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2023·全国·模拟预测
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文章大意:本文是说明文,介绍了听者不喜欢不流畅的表达。说话迟缓且话中有大量的“嗯”和停顿的人通常被认为不那么有魅力。但科学研究发现不流畅传达的信息比人们认为的要多。

1 . When you ask people to judge others by their speech, a trend emerges: Listeners dislike disfluency. Slow talkers producing loads of ums and pauses(停顿)are generally perceived as less charming. But science tells us there may be even more to disfluency.

Disfluencies do not occur in arbitrary positions in sentences. Ums typically occur right before more difficult or low-frequency words. Imagine you’re having dinner with a friend at a restaurant,and there’re three items on the table: a knife, a glass, and a wine decanter(醒酒器). Your friend turns to you and says, “Could you hand me the...um...” What would you assume they want? Since it’s unlikely that they will hesitate before such common words as knife, and glass, chances are you’ll pick up the decanter and ask, “You mean this?”

This is exactly what we demonstrated through controlled eye-tracking studies in our lab. Apparently, listeners hear the um and predict that an uncommon word is most likely to follow.Such predictions, though, reflect more than just simple association between disfluencies and difficult words; listeners are actively considering from the speaker’s point of view. For example, when hearing a non-native speaker say the same sentence but with a thick foreign accent, listeners don’t show a preference for looking at low-frequency objects. This is probably because listeners assume non-native speakers may have as much trouble coming up with the English word for a common object, like a knife, as for unusual ones and can’t guess their intention.

In another experiment, listeners were presented with an atypical speaker who produced disfluencies before simple words and never before difficult words. Initially, participants displayed the natural predictive strategy: looking at uncommon objects. However, as more time went by, and they gained experience with this atypical distribution of disfluencies, listeners started to demonstrate the contrary predictive behavior: They tended to look at simple objects when hearing the speaker say um.

These findings represent further evidence that the human brain is a prediction machine: We continuously try to predict what will happen next, even though not all disfluencies are created equal.

1. What does the underlined word “arbitrary”mean in paragraph 2?
A.Random.B.Strategic.C.Obvious.D.Consistent
2. What does the author say about the non-native speakers?
A.They can be understood easily.B.They actively put themselves in others’ shoes
C.Their vocabularies are limited.D.Their disfluencies are a little less predictive.
3. What does the experiment in paragraph 4 show?
A.Simple things are difficult in some cases.B.Listeners can adjust predictions accordingly.
C.Distribution of disfluencies is changeable.D.Disfluencies in communication can be avoided.
4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A.Pauses Coexist with Prediction.B.Brains Are Powerful Prediction Machines.
C.Active Listeners Simplify Talks.D.Disfluency Says More Than You Think.
2023-12-12更新 | 746次组卷 | 4卷引用:2024年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语领航卷(四)
文章大意:本文为说明文。文章讨论了幻灯片带来的恐慌。

2 . The Great PowerPoint Panic of 2003.

Sixteen minutes before touchdown on the morning of February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia (“哥伦比亚”号航天飞机)______ into the cloudless East Texas sky. All seven astronauts aboard were killed. As the shattered shuttle flew toward Earth in pieces, it looked to its live TV viewers like a swarm of shooting stars.

The immediate ______ of the disaster, a report from a NASA Accident Investigation Board determined that August, was a piece of insulating foam (绝缘泡沫胶) that had broken loose and damaged the shuttle’s left wing soon after liftoff. But the report also   ______ out a less direct, more surprising cause. Engineers had known about - and inappropriately______ - the wing damage long before Columbia’s attempted reentry, but the flaws in their analysis were ______ in a series of overstuffed computer-presentation slides that were shown to NASA officials.

By the start of 2003, the phrase “death by PowerPoint” had well and truly entered the ______ vocabulary. Edward Tufte was the first to have taken it literally: That spring, the Yale statistician published a booklet entitled The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint, whose core argument was that the medium of communication influences the substance of communication. While PowerPoint, as a medium, did not ______ create unclear, lazy presentations, it certainly ______ and sometimes even masked them — with potentially deadly consequences. This is exactly what Tufte saw in the Columbia engineers’ slides.

