1 .        Viewing childhood development as a scientific investigation throws light on how children learn, but it also offers an inspiring look at science and scientists. Why do young children and scientists seem to be so much alike? Psychologists have suggested that science as an effort — the desire to explore, explain, and understand our world — is simply something that comes from our babyhood. Perhaps evolution provided human babies with curiosity and a natural drive to explain their worlds, and adult scientists simply make use of the same drive that served them as children. The same cognitive (认知的) systems that make young children feel good about figuring something out may have been adopted by adult scientists. As some psychologists put it, “It is not that children are little scientists but that scientists are big children.”
What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A．The world may be more clearly explained through children’s play.

B．Studying babies’ play may lead to a better understanding of science.

C．Children may have greater ability to figure out things than scientists.

D．One’s drive for scientific research may become stronger as he grows.

2 . But Disney’s story actually started two decades earlier with what Walt Disney called "Daddy’s Day". On Saturdays in the 1930s and 1940s, Disney would take his two daughters to ride the Griffith Park merry-go-round, which they’d enjoy while he sat on a bench dreaming of ways for families to have fun together. Disney disliked the amusement parks they often visited, seeing them as dirty, unimaginative places run by rude employees.

Disneyland opened then. The 5,000 expected guests increased to 28,154, thanks to fake tickets. After the madness of opening day, Disney and his new park were criticized in the press. The media predicted a quick and early end. But the public didn’t listen. Visitors arrived in large groups, and within weeks Disneyland was a success.

Over sixty years later, Disneyland’s popularity continues to grow, with total overall attendance topping 700 million and showing no signs of slowing down.

Which is the best title for the passage?

A．Disneyland: How It All Began	B．Disneyland: An Overnight Success
C．Disneyland: How It Developed	D．Disneyland: A Park with a Long History

3 . China’s policy of planting trees is likely playing a significant role in tempering its climate impacts. An international team has identified two areas in the country where the scale of carbon dioxide absorption by new forests has been underestimated. Taken together, these areas account for a little over 35% of China’s entire land carbon “sink”, the group says.
Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A．Greenhouse Gas Emission Largely Reduced

B．Roles of Carbon Sinks Proved by New Study

C．China’s Forest Carbon Absorption Underestimated

D．Climate Impacts Balanced Due to China’s Afforestation

4 . The first thing we notice about new people are their faces.The next time we see these people, we remember them because we remember their faces. This seems like a simple process. However, scientists found that it is not such a simple process. The section of the brain that is responsible for face recognition seems to work differently for different people. Some people have great difficulty remembering and recognizing faces, while others almost never forget a face.
The first paragraph is mainly about ___________.

A．the way to improve one’s face-recognition skills

B．the fact that some people have face-recognition problems

C．the simple process of the brain to recognize others’ faces

D．the importance of face recognition in human communication

5 . “We know that narrative has the power to transport us to another world,” says Guilherme Brockington from Brazil’s Federal University. “Earlier research suggested that stories help children process and regulate their emotions — but this was mostly conducted in a laboratory, with subjects answering questions while lying inside functional MRI machines. There are few studies on biological and psychological effects of storytelling in a more commonplace hospital setting.”
What is the second paragraph mainly about?

A．The effects of story-telling on children.

B．The limitations of the earlier research.

C．The methods used in earlier studies.

D．The major breakthroughs achieved so far.

6 . Too often, we measure our worth not by the results we achieve, but by how much of our time we spend. We live crazy lives, at least in part, because it makes us feel good about ourselves.
What does the passage mainly concerned with?

A．The measurement of wealth in the current society.

B．The evolution of people’s attitude towards busyness.

C．The hidden reasons and effects of people’s busyness.

D．The solution to prioritizing the crucial tasks in busyness.

7 . Given its role in helping restore physiological peace, it appears that regardless of whether someone has BPD or not, it can be beneficial to learn to label your emotions. When you’re starting down the pathway of experiencing a negative emotion, you can benefit by applying an accurate label to that emotion as opposed to holding it back or calling it something else. This can potentially prevent engagement in destructive behaviors that may function to downregulate emotion such as self-harm.

To sum up, this new information about BPD can offer hope that at least one key element of the emotion regulation process appears to function effectively. Building on this strength could very well provide a new and unexplored pathway for their satisfaction.

What is the passage mainly about?

A．A new pathway of regulating emotions.

B．A method of consciously labeling emotions.

C．An unexpected strength of people with BPD.

D．An involuntary reaction to people with BPD.

8 . Search engines have changed the way we use the Internet, putting vast sources of information just a few clicks away. But Harvard professor of psychology Line Daniel Wegner’s recent research proves that websites and the Internet are changing much more than technology itself. They are changing the way our memories function.

Wegner’s latest study shows that when people have access to search engines, they remember fewer facts and less information because they know they can rely on “search” as a readily available shortcut.

Which of the following statements can be the best idea of the passage?

A．Relying on technology has weakened our critical thinking.

B．People heavily depend on computer for storing information.

C．Human’s capacity for memory is much weaker than it was before.

D．Computers and technology are reshaping the functions of our brain.

9 . People with a rare genetic disorder known as Prader-Willi syndrome never feel full, and this excess hunger can lead to life-threatening obesity (肥胖症). Scientists studying the problem have now found that the fist-shaped structure known as the cerebellum (小脑) — which had not previously been linked to hunger — is key to regulating satiation (饱食) in those with this condition.
What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．How our brain controls overeating.

B．How the aDCN works up our appetite.

C．How Prader-Willi syndrome can be prevented.

D．How lowering food intake benefits our overall health.

10 . In an effort to stop poaching (偷猎) and protect endangered species, people are using technology previously created to discover stars. Claire Burke, who led the project, says the application of the star­hunting tech has so far paid off big for conservation. “Since animals and humans in thermal imagery (热成像) ‘glow’ in the same way as stars in space, we have been able to combine the technical expertise of astronomers with the conservation knowledge of ecologists to develop a system to find the animals or poachers automatically,” she said in a statement.

In addition to species identification, the software can also provide an overview of health. Burke said that diseased or injured animals give off a different thermal imagery than the healthy ones. “The real advantage this gives you is that if you know how many animals you have and where they are and what kind of health they are in, then you can work out a good conservation strategy for looking after them,” she said.

The following is a post written by Burke on Twitter: More animals for the thermal imagery library. Thanks to Chester Zoo