英語閱讀理解(科普環(huán)保)各地方試卷集合含解析

1、最新英語閱讀理解（科普環(huán)保）各地方試卷集合含解析一、高中英語閱讀理解科普環(huán)保類1 .整整閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的AB、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。Supercomputerswhichcananalysebloodsamplesandpredictwhichpatientsarelikelytobecomeseriouslyillcouldsavetensofthousandsoflivesayear,itwasrevealedlastnight,accordingtoTheDailyExpress.Theartificialintelligence(AI)system,develope

2、datUniversityCollegeLondonandsettobepilotedinNHShospitalslaterthisyear,willscreenatriskpatientssodoctorscantakeearlyactiontopreventdeathorseriousillness.ProfYoung,aconsultantsurgeonatSouthendUniversityHospital,said:Iamsoexcitedaboutthisformoftechnology.Insteadofpeoplegettingsickordyingbecausetheyare

3、notpickedupintime,thiswillallowustostepinearlierwhichwillsavelivesandanenormousamountofmoney.IthinkthepotentialofAIinhealthcarelikethisisasbigastheIndustrialRevolutionwasandsignalsacompletelynewexampleinthewaywemanagehealthcare.ThetechnologyisthebrainchildofDrVishalNangalia,aconsultantattheRoyalFree

4、HospitalinLondon.HeusedAItoanalyseabillionstoredbloodsamplesfrom20differentUKhospitaltrustsdatingbackupto12years.Computersassessbloodtestresultsbypickingupsubtlechangesinredandwhitebloodcells,suggestingapatientisgoingdownhill.Hefoundthetechniqueforecastoutcomesofpatientswithkidneyproblemswithupto95p

5、ercentaccuracy.Traditionalmethodshighlightingseriouspatientconcernspickedupasfewas16percentofpatientswhowentontodie.Thisgivesustheopportunitynotonlytosavelivesbuttopreventseriousillness,makingthehealthservicenotonlysaferbutmoreefficient.ProfYoungsaid,Insteadofwaitingforpeopletogetworse,wewillbeablet

6、otreatthemearlier.(1) WhatdoestheunderlinedphrasescreeninParagraph2mean?A.comfortB.treatC.spotD.nurse(2) Howdosupercomputershelpsavelives?A.Bystoringbloodsamples.B.Byanalyzingpatientscases.C.Byobservingchangesinbloodcells.D.Byassistingdoctorswiththeiroperations.(3) WhydidProfessorYoungmentiontheIndu

7、strialRevolution?A. ToshowtheinfluenceofAI.B. Tostresstheimportanceofhealthcare.C. Tointroducethetopicofsupercomputers.D. Topresenttheachievementhehasaccomplished.(4) Whatdoweknowaboutthenewtechnology?A. Ithelpspatientsrecoverearlier.B. Ithashelpedsavethousandsoflives.C. Itwillpromotethehealthservic

8、egreatly.D. Itisintendedforpatientswithkidneydiseases.【答案】(1)CC 3） A 4） 4）C【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹超級計(jì)算機(jī)能夠分析血樣并預(yù)測哪些病人可能會(huì)患上重病，每年可以挽救數(shù)萬人的生命。（ 1）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第二段中的“sodoctorscantakeearlyactiontopreventdeathorseriousillness.以便醫(yī)生能夠及早采取行動(dòng)，預(yù)防死亡或嚴(yán)重疾病，可以猜測出，人工智能”將用于對高危病人進(jìn)行“篩查”。此處screen意為“篩查”。故選C。（ 2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“Com

9、putersassessbloodtestresultsbypickingupsubtlechangesinredandwhitebloodcells,suggestingapatientisgoingdownhill.可知，計(jì)算機(jī)通過檢測紅細(xì)胞和白細(xì)胞的細(xì)微變化來評估血液檢測結(jié)果。故選C。（ 3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的IthinkthepotentialofAIinhealthcarelikethisisasbigastheIndustrialRevolutionwasandsignalsacompletelynewexampleinthewaywemanagehealthcare.楊

10、教授認(rèn)為，人工智能在醫(yī)療保健領(lǐng)域的潛力與工業(yè)革命一樣大，以此類比，說明人工智能在醫(yī)療領(lǐng)域的影響力。故選A。（ 4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的Insteadofwaitingforpeopletogetworse,wewillbeabletotreatthemearlier.可知，這項(xiàng)技術(shù)將能夠更早地治療患者，而不是坐等病情惡化，從而推斷，人工智能這一科技幫助醫(yī)生對疾病診療早預(yù)判，早介入，從而幫助挽救大量生命，將大大促進(jìn)衛(wèi)生服務(wù)。故選C。【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和推理判斷三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科研類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，從而選出