Wired ran an excerpt (节选) from Tufte’s booklet in September 2003 under the headline “PowerPoint Is Evil.” A few months later, The New York Times Magazine included his assessment — summarized as “PowerPoint Makes You Dumb” — in its ______ of the year’s most important ideas. “Perhaps PowerPoint is uniquely suited to our modern age of confusion,” the entry read.

Despite the backlash it inspired in the ______, the presentation giant rolls on. The program has more monthly users than ever before, well into the hundreds of millions. During lockdown, people ______ PowerPoint parties on Zoom. Kids now make PowerPoint presentations for their parents when they want to get a puppy. If PowerPoint is evil, then evil ______ the world.

On its face at least, the idea that PowerPoint makes us stupid looks like a textbook case of misguided technological doomsaying. Today’s concerns about social media somehow resemble the PowerPoint critique. Both boil down to a worry that new media technologies ______ form over substance, that they are designed to hold our attention rather than to convey truth, and that they make us stupid.

______, concerns about new media rarely seem to make a difference. If the innovation did change the way we think, we are measuring its effects with an altered mind. Either the critical remarks were wrong, or they were so right that we can no longer tell the   ______.

1.
A.disappearedB.disintegratedC.distributedD.disappointed
2.
A.sideB.causeC.featureD.issue
3.
A.collectedB.unifiedC.droppedD.single
4.
A.discountedB.viewedC.accessedD.founded
5.
A.mutedB.absorbedC.buriedD.sunk
6.
A.technicalB.popularC.negativeD.special
7.
A.possiblyB.reasonablyC.ordinarilyD.necessarily
8.
A.accommodatedB.combinedC.distinguishedD.enhanced
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A.abstractB.repetitionC.reviewD.brief
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A.pressB.publicationC.mediaD.criticism
11.
A.openedB.createdC.threwD.jumped
12.
A.rulesB.harmonizesC.impactsD.roars
13.
A.featureB.encourageC.valueD.defend
14.
A.ThereforeB.HoweverC.CertainlyD.Surprisingly
15.
A.differenceB.truthC.timeD.concern
22-23高一上·上海浦东新·阶段练习
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文章大意:这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了阻止有压力的情况破坏你的一天,管理压力的实用方法。

3 . Armed with a toolkit of techniques and tricks to calm the mind and bring focus back to your body, you can stop stressful situations from sabotaging your day, says Katy Georgiou.


GROUND YOURSELF

Making contact with the ground is your baseline go-to response for stress. This technique can be especially helpful if you find your stress regularly turns into panic. Wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, place your feet flat on the ground so that you feel stable, and then close your eyes. If you’re able to sit on the floor cross-legged or to lie down flat, then even better.

Think of this as earthing: really connect with the ground beneath your body. Some studies suggest that this simple act can help reduce or relieve symptoms of stress such as pain and fatigue, reduce blood pressure, and improve sleep. If you’re feeling disconnected from the world, it can also remind you that you belong to it and are a crucial part of it — the ground will always be there for you.


LOVE THYSELF

Adopting regular, daily or weekly routines for self-care can be very containing, creating consistency amid all sorts of stressful life events happening around you. Looking in the mirror each day can actually remind you that you exist, so feel free to factor some reflective gazing into your daily routine, whether it’s while applying moisturiser, shaving, or brushing your hair. Studies have shown that being confronted with your reflection can have powerful effects, taking us out of our heads and into the immediate present. For added effect, pay attention to the way your products interact with your hair and skin as you apply them.

Playing around with smells, colours and textures in your hands will also engage your senses. Using a scented shampoo or smoothing on body lotion after a warm bath can be easy ways to do this.


CLEAR YOUR MIND

Abandon all your thoughts and try to focus only on your surroundings. What can you see, hear, smell, taste and touch? Identify three things you can hear, one thing you can taste, four things you can see and two things you can feel on your skin. Pick out colours in the room you are sitting in, notice textures and different kinds of light. If somebody is with you, tell them what you are experiencing. The point here is that your senses are your best and easiest route back to feeling calm, by coming out of your head and rooting yourself back in the present. This is incredibly helpful if you’re having a panic attack or flop response.

