2021年中考英語時事熱點08 八（含答案及解析）

2021年中考英語必讀時事熱點(8)

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一、閱讀理解國士無故，先生千古。不一雜交水稻之父袁隆平?！八且晃徽嬲母耪?，當他還是一

個鄉(xiāng)村教師的時候，已經具有顛覆世界權威的膽識，當他名滿天下的時候，卻仍然只是

專注于田疇，淡泊名利、一介農夫，播撒智慧、收獲富足，他畢生的夢想就是讓所有的

人遠離饑餓

二、語法選擇2019、年共和國的章給他的頒發(fā)自是“他為我國糧食安全、農業(yè)科學發(fā)展和世界糧食供給作

出了巨大貢獻?！?/p>

三、閱讀理解中國“天眼”向世界開放，彰顯了大國擔當。

四、閱讀理解“天問一號”成功著陸火星！"天問一號"如何安全度過“恐怖9分鐘”2

五、閱讀理解15歲女孩一夜爆紅，半小時寫出口站神曲。

六;閱讀理解人臉識別，讓“看臉行事”深入到生活的方方面面。

七、閱讀理解新興技術改變生活、照亮未來。，

八、閱讀理解網紅成了賺錢的工具。負能量“網紅”誤導消費者，扭曲價值觀。

九、綜合填空國學故事：精忠報國。

一、閱讀理解(原創(chuàng))

ChinesescientistYuanLongping,knownfordevelopingthefirsthybridricestrainthatpulledcountless

peopleoutofhunger,diedofillnessat91onSaturday.

OnChina'sSinaWeibo,thenewshasbeenviewed950milliontimessofar,withnetizensfromallwalksof

lifeexpressinggriefatthedeathofagreatman.

“Threetimesaday,whenweenjoyth。fragranceofrice,youwillbedearlyrememberedJsaida

commentthathasbeenlikedmorethan600,000times.

Spendingoverfiftyyearsinhybridriceresearch,theacademician（院士）hashelpedChinacreateagreat

wonder—feedingnearlyone-fifthoftheworld'spopulationwithlessthan9percentoftheworld'stotalland.

Fatherofhybridrice

In1949,YuanappliedforSouthwestAgriculturalCollegeandbeganhisspecialconnectionwithrice-a

mainfoodoftheChinesepeoplethatwouldbecomethefocusofhislifelongresearchcareer.

AdiscoveryofaspecialwildricespeciesbyYuaninthesouthernislandofHainanin1970becamethestart

ofChina'sdecadesofhybridriceresearch.Threeyearslater,hecultivated（培育）theworld'sfirsthigh-yielding

（高產）hybridricestrain.SincethenHybridricehasbeengrownacrossthecountryandfarmersgotincredible

outputafterplantingit.Hybridricerecordedanannualyieldabout20percenthigherthanthatofcommonrice

strains-meaningitcouldfeedanextra70millionpeopleayearo

FromChinatotheworld

WhilefoodshortageshavelongbeenthoughtasChina'spast,Yuan,thefaminefighter,hasamuchbigger

dream-tosavetheworldfromstarvation.

Sincethe1980s,Yuan*steamhasofferedtrainingcoursesindozensofcountriesinAfrica,theAmericasand

Asia—providingastrongfoodsourceinareaswithahighriskoffamine.

Globally,morethan820millionpeoplewerehungryin2018,accordingtoaUNreport.Andifhybridriceis

plantedinhalfoftheworld's147millionhectaresoffields,theadditionaloutputalonecanfeedanother500

millionpeople,saidYuan.

1.WhichdescriptionaboutYuanLongpingisnotright?

A.Hediedattheageof91in2021.

B.Hewasanexpertindevelopinghybridrice.

C.Hedidhybridriceresearchforoverfortyyears.

D.Hehasmadeagreatcontributiontoriddingtheworldofhunger.

2.Whatdoestheunderlinedpartmean?

