【正文】 t yet quantify. 45 percent of the species studied now reach smaller adult sizes than they did in the past. The researchers pointed out that warmer temperatures and changing habitats, caused by climate change, are possible reasons for shrinking creatures.8．閱讀理解故選C。(4)考查主旨大意。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“WATG was awarded the first prize in the Freeform Home Design Challenge in 2016 and given prize money of $ 8,000 to make its plans a reality. The petition was aimed at architects, designers, engineers and artists.”可知，the Freeform Home Design Challenge有助于把創(chuàng)造性的想法付諸實(shí)踐。故選B。(2)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“Experts will build a house called Curve Appeal, which will be 3Dprinted offsite before being put together onsite to create two outside walls, a roof and an inside part. These four main sections will then be joined together.”可知，Curve Apple不同于一般的房子。The development of 3D in architecture.【答案】（1）A（2）B（3）D（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，介紹了世界上第一個(gè)免費(fèi)的3D打印房子。s first freeform 3Dprinted house.The Freeform Home Design Challenge.C.What our homes will look like in the future.It helps put creative ideas into practice.（4）What39。It sponsors petitors when necessary.B.Next to some modem architectures.（3）What does the Freeform Home Design Challenge do? A.Between the Tennessee River and the woods.B.was ever built in the world（2）Where is the architect located according to Paragraph 4? A.has apparent walls and a roofB.. A.s Chicago office has been developing their design with Branch Technology. This project is currently underway, working towards breaking ground later this year. Once pleted, the Curve Appeal home will have open and lightfilled inside living spaces.（1）From the passage we can know that Curve Apple WATG was awarded the first prize in the Freeform Home Design Challenge in 2016 and given prize money of $ 8,000 to make its plans a reality. The petition was aimed at architects, designers, engineers and artists. Participants were challenged to design a 600 to 800sq ft singlefamily home that rethinks traditional aesthetics (美學(xué)), ergonomics, construction, building systems and structure. The architects leading the program were famed for constantly pushing the limits in terms of minimalist (極簡(jiǎn)主義) materials, and trying to create openplan spaces that focused on enhancing (增強(qiáng)) natural light. In a written statement, a spokesman for WATG said, “Employing many of the same modem design principles, Curve Appeal is the next evolutionary step. It39。 Experts will build a house called Curve Appeal, which will be 3Dprinted offsite before being put together onsite to create two outside walls, a roof and an inside part. These four main sections will then be joined together. Amazing concept images have shown what homes of the future could look like, as preparations are made for the world39。【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科技類(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。針對(duì)此許多科學(xué)家進(jìn)行的實(shí)驗(yàn)提供了許多新的證據(jù)來(lái)證實(shí)它。其中的一個(gè)猜測(cè)就是為什么在4億年前，海洋中的動(dòng)物有了四肢，從而讓他們遷徙到陸地上生活?？v觀全文可知，英國(guó)生物學(xué)家達(dá)爾文的《物種起源》極大地提高了科學(xué)家對(duì)自然的認(rèn)識(shí)。根據(jù)第四段中的“Sea animals would have been forced into these pools by strong tides. ”可知，Homer認(rèn)為海洋生物因?yàn)槌毕黄冗M(jìn)入水池；第八段中的“The creatures stranded in the pools would have been under the pressure of ‘’survival of the fittest, explained Mattias Green,“ 結(jié)合兩處可知，魚(yú)兒是被迫進(jìn)入池中，故選D?？芍?，選B。根據(jù)第七段中的“…tides were stronger than they are today. This is because the planet was 10 percent closer to the moon than it is now.”過(guò)去的潮汐比現(xiàn)在強(qiáng)。故選A。(1)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。D.The proposal of a new scientific theory.C.The arguments over a scientific theory.D.abandonedB.foundD.Earth was closer to the moon.C.There were larger oceans.D.C.B.s only one of many ideas for the origin of landbased tetrapods, any or all of which may have been a part of the answer,” she said.（1）Who first proposed the theory that fish might have gained limbs because of tidal pools? A. As is often the case, however, there are others who find the theory less convincing. Cambridge University39。 The creatures stranded in the pools would have been under the pressure of “survival of the fittest”, explained Mattias Green, an ocean scientist at the UK39。s theory to places where fossil deposits (沉積物) of the earliest tetrapods were found. Romer called these earliest fourfooted animals “tetrapods”. Science has always thought that this was a credible theory, but only recently has there been strong enough evidence to support it. Recently, an idea that occurred to the US paleontologist (古生物學(xué)家) Alfred Romer a century ago became a hot topic once again. Since English biologist Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species in 1859, scientists have vastly improved their knowledge of natural history. However, a lot of information is still of the speculation, and scientists can still only make educated guesses at certain things.【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，是一篇生活類(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。 (4)考查主旨大意。(3)考查推理判斷。(2)考查推理判斷。sleeping sickness39。(1)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。D.A bite from this fly puts you into a deadly sleep.C.A mosquito that can carry deadly diseases.D.The parasite causing ＂sleeping sickness＂ is easy to detect now.C.＂Sleeping sickness＂ will be pletely eliminated by 2020.D.If left untreated, it can possibly be deadly.C.It is formally called＂human American trypanosomiasis＂.D.all species of tsetse fly can transmit diseasesC.it can put its thin mouthpart directly into your blood More problematically, a series of new studies have shown that the parasite is more plicated than previously believed. Since then, better screening programmes and earlier interventions have reduced the number of cases dramatically. In 2009 there were fewer than 10,000 cases for the first time since records began, and in 2015 this figure dropped to fewer than 3,000, accordin