1. If your friend Jane always feels worn out and suffers from sleep deprivation, which of the following techniques will you especially recommend to her?
A.Connect her body to the ground beneath her.
B.Adopt a daily gaze at her reflection in the mirror.
C.Exchange her scentless shampoo for an aromatic one.
D.Focus on what she can see, hear, smell, taste and touch.
2. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A.Lying down flat can better relieve your stress.
B.Grounding yourself can give you a sense of belonging to the world.
C.Brushing your hair while looking in the mirror can remind you of your existence.
D.Those having a panic attack should shut their senses down.
3. The passage is intended to __________.
A.help people understand themselves better
B.introduce some practical methods for stress management
C.emphasize the significance of exploiting multiple senses
D.promote a mindset of living in the moment
2023-08-15更新 | 523次组卷 | 3卷引用:上教版2020选择性必修一Unit1 Writing课后练习
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文章大意:本文是说明文。科学家发现,人类五个手指的形成原因是由三种分子精心策划的,不过,还有很多东西有待发现。

4 . How Did You Get Five Fingers?

Your arms and toes began as tiny buds that sprouted from your sides when you were just a four-week-old embryo (胚胎). By six weeks, these limb buds had grown longer and five rods of cartilage 软骨) had appeared in their flattened tips. By week seven, the cells between the rods had died away, forming five small fingers or toes from once-solid masses of flesh.

Now, a team of scientists led by James Sharpe from the Centre for Genomic Regulation in Barcelona has discovered that these events are carefully orchestrated by three molecules. They mark out zones in the embryonic hand where fingers will grow, and the spaces in between that are destined to die. Without such molecules, pianos and keyboards wouldn’t exist, and jazz hands would be jazz palms.

These three molecules work in a way first envisioned by Alan Turing, a legendary English mathematician and code-breaker. Back in 1952, Turing proposed a simple mathematical model in which two molecules could create patterns by spreading through tissues and interacting with each other. For example, the first molecule might activate the second, while the second blocks the first. Neither receives any guidance about where to go; through their dance, they spontaneously organize themselves into spots or stripes.

Since then, many scientists have found that these Turing mechanisms exist. They’re responsible for a cheetah’s spots and a zebrafish’s stripes. For 30 years, people have also suggested that they could sculpt our hands and feet, but no one had found the exact molecules involved.

Sharpe knew that these molecules would need to show a striped pattern. Sox9 seemed like the most promising candidate. It is activated in a striped pattern from a very early stage of development. By comparing cells where Sox9 is active or inactive, Jelena Raspopovic and Luciano Marcon found two other groups of genes—Bmp and Wnt—also formed striped patterns. Bmp rises and falls in step with Sox9 and both are active in the digits. Wnt is out of phase; it’s active in the gaps. The three molecules also affect each other: Bmp activates Sox9 while Wnt blocks it; and Sox9 blocks both of its partners. It looked like these were the molecules the team was searching for not a pair, as Turing suggested, but a trinity. To confirm this, they created a simulation of a growing limb bud and showed that Sox9, Bmp and Wnt could organize themselves into a pattern of five stripes, by activating and blocking each other.

There’s still a lot to discover, though. For example, I’ve used Bmp and Wnt as shorthands here—in reality, each represents a class of several molecules, and the team still needs to work out which specific member is part of the Turing’s proposal.