A.Weshouldeateverymealwell.

B.YuanLongping'sfragrantricetastesthemostdelicious.

C.YuanLongpinghelpsusproducefragranthybridrice.

D.Wheneatingfragrantrice,wewillalwaysmissYuanLongpingforever.

3.WhendidYuanLongpingstarttheresearchonhybridrice?

A.WhenhebecameastudentofSouthwestAgriculturalCollege.

B.WhenhegraduatedfromSouthwestAgriculturalCollege.

C.Whenheworkedinawildfield.

D.Whenhediscoveredaspecialwildricespecies.

4.Whichfollowingstatementisright?

A.Hehasspreadhishybridricetechnologyallovertheworldsince1970s.

B.Hybridricehasbeengrownacrossourcountrysince1973.

C.YuanLongpingprovidedlotsoffoodfortheareaswithahighriskoffamine.

D.Whenhybridricewasgrowninourcountry,itcouldsupport70millionpeopleayear

5.Whatdoesthearticletalkabout?

r>r；?

A.howtogrowhybridrice

B.Whyweshouldgrowhybridrice.

C.Thefaminefighter,Fatherofhybridrice-YuanLongping

D.YuanLongping^passingaway—thebiglossoftheworld.

【答案】CDDBC

【解析】本文注重井紹杰出的科學家，世界出機餓的斗:土，雜交水稻之殳麥隆平的一生的杰出成缸.

LC血節(jié)理解題。袁隆平逝世時汨歲故A正確。袁隆平是東交水稻專家B正確。袁隆宇對世界根除饑餓做

.,■

出極大貢獻D.正確。C錯誤。袁隆平在雜交水稻研究方面做了504故選C。

2.D句子理解題“一天三餐，當我們品嘗米香的時候，我們會深深地記住你“這句話主要表述廣大人民對

翥隆平院士的深切的T卷:。奢案選D

3.細節(jié)理解題。從AdiscoveryofaspecialwildricespeciesbyYuanintheSouthernislandofHainan,in1970

becamethestartofChina'sdecadesofhybridriceresearch.1970年袁在海南島南部發(fā)現了一種特殊的野生稻

品種，這成為中國雜交水稻研究幾十年的開端,故答案選D

4.推理判斷題。從Sincethe1980s.Yuan*steamhasofferedtrainingcoursesindozensofcountriesinAfrica,the

AmericasandAsia—providingastrongfoodsource*inareaswithahighriskofTamine.口『以推斷袁隆平是從

Sincethe1980s開始詢世界傳播雜交水稻技術J故A不正確。從Threeyearslater,hecultivated（培育i）the

world'sfirsthigh-yielding（高產）hybridricestrain.SincethenHybridricehasIjeengrownacrossthecountry

andfarmersgotincredibleoutputafterplantingit.推斷出雜交水稻在全質種植是在1973年之后（1970年開始

研發(fā)，3年后就是向73年），故B正確°C明虛錯誤。提供強大的食物來演而不是食物。Danextra70million.

故D錯誤?！?孑*,「；”?,［「”'?［；彳

5.C主旨大意題。,專文注重介紹杰出的科學家］世界反饑餓的斗士，雜交水稻之父袁隆平的一生的蕊出成

就。故C符合本支主旨。.，

二、語法選擇

AlthoughheisoneofChina'smostfamousscientists,YuanLongpingconsiders1afarmer,forheworks

thelandtodohisresearch.Indeed,hissunburntfaceandarmsandslim,strongbodyarejustlikethoseofmillions

ofChinesefarmers,forwhomhehasstruggled（奮斗）2[hepastfiftyyears.YuanLongpinggrowswhatis

calledsuperhybrid（雜種的）rice.In1973,hebecamethefirstagriculturalpioneerintheworldtogrowrice_3

hasahighoutput.Thisspecialstrainofricemakesitpossibletoproduce20%,moreofthecropin4same

fields.Nowmorethan60%ofthericeproducedinChinaeachyear5fromthishybridstrain.

