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根據(jù)第七段“This love for CO2 can also put pregnant women at increased risk for mosquito bites, as they tend to exhale 21 percent more CO2 than people of the same age and size who aren39。故選C。根據(jù)第四段中的“While flying along, they use their sense of smell to find possible targets. They find victims by smelling the carbon dioxide (CO2) breathed out by humans and animals. ”飛的時(shí)候,它們用嗅覺發(fā)現(xiàn)目標(biāo)。s the article mainly about? new finding about mosquitoes. people can avoid mosquito bites. popular myth about mosquitoes. some people are more attractive to mosquitoes than others.【答案】 (1)C(2)B(3)B(4)D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文,介紹了為什么有些人可以整個(gè)夏天坐在戶外乘涼卻不被蚊子叮咬,而有些人一出門就好像要被蚊子吃掉一樣。Being bitten by mosquitoes is annoying, but don39。 In addition to carbon dioxide, the color of the clothes you wear also plays a role in attracting mosquitoes.This love for CO2 can also put pregnant women at increased risk for mosquito bites, as they tend to exhale 21 percent more CO2 than people of the same age and size who aren39。As a result, people who simply exhale (呼出) more of the gas over time – generally, larger people – have been shown to attract more mosquitoes than others. This is why kids don39。 s why you monly find them in crowded streets and parks. s not plicated. The two most important reasons a mosquito is attracted to you have to do with sight and smell.A popular myth claims that mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, but the fact is that they simply can39。re not alone. According to Smithsonian Magazine, around 20 percent of people in the world are especially tasty to mosquitoes. What about these people makes mosquitoes39。 re being eaten alive within minutes of stepping outdoors. 7.閱讀理解 故選D。最重要的是學(xué)習(xí)人性,了解真實(shí)的人是如何行為和反應(yīng)的,以及人們希望他們?nèi)绾涡袨楹头磻?yīng)的。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Leaning to be wise is basically learning what is not possible;and what is possible but so difficult that it is not worth all the trouble one has to go through to get there. Mostly, it is learning about human nature;how real people behave and react, as against how one would like them to behave and react. One can read and hear lot of idealistic stuff about how to make the world a better place, which would be found if it was based on an accurate observation of human nature,”成為智者,要大體上知道什么是不可能的。故選D。最重要的是了解人性,了解真實(shí)的人是如何行為和反應(yīng)的,以及人們希望他們?nèi)绾涡袨楹头磻?yīng)的。根據(jù)第三段中的“Besides sharpness of brain and experience, here is another thing that is very important, and that is wisdom.... Leaning to be wise is basically learning what is not possible; and what is possible but so difficult that it is not worth all the trouble one has to go through to get there. Mostly, it is learning about human nature;how real people behave and react, as against how one would like them to behave and react.”除了敏銳的頭腦和豐富的經(jīng)驗(yàn)外,還有一件事是非常重要的,那就是智慧。故選A。根據(jù)第二段“But in certain other types of activity (of which being an author is perhaps one), experience is more important than sharpness of brain, and there one usually finds that a person reaches his or her peak much later in life.”但在某些其他類型的活動(dòng)中(作家可能是其中一種),經(jīng)驗(yàn)比頭腦的敏捷更重要,人們通常會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)一個(gè)人在他一生的晚期才達(dá)到頂峰。根據(jù)對(duì)愛因斯坦所的發(fā)現(xiàn)可知,他的偉大的發(fā)現(xiàn)是在2025歲之間,更是印證了人類大腦在20年代初達(dá)到了巔峰,可推斷出,本段主要研究人類大腦巔峰期,故選B。愛因斯坦在20到25歲之間做出了所有震驚世界的發(fā)現(xiàn)。根據(jù)第一段“It has been discovered that after the age of sixteen, the number of our brain cells begins to decrease at a speed of several million a year. They simply die off. In certain types of activity, the human brain is at its highest point in the early twenties, ... and we know that Albert Einstein made all his worldshaking discoveries between the age of about 20 and 25, and spent the rest of his life tidying them up and arranging them.” 人們發(fā)現(xiàn),16歲以后,我們的腦細(xì)胞數(shù)量開始以每年幾百萬的速度減少。人們要用智慧來決定做什么才是最好的。. is always a waste of time to make plans about the future is human nature to make attempts on what looks impossible should always challenge the impossible to push the society forward has to use wisdom in deciding what is the best thing to do【答案】 (1)B(2)A(3)D(4)D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文,介紹了人類的大腦在20歲左右于巔峰,在以后的成就多數(shù)是因?yàn)樾枰S富的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。 . helps to avoid various mistakes contributes to one39。 and what is possible but so difficult that it is not worth all the trouble one has to go through to get there. Mostly, it is learning about human nature。 But in certain other types of activity (of which being an author is perhaps one), experience is more important than sharpness of brain, and there one usually finds that a person reaches his or her peak much later in life. 6.閱讀理解 故選B。本文敘述了隨著城市的發(fā)展和越來越多的人口流動(dòng),城市規(guī)模的擴(kuò)大,印度的新德里成為世界上污染最嚴(yán)重的城市。故選A。根據(jù)常識(shí)可知,汽車和用煤發(fā)電的發(fā)電廠會(huì)“排放或釋放”污染物的。根據(jù)第五段中的“New Delhi, is engulfed each year as the weather cools and a thick haze builds up from the pollutants emitted from cars and coalbased power plants, swirling dust from construction sites and roads and smoke from crop stubble burning in neighboring states.”本句是說新德里每年都籠罩在污染中。所以生產(chǎn)防污染口罩的廠家要加大生產(chǎn) ,是不會(huì)抱怨的,故選C。學(xué)校、大學(xué)、醫(yī)院和市場(chǎng)分發(fā)了數(shù)百萬個(gè)防污染口罩。 (2)考查推理判斷。由此可判斷出政府幾乎沒有保護(hù)其公民免受嚴(yán)重污染。慶祝印度排燈節(jié)的煙花爆竹隨后到達(dá),使德里現(xiàn)在成為世界上污染最嚴(yán)重的城市;以及第四段中的“Millions of antipollution masks were distributed at schools, colleges, hospitals and markets.” 在學(xué)校、學(xué)院、醫(yī)院和市場(chǎng)上分發(fā)了數(shù)以百萬計(jì)的防污口罩。根據(jù)第三段“Air pollution in Indians capital surged to its worst levels in years, covering the city in a thick smog that has bee an annual publichealth emergency despite government vows to solve the problem.”印度首都的空氣污染飆升至多年來最嚴(yán)重的水平,籠罩著這座城市的濃霧已成為年度公共衛(wèi)生緊急事件,盡管政府誓言要解決這個(gè)問題;第五段“New Delhi, is engulfed each year as the weather cools and a thick haze builds up from the pollutants emitted from cars and coalbased power plants, swirling dust ..., leaving Delhi the world39。雖然政府發(fā)誓解決污染問題,但由于污染嚴(yán)重,整個(gè)新德里處于危險(xiǎn)的污染中,人們必須戴防污口罩,冬天天氣寒冷污染物成霧霾,成為世界是污染最嚴(yán)重的城市。 The city39。New Delhi, is engulfed each year as the weather cools and a thick haze builds up from the pollutants emitted from cars and coalbased power plants, swirling dust from construction sites and roads and smoke from crop stubble burning in