1. The underlined sentence in the second paragraph means that ________.
A.some certain molecules are necessary for the growth of human fingers
B.the development of embryos is dependent on some certain molecules
C.without some certain molecules, music won’t exist in this world
D.the molecules work in a way that Alan Turing once offered
2. What can we learn from the example given in the third paragraph?
A.Molecules interact by following a strict mathematical model.
B.Molecules have a strong will to form patterns in nature.
C.The formation of patterns in nature may be dominated by molecules.
D.Alan Turing was able to track down the movement of molecules.
3. What is “Sox9” according to the passage?
A.A protein that determines humans’ development in childhood.
B.A gene especially important for the development of our limbs.
C.A striped pattern that always interacts with Bmp and Wnt.
D.A simulation of growing limbs that activate and block each other.
4. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A.How human limbs are developed may well be similar to how animal spots are shaped.
B.The way Sox9 interacts with Bmp and Wnt is still a mystery that needs further studying.
C.Sox9 can activate both Bmp and Wnt to form our limbs, according to scientific research.
D.Sox9, Bmp and Wnt are three specific molecules that determine the growth of fingers.
2023-06-16更新 | 449次组卷 | 1卷引用:Unit 4 Future Living Unit Test B卷 (上外版2020)
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2023高三·全国·专题练习
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文章大意:本文是说明文。没有人是一座孤岛,文章陈述了“群体智慧”效应。实验表明,在某些情况下大量独立估计的平均值可能是相当准确的。

5 . On March 7, 1907, the English statistician Francis Galton published a paper which illustrated what has come to be known as the “wisdom of crowds” effect. The experiment of estimation he conducted showed that in some cases, the average of a large number of independent estimates could be quite accurate.

This effect capitalizes on the fact that when people make errors, those errors aren’t always the same. Some people will tend to overestimate, and some to underestimate. When enough of these errors are averaged together, they cancel each other out, resulting in a more accurate estimate. If people are similar and tend to make the same errors, then their errors won’t cancel each other out. In more technical terms, the wisdom of crowds requires that people’s estimates be independent. If for whatever reasons, people’s errors become correlated or dependent, the accuracy of the estimate will go down.

But a new study led by Joaquin Navajas offered an interesting twist (转折) on this classic phenomenon. The key finding of the study was that when crowds were further divided into smaller groups that were allowed to have a discussion, the averages from these groups were more accurate than those from an equal number of independent individuals. For instance, the average obtained from the estimates of four discussion groups of five was significantly more accurate than the average obtained from 20 independent individuals.

In a follow-up study with 100 university students, the researchers tried to get a better sense of what the group members actually did in their discussion. Did they tend to go with those most confident about their estimates? Did they follow those least willing to change their minds? This happened some of the time, but it wasn’t the dominant response. Most frequently, the groups reported that they “shared arguments and reasoned together”. Somehow, these arguments and reasoning resulted in a global reduction in error. Although the studies led by Navajas have limitations and many questions remain, the potential implications for group discussion and decision-making are enormous.

1. What is paragraph 2 of the text mainly about?
A.The methods of estimation.B.The underlying logic of the effect.
C.The causes of people’s errors.D.The design of Galton’s experiment.
2. Navajas’ study found that the average accuracy could increase even if ________.
A.the crowds were relatively smallB.there were occasional underestimates
C.individuals did not communicateD.estimates were not fully independent
3. What did the follow-up study focus on?
A.The size of the groups.B.The dominant members.
C.The discussion process.D.The individual estimates.
4. What is the author’s attitude toward Navajas’ studies?
A.Unclear.B.Dismissive.C.Doubtful.D.Approving.
2023-06-11更新 | 13572次组卷 | 21卷引用:专题12 阅读理解说明文、议论文-五年(2019-2023)
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文章大意:本文是一篇说明文,是《中国:行之有效的民主》的序言部分。序言准确概括了中国民主的鲜明特征:全过程人民民主,实现了过程民主和成果民主、程序民主和实质民主、直接民主和间接民主、人民民主和国家意志相统一,是全链条、全方位、全覆盖的民主,是最广泛、最真实、最管用的社会主义民主。中国不断发展的人民民主制度行之有效,为其他国家提供了借鉴。

6 . Preamble ofChina: Democracy that works

Published by the State Council on December 4, 2021

Democracy is a common value of humanity and an ideal that has always been cherished by the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people.