Bornin1930,YuanLongpinggraduated6SouthwestAgriculturalCollegein1953.Sincethen,

findingwaystogrowmorericehasbeenhislifegoal.7ayoungman,hesawthegreatneedfor8

thericeoutput.Atthattime,hungerwasadisturbingprobleminmanypartsofthecountryside.YuanLongping___

9_forawaytoincreasericeharvestswithoutexpanding（擴大）theareaofthefields.In1950,Chinesefarmers

10produceaboutfifty-sixmilliontonsofrice.Inarecentharvest,however,11twohundredmillion

tonsofricewasproduced.Theseincreasedharvestsmeanthat22%oftheworld'speople12fromjust7%

ofthefarmlandintheworld.YuanLongpingisnowspreadinghisknowledgeinIndia,Vietnamandmanyother

13developedcountriestoincreasetheirriceharvests.Thankstohisresearch,theUNhasmoretoolsinthe

battletorid（擺脫）theworldof14.Usinghishybridrice,farmersareproducingharveststwiceas15

asbefore.

1,A.heB.himselfC,himD,his

2,A,forB,sinceC,inD,from

3,A,whomB,whoC,whatD,that

4,A,anB,aC,theD,/

5,A,wasB,isC,areD,were

6,A,inB,atC,fromD,on

7,A,LikeB,AsC,WithD,By

8,A,toincreaseB,increasesC,BeingincreasedD,increasing

9,A,searchedB,searchesC,hassearchedD,wassearching

10,A,mayB,needC,couldD,should

11,A,nearlyB,nearC,nearestD,nearer

12,A,havefedB,werefedC,fedD,arefed

13A,leastB,mostC,lessD,more

14,AhungerB,hungryC,hungrilyD,hungers

15,A,largerB,largeC,largestD,thelargest

【管案】BADCBCBDAC,ADCAB

【解析】

本文主要講述J'袁隆》研究出的雜交水稻不僅解%了中國人民的溫飽問題，還解決了世界上很多欠發(fā)達

國家的饑餓問題.-

1.B句意:盡管袁隆平.咽地著幺的科學家之一，號是他認為自己是一個農民：因為他在田地里做研究。一

himself意為"他.自己”。故選B.

2.A“for+一段時間”常與現在完成時連用/詼選A。

3.D本句是含有定語從高的主從復合句，先行詞是r；ce,指物，R.從句中缺少主語，故引導詞用that。故選D：

4.C此處表示需藉惟同一塊田地里”，故前定冠詞the。故選C。：

5.B百吩數+of+名詞”作主語?時二，謂語動詞的數與of后名詞的數保持一致,本句中of后的rice是不可數名

詞，故謂語動詞.用單數形式。故選氏’

6.Cgraduatefi*om…葭為”畢業(yè)于.”,是固定搭機。故選Co

7.B右意:作為一個年輕人，他前白了增加水稻產量的強大.需求。as意為“作為”。故4B。

8.D此處for作介詞，后接名詞或動名詞：故選D。

9.A本句是一個一般過去時的肯定句，謂語動詞應該用其過去式形式。故選A。?

10.C句意:在1950年,%國會民可以生產出將近4500萬噸水稻，may"可能「；need“需要”；could阿歷

能”;should"應該小出句意司■知選Co

11.A'句意:然而，在最新的收成申，將近兩億噸水稻被生產出來。nearly意為“將近”；故選A。，

12.D根據主句中的mean可知從句應該用一般現在時，且從句的主語people與謂語動詞feed之間存在被

動關卷，故從句用一般現在時咫被動語態(tài)。故選D。

18.C由空格前列舉的國象:印度、越南，可知此處表示“7艮多其他欠發(fā)達國家、lessdevelopedcountries^；

為“欠與達國家?二;故選c?！?