11、正確答案。2.整整閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。GardenerssuchasPrinceCharleswhoclaimthattalkingtoplantsencouragesthemtogrowhavelongbeenseenasalittlesilly.ButscientistshavediscoveredevidencewhichsuggeststheRoyalmayactuallyberightandtheycouldbelisteningtohim.BiologistsatTelAvivUniversityinIsraelhavefoundtha

12、tflowerscanactasaplantsearstohelpthemdetectthesoundofapproachinginsects.Whentheresearchersplayedrecordingsofflyingbeestoeveningprimroseflowers,withinthreeminutesthesugarconcentrationsinthenectar（花蜜）ofitsflowersincreased.Thefluid,producedtoattractpollinating（授粉）insects,wasonaverage20percenthigherinfl

13、owersexposedtothebuzzcomparedtothoseleftinsilenceorexposedtohigherpitchedsounds.ProfessorLilachHadany,wholedthestudy,said:Ourresultsdocumentforthefirsttimethatplantscanrapidlyrespondtopollinatorsoundsinanecologicallyrelevantway.However,ProfHadanysaidaplantsabilitytorespondtopollinatorsmaybeweakenedi

14、ncityenvironmentsorbesideabusyroad.Whileplantsrequirewater,sunlightandtherighttemperaturetogrow,itiswidelybelievedtheydonothavesensesinthewayanimalsdo.Butthestudy,publishedontheopen-sciencewebsiteBioRxiv,suggeststheeffortsofgardenerswhotalktotheirplantsmaynotbeinvain.Plantsabilitytohearhasimplicatio

15、nswellbeyondpollinationplantscouldpotentiallyhearandrespondtoherbivores,otheranimals,theelements,andpossiblyotherplants,ProfHadanyadded.Amonth-longexperimentconductedbytheRoyalHorticulturalSocietyin2009foundfemalevoicesappeartospeedupthegrowthoftomatoes.Theresearchoffersapossibleexplanation一womensvo

16、iceswereattherightfrequencyfortheplantstohear.(1) Whatseveningprimroseflowersresponsetobeesbuzz?A.Longerbloom.B.Sweeternectar.C.Brightercolor.D.Lessfluid.(2) WherecanplantsgrowbetteraccordingtoHadany?A. Onasquare.B.Besideahighway.C.Inthewoods.D.Alongthestreet.(3)Whatcanweinferfromtheresearch?A.Princ

17、eCharlesproveskindofstupid.B. Plantscanonlypotentiallyhearanimals.C. Plantsrespondtosoundsslowlyandecologically.D. Plantsgardenerstalktofrequentlydevelopwell.(4) Whatdoesthetextmainlytalkabout?A.Flowerscanhear.B.Beesarebestpollinators.C.Plantscantgrowwithoutsound.D.Womensvoicesimproveplantsgrowth.【答

18、案】(1)B(5) C(6) D(7) A【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了人與植物的交流可以促其生長。(1)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的Whentheresearchersplayedrecordingsofflyingbeestoeveningprimroseflowers,withinthreeminutesthesugarconcentrationsinthenectar(花蜜)ofitsflowersincreased.可知，蜜蜂飛到夜來香花，在三分鐘內(nèi)其花朵花蜜的糖的濃度會(huì)增加，所以花蜜會(huì)更甜。故選Bo(2)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的However,ProfHadanysa

19、idaplantsabilitytorespondtopollinatorsmaybeweakenedincityenvironmentsorbesideabusyroad.哈達(dá)尼教授認(rèn)為，植物對傳粉者做出反應(yīng)的能力可能會(huì)在城市環(huán)境或繁忙道路旁減弱。從而推斷可知，在叢林里的植物生長彳#更好。故選a(3)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四段中的Butthestudy,publishedontheopen-sciencewebsiteBioRxiv,suggeststheeffortsofgardenerswhotalktotheirplantsmaynotbeinvain.研究表明,園丁們和他們的植物交談的