This year marks the centenary of the CPC. Since its founding in 1921, the Party has taken wellbeing for the Chinese people and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation as its abiding goals, and has made continuous efforts to ensure the people’s status as masters of the country. China is a country with a feudal (封建的) history dating back several thousand years that descended into a semi-feudal and semi-colonial society after the Opium War of 1840. Over the past hundred years, the Party has led the people in realizing people’s democracy in China. The Chinese people now truly hold in their hands their own future and that of society and the country.

The people’s status as masters of the country is the essence of people’s democracy. Since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012, with a deeper understanding of China’s path to democracy and the political system, the Party has developed whole-process people’s democracy as a key concept and striven to translate it and relevant democratic values into effective institutions and concrete actions.

Whole-process people’s democracy integrates process-oriented democracy with results-oriented democracy, procedural democracy with substantive (本质上的) democracy, direct democracy with indirect democracy, and people’s democracy with the will of the state. It is a model of socialist democracy that covers all aspects of the democratic process and all sectors of society. It is a true democracy that works.

Democracy is a concrete phenomenon that is constantly evolving. Rooted in history, culture and tradition, it takes diverse forms and develops along the paths chosen by different peoples based on their exploration and innovation.

The best way to evaluate whether a country’s political system is democratic and efficient is to observe whether the succession of its leaders is orderly and in line with the law, whether all the people can manage state and social affairs and economic and cultural undertakings in conformity with legal provisions, whether the public can express their requirements without hindrance, whether all sectors can efficiently participate in the country’s political affairs, whether national decision-making can be conducted in a rational and democratic way, whether people of high caliber in all fields can be part of the national leadership and administrative systems through fair competition, whether the governing party is in charge of state affairs in accordance with the Constitution and the law, and whether the exercise of power can be kept under effective restraint and supervision.

Democracy is not a decorative ornament, but an instrument for addressing the issues that concern the people. Whether a country is democratic depends on whether its people are truly the masters of the country; whether the people have the right to vote, and more importantly, the right to participate extensively; whether they have been given verbal promises in elections, and more importantly, how many of these promises are fulfilled after elections; whether there are set political procedures and rules in state systems and laws, and more importantly, whether these systems and laws are truly enforced; whether the rules and procedures for the exercise of power are democratic, and more importantly, whether the exercise of power is genuinely subject to public scrutiny and checks.

Democracy is the right of the people in every country, rather than the prerogative of a few nations. Whether a country is democratic should be judged by its people, not dictated by a handful of outsiders. Whether a country is democratic should be acknowledged by the international community, not arbitrarily decided by a few self-appointed judges. There is no fixed model of democracy; it manifests itself in many forms. Assessing the myriad political systems in the world against a single yardstick and examining diverse political structures in monochrome are in themselves undemocratic.

In the richly diverse world, democracy comes in many forms. China’s democracy is thriving alongside those of other countries in the garden of civilizations. China stands ready to contribute its experience and strength to global political progress through cooperation and mutual learning.

1. Which of the following is the foundation of people’s democracy in China?
A.Fighting against the feudal power which held the nation backwards.
B.Striving to translate Whole-process democracy and relevant democratic values into effective institutions and concrete actions.
C.Asserting their power to rule the country effectively.
D.Ensuring that the public can express their requirements without hindrance and all sectors can efficiently participate in the country’s political affairs.
2. In which way could we tell if a country is in most aspects,ensuring people’s political life fully democratic?
A.Its democracy being rooted in history, culture and tradition as well as taking diverse forms based on exploration and innovation.
B.Even a little bit of shade from the feudal history has been swept away while continuously revoluting its democracy for the better.
C.Teenagers willing to take an active part in political activities such as the Simulated CPPCC.
D.People are able to exercise their rights within the scope of the law unhinderedly (不受阻地).
3. How can we better enjoy the advantage of Whole-process people’s democracy?
A.Observing whether the succession of its leaders is orderly and in line with the law.
B.Raising our status as masters of the country with concrete actions.
C.Always innovating for a better future, not only for ourselves but also for our democracy.
D.Persisting in the Party’s strong leadership.
4. What is the main idea of this paragraph?
A.A full and accurate foreword introducing existing circumstances of democracy.
B.An informative official document giving people knowledge on democracy in China.
C.An introduction of how democracy works in China.
D.Telling people what are thus how to distinguish various kinds of democracy.
2023-01-12更新 | 1057次组卷 | 3卷引用:辽宁省部分重点高中强基协作体2022-2023学年高一上学期期末质量检测英语试卷
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文章大意:本文是一篇说明文,介绍了在网络社会报纸向网上世界的“过渡”,这是一个不确定且非常不舒服的过程。同时保证印刷品也是销售互联网订阅的重要工具。是屏幕还是纸张?把二者结合才能共赢。