14.A?空格前的of是介詞，后按名詞或代詞。hung@是不可數名詞,意為“饑陰T。故選A。

15.Bas...as中間加形容詞或副詞的原級0+故選Bo-

三、閱讀理解

ChinahasjustopeneditsFASTradiotelescopetointernationalscientists.Itmeansscientistsacrosstheworld

canapplyforusingthetelescopetodoastronomicalobservations.

FASTisshortforFive-hundred-meterApertureSphericalTelescope.Itsconstructionwascompletedin

September2016anditofficiallybeganoperatinginJanuary2020.Measuring500metersindiameter,FASTis

thelargestradiotelescopeintheworld,surpassingthe305-metertelescopeoftheU.S.AreciboObservatory.

FASTisalsobelievedtobetheworld'smostsensitivesingle-dishradiotelescope,andis10timesmoresensitive

thanthe100-meterRadioTelescopeEffelsberginGermany.

Themajorscientifictaskofthetelescopeistheobservationofpulsars（脈沖星）.Thestudyofpulsarscan

helptoconfirmtheexistenceofgravitationalradiation（弓I力輻射）andblackholes,andhelpsolvemanyother

majorquestionsinphysics.AnothermajorscientificgoalofFASTistosearchforlifeoutsidetheEarth.

Thetelescopeislocatedinanaturallydeepandroundkarstdepression（喀斯特洼）insouthwestChina's

GuizhouProvince.Thefirstadvantageoftheselectedsiteisthealtitude.TheaveragealtitudeofGuizhouisabout

1,100meters.Generally,thehigherthealtitude,themoreitcanobserve.Secondly,theradiotelescopeneedsto

havea"bigpan"toreceivebettersignal.Thehugenaturaldepressioncouldreducethedifficultyofconstruction.

Moreover,theselectedsiteinGuizhouisfarawayfromcities,andhasasmallpopulationdensity,whichreduces

theinterferencecausedbywirelessdevicessuchasTVs,mobilephonesandradiosfromhumanactivities.

Sofar,FASThasidentifiedover300pulsars.Expertspredictthatthenumbercouldreach1,000infiveyears

andthatthetelescopecouldlocateandidentifythefirstpulsaroutsidethegalaxy.

1.WhocanuseFAST?

A.Chinesescientists.B.Scientistsfromallcountries.

C.Soldiersandpolicemen.D.AllChinesecitizens.

2.WhendidFASTstartworking?

A.In2015.B.In2016.C.In2020.D.In2021.

3.WhichofthefollowingisNOTTRUEaboutFASTstask?

A.Toconfirmtheexistenceofblackholes.

B.TolookforlifeoutsidetheEarth.

C.Toobservepulsarsintheuniverse.

D.Tosurpassthetelescopeinothercountries.

4Whatdoweknowfromthe4thparagraph?

A.ThemajorconsiderationofthelocationofFAST.

B.GuizhouProvincehasthehighestaltitudeinChina.

C.PeopleinGuizhouuseTVsandmobilephonesless.

D.FASTisbuiltinapan-shapeplacetokeeppeopleout.

5.WhatdoscientiststhinkFASTwillbeabletodointhefuture?

A.Identifymorethan300pulsarsinfiveyears.

B.Discoverthefirstpulsaroutsidethegalaxy.

C.Locatewirelessdevicesaroundtheworld.

D.Collectallkindsofsoundsinthespace.

