【正文】 be a very good sign, at least in terms of the possibility of your developing Alzheimer39。但現(xiàn)實(shí)是，有這樣的時(shí)候，健忘不再有趣，而且看起來(lái)有點(diǎn)可怕，可推知選A。 ”在二十多歲的時(shí)候，當(dāng)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(shí)，我們覺(jué)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(rèn)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。5．犇犇閱讀理解 第二段中的“Now, researchers have said actors show different patterns of brain activity depending on whether they are in character or not.”現(xiàn)在，研究人員表示，演員的大腦活動(dòng)模式不同，取決于他們是否扮演角色，是全文的主題句，結(jié)合全文內(nèi)容，可知這篇文章主要介紹了一項(xiàng)對(duì)于演員大腦活動(dòng)的研究，故選C。由此推斷出Philip Davis對(duì)這項(xiàng)研究持懷疑態(tài)度，故選B。 to be someone — it involves embodying (體現(xiàn)) the text and language.”然而，利物浦大學(xué)教授Philip Davis對(duì)這項(xiàng)研究并不以為然。 （3）考查推理判斷。研究小組發(fā)現(xiàn)，當(dāng)演員在扮演角色時(shí)，他們會(huì)使用一些第三人稱知識(shí)或?qū)巧耐茢唷?（2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 （1）考查推理判斷。A report of the cooperation of scientists and actors.【答案】 （1）A（2）B（3）B（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，介紹了一項(xiàng)對(duì)于演員大腦活動(dòng)的研究。A play written by Shakespeare.C.He advocated it.（4）What is the text mainly about? A.He explained it.He doubted it.He supported it.Actors39。 brain activity differs when they are acting.C.Acting is not as mysterious as people think.B.By consulting some experienced researchers.（2）What is the finding of Dr Brown39。By doing a survey with some theatre goers.C.s team conduct their research? A. The team said they also found additional reduction in activity in two regions of the prefrontal cortex (前額皮質(zhì)) linked to the sense of self, pared with when the actors were responding as themselves. Each actor was asked to respond to different questions, based on two different premises (前提). In one, they were asked for their own perspective, while in the other, they were asked to respond as though they were either Romeo or Juliet. Brown and colleagues report how 15 actors, mainly theatre students, were trained to take on a Shakespeare role — either Romeo or Juliet — in a theatre workshop. They were then invited into the laboratory, where their brains were scanned in a series of experiments. Dr Steven Brown, from McMaster University in Canada, said, It looks like when you are acting, you are suppressing (壓制) yourself。s head has always been something of a puzzle.4．犇犇閱讀理解 分析選項(xiàng)可知C項(xiàng)符合題意，故選C。本文主要對(duì)座頭鯨外形特點(diǎn)、體重、顏色，以及其如何繁殖喂養(yǎng)等生活習(xí)性等作了介紹，并呼吁大家保護(hù)意識(shí)。可知座頭鯨需要在暖和的地方繁殖，故選A?？芍?，座頭鯨在熱帶地區(qū)繁殖。 （2）考查推理判斷。 such patterns enable individual recognition可知，座頭鯨體色由深棕色至黑色，腳蹼、身體底部和尾鰭上通常是大面積的白色；這樣的圖案使單個(gè)的座頭鯨很容易被識(shí)別。根據(jù)第四個(gè)小點(diǎn)后的一段Body color is dark brown to black。help distinguish humpbacks from other similar species【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，介紹了座頭鯨外形特點(diǎn)、體重、顏色，以及其如何繁殖、喂養(yǎng)等生活習(xí)性等，并呼吁大家保護(hù)它。introduce how humpbacks migrate through some dangerous watersC. . A.They find plentiful food in tropical waters.D.They can39。 migration? A.Their bumpy tubercles and blowholes are on both sides of head.（2）Which of the following can be inferred from this article39。They are large and likely to grow longer than 15 metres.C. Protection status: Recovering well from past whaling and now numerous in some former migration and aggregation areas, rarely seen in others.（1）Which of the following is TRUE about humpback whales? A.hump39。 some nonbreeding females probably remain in the southern waters during winter. Young humpback whales return to their area of birth but in later life some wander between breeding areas. Humpbacks eat small shrimps and other schooling prey, such as fish, forming small, cooperative groups of two to three individuals to feed. Humpback whales belong to the rorqual (groovethroated) family, which includes fin, sei, Bryde39。 Bushy blow, occasionally Vshaped often extensive white on flippers and underside of body and flukes。 Bumpy tubercles on top of head variable dorsal fin size and shape。 Stocky, slowmoving whale, rarely grows beyond 15 metres in length 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及詞義猜測(cè)和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科普類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的The real difficulty lies in the third the technology to match the pronunciations with facial movements so that Xin expressions vary according to the content of the news report. In fact, Xins expressions don39。 she reads it almost like a human being. The muscles on her face stretch and relaxand her reactions changeas she continues reading.可知，與以前的機(jī)器人主播不同的是，辛?xí)悦茸x起來(lái)不像一臺(tái)冷冰冰的機(jī)器，就像是一個(gè)活生生的人，她讀新聞的時(shí)候臉上的肌肉能夠伸展和放松，面部反應(yīng)也發(fā)生了變化，由此可知，以前的機(jī)器人主播讀新聞時(shí)面無(wú)表情，故選A。 （2）考查推理判斷。s first female artificial(人工的) intelligence news anchor at Xinhua News Agency on Sunday及第二段中的That39。 （1）考查詞義猜測(cè)。t replace human news anchors in the near futureD.Al anchors perform much better than human news anchors at presentC.This