20、努力可能不會(huì)白費(fèi)。從而推斷可知，園丁經(jīng)常與植物交談，生長得更好。故選Do(4)考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第一段GardenerssuchasPrinceCharleswhoclaimthattalkingtoplantsencouragesthemtogrowhavelongbeenseenasalittlesilly.ButscientistshavediscoveredevidencewhichsuggeststheRoyalmayactuallyberightandtheycouldbelisteningtohim.BiologistsatTelAvivUniversityinIsraelhav

21、efoundthatflowerscanactasaplantsearstohelpthemdetectthesoundofapproachinginsects.及全文內(nèi)容可知，文章主要講述人與植物的交流可以促其生長。故選Ao【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科普類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。3犇犇閱讀理解Researchershavefoundbeescandobasicmathematics,inadiscoverythatdeepensourunderstandingo

22、ftherelationshipbetweenbrainsizeandbrainpower.Recently,AstudyconductedbyresearchersfromRMITUniversityinMelbourne,Australiashowedthatbeescouldperformarithmeticoperationslikeadditionandsubtraction（減法）.Solvingmathproblemsrequiresacomplexlevelofinvolvingthementalmanagementofnumbers,long-termrulesandshor

23、t-termworkingmemory.ThefindingthateventhetinybrainofahoneybeecangraspbasicmathematicaloperationshasapossibleeffectonthefuturedevelopmentofArtificialIntelligence,particularlyinimprovingrapidlearning.RMITsProfessorAdrianDyersaidnumerical（數(shù)字的）operationslikeadditionandsubtractionarecomplexbecausetheyreq

24、uiretwolevelsofprocessing.“Youneedtobeabletoholdtherulesaroundaddingandsubtractinginyourlong-termmemory,whilementallyusingskillfullyasetofgivennumbersinyourshort-termmemory,”Dyersaid.“Ontopofthis,ourbeesalsousedtheirshort-termmemoriestosolvearithmeticproblems,astheylearnedtorecognizeplusorminusasabs

25、tractconcepts.”Thefindingssuggestthatadvancednumericalcognition（認(rèn)知）maybefoundmuchmorewidelyinnatureamongnon-humananimalsthanpreviouslysuspected.“Ifmathdoesntrequireamassivebrain,theremightalsobenewwaysforustoincludeinteractionsofbothlong-termrulesandworkingmemoryindesignstoimproverapidAIlearningofne

26、wproblems,”saidDyer.Manyspeciescanunderstandthedifferencebetweenquantitiesandusethistosearchforfood,makedecisionsandsolveproblems.Butnumericalcognition,suchasexactnumberandarithmeticoperations,requiresamorecomplexlevelofprocessing.Previousstudieshaveshownsomeprimates（靈長目動(dòng)物）,birds,babiesandevenspider

27、scanaddand/orsubtract.Thenewresearch,publishedinScienceAdvances,addsbeestothatlist.（1）WhathavetheresearchersfromRMITUniversitydiscovered?A. Therelationshipbetweenbrainsizeandbrainpower.B. Long-termrulesandshorttermworkingmemory.C. Beescanperformcomplexarithmeticoperations.D. Beescandobasicmathematic

28、s.（2）AccordingtoAdrianDyer,beesnumericalcognition.A. requiresadditionandsubtractiontwocomplexprocessingB. hasapossibleeffectonthefuturedevelopmentofAIC. onlyinvolvestheirshort-termworkingmemoryD. callsforalotofmathsknowledge（3） Whatdoesthefindingofthenewresearchsuggest?A. Beescanrecogizetheexactnumb

29、er.B. Arithmeticoperationsexistinhumanandbees.C. Numericalcognitionhasbeenfoundinmanymorespecies.D. Someprimates,birdsandevenspiderscanaddandsubstract.（4）Whatcanbethebesttitleforthetext?A. ADiscoveryAbouttheTinyBrainofBeesB. NewFindingsAboutBeesHavingNumericalCogintionC. NumericalCognitionRequiresaC

30、omplexLevelofProcessingD. TheRelationshipBetweenBrainSizeandBrainPower【答案】（1）D（2） B（3） C（4） 4）B【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，RMIT大學(xué)的研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)了蜜蜂能做基本的數(shù)學(xué)。此前的研究表明，一些靈長類動(dòng)物、鳥類、嬰兒甚至蜘蛛都可以加減法。發(fā)表在科學(xué)進(jìn)展（ScienceAdvances雜志上的這項(xiàng)新研究將蜜蜂也列入了這一名單。（1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“Australiashowedthatbeescouldperformarithmeticoperationslikeadditionand