7 . Transition. It’s a pleasant word and a calming concept. It means going surely and sweetly from somewhere present to somewhere future. Unless, that is, it is newspapers’ ‘transition’ to the _______ world, an uncertain and highly uncomfortable process.

Just look at the latest print circulation figures. The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and many of the rest are down overall between 8% and 10% year-on-year, but their websites go ever higher.

All of that may well be true, depending on timing, geography and more. _______, everyone— from web academics to print analysis—says so. Yet pause for a while and count a few little things that don’t _______.

One is the magazine world, both in the UK and in the US. It ought to be _______, wrecked by the move to the tablets which fit existing magazine page sizes so perfectly. But, in fact, the rate of decline in magazine purchasing is relatively small, with subscriptions holding up strongly and advertising remarkable _______.

As for news and current affairs magazines — which you’d expect to find in the eye of the digital storm — they had a 8.4% increase to report. In short, on both sides of the Atlantic, although some magazine areas went down, many showed rapid growth.

You can discover a _______ phenomenon when it comes to books, Kindle and similar e-readers are booming, with sales up massively this year. The apparent first step of transition couldn’t be _______. Yet, when booksellers examined the value of the physical books they sold over the last six months, they found it just 0.4% down. Screen or paper, then? It wasn’t one or the other: it was _______.

So if sales in that area have fallen so little, perhaps the _______ mostly affects newspapers? Yet again, though, the messages are oddly ________. The latest survey of trends by the World Association of Newspapers shows that global circulation rose 1.1% last year (to 812 million copies a day). Sales in the West dropped back but Asia more than ________ the difference.

Already 360 US papers—including most of the biggest and best — have built paywalls around their products. However, the best way of attracting a paying readership appears to be a deal that offers the print copy and digital access as some kind of ________ package.

________, print is also a crucial tool in selling internet subscriptions. And its advertising rates raise between nine and ten times more money than online.

Of course this huge difference isn’t ________ news for newspaper companies, as maintaining both an active website and an active print edition is difficult, complex and expensive. But newspaper brands still have much of their high profile in print: a drift on the web, the job of just being ________ becomes far harder.

1.
A.publishingB.onlineC.idealD.unknown
2.
A.On the other handB.After allC.To begin withD.For instance
3.
A.stopB.existC.emergeD.fit
4.
A.regulatedB.advancingC.collapsingD.minimized
5.
A.solidB.simpleC.creativeD.changeable
6.
A.culturalB.commonC.scientificD.similar
7.
A.laterB.harderC.clearerD.slower
8.
A.allB.neitherC.bothD.either
9.
A.serviceB.systemC.crisisD.figure
10.
A.rightB.vagueC.designedD.mixed
11.
A.made upB.told apartC.took overD.held on
12.
A.jointB.mysteriousC.modernD.complex
13.
A.In other wordsB.On the contraryC.What’s moreD.Even so
14.
A.newB.sadC.bigD.good
15.
A.sparedB.updatedC.noticedD.edited
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文章大意:本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一份泄露的政府间气候变化专门委员会草案报告称,全球数百万平方公里的树木种植和生物能源作物的广泛使用可能会对粮食安全和土地退化造成潜在的严重后果,并展开了相关讨论。

8 . A leaked IPCC draft reports, “Widespread use across millions of square kilometers globally of tree-planting and bioenergy crops could have potentially serious consequences for food security and land degradation (退化).” In other words, more massive monocultures (单种栽培) and more bioenergy crops, fueled by more fertilizers, could damage the structure of the environmental soil and its capacity to absorb carbon.

