“相關(guān)聯(lián)、聯(lián)系”，故選B。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的“A number of studies have found people who wear glasses are seen as smarter, hardworking and honest. Many lawyers use this idea to help win their cases. Lawyer Harvey Solves explained this. Glasses soften their appearance.”可知，許多研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，戴眼鏡的人被視為更聰明、更勤奮、更誠(chéng)實(shí)，眼鏡使他們看起來更溫和，許多律師利用這個(gè)想法來幫助他們贏得官司，可知，一些律師讓他們的當(dāng)事人在法庭上戴眼鏡是因?yàn)榇魃涎坨R有助于塑造一個(gè)道德的形象，故選A。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“People who do not need glasses sometimes wear them for fashion only. They want to look worldly or cool. But not everyone is impressed by this idea, though.”可知，不需要眼鏡的人有時(shí)戴眼鏡只是為了時(shí)尚，他們想顯得酷一些，但并不是每個(gè)人都對(duì)這個(gè)想法印象深刻，可知，對(duì)于那些追求時(shí)尚而戴眼鏡的人來說，人們的態(tài)度是既有人支持也有人反對(duì)，故選C。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)和推理判斷三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科研類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，同時(shí)根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。8．閱讀理解 If American waterways had ever been voted on the yearbook, the Buffalo River could easily have been named Ugliest. It could be hard to find hope there. It took decades for public perception of the river to shift. But activist citizens, who collaborated with industry, government, and environment groups never gave up on their polluted river—the Buffalo River gradually went from being considered a lost cause to a place worth fighting for. And by now the cleaned—up water is one of Buffalo39。S biggest attractions. By the 1960s, the river was seen as one of the worst sources of pollution pouring into the Great Lakes. The Buffalo River had caught fire many times. The surface had an oily layer, and any fish caught there were not eatable. The waterway39。s fate started shifting in the mid1960s. Stanley Spisiak was a local Polish—American jeweler by day, but by evening he was the kind of guy who39。d chase down dumpers(垃圾車)he spotted on the Buffalo River. By 1966 he found himself winning the National Wildlife Federation39。s Water Conservationist of the Year award. And before long he got a nickname: Mr. Buffalo River. But there was only so much he could do—the river was still declared biologically dead in 1969. Jill Spisiak Jedlicka is his greatgrandniece. She picks up where he left off by directing the river39。s protector organization, Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper. Professor Schneekloth and seven friends founded the organization as an allvolunteer nonprofit in 1989, after organizing the first river cleanup that year. Today the group employs 27 fulltime workers and has helped oversee the Buffalo River39。s $100 million restoration. So far, the Buffalo River39。s water quality has restored, but it is still an ongoing issue, as sewage(污水)can overflow into the river after storms. Habitat restoration continues as well。 fish and plantings are still being sampled to measure how well it39。s gone. （1）What did the Buffalo River use to be?