【答案】BCDAB

【解析】本文介紹中國尖眼正式向外開發(fā)，介紹天腦的建成及其作用。

1.B細節(jié)理解題。Itmeansscientistsacrosstheworldcanapplyforusingthetelescopetodoastronomical

observations.這意味著全世界的普學家都可以申謂攸用望遠露進行天文觀測'故答案選'B

2.C細節(jié)理解題。ItsconstructionwascompletedinS叩tember2016anditofficiallybeganoperatinginJanuary

2020,故答案選C

3D細節(jié)理解題。第一段介紹中國“天眼喻用途。D錯誤。

4A主旨大意題。為四段主要介翠為什么中前天眼“選址建單在貴州的百然洼地里..主詈原因提及三大原

因，海拔高，自然洼地*,建汲成本少些。人煙稀少，苗以減少信號干擾"故答案選A。

5.B細節(jié)理解題。從盤后一段最后一句可知答集速B'

四、閱讀理解

OnMay15,China'sTianwen1probemadeahistoriclandingonMars!Peopleallovertheworldapplauded

（喝彩）thesuccessfullanding,asitwasveryhardtopulloff.

InJuly2020,Tianwen1waslaunchedfromtheWenchangSpaceLaunchCenter.InFebruary,theprobe

enteredMars5orbit（軌道）.Expertssaidthedifficultyofsendingtheprobeintoorbitwasequaltohittingagolf

ballfromParisandlandingitinaholeinTokyo.Butitstillcouldn'tmatchthedifficultyofthefinallanding

phase（階段），whichisalsocalledthe"nineminutesofterror（恐怖）”.HowdidTianwen1doit?Lefstakealook.

Nineminutesofterror

Withinnineminutes,theprobehadtoslowitsspeedfrom20,000kmperhourtozero,landingfrom125km

aboveMars.Sincetheprobeis320millionkmawayfromEarth,thereisasignaldelay（延遲）ofover10minutes

iftheresearchteamtriestocontrolitfromEarth.Sotheprobehadtocarryoutthelandingbyitself!

Thedrag（空氣阻力）createdbytheatmosphere（大氣）sloweditdownfirst.Duringthisprocess,thesurface

ofthecraftheatedupto2,100C,whichcouldmeltthecraft!Luckily,ithadaheatshield（抗熱涂層）toprotect

it.

Next,aparachute（降落傘）openedtofurtherreducethecraft'sspeed.Thiswasalsoadangerousprocess,as

theparachutedropescouldbreakduetothecraft'shighspeed.Researchersusedspecialmaterialstomakethe

ropesstrongenoughtostayinonepiece.

At1.5kmaboveMars,thecraftfireditsretrorockets（反向火箭）asanotherwaytohelpitslowdown.At100

meters,thecraftstayedintheairanduseditssensors（傳感器）tocheckthelandingarea.Ithadtomoveaway

fromobstacles（障礙物）suchasrocksbeforefinallytouchingdown.

FollowingtheUS,ChinaisnowthesecondcountryintheworldtosuccessfullylandaprobeonMars.Itwill

giveChinesescientiststheirfirstopportunitytocloselystudytheRedPlanet.

1.WhendidtheprobeenterMars9orbit?

A.InJuly2020.B.InFebruary2021.

C.OnMay15,2021.D.InJuly2021.

2.HowfarawaywastheprobefromEarthwhilelandingonMars?

A.320millionkm.B.20,000km.

-.■

C.125km.D.1.5km.

3.Whydoesthecrafthaveaheatshield?

A.Toreducedrag.

B.Toheatuptheatmosphere.

C.Tomakethelandingprocessfaster.

D.Toprotectitfrommelting.

4.Whatworkedtoslowdowntheprobejustbeforeitstouchdown?

A.Thedragcreatedbytheatmosphere.

B.Ropesmadeofspecialmaterials.

C.Aparachute.

D.Retrorockets.

5.Whatisthefocusofthepassage?

A.WhyTianwen1'slandingwasoutofcontrol.

B.HowTianwen1landedonMarssuccessfully.

C.TianwenVsjourneytoMars.

y.r.L,'

D.ThelaunchofTianwen1.

【答案】CADDB

【解析】本文介紹天問?號登錄火星艱難的9分鐘，需要克服諸多困難：降速，降遍，找著陸點等：

1.C細節(jié)理解題。OnMay15,China'sTianwen1probemadeajiistoriclandingonMars!他答案選Co

2.A細節(jié)理解題。從Sincetheprobeis32（）millionkmawayfromEarth.答案選A

3.D細節(jié)理解題Duringthisprocess,diesurface^ofthecraftheatedupto2,100C,whichcouldmeltthedraft!

Luckily,ithadaheatshield（抗熱涂層）toprotectit.在這個過程中，飛船表面加熱到210b攝氏度，這可能會

融化飛船！幸運的是，它有一個隔熱板（抗熱涂層）為了保護它。

4.D組節(jié)理解題。thecraftfireditsretrorockets（反向火箭）asanotherwaytohelpitslowdown飛船發(fā)射了反

而火箭作為另一種幫助它減速的方法。.故答案選心

5.B1￡旨大意題。?耘第:重介紹登陸火星艱難的9分鐘。,做答案選

五、閱讀理解

“Shegotabeautifuleye,walkinaline,smilewithhertype;Sheknowsallaboutlife,neveraskwhy,driving

everyonecrazy,crazy..."EveryoneissurprisedthatthisEnglishsong,She,whichhassofartoppedthecharts

withmorethan10millionviewsonpopularvideoplatformBilibili,wasproducedbya15-year-oldgirl,Zhang

Yuxuan,inonly30minutes.

“Amelody（旋律）suddenlypoppedintomyheadwhenIwashavingmathclass,“Zhang,astudentatthe

ShenzhenArtsSchool,majoringinviolin,saidinhervideotitledHowtoTurnaMelodyintoaSong.4iquickly

wrotedownfourlinesoflyricsandthemelodyinmynotebook,andafterclass,Irushedhomeandtooklessthan

halfanhourtofinishthesong.”

Withhercrisp（清脆的）voiceandhumorousexpression,thevideoofthesongShetoppedBilibili's

recommended（推薦的）list.Shehasbecomeoneofthemostpopularmusicvloggerontheplatform.Dubbed（被

稱為）a“youngChineseTaylorSwift”,thisteenagevloggernowhas1.28millionfollowers.

ZhangtoldXinhuaNewsthatthesongwasinspiredbyUSactressAnneHathaway,whoplayedAndrea

"Andy"SachsintheHollywoodblockbuster（好萊塢大片）.TheDevilWearsPrada."IlikeHathaway?s

personality,soIwantedtowriteasongfbrherJZhangsaid."Iwanttosendoutamessageaboutgirlpower-that

girlscanbestrongandindependentbutalsocute.”

ZhangfellinlovewithEnglishsongswhenshewasaprimaryschoolstudent.Sheregistered（注冊）on

Bilibiliwhenshewas13yearsold,andin2019,postedherfirstoriginalsongDecemberComposerandquickly

wonmanyfollowers.Inhervideos,everythingfrombottlestopiecesofcandycanbecomemusicalinstruments.A

videotitledHowtoMakeMusicatSchoolwithoutInstrumentshasbeenwatchedover1.9milliontimes.Inthe

video,shemakesmusicalloops（循環(huán)伴奏）withapencilbagandadesk.

“Ioftencomeupwithwhimsical（奇怪的）ideasaboutwhatI'veseenandheardandthenputthemintomy

songs,“Zhangsaid."It'sagreatoutlet（途徑）fbrmetoexpressmyself,andinthiswayIwon'tbetoosadabout

negativethingsinlife.^

ZhangtoldXinhuathatshewantstostudyatatopmusicschool,suchastheBerkleeCollegeofMusicinthe

USandbecomeasinger-songwriterinthefuture.^Everythinginlifecanbewrittenintosong,“shesaid."ButI

?上*■■"tt夕，?-f-,3,

stillhavealottolearnincludingmymainsubjectslikeEnglishskillsandcomposition.IhopeIcanbecomea

songwriterandworkwiththemusiciansIlike.^^

1.WhatcanwelearnaboutthesongShefromthetext?

A.Itwaswrittenbyagirlmajoringinpiano.

B.Itsvideohasbeenwatchedabout1.28milliontimes.

C.Itwaswrittenwithinhalfanhour.

D.ItwashighlypraisedbyTaylorSwift.

2.WhatinspiredZhangYuxuantowritethissong?

A.Herloveforanactress.

B.Herfamily'sencouragement.

C.Herwishtobeapopularmusicblogger.

D.Herdesireforindependence.

3.WhatdoesmusicmeantoZhangYuxuan?

A.Astepping-stonetosuccess.B.Ameanstomakemoney.

C.Anoutletforheremotions.D.Asourceofinspiration.

4.WhichofthefollowingbestdescribesZhangYuxuan?

A.Sensitiveandcaring.B.Emotionalandoptimistic.

C.Humorousandsociable..D.Clear-mindedandgifted.

1答案】CACD

【解析】l.C細節(jié)理解題。第L段最后一句話，,wasproducedbya15-year-oldgirl,ZhangYuxuan,inonly30

，minuies,可知答案選C。.■:，f,.*f,*;?〃

2.A細節(jié)理解題。從ZhangtoldXinhuaNewsthatthesongwasinspiredbyUSactressAnneHathaway,和“Ilike

Hathaway'spersonality,soIwantedtowriteasongfbrherJ可知I答案選A

3.C細節(jié)理解題。從"IoftencomeupwithwhiinsicafideasaboutwhatTveseenandheardandthenputtheminto

mysongs,“Zhangsaid."It'sagreatoutletfbrmetoexpressmyself；andinthiswayIwon'tbetoosadabout

,negativethingsinlife「’然經常對自己的所見所聞提用一些異想天開的想法，為后把它們放進我的歌里，’；

張說這是我表達自我的一個很好的發(fā)泄，’這樣我就不會對生活中的贅面事情太難過了?！惫蚀痖疫xC

4.D主旨大意題，15發(fā)在30分鐘能寫出《她》用在視頻平臺Bilibili上以1000多萬的瀏覽量登上了排行

榜榜首。說明這位其上非常有，天賦。從后面她箜常捕捉生活中的日常元素莒出歌曲,，也說明她思維每墀清

晰。故答案選D.

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六、閱讀理解

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Yourfacemightbethemostunique（特另U的）partofyourphysicalappearance.Everyonehassomething

abouttheirfacethat'salittledifferent.Andthatdifferencemakesfacialrecognition（面部識別）possible.

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Thistechnologycanbeseeninmanyfilms.Inthesci-ficlassic2001:ASpaceOdyssey,apowerful

Ai-controlledcomputercalledHAL9000isableto"read"theemotions（情緒）ofhumanastronautsbyscanning

（掃描）theirfaces.Andinthe1987actionfilmRobocop,acyborg（半人半機器）policeofficeridentifies（識別）a

criminal（罪JU）byscanninghisphotoandfindingitinacomputer.

Today,facialrecognitiontechhasbecomereality.Itismainlyusedasasecuritymeasure（安保手段）orto

identifycriminals.

Forexample,in2018,facialrecognitiontechnologywasusedtoidentifyandcatchcriminalswhowere

attendingconcertsbyHongKongsingerJackyCheung.AndifyouhavearecentmodelofApple'siPhone,you

probablyalreadyknowthatyoucanunlockthephonewithyourface.Butthosearejustafewofthethingswecan

usefacialrecognitionfor.Thepossibilities,itseems,areendless.

TakeGrabforexample.Grabisaride-hailing（叫車月艮務）companyinsoutheastAsiathatusesfacial

recognitiontechnologytoensurepassengersafety.Thetechnologyworksbyscanningthefacesofboththedriver

andthepassenger,allowingpassengerstomakesurethattheyhavebeenmatchedupwiththecorrectdriver.

Retailers（零售商）arealsolookingtofacialrecognitiontechnologytodrivebusinessbypersonalizing（個性

4七定制」）theshoppingexperienceforcustomers.Facialrecognitioncanallowretailersto"see”whattheirshoppers

areactuallylookingatinstores.Later,theyusethisinformationtoprovidesuggestionsforfuturepurchases（購

買）.，，，，

1.Whatfunctionoffacialrecognitioninmovieshasbecomereality?

A.Readingpeople'semotions.

B.Identifyingcriminals.

C.Callingtaxis.

D.Unlockingphones.

2.TheexampleinParagraph5showsusthat.

A.facialrecognitionisusedinmanyareas

B.peoplecancalltaxisbyscanningtheirface

C.facialrecognitioncankeeppeoplesafe

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D.securityinsoutheastAsiaispoor

3.WhichofthefollowingfactsaboutfacialrecognitionisNOTmentionedinthestory?

A.Itisdangeroussometimes.B.Itisusedfbrsecurityreasons.

C.Itcanhelpcatchcriminals.D.Itcanhelpwithbusiness.

【答案】ACA

【解析】1.細節(jié)理解題。從apowerfulAl-controlledcomputercalledHAL9000isableto“read”theemotions（情

緒）ofhumanastronautsbyscanning（掃描）theirfaces.一臺功能強大的人工智能控制計算機HAL9000能夠

通過掃描人類宇航員的面部來“讀取”他們的情緒。.故答案選入

2.C第五段介紹人臉識別在出租車方面的應用，能確保安全。

3.A理解判斷題」第四段提及人臉識別應用于識別和抓捕罪犯。第五段介紹人臉識別用于出租車方面保證

人身安全。第六段介紹人臉識別用于商業(yè)方面的應用。故沒有提及A。

七、閱讀理解

WithCOVID-19threatening（威脅）theworld,researchershaveworkedontechnologythatcanprotectour

environment,improvethequalityofmedicalcare,orsimplymakeourlivesmoreconvenient.ScientificAmerican

haschosen10newtechnologiesthatmightchangeourfuture.We'lltakealookatthreeofthem.

Greenhydrogen綠色氫

Whenwebumhydrogenforenergy,theonlyby-product（副產品）iswater.It'ssafefbrtheenvironment.But

theprocessofproducinghydrogenisbadfbrtheenvironment.“Green“hydrogenmightbethesolution.

Greenhydrogenisproducedbyusingmachinestosplit（分開）waterintoitstwomostbasicelements一

hydrogenandoxygen（氧氣）.Inthepast,thisprocesstooksomuchelectricitythatitdidn'tmakesensetodoit.

Butnow,wehavemoreefficient（有效率的）machines.Thismeanswecanproducehydrogeninacleanerand

moreenvironmentally-friendlyway.

Spatialcomputing空間計算

Someofyoumightbefamiliarwithaugmentedreality（增強現實），orAR.ComputersuseARtoputavirtual（虛

擬的）“l(fā)ayer（層次）“ontopoftherealworld,suchaswhenyouuseanapptocontrolthelightsinyourhome.Anew

kindofcomputingcalledspatialcomputingwillcombineARwiththeinternetofthingstomakedailylifeevenmore

automated（自動的）.

Withspatialcomputing,itispossibletomakeadigital（數字的）"map"ofanenvironment,suchasyourhomeor

ahospital.Usingthismap,computerscan"see"what'shappeningintherealenvironmentandchangeitaccordingly.

Forexample,yourhome'scomputercouldturnuptheheatifitseesthatyourbodytemperatureislow.

Whole-genomesynthesis全基因組合

SoonaftertheCOVID-19epidemicbegan,Chinesescientistsanalyzed（分析）thevirus'sgenes（基因）and

uploadedthemtoglobaldatabases（數據庫）.Swissscientiststhenusedthisgeneticdatato