Everyone knows that to help ease the increasing climate crisis, we need to plant new trees. It’s said that the earth could support an additional 9,000,000 square kilometers of forest, potentially hosting 500 billion trees capable of capturing more than 200 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide at maturity. It would be a serious help to the environment.

Bioenergy now holds a 50 percent share of the world’s renewables consumption—as much as hydro, wind, solar and all others combined. It’s good news, but not entirely. If we consider that increasing desertification and rising ocean levels will take away more arable (可耕种的) land, we arrive at a crucial “trilemma”(三难困境). Should we use our spare soil for agriculture, reforestation or bioenergy?

Such a question would make sense in a multilateral, harmonious world, not on a planet where the richest country cancels an environment-saving agreement, thus encouraging the most tropically-forested nation to set about cutting trees.

Last year, 36,000 square kilometers of forest was cut down. Wouldn’t it be better to start by stopping deforestation altogether? Animal farming takes up 77 percent of the world’s arable land and provides us with 18 percent of the calories. Shouldn’t we cut back on global meat consumption? Modern bioenergy is already available. Shouldn’t we get rid of first-generation biofuels, which are produced from food crops?

1. What’s the IPCC’s attitude to the widespread planting?
A.AmbiguousB.PositiveC.DisapprovingD.Uncaring
2. What does the author intend to do in paragraph 2?
A.Add some background information.B.Summarize the previous paragraphs.
C.Provide some advice for the readers.D.Introduce a new topic for discussion.
3. How can we understand “but not entirely” in paragraph 3?
A.There is less sustainable energy for use.
B.No more land is available for bioenergy.
C.More trees are cut in the richest country.
D.Bioenergy can cause more climate problems.
4. What does the text mainly talk about?
A.Developing farmland as much as possible.
B.Planting trees to prevent global warming.
C.Using bioenergy to reduce environmental pollution.
D.Protecting present resources instead of developing new ones.
2022-05-08更新 | 799次组卷 | 5卷引用:人教版(2019) 选择性必修一 Unit 5 Working the Land 单元检测
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文章大意:这是一篇说明文。文章通过中国新型科研船的导入,介绍了Cui Weicheng教授,他的Rainbow Fish公司以及该公司的最终目标——探访马里亚纳海沟。

9 . A huge crowd has gathered to watch China’s new scientific research ship enter the water for the first time. This ship, equipped with on-board labs and the latest scientific kit, will eventually explore the world’s oceans. But it is also going to help China plunge beneath the waves: it will serve as a launch-pad for submarines that can dive to the deepest parts of the ocean. “Humans know much less about the deep oceans than we know about the surface of the Moon and Mars. That’s why I want to develop the facility for ocean scientists to reach the deep seas,” says Prof. Cui Weicheng.

He is the dean of deep sea science at Shanghai Ocean University but he has also set up a private company called Rainbow Fish, which built the new research ship and is busy developing submersibles. One of its unmanned subs reached a depth of 4,000m (13,000ft) in its most recent trial. But Rainbow Fish’s ultimate goal is manned exploration and it plans to take humans to the very bottom of the ocean the Mariana Trench, in the Pacific, at a depth of nearly 11,000m (36,000ft). He shows me around a life-size model of the submarine and explains that there is room inside for a crew of three, who will be protected by a thick metal sphere.”At the moment, we are in the design stage, so we are testing several extremely high-strength materials for it.” It will have to bear immense pressures from the crushing weight of water above. If there are any weaknesses, the submarine will implode. The deepest ocean is a place few people have ever experienced first-hand. The first dive to the Mariana Trench was carried out in 1960 by US Navy Lieutenant Don Walsh and Swiss engineer Jacques Picard. Their vessel, the Bathyscaphe Trieste, creaked and groaned as it made the descent, taking nearly five hours.

