【正文】 s took longerneither did I — but once she discovered that information, she was no longer discouraged and upset about the lack of tomatoes on her plants. Instead, she was encouraged and excited to see them a few weeks later.t realize that they are of the Big Boy variety so we are discouraged and worn out with the waiting process. Instead of waiting with excitement, we give up on our dreams and figure we must have done something wrong to stop them from ing to pass. Frustrated, we see other people39。t yet been achieved.（1）What is not mentioned in the passage when growing tomato plants? A.B.Watering them regularly.Controlling pests on them.（2）Why did Mertie39。Because they were destroyed by her neighbors.Because she grew the wrong kind of tomatoes.C.t manage the garden well.Because they required more time to produce.（3）What does the author pare tomatoes to in the text? A.Experiences.C.Imagination.（4）What does the text intend to show us? A.s better late than never.A bad beginning makes a bad ending.C.D.（1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 what kind of fertilizer to use。沒(méi)有提到澆水，故選C。根據(jù)第五段中的“Big Boy and Better Boy tomatoes have a 95day growing period whereas regular tomato plants produce fruit in as few as 70 days…you just have to wait a little longer for the Big Boys.”可知Mertie 種植的西紅柿品種Big Boy比一般西紅柿生長(zhǎng)需要的時(shí)間長(zhǎng)，所以還需要一段時(shí)間才能成熟。（3）考查推理判斷。s dreams ing true, ……”可知我們內(nèi)心有許多夢(mèng)想，但沒(méi)有意識(shí)到夢(mèng)想的變化，在等待過(guò)程中我們可能遇到挫折后放棄夢(mèng)想。（4）考查推理判斷。作者通過(guò)這件事告訴我們要實(shí)現(xiàn)夢(mèng)想，有時(shí)需要耐心等待?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，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。Google39。s not designed to be worn on your clothing. Most interestingly, it uses artificial intelligence to take photography out of your hands and captures moments entirely on its own! The Clips device, it uses machine learning algorithms (計(jì)算程序) to help capture scenes. Those algorithms include face recognition. Once it learns that there39。ll try to get nice photos of those faces, said Juston Payne, the device39。s hand is over the lens, or if it is tossed in a dark purse. Concerned it could seem strange? Yes, Payne admitted, but he said they addressed that by making it obvious what it is. A green light on the front signals that it is on. Besides, unlike a camera meant to monitor your home, it is not connected to the Internet. re likely to get more assistance from the artificial intelligence packed into our apps and gadgets.（1）What is the most outstanding feature of Clips? enables easy Internet access. is equipped with tough glass. can be worn on your clothing. allows of handsfree photography.（2）What does the underlined word candid in Paragraph 2 mean? ....（3）What makes Clips a reality according to Juston Payne? advance in technology. popularity of the Internet. screen for viewing and editing. rise of the smartphone industry.（4）What does the text mainly talk about? gadgets in the age of apps. intelligence in daily Life. new digital camera from Google. alternative way to photograph.【答案】 （1）D（2）B（3）A（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，介紹了谷歌公司推出了一款叫Clips的新相機(jī)，并對(duì)照相機(jī)的各種功能和使用進(jìn)行了介紹。根據(jù)第一段中的“Most interestingly, it uses artificial intelligence to take photography out of your hands so it can capture moments on its own”可知，谷歌開發(fā)的這款相機(jī)使用人工智能來(lái)拍照，不需要你動(dòng)手按鍵，它就可以幫助你記錄美好的精彩瞬間。 （2）考查詞義猜測(cè)?？芍嬀€句表示：這款相機(jī)能解決手機(jī)不能及時(shí)抓拍小孩子所做的短暫又可愛的事。故選B。根據(jù)最后一段“‘This product is only possible because of the way that silicon has advanced, ’ Payne said, noting that it was only in the past year or so that they could squeeze the technology down into a device this size. Going forward, we39。故選A。根據(jù)第一段中的“Google39。故選C。4．閱讀理解 The researchers reported that longterm exposure to air pollution can affect a person39。The researchers studied about 25,000 people from across China. Between 2010 and 2014, these Chinese men, women and children were given language and math tests. Then researchers pared the test results with measurements of pollution in the air, namely nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide (二氧化硫). s education level by about one year. He noted that the youngest people in the study were 10 years old, while the oldest was 90 years old. They came from China39。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.（1）What is the result of the study? pollution has a bad effect on people39。s influence on verbal ability is less serious as people age.（4）Where is the text most likely taken from? life diary. guidebook. science magazine. biography.【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）B（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，一項(xiàng)新的研究表明，長(zhǎng)期暴露在空氣污染中會(huì)在語(yǔ)言和數(shù)學(xué)兩個(gè)方面影響一個(gè)人的智力，因此每個(gè)國(guó)家都應(yīng)關(guān)注空氣污染否則人類將面臨一個(gè)糟糕的局面。根據(jù)第二段中的“The researchers reported that longterm exposure to air pollution can affect a person39。即研究結(jié)果是空氣污染會(huì)對(duì)人們的智力產(chǎn)生不良影響。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。即Xi Chen對(duì)這項(xiàng)研究說(shuō)的是“研究結(jié)果是相對(duì)客觀和有說(shuō)服力的。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。研究人員還強(qiáng)調(diào)，每個(gè)國(guó)家，無(wú)論是發(fā)達(dá)國(guó)家，發(fā)展中國(guó)家還是貧窮國(guó)家，都應(yīng)關(guān)注空氣污染否則人類將面臨一個(gè)糟糕的局面。故選B。根據(jù)第一段“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.”可知，本文的話題是研究表明空氣污染會(huì)大大降低人們的智力。因此可以推斷出文章可能來(lái)自于科學(xué)雜志。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科研類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(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。 To eat only a vegan（素食的） diet might sound difficult, especially with many popular dishes containing meat or other animal products. Yet in 2017, veganism was described as “the fastest growing lifestyle movement” in the UK, according to BBC news. So why exactly has veganism bee so p