31、subtraction（減法）.澳大利亞證明蜜蜂可以做加法和減法等算術(shù)”運(yùn)算。”可知，RMIT大學(xué)的研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)了蜜蜂能做基本的數(shù)學(xué)。故選D。（2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第五段中的“Ifmathdoesntrequireamassivebrain,theremightalsobenewwaysforustoincludeinteractionsofbothlong-termrulesandworkingmemoryindesignstoimproverapidAIlearningofnewproblems,如果數(shù)學(xué)不需要一個(gè)巨大的大腦，那么”在設(shè)計(jì)中，我們也可能有新的方法來包括長期規(guī)則和工作記憶的

32、互動(dòng)，從而提高人工智能對新問題的快速學(xué)習(xí)，可知，AdrianDyer認(rèn)為，蜜蜂的數(shù)字認(rèn)知對人工智能的未來發(fā)展可能有影響。故選B。（3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“Manyspeciescanunderstandthedifferencebetweenquantitiesandusethistosearchforfood,makedecisionsandsolveproblems.Butnumericalcognition,suchasexactnumberandarithmeticoperations,requiresamorecomplexlevelofprocessing.許多物種都

33、能理解數(shù)量之間的差異，并以此來尋找食物、做出決定和解”決問題。但是數(shù)字認(rèn)知，比如精確的數(shù)字和算術(shù)運(yùn)算，需要更復(fù)雜的處理。可知，新研究的發(fā)現(xiàn)說明了在更多的物種中發(fā)現(xiàn)了數(shù)字認(rèn)知。故選C。（4）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)最后一段中的Previousstudieshaveshownsomeprimates及長目動(dòng)物）,birds,babiesandevenspiderscanaddand/orsubtract.Thenewresearch,publishedinScienceAdvances,addsbeestothatlist.此前的研究表明，一些靈長類動(dòng)物、鳥類、嬰兒甚”至蜘蛛都可以加減法。發(fā)表在科學(xué)進(jìn)展

34、（ScienceAdvances）雜志上的這項(xiàng)新研究將蜜蜂也列入了這一名單?！惫蔬xB?！军c(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科研類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。4犇犇閱讀理解Youknowthosenutritionguidelinesthegovernmentissueseveryfewyears?Itturnsoutthatfollowingthemisntjustgoodforyourhealth.Itsgoodfortheplanet,too.Whatwefoundisth

35、atimpactsvaryacrossnations,butinthehigh-impactnations,ingeneral,youcanseethat,ifyoufollowanationallyrecommendeddiet,despitethefactthatthesedietsdontmentionexplicitlyormostofthemdontexplicitlymentionenvironmentalimpacts,thatyouaregoingtohavelowerenvironmentalimpactsduetothat.Sothatssortoffairlycleara

36、crossallthehigh-incomenations.saidPaulBehrens,anenvironmentalscientistatLeidenUniversityintheNetherlands.Thefoodweeattakesabigtollontheenvironment.Athirdoftheice-freelandonEarthisusedforagriculture,andaccordingtosomeestimates,producingfoodaccountsforroughlyafifthofallhuman-causedgreenhousegasemissio

37、ns.Fertilizerrunoffalsoleadstootherproblems,likethealgaebloomsinLakeEerieandtheDeadZoneintheGulfofMexico.However,followingdietaryguidelineswouldreducethoseimpacts,especiallyinwealthycountriesliketheUS.Mostofthereductionscomefrommeatanddairy,whichhaveanoutsizedimpactonlanduseandpollution,andareamajor

38、sourceofgreenhousegases.(Thatspartlyduetocowfarts.Seriously.)Followingthesuggestionswouldalsomeaneatingfewercalories,sincemanypeoplehereeatmorethantheyneed.Overall,inhigh-incomecountries,Behrensteamestimatesthatfollowingtherulescouldresultinasmuchasa17percentreductioninlanduse,a21percentreductioninn

39、utrientpollution,anda25percentdropinagriculturalgreenhousegasemissions.CuttingdownonhowmuchfoodwewastewhichisroughlyathirdintheUScouldhelpevenmore.TheresultsareintheProceedingsoftheNationalAcademyofSciences.Ofcourse,peoplearenotoriouslybadatfollowingdiets.But:Thesenationallyrecommendedguidelinesdoac

40、tuallyhaveaknock-oneffectonotherareasofpolicymaking.SoifImdevelopinganewhealthy-eating-for-schoolsprogramthenthatsgoingtobebasedoffalotofdetailthatIgetfromthenationallyrecommendedguidelines.Sowhileitmightnotnecessarilybethecasethatpeoplefollowdirectlytheyactuallyarequiteinfluentialonthepreparationof