The only other manned expedition was carried out by Hollywood director James Cameron, who took a solo plunge in a bright green submarine in 2012. Rainbow Fish wants its sub to be next. The team insists its venture isn’t about politics and that it is looking to collaborate with American, Russian and European scientists. It is, though, a commercial operation. The company plans to charge people to use its research ship and submarines, and is targeting three groups, says managing director Dr. Wu Xin. “The first is definitely the scientists who are interested in studying deep-sea science and technology. The second group is offshore companies and oil companies. The last one is tourists and adventurers [who] want to go down themselves to have a look at what’s going on there,” he says. This kind of entrepreneurial approach may be a new model for science in China. Deep-sea research is a difficult, high-risk activity — and much of the ocean remains unexplored. But Cui, who hopes to be the first Chinese person to reach the Mariana Trench, believes that China could be the nation to truly open up this final frontier.

1. What function does the new scientific research ship serve?
A.As a deep-sea facility for tourist adventures
B.As a supply ship for scientific explorations.
C.As a station for observing giant squid.
D.As a launch-pad for submarines.
2. What is Prof. Cui Weicheng currently doing?
A.Testing high-strength materials for building submarines.
B.Designing a thick metal sphere for bearing space pressure.
C.Charting the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean.
D.Making plans for his dive to the bottom of the Mariana Trench.
3. What does “this kind of entrepreneurial approach” in the last paragraph mean?
A.Prof. Cui doesn’t rely on government funding. Instead he runs a for-profit business.
B.Prof. Cui is bold in his submarine design.
C.Prof. Cui, who started the company, is a professor-turned entrepreneur.
D.Prof. Cui is the first to offer his ship for tourists.
4. Which of the following might be the best title of this passage?
A.Deep-sea science and technologyB.Ocean exploration
C.Race to the deepD.The rising of Rainbow Fish
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文章大意:本文是一篇说明文。文章主要通过介绍图书管理员Julia Torres的经历,说明了什么是阅读障碍,以及如何预防阅读障碍。

10 . “I’m not a reader.” It’s a common reply that Julia Torres, a teacher-librarian in Denver Public School, has heard throughout her 16-year career. She’s seen students tear up books, throw them away or check them out only to immediately return them all because they didn’t have confidence in their ability to read.

As a librarian, Torres feels strongly that libraries should be spaces of liberation, places where students can develop a love of reading at any stage. Reading is a skill that everyone can grow to love, but too many negative experiences during a child’s literacy (读写能力) education can result in boredom, lack of interest or even anger. When a student has a poor experience like being shamed for their reading choices, they can begin to associate reading with painful feelings of insecurity, shame and stress.

To prevent reading disorder (阅读障碍) practices, as Torres notes, librarians first can build an inclusive (内容丰富的) library where classified collections can make it easier for students to find out the books they want and also help identify gaps in the collections. Reevaluating librarians’ role is necessary, which allows students to take control of the library and have a say in what’s purchased for the collection, directly exciting students’ reading interest. Instead of hosting traditional book fairs where students have to pay for books, it is better to open up a True Book Fair, where students are invited to choose books intentionally to their interests without any costs. Librarians are recommended to read what students are reading. Another two important approaches to preventing reading disorder are to take a look at the library policies and redefine (重新定义) what counts as reading. It is necessary to get rid of fines, check-out limits, security gates, and punishment policies. Plus, students are encouraged to listen to audiobooks or read picture books. Find a way to teach important skills like comprehension or critical thinking with the texts that excite and interest students.

1. What does the underlined sentence “I’m not a reader” in Paragraph 1 infer?
A.Some students are not interested in reading.
B.Some students have no ability to read books.
C.Some students don’t borrow books from the library.
D.Some students haven’t tried to read for entertainment.
2. What is directly linked with exciting students’ reading interests?
A.Getting rid of library rules.B.Making their own choices.
C.Librarians’ recommendation.D.Reducing charges caused by reading.
3. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?
A.What leads to students’ difficulty in reading.
B.How negative reading experiences affect students.
C.How to reduce reading disorder as student librarians.
D.Why to decrease reading disorder as student librarians.
4. What is the author’s purpose of writing the text?
A.To do a research on reading disorder.
B.To offer suggestions to the librarians.
C.To analyze why reading disorder forms.
D.To draw attention to reading disorder prevention.
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