【正文】 ect. Parents accepted that their children required support as university students and then as graduates returning home, as they tried to find jobs paying enough to enable them to move out and get on the housing ladder. Areas of disagreement included chores, money and social life. While parents were keen to help, they also wanted different relationships from those they had with their own parents, and continuing to support their adult children allowed them to remain close.（1）What is the finding of the previous research? A.The parents were looking forward to their children39。The parents39。Boomerang children never did any housework.（2）The underlined word trigger in Paragraph 2 may be best replaced by ________. A.defeatC.allow（3）What is the attitude of the college graduates towards returning home? A.They are glad that they could e back.C.They are proud to be independent from the family.（4）What can be inferred as the reason for the boomerang children phenomenon? A.The parents are willing to provide support to their children.C.There is more house work needed to be done by the children.（5）What is the side effect of the boomerang children phenomenon? A.Neither parents nor children want to do the chores at home.C.There are occasional quarrels between parents and children.【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）B（4）C（5）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，一項研究發(fā)現，“回巢族”子女在大學畢業(yè)后回到父母身邊生活對家庭是有好處的，他們會與父母建立更親密、更具支持性的關系，并增進兩代人之間的聯系。父母和孩子對于獨立的緊張情緒會導致父母和子女之間偶爾的爭吵。根據第二段中的“The findings disagree with the research published earlier this year showing that returning adult children trigger a significant worsening in their parents39?？芍酝难芯匡@示，返鄉(xiāng)的成年子女會導致父母的生活質量和幸福感比之前更差，故選C。根據第二段中的“The findings disagree with the research published earlier this year showing that returning adult children trigger a significant worsening in their parents39。即可推理劃線部分單詞trigger意為“導致，致使”，與cause意義一致。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。 financial and emotional support.”參與這項研究的年輕人對于搬回家“比預期的更積極”——他們的羞愧感減少了，因為他們的許多朋友都處于同樣的處境，而且他們承認父母在經濟和情感上的支持是有好處的。 （4）考查推理判斷。由此推斷出，孩子們很難找到一份滿意的工作，故選C。根據倒數第二段中的‘However’, the study says, ‘daytoday tensions about the prospects of achieving different dimensions of independence, which in a few extreme cases came close to conflict”可知對于實現不同層面獨立前景的日常緊張情緒，是大多數家長和略多于一半畢業(yè)生經歷的特征。可知回巢族孩子現象的副作用是在少數情況下，緊張情緒會導致父母和孩子之間偶爾發(fā)生爭吵。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和推理判斷三個題型的考查，是一篇科研類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細節(jié)信息的基礎上，進一步根據上下文的邏輯關系，進行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。 Researchers have found bees can do basic mathematics, in a discovery that deepens our understanding of the relationship between brain size and brain power. Recently, A study conducted by researchers from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia showed that bees could perform arithmetic operations like addition and subtraction (減法). RMIT39。 The findings suggest that advanced numerical cognition (認知) may be found much more widely in nature among nonhuman animals than previously suspected.t require a massive brain, there might also be new ways for us to include interactions of both longterm rules and working memory in designs to improve rapid AI learning of new problems,” said Dyer. Previous studies have shown some primates (靈長目動物), birds, babies and even spiders can add and/or subtract. The new research, published in Science Advances, adds bees to that list.（1）What have the researchers from RMIT University discovered? A.Longterm rules and short term working memory.C.Bees can do basic mathematics.（2）According to Adrian Dyer, bees39。requires addition and subtraction two plex processingB.only involves their shortterm working memoryD.Bees can recogize the exact number.B.Numerical cognition has been found in many more species.D.A Discovery About the Tiny Brain of BeesB.Numerical Cognition Requires a Complex Level of ProcessingD.此前的研究表明，一些靈長類動物、鳥類、嬰兒甚至蜘蛛都可以加減法。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解?！笨芍?，RMIT大學 的故選D。根據第五段中的“If math doesn39。故選B。根據倒數第二段中的“Many species can understand the difference between quantities and use this to search for food, make decisions and solve problems. But numerical cognition, such as exact number and arithmetic operations, requires a more plex level of processing.”許多物種都能理解數量之間的差異，并以此來尋找食物、做出決定和解決問題?？芍卵芯康陌l(fā)現說明了在更多的物種中發(fā)現了數字認知。 （4）考查主旨大意。發(fā)表在《科學進展》(Science Advances)雜志上的這項新研究將蜜蜂也列入了這一名單。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇科研類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細節(jié)信息的基礎上，進一步根據上下文的邏輯關系，進行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。 Acting is the least mysterious of all crafts, Marion Brando once said. But for scientists, working out what is going on in an actor39。 Now, researchers have said actors show different patterns of brain activity depending on whether they are in character or not. almost like the character is possessing you. Once inside the MRI scanner, the actors were asked to answer a number of questions, such as: would they go to the party? And would they tell their parents that they had fallen in love? The results revealed that the brain activity differed depending on the situation being tested. The team found that when the actors were in character, they use some thirdperson knowledge or inferences about their character. However, Philip Davis, a professor at the University of Liverpool, was unimpressed by the research, saying acting is about far more than pretending to be someone — it involves embodying (體現) the text and language.（1）How did Dr Brown39。By scanning the brain activity of some actors.B.By interviewing some theatre teachers.D.s research? A.Actors39。Acting is far more than pretending to be the character.D. brain activity is more active when they are in character.（3）How did Philip Davis react to the research? A.B.C.D.A debate of how the brain functions.B.A research on the brain activity of actors.D.現在，研究人員表示，演員的大腦活動模式不同，取決于他們是否扮演角色。根據第五段中的“Once inside the MRI scanner, the actors wer