41、otheradvice.Itseemsthatasmallerenvironmentalfootprintandahealthierlifestylecouldgohandinhand.(1) WhichofthefollowingstatementwillPaulBehrensapproveof?A. Followinganationallyrecommendeddietcanhavesimilarimpactsindifferentcountries.B. Followinganationallyrecommendeddietcandogoodtoourhealth.C. Notallth

42、ecountrieshaverecommendeddietsinanexplicitmanner.D. Somehigh-incomenationsdontmentionthedietexplicitlyforitsimpactscanbeignored.(2) Whatdotheunderlinedwordstakesabigtolloninparagraph3probablymean?A.showssignsofB.hasabadeffectonC.takesfulladvantageofD.makesupfor(3) WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingt

43、othepassage?A. Foodproductioncanleadtoabout20percentofhuman-causedgreenhousegaswithonlyathirdoftheice-freelandused.B. Itisestimatedthatfollowingdietaryguidelinescanleadtodecreaseinmorelandusethaninnutrientpollution.C. PaulBehrensnewprogramconcerninghealthyeatingforschoolsislikelytobebasedonnationaln

44、utritionguidelines.D. Somewealthycountriestendtoreducemeatanddairythoughtheotherareasofpolicymakingisnteffectedmuch.【答案】（1）C（2） B（3） A【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了營養(yǎng)指南對地球也有利。通過膳食指南，似乎可以減輕對環(huán)境的傷害，人類自己也可以過上健康的生活，二者可以兼得。（ 1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的Whatwefoundisthatimpactsvaryacrossnations,butinthehigh-impactnations,ingene

45、ral,youcanseethat,ifyoufollowanationallyrecommendeddiet,despitethefactthatthesedietsdontmentionexplicitlyormostofthemdontexplicitlymentionenvironmentalimpacts,thatyouaregoingtohavelowerenvironmentalimpactsduetothat.”我們發(fā)現(xiàn)（營養(yǎng)膳食指南的）影響因國家而異，但總的來說，在影響力較大的國家，如果你遵循國家推薦的膳食指南，即使這些膳食并未明晰對環(huán)境的影響，或者大多數(shù)膳食沒有明確說明這一

46、點(diǎn)，但是你對環(huán)境的影響會(huì)因?yàn)樽裱改隙鴾p輕。由此推斷出并非所有國家都以明確的方式推薦飲食，這個(gè)觀點(diǎn)PaulBehrens會(huì)贊成，故選C。（ 2）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第三段中的“Athirdoftheice-freelandonEarthisusedforagriculture,andaccordingtosomeestimates,producingfoodaccountsforroughlyafifthofallhuman-causedgreenhousegasemissions.Fertilizerrunoffalsoleadstootherproblems,likethealgaebloo

47、msinLakeEerieandtheDeadZoneintheGulfofMexico.地球上三分之一的無冰區(qū)”被用于農(nóng)業(yè)生產(chǎn)，根據(jù)一些估算，食物生產(chǎn)大約占到了人類造成的溫室氣體排放量的五分之一。肥料徑流也導(dǎo)致了其他問題，例如伊利湖的藻類爆發(fā)以及墨西哥灣的死亡區(qū)域。由此推斷出劃線詞所在的句子意思是我們所吃的食物給環(huán)境帶來了巨大代價(jià)。takesabigtollon固定短語，“付出了巨大的代價(jià)”，故選B。（ 3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“Athirdoftheice-freelandonEarthisusedforagriculture,andaccordingtosomeestimates

48、,producingfoodaccountsforroughlyafifthofallhuman-causedgreenhousegasemissions.地球上三分之一的無冰區(qū)被用于農(nóng)業(yè)生產(chǎn)，根據(jù)一”些估算，食物生產(chǎn)大約占到了人類造成的溫室氣體排放量的五分之一。由此可知。A選項(xiàng)的描述糧食生產(chǎn)可導(dǎo)致約20%的人為造成的溫室氣體，而只使用了三分之一的無冰土地正確，故選A?！军c(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和推理判斷三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科研類閱讀，要求考生準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，同時(shí)根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。5犇犇閱讀理解Scientistshavefoundwhattheybel

49、ievearepiecesofameteor（流星）thatfelltotheearthlastyear.TheobjectswerediscoveredoffthecoastoftheUnitedStatesinthePacificOcean.ThecrewoftheNautilus,aprivateresearchship,recoveredtherockparticles（顆粒）.TheNautilusisoperatedbytheOceanExplorationTrust.Thegroupsaysitsaimatpresentistoexamineareasoftheoceanthat

50、haveneverbeenexploredbefore.ThesearchwaslaunchedafterUSgovernmentweatherstationsobservedalargemeteoriteexplodingsomemonthsago.Theexplosionlituptheskyandsenttherockparticlestotheearth.ThemeteoritefallwasthelargestrecordedovertheUnitedStatesinatleast20years.TheteamincludesscientistsfromNASA,theOlympic

51、CoastNationalMarineSanctuaryandtheUniversityofWashington.Thescientistsexaminedwhattheybelieveweretwosmallmeteoritefragments.Furthertestingisneededbeforetheycanconfirmthatthematerialcamefromtheexplosion.TheNautilusisequippedwithtworemotelyoperatedvehicles(ROVs),calledHerculesandArgus.Theseroboticsubm

52、arineshelpresearchersfindandcollectmaterialsfromtheseafloor.Thefactthattheparticleslandedintheocean,insteadofonland,meanslargerpiecesmayhavesurvivedandcanbestudied.Forthisreason,scientistsdecidedtolaunchthefirstintentionalsearchformeteoritesfromtheocean.Untilthelatestresearch,scientistshadonlyaccide

53、ntallydiscoveredasmallnumberofmeteoritesfromdrillingoperations.Theobjectsrecoveredfromthebottomofthesealikelycamefromtherecentexplosionfortwomainreasons.First,meteoriteparticlesarebasicallymadeofglassymaterialsthatdonottendtolastlonginseawater.Secondly,theycamefromwhatlookedlikeasmallholeontheseaflo

54、or.Someevidenceshowsthattheycamefromsomethingthatfell.(1) WhatisthecurrentgoalofthecrewoftheOceanExplorationTrust?A.Torecovertherockparticles.B.Toobservemovementsoftheuniverse.C.Tostudyunexploredplacesoftheocean.D.Toexaminecreaturesoftheexploredocean.(2) Whatmainlycausedthestartofthesearchinthesea?A

55、.Ahugemeteorshower.B.Businessvalueofmeteors.C.Plentyofnaturalresources.D.Thebrainstormofresearchers.(3) Whydothescientistsprefertosearchformeteorsintheocean?A.Theycanfindmeteorsmoreeasily.B.Theymayfindbiggerrockparticles.C.Theyliketoexplorestrangeseaareas.D.Theyhavebettersubmarineequipment.(4) Whatd

56、oestheauthorintendtodointhelastparagraph?A.Offercluesforthesearch.B.Givereasonstosupportaguess.C.Stresstheimportanceoftheevent.D.Describetheprocessofthesearch.【答案】(1)CA(3) B(4) B【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，科學(xué)家們發(fā)現(xiàn)了他們認(rèn)為是去年墜落地球的流星碎片。這些物體是在美國太平洋沿岸發(fā)現(xiàn)的。一場巨大的流星雨導(dǎo)致了在海中搜索的開始?？茖W(xué)家更喜歡在海洋中尋找流星是因?yàn)樗麄兛赡軙?huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)更大的巖石顆粒。(1) 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根

57、據(jù)第二段中的Thegroupsaysitsaimatpresentistoexamineareasoftheoceanthathaveneverbeenexploredbefore.可知，theOceanExplorationTrust的船員目前的目標(biāo)是研究海洋中未被探索的地方。故選Q(2)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的Scientistshavefoundwhattheybelievearepiecesofameteor(流星)thatfelltotheearthlastyear.可知，一場巨大的流星雨導(dǎo)致了在海中搜索的開始。故選Ao(3)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四段中的Thefactthatth

58、eparticleslandedintheocean,insteadofonland,meanslargerpiecesmayhavesurvivedandcanbestudied.可知，科學(xué)家更喜歡在海洋中尋找流星是因?yàn)樗麄兛赡軙?huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)更大的巖石顆粒。故選Bo(4)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的Theobjectsrecoveredfromthebottomofthesealikelycamefromtherecentexplosionfortwomainreasons.可知，作者在最后段是想給出支持猜測的理由。故選B?！军c(diǎn)評】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。6.閱讀理解Richcountriesareracingtodematerialisepayments.Theyneedtodomoretopreparefortheside-e