【正文】 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. 8．閱讀理解 故選A。 （4）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)最后一段“Loop is set to launch later this year in three eastern . states, and also in Paris, France and some of the surrounding area. Then Loop plans to expand to the . West Coast, Toronto, Canada and Britain by the end of this year or 2020.”可知，Loop計劃在2020年前將業(yè)務擴大到加拿大和法國。故選C。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。s cities produce 2 billion tons of trash every year. By the year 2050 that number is expected to rise to 3 billion tons. The World Bank estimates that the largest amount of trash today, about 44 percent, is plastic. But we often have to buy packaged goods. And often that packaging is made of plastic.”可知，世界上的城市每年產(chǎn)生大量的垃圾，并且其中最大的垃圾量是塑料，結(jié)合下文可知，作者寫本段目的是為下文提出新的購物模式提供背景信息。 （1）考查推理判斷。D.s environmental issue.The development of future city.C.France and Canada.（4）What is the text mainly about? A.Canada and Britain.B.United States and Switzerland.D.Demand of some panies.C.The World Economic Forum.D.Explain the reason for trash.B.Provide background information. Jennifer Morgan from the environmental nonprofit organization Greenpeace also joined in the discussion about Loop at Davos. She said that Greenpeace weles the aim of the Loop Alliance to move away from throwaway culture and disposability. But Morgan questioned whether panies worldwide are ready to change their business models. Loop is the idea of Terra Cycle, an Americanbased recycling pany. Its chief, Tom Szaky told the Associated Press (AP) that removing plastics from the ocean is not enough. He said the point is to get away from singleuse packages. Szaky said that Loop is the future of shopping. But it es from an idea of the past.s cities produce 2 billion tons of trash every year. By the year 2050 that number is expected to rise to 3 billion tons. The World Bank estimates that the largest amount of trash today, about 44 percent, is plastic. But we often have to buy packaged goods. And often that packaging is made of plastic. Environmental experts warn that our planet is drowning in plastic. 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇科研類閱讀，考生需要準確掌握細節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案?？v觀全文可知，是一項科學研究，介紹了如何預測你的記憶喪失是否是老年癡呆癥,正如所料，老年癡呆癥患者的葡萄糖吸收降低，故選B。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“ The fact that you recognize your own forgetfulness may be a very good sign, at least in terms of the possibility of your developing Alzheimer39。但現(xiàn)實是，有這樣的時候，健忘不再有趣，而且看起來有點可怕，可推知選A。 ”在二十多歲的時候，當我們記不起鄰居的貓的名字或是主演一部著名電影的英俊演員時，我們覺得很有趣。s cat39。In our twenties, we find it funny when we can39。 （1）考查推理判斷。D.C.B.Expected increase in brain function.（4）From which is the text probably taken? A.Reduced uptake of glucose.C. forgetfulness.s disease? A.Realizing forgetfulness must be a sign of developing Alzheimer39。t mean developing Alzheimer39。s disease.C.Being aware all the time is a fearful thing.B.It39。Old people are most afraid of getting Alzheimer39。People can be forgetful at different ages.B.s disease is a damaged awareness of illness. And they wanted to prove their theory that the lack of awareness can be used to predict whether someone with mild cognitive（認知的）damage will progress to fullon AD. For the study, mild cognitive damage was defined as someone whose mental state was considered healthy but who had either plained of memory loss or had suffered objective memory loss.re forgetful that we should fear.s disease（AD）. The researchers in a new study show that it39。 Well, don39。s name or a handsome actor who starred in a famous movie. In our thirties, we jokingly call it brain freeze. In our forties, we laugh it off as a senior moment and follow up with one of these old age jokes. But the reality is that there es a point when being forgetful stops being funny and starts to seem a bit dreadful. You think, Am I losing it？Or worse, Is this a sign of Alzheimer39。t remember our neighbor39。6．犇犇閱讀理解 可知選C。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。 出于好奇心，他們做了一系列實驗。 needs and drive cooperative behavior as a result. Curious to find out, they did a series of experiments.” （2）考查細節(jié)理解。然而，他們還推斷，這種方式可能會導致人們更加了解他人的需求，從而推動合作性的行為。根據(jù)第二段中的“They theorized that, on the one hand, sharing food with other people might indicate food scarcity（短缺）and increase a feeling of petition. However, they also reasoned that it could instead lead people to bee more aware of others39。研究表明，從中間菜采取的“家庭式”餐，可以大大改善后續(xù)談判的結(jié)果。D.To reward them for their participation.C.To add to their energy.To confirm sharing food can promote cooperation.D.To show the way food is served.B.D.A meal shared with others.C.s route prices. The results were much the same, with the foodsharers negotiating successfully 63. 3%of the time and those who did not share doing so 42. 9%of the time. （1）What does the familystyle meal in the report refer to？ A. The game asked the participants to negotiate an hourly wage rate during a fictional strike. Each person was randomly assigned to represent the union or management and follow a set of rules. needs and drive cooperative behavior as a result. Curious to find out, they did a series of experiments. Kaitlin Woolley and Ayelet Fishbach report in Psychological Science that a meal taken familystyle from a central plate can greatly improve the oute of later negotiations. 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解和主旨大意兩個題型的考查，是一篇科研類閱讀，考生需要準確掌握細節(jié)信息，同時根據(jù)上下文進行推理，歸納，從而選出正確答案。d rather think of language as product of our thought, rather than of the arrangement of our teeth. In reality, though, any given language must be both.”可知任何一種語言的誕生都必須同時具備思想和飲食這兩種因素的影響。 （4）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第三段中的“The argument goes that famers eat more cooked food and more dairy than hunter gatherers.”可知農(nóng)民比狩獵采集者吃更多的熟食和奶制品，即農(nóng)民們發(fā)f和v音的原因