【正文】 s pets, hoping that these reports can serve as a warning system that a natural disaster is about to happen. But Marina Haynes, an animal behavior scientist at the Philadelphia Zoo, says, It would be an unreliable way to predict disasters. It can be di。s socalled sixth sense es from some magical power to see into the future. Experts believe that animals may be more sensitive than humans to changes in temperature and other environmental conditions that take place before a natural disaster. The elephants in Sri Lanka, for example, may have picked up vibrations from within the Earth, a sign that earthquake was ing. Because vibrations in the ground travel much faster than an ocean wave, the elephants may have felt the earthquake that caused the tsunami well before the tsunami itself came to the coast. It39。 What the keepers did not know was that a 30foot wall of water was headed straight toward them. This tsunami(海嘯) had been caused by an earthquake more than 1, 000 miles away in the Indian Ocean. When the huge wave hit the coast, it caused severe damage. Many people died. The elephants, however, were not swept away by the water. They stood safely on the hill.s beaches. But at midmorning the park39。 On December 26, 2004, hundreds of tourists relaxed on Sri Lanka39。 【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，考生需要準確捕捉細節(jié)信息，同時根據(jù)上下文進行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。可推知人們有被蒙娜麗莎凝視的感覺可能是因為人們渴望被關注。根據(jù)最后一段中的“It39。故選A。圖像。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“To make sure it wasn39。故選B。s gaze is no more than about 5 degrees off to either side, the Mona Lisa effect occurs.”只要這個人的凝視角度不超過5度左右，就會出現(xiàn)蒙娜麗莎效應。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解?？芍藗兤毡檎J為，《蒙娜麗莎》中的女人無論站在哪里都會看著觀眾。達s mon knowledge that the woman in Leonardo da Vinci39。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。芬奇最著名的畫作中的女人，無論站在房間的哪個角落，似乎都會回頭看著觀察者，用她的眼睛跟隨他們。 judgement.【答案】 （1）D（2）B（3）A（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，眾所周知列奧納多Feeling being gazed at by Mona Lisa may be caused by the desire for attention.D.s cool to coin the term Mona Lisa effect.B.explain how the Mona Lisa effect can be applied（4）What can we learn from the passage? A.calculate the angle of Mona Lisa39。s beliefB.. A.（3）The experiment involving 24 people was conducted to D.seems mysterious because of her eyesC.. A.t sure. It39。s gaze as she looked at the viewer, they moved the ruler farther from or closer to the screen during the study. Consistently, the researchers found, participants judged that the woman in the Mona Lisa portrait was not looking straight at them, but slightly off to their right.t just him, the researchers asked 24 people to view images of the Mona Lisa on a puter screen. They set a ruler between the viewer and the screen and asked the participants to note which number on the ruler intersected Mona Lisa39。t looking at him.t looking at anyone in the room at all. Instead, you keep the gaze straight ahead.t cut the gaze of the character to that side173。s gaze is no more than about 5 degrees off to either side, the Mona Lisa effect occurs.s not looking at you. This is somewhat ironic, because the entire phenomenon of a person39。s right173。 A new study finds that the woman in the painting is actually looking out at an angle that39。s mon knowledge that the woman in Leonardo da Vinci39。6．閱讀理解 s rather lovely of them. In appreciation of their want to not kill off their more clumsy customers等作者的行文措辭可知，作者筆調(diào)輕松幽默，故選C。t flat. Nope, your hair and nails don39。 （4）考查推理判斷。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。 （2）考查詞義猜測。 （1）考查推理判斷。Serious.【答案】 （1）B（2）A（3）B（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，畢克筆的筆帽上有一個小孔是為了防止那些粗心的使用者不小心吞下而窒息死亡。Humorous.Acid.Critical.D.To prove some random facts.B.Narrow.（3）Why were the writing tests on pens carried out? A.Transform.Open.Block.D.To prove his point.C.To list the facts. d share a few more random facts about Bic that are probably going to e up in a pub quiz one day. Did you know, for example, that each Bic ballpoint pen can produce at least 2 kilometers ( miles) of ink before it begins to run out? In fact, in 2018, 7,250 kilometers (4,505 miles) of writing tests on such pens were carried out on ballpoint pens, gel pens(中性筆), and rollers to make sure they worked to the highest standard.That39。s website, under their FAQs (frequently asked questions), it quite clearly states: The reason that some BIC174。 s one of those things that e up from time to time, like what would happen if you attack Yellowstone with a nuclear weapon (not much, as it turns out).t choke to death. It39。t flat. Nope, your hair and nails don39。 5．閱讀理解 故選D。 mouths water?”根據(jù)Smithsonian雜志，世界上大約20%的人容易招蚊子咬。 （4）考查主旨大意?？芍恼陆ㄗh我們可以通過穿淺色衣服來避免蚊子叮咬。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。t pregnant.”對二氧化碳的喜歡使得孕婦很容易被蚊子咬，因為她們比正常相同年齡，相同體型的人呼出多余21%的二氧化碳，可知，孕婦呼出更多的二氧化碳，所以更招蚊子咬。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。它們通過聞人和動物呼出的二氧化碳來鎖定目標；以及第五段中的“Mosquitoes start orienting themselves to carbon dioxide and keep flying upwind as they sense higher concentrations”蚊子開始飛向有二氧化碳的地方，當它們感知到高濃度的二氧化碳時，就保持逆流飛行，可知，蚊子通過感知二氧化碳的增加來鎖定目標。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。t worry. Some simple tips can help ward them off. Scientists remend that we use insect repellent (驅(qū)蟲劑) and wear lightcolored clothing.（1）How do mosquitoes locate their targets, according to the article? seeking out bright clothes. identifying different blood types. sensing an increase of carbon dioxide. following bigger crowds.（2）Why are pregnant women more likely to be bitten by mosquitoes? larger size helps mosquitoes to see them. breathe out more CO2. are more likely to sweat. body temperatures are higher.（3）How does the article advise you to avoid mosquitoes? regularly. lightcolored clothing. your skin dry and clean. indoors in the evening.（4）What39。 According to Live Science, mosquitoes can lock onto targets from up to 50 meters away. At this distance, what we wear has a huge effect. Due to their vision (視覺), people wearing dark colors are more likely to bee