【正文】 (1)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。其原因可能是由于肉類加工排放的熱量大過世界上所有的汽車，火車和飛機的總和，他們認(rèn)為殺死動物用作食物是不對，年輕人想要保護環(huán)境。Veganism and the Environment【答案】（1）D（2）B（3）C（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，研究表明，過去的十年里素食主義在英國增長迅猛。Veganism Comes FirstC.impressive（4）Which of the following will serve as the best title of the passage? A.lastingspecialimportantSocial media allow the vegan message to spread quickly around.（3）The underlined word “sticking” in the Iasi paragraph is equal to s greenhouse gas.Young people want to bee ethical celebrities.C.Young people prefer an environmentfriendly life.It has grown steeply in the past 10 years.（2）The following may account for the increase in veganism EXCEPT It has led to further market research.B.t seem to be fading. “It feels more like this is something that is sticking.” said an expert of the Vegan Society, a UK charity that promotes veganism.（1）What can we learn about veganism, “the fastestgrowing lifestyle movement” in UK? A.s health. “A strict vegan diet makes it difficult to get some minerals and vitamins that your body needs,” Wyness told BBC news. Social media is also believed to have given rise to the increase in veganism. Platforms such as Facebook allow young vegans to connect with each other much easier, while others such as Instagram have led to the creation of “vegan celebrities (名人)”, who share lips on vegan lifestyles.s wrong to kill animals to be used as food.s cars, trains and planes bined. Another reason is that many of today39。 One reason could be that many young people want to protect the environment, as less meat consumption is known to be beneficial to the environment. Global meat manufacturing is believed to cause 18% of the world39。 A study by a UK market research organization, suggests that over 542,000 Brits went vegan during the previous decade, an increase of 360%. And the main force behind this increase was those aged 1534 years old — 42% of recent vegans fall under that age range.5．閱讀理解故選C。該研究是一個由中國北京大學(xué)和美國耶魯大學(xué)的研究人員參與的項目。 （4）考查推理判斷。因此在最后一段中研究人員強調(diào)了全世界應(yīng)該注意空氣污染。根據(jù)最后一段“The researchers noted that the effect of air pollution on verbal ability is even more serious as people age, especially among men and the less educated. The researchers also stressed that every country, whether developed, developing or poor, should focus on air pollution or humans will face a bad situation.”可知，研究人員指出，隨著人們年齡的增長，空氣污染對言語能力的影響更加嚴(yán)重，尤其是在男性和文化程度較低的人群中?！惫蔬xD。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“In his words, the data and facts are convincing and this range of ages and locations across the country provided a real, objective and representative sample.”可知，用Xi Chen的話說，調(diào)查得到的數(shù)據(jù)和事實令人信服，全國各地的不同年齡和不同地方的人提供了真實，客觀和有代表性的研究樣本。故選A。s mental abilities in two areas: Language and math.”可知，研究人員報告說，長期暴露在空氣污染中會在兩個方面影響一個人的智力：語言和數(shù)學(xué)。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。s intelligence. are more affected by air pollution than males. are more affected by air pollution than Chinese. working indoors are actually not affected by air pollution.（2）What did Chen say about the study? is doubtful. is extremely unfair. is mon and not representative. is relatively objective and persuasive.（3）What did the researchers emphasize in the last paragraph? data from the 33 provinces is convincing. whole world should pay attention to air pollution. less educated take more responsibility for air pollution. pollution39。 s 33 provinces. In his words, the data and facts are convincing and this range of ages and locations across the country provided a real, objective and representative sample. “The older persons—they are more affected. And we find, quite amazingly, males are more affected than females. And people working outdoors are more affected than people working indoors. Chen said that the effect generally is worse for those over 64 years of age, for men and for those with little or no education.Xi Chen of the Yale School of Public Health led the study. He and his team found that breathing polluted air can reduce a person39。 s mental abilities in two areas: Language and math. A new study shows that air pollution can cause a huge reduction in our intelligence. The study was a project involving researchers at Peking University in China and Yale University in the United States. 【點評】本題考點涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇科技類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進行邏輯推理，概括歸納，從而選出正確答案。s new camera, called Clips, is a small, smart device.”可知，本文主要講述了谷歌開發(fā)的一款新的照相機，并對照相機的各種功能和使用進行了介紹。 （4）考查主旨大意。re likely to get more assistance from the artificial intelligence packed into our apps and gadgets”可知，這款相機依靠先進的科技和人工智能等使得它成為了可能，成為了可以幫助人們記錄美好瞬間的工具。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。candid moments意為“短暫”的時刻。根據(jù)第二段中的“l(fā)ike when a child does something cute that may happen too quickly for you to pull out your smartphone.”比如孩子做了一些可愛的事情，你可能來不及拿出智能手機。故選D。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。This product is only possible because of the way that silicon(硅) has advanced, Payne said that now they could squeeze the technology down into a device this size. Going forward, we39。 The only way to see the images is by connecting the camera with your phone, as it has no screen for viewing or editing.s product manager. And they also want it to recognize facial expressions, which involved training it to know what happiness looks like. The Google team also trained it to recognize what not to shoot—like when a child39。s a face you see frequently, it39。 What sets this roughly 2inch by 2inch camera, with a threehour battery life and Gorilla Glass for toughness apart is that it is specially intended for candid moments, like when a child does something cute that may happen too quickly for you to pull out your smartphone.s new camera, called Clips, is a smart device. It es with a case that has a clip (夾子), but it39。 3．閱讀理解 故選C。妹妹精心種西紅柿，但別人的西紅柿成