【正文】 y times heavier than they writer remembers owning an Uncle Milton Ant Farm when he was about five years old. He says he became very good at numbers by counting the ants. 【語篇解讀】 本文介紹了 Uncle Milton Ant Farm(螞蟻農(nóng)場玩具 )的發(fā)明者 Milton evine。s toys. One day, he saw ants parading around a swimming sight made remember how much he had liked watching and collecting ants as a boy on his uncle39。故選 A 項。 答案 B 47． Nowadays, the “i” term often reminds people of the products which are________. A． portable B． environmentally friendly C． advanced D． recyclable 解析 細節(jié)理解題。 答案 A 46． The underlined word “ambiguous” means________. A． popular B． uncertain C． definite D． unique 解析 詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第三段的內(nèi)容可判斷 Independent39。 答案 C 45． We can infer that the Independent39。根據(jù)第一段第三句 The BBC39。蘋果公司推出的帶有 i 前綴的產(chǎn)品銷售得異?；鸨? 你知道為什么嗎？本文就介紹了這方面的取名知識。s College. London, “i” works because its meaning has bee ambiguous. When Apple uses “i”， no one knows whether it means Inter, information, individual or interactive, Thorne told BBC Magazines.” Even when Apple created the iPod, it seems it didn39。s hard to see what39。s no surprise that they39。s Independent newspaper was launched last week under the name “i”． In general, single letter prefixes(前綴 ) have been popular since the 1990s, when terms such as e mail and e merce first came to use. Most “i” products are targeted at young people and considering the major readers of Independent39。s products sounds cool and has bee a fad(一時的風尚 ). Apple has cleverly taken advantage of the power of the letter “i” —and many other brands are following suit. The BBC39。根據(jù)本句前半句中的內(nèi)容可推測此處指代的是上 —段最后一句中提到的 full plane parachute(降落傘 )。第六段的第一句提到這款產(chǎn)品設計的起初飛行高度是一萬英尺以下，由此可知它不能和正常的飛機飛行同樣的高度。根據(jù)第三段可知它打開飛行用的機翼需要一分鐘的時間。第一段提到這家公司計劃在 2021 年的年底之前推出這款新產(chǎn)品，由此可推測 B 項正確。一種既能夠在陸地上行駛，又可以在空中飛 行的汽車式飛機即將誕生。s price tag: $194,000, But there may be additional charges for options like a radio, transponder or option is a full plane parachute. “ If you get into a very awful situation, it is the necessary safety option， ” Gersh said. So far， the pany has more than 70 orders with deposits.“ We39。re good to you land, you fold up the wings and hit the are no expensive parking fees because you don39。s the next‘ wow’vehicle， ” said Terrafugia vice president Richard Gersh.“Anybody can buy a Ferrari, but as we say, Ferraris don39。從最后一段的最后一句可知長時間使用手機的人易患 ”手機肘 ” 這種病。t be cured B． only white collar workers turn up with the painful elbow C． long time of using mobile phones possibly causes the painful elbow D． if your elbows are painful, or you can39。故選 A 項。health 解析 細節(jié)理解題。從第三段的第一句可知，白領們吃方便面是因 為工作忙，沒有時間。t afford a regular dinner C． don39。 答案 B 37． White collar workers have to eat instant noodles because they________. A． can39。從第二段的第三句中的 “but they feel like the boss doesn39。t even raise their hands. The doctor says the disease occurs when patients spend more than 4 hours on their mobiles. 【語篇解讀】 你想知道白領最痛恨的四個現(xiàn)代發(fā)明嗎？請看網(wǎng)上公布的結果。t even have time to wash his socks. He regularly eats fast food takeaways or instant noodles for dinner. Number three: Mattresses. Some elder employees tell newers that having a mattress at work is just like having a home at the pany. To encourage their employees to work overtime, a number of panies have issued their employees with mattresses so that they can take a rest under their desks at any time of a day. People have started refusing the mattress and taking better care of their health after the media reported on a number of people who died due to overwork last year. And last, but not least, the mobile phone. A surgeon from a Beijing hospital says more and more white collar workers are turning up with a strange disease which they call “mobile phone elbow”. The patients39。s four most hated modern inventions is gaining popularity. Read on to discover what modern professionals dislike. Number one: The punch(打卡 ) machine. 32 year old works for an IT pany. He lists the punch machine as his number one workday enemy after a number of unavoidable incidents made him late to punch in for work. Zhang says most of his colleagues are hard working people, but they feel like the boss doesn39。 答案 D 第二部分 閱讀理解 (共 20小題；每小題 2分，滿分 40分 ) 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項 (A、 B、 C 和 D)中，選出最佳選項。 答案 C 35． B． procession C． approach D． process 解析 從通篇文章所敘述的人的衰老的過程分析，我們應該在此處選填 process。 答案 A 34． B． strong C． workable D． old 解析 老年人的新細胞的工作能力和生長能力不如年輕人強。 attend to 專心于； add to 增加，把 ?? 添加到 ?? ； devote to 致力于，獻身于。 答案 A 32． B． contribute C． add D． devote 解析 有一些相關的原因可能促使人衰老。但 probable 和 possible 不能用于 possible/probable to do 。身體此時的免疫力下降，易于患??； energy精力，活力； vigor 力量，活力； power 權力，力氣。而其他三項所 指的都是身體的具體部位。 function功能，機能，作用； affect 影響，感動，是動詞； sign標記。 答案 B (B) Throughout history man has had to accept the fact that all living things must people now live longer than they used ， all living things still show the__28__of aging， which will eventually result in death. Aging is not a disease， but as a person passes maturity(成熟期 )， the cells of the body and the__29__they form do not function as well as they did in childhood and teenage body provides less__30__against diseases and is more__31__to have accidents. A number of related causes may__32__to cells of the body have a fairly long life， but they are not__33__when they a person ages， the number of brain cells and muscle cells body cells die and are replaced by new an aging person the new cells may not be as__34__or as capable of growth as th