【正文】 It is an idea that has appealed to Jeanne Elliott. Her 93yearold mother Mary Derr lives with her in South Kingstown. Derr has dementia (癡呆). The Joy for All cat that Elliott bought this year has bee a true panion for Derr. The cat stays with Derr and keeps her calm while Elliott is at work. Elliott said a robotic cat that helps her mother to remember to take her medicine and be careful when she walks would be greater. The cat has already been for sale for two years. Though priced over 1000 dollars, it sold quite well. It was meant to act as a “panion” for older people. Now the project is aimed at developing additional abilities for the cat. Researchers at Brown39。 Imagine a cat that does not need someone to clean up after it keeps an older person pany and helps them remember to take their medicine. That is the shared dream of the toy maker Hasbro and scientists at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. The researchers received a $ 3milliondollar award from the National Science Foundation for a special project. They want to find ways to add artificial intelligence, or ., to Hasbro39?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解題型的考查，是一篇介紹類閱讀，要求考生準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，結(jié)合題目要求，選出正確答案。根據(jù)“Figure 2：The climber takes the one to the right this time. using a foothold and placing her right hand in a crimp, she is able to life herself up and locate other handholds. After only a few moves, she is able to throw her leg over the top of the boulder and pull herself up.”可知，根據(jù)這個(gè)例子，右邊的路線是艱難的，但能達(dá)到頂峰。故選C。(2)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)What is bouldering?部分中的“Participants employ no safety ropes.”可知，bouldering沒有安全感。它更容易接近，也更適合環(huán)境。登山者的流行形象是用一根安全繩，一個(gè)人小心翼翼地爬上陡峭的懸崖，但這并不是唯一的一種。D.tough but to the topB.a shortcutD.it builds minds and bodiesB.is a steep cliff climbing（2）Bouldering bees popular because ________. A.has no safety protectionC.is an indoor sport Figure 1: The climber has two routes she could take, one to the left and one to the right. The left one appears easier because it has a jug within easy reach, but look what happens if she chooses that direction. She gets stuck on the rock and has to go back down. Sometimes that is even difficult than going up.s more accessible and better for the environment.What is bouldering?Bouldering is a sport that involves climbing on, over, and around boulders up to approximately twenty feet above the ground. Participants employ no safety ropes.Why boulder??improve your climbing skills by focusing on basics?places to climb, such as climbing walls at gyms and parks, easy to find?less time mitment to bouldering than to mountain climbing?intellectual and physical enjoyment as one solves problemsBouldering Termscrimp: a very small handholdfoothold: a place where one may place a foot to aid in climbing boulderjug: a very large handhold that is easy to useproblem: The path up a boulder is referred to as the “problem” that one must solve. The “solution” is the sequence of moves one makes up and over a boulder.7．閱讀理解Climbing Without Ropes故選B。根據(jù)最后一段中的“But next time you39。故選C。(3)考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第四段中的“While some people believe that men inherently make better leaders — probably because they picture a leader with a manding voice, which is more typical of men than women”可知人們認(rèn)為男性自然能成為更好的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者，劃線詞是自然地。故選D。(1)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。D.Employees.B.Job hunters.D.Why Women Make The Best Bosses.B.normally（3）Which of the following may be the best title of this text? A.C.potentiallyinherently” in paragraph 4? A.Women might behave better in every field.（2）Which of the following can best replace the underlined word 39。Men take almost all high positions.C.re hiring for a management position, you just might want to give the resumes(簡歷) from female candidates a harder look.（1）What makes us shocked much at leadership positions? A. Obviously，it39。 While some people believe that men inherently make better leaders — probably because they picture a leader with a manding voice, which is more typical of men than women — this piece of research suggests that women are better at methodical management and goalsetting, openness, sociability and supportiveness, as well as ability to municate clearly.s not a huge shock that women are somewhat underrepresented in leadership positions, what is surprising though, is the fact that females may actually be better suited to lead in almost every area, at least according to new findings from the BI Norwegian Business School.P 500 panies, according to Catalyst.d like to believe gender(性別) equality in the workplace has e, there39。6．閱讀理解故選D。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“The researchers think the Parramatta red gums were able to effectively sweat — even without photosynthesis — because they are particularly good at tapping into water deep in the soil. But if a heat wave and a severe drought （干旱）were to hit at the same time and the groundwater was exhausted, the trees may not be so lucky, Drake says.”可知，這些樹擅長吸取地下水，如果熱浪干旱同時(shí)發(fā)生，地下水枯竭的話，那么這些樹生存的可能性就比較小了。劃線部分意思應(yīng)當(dāng)接近于“大大減少，降低”這一類的意思cease意為“停止”，故選D。由第四段后面的內(nèi)容可知，令研究者們驚訝的是，面對(duì)著人工制造出來的熱浪，這些樹繼續(xù)以接近正常的水平蒸發(fā)，有效地使自己和周圍的環(huán)境涼爽下來。(3)考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)第三段中的“Ecologist John Drake… and his colleagues grew a dozen Parramatta red gum … trees in large, climatecontrolled plastic pods that separated the trees from the surrounding forest for a year in Richmond, Australia.”可知，研究者們將12棵紅桉樹種植在巨大的，氣候受控制的塑料艙里，這種塑料倉將這些樹和周圍的森林分離開來。sweat’”可知，桉樹通過“流汗”，即釋放水分來抵抗極度的熱，故選A。(1)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。D.No further experiments will be done other species.C.Photosynthesis is necessary for the trees to sweat.D.C.B. conditions in their natural environment.（3）The underlined phrase “ground to a near halt” in Paragraph 4 means “________”. A.D.They induced a heat wave in a dozen pods of trees.C.They grew all the trees in artificial temperatures.D.By blocking sunlight.C.By r