【正文】 ber. The population of bears and bison also rose and what was once a ruling deerwolf interaction is now more diverse. The research is one more piece of evidence for why protecting these top predators is important not just for wolves as a species, but for hundreds of species at every level of an ecosystem. The fear they bring along may be the very angle that helps save them from dying out.（1）What does the underlined word anticipate in paragraph 3 probably mean? A.B.C.D.To introduce how wolves behave in the wild.B.To record how Aaron Wirsing observed wolves.D.It proves wolves feed on hundreds of species.B.It shows the plex relationships between species.D.The fear of wolves is beneficial to ecosystems.B.Yellowstone National Park owes its healthy ecosystems to wolves.D. （1）考查詞義猜測。故選A。根據(jù)第五段中的“To learn more about just how wolves are beneficial, a short documentary from Quest explains how the presence of wolves influences the behavior of deer, which eventually makes entire ecosystems more biologically diverse and healthy.”可知，拍攝紀(jì)錄片的目的是了解狼是如何對生態(tài)有益的。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。故這項研究的意義在于它有助于證明保護(hù)狼的重要性。 （4）考查主旨大意。故選A。6．犇犇Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. The Rapid Rise and Fall of Robot Babysitters it uses radars, sensors, and nine cameras to make deliveries. Reeves39。t. Over the last year, a 34yearold businessman named David Rodriguez spent hundreds of hours following a machine called the KiwiBot around UC Berkeley39。 the robot39。t be out of work. Everyone holds double roles in the pany. Greater robot selfgoverning just means employees will shift their focus to accounting, engineering, and design. Toyota has trained students in maintenance as well. We might even see a return to lowlevel jobs where people e and fuel the car for you, Ramsey said. Until we can wirelessly charge, someone needs to refuel them. The hardesttoautomate industries, as it happens, are the ones that require looking after humans, such as childcare, education and health care. Robot babysitters might feel like they have scored the job of the future, but in fact, they might be better positioned.（1）What kind of robot is the one created by a startup called Starship Technologies? A.A delivery robot.C.A construction robot.（2）What does fall under the umbrella of in Para. 2 mean? A.are under the protection ofC.are in the process of（3）According to Ramsey, what will happen when autonomous vehicles are put on the market? A.A large number of people will be out of work.C.Many people will turn to buying autonomous cars.（4）What does the last sentence in Para. 4 mean? A.Many new occupations like caring for robots e and go fast.C.Robots will create more and better jobs for people in the future.【答案】 （1）B（2）A（3）C（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，隨著機(jī)器人被越來越多的應(yīng)用，照看機(jī)器人的工作也隨之發(fā)生了變化。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 it uses radars, sensors, and nine cameras to make deliveries.可知，這款機(jī)器人是2014年由一家名為Starship Technologies的初創(chuàng)公司制造的，它基本上是一種車輪上的冷卻器；它使用雷達(dá)、傳感器和9臺攝像頭進(jìn)行配送。故選B。根據(jù)第二段中的which include maintenance, engineering and programming列舉了照看機(jī)器人的工作范疇，故選A。根據(jù)最后一段中的A huge number of jobs will be produced as autonomous vehicles are released into the environment可知，隨著自動化車輛被投放到市場，將產(chǎn)生大量的就業(yè)機(jī)會。 （4）考查句義理解。根據(jù)字面意思，不難看出其隱藏的意思為：機(jī)器人保姆占據(jù)很大的優(yōu)勢，他們可以在未來作更好的工作。 【點評】本題考點涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和句義猜測三個題型的考查，是一篇科普類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，同時根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯，推理，歸納，從而選出正確答案。Some things should just be mon knowledge by now. The Earth isn39。t grow after you die. The holes at the top of Bic biro pens are there so that, if you swallow one accidentally, you can still breathe and won39。s debatable whether that last one there is mon knowledge or not. A quick Google search of the fact, rewritten as a question, shows articles addressing this point going back several years, with the latest (re)appearing just this week over on ScienceAlert. We suppose it39。If you jump over to Bic39。 pens have a hole in their cap is to prevent the cap from pletely obstructing the airway if accidentally breathed in. This is requested by the international safety standards ISO11540, except for in cases where the cap is considered too large to be a choking risk. s rather lovely of them. In appreciation of their want to not kill off their more clumsy customers, we thought we39。The best part of the Bic site, however, is this rather curious fact: 100 percent of pen balls are made through a highlycontrolled process. As opposed to a highly uncontrolled process, involving explosions and bouncy castles and total chaos, we suppose.（1）Why does the author mention the case of Yellowstone? A.B.To pare the two situations.To emphasize the importance of safety.（2）What does the underlined word obstructing in paragraph 2 mean? A.B.C.D.To work out their lifespan.To assure their good quality.C.To pare different pens with each other.（4）In what tone does the author develop the text? A.B.C.D.這真是粗心使用者的生命通道。畢克筆的筆帽上留一個小孔的原因，且這個問題會被偶爾問到，就像如果你用核武器攻擊黃石公園會發(fā)生什么事這個問題一樣，作者是在舉例證明他的觀點，故選B。此處意為當(dāng)使用者不慎把筆帽吞下時，筆帽上的小孔就是為了阻止筆帽完全阻塞氣管而引起窒息，故選A。根據(jù)第三段中的In fact, in 2018, 7,250 kilometers (4,505 miles) of writing tests on such pens were carried out on ballpoint pens, gel pens(中性筆), and rollers to make sure they worked to the highest standard.可知，舉行書寫測試的目的是為了確保筆能夠達(dá)到最高的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，故選B。根據(jù)第一段中的Some things should just be mon knowledge by now. The Earth isn39。t grow after you die. 和第三段中的That39。 【點評】本題考點涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和推理判斷三個題型的考查，是一篇科普類閱讀，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。If American waterways had ever been voted on the yearbook, the Buffalo River could easily have been named Ugliest. It could be hard to find hope there. It took decades for public perception of the river to shift. But activist citizens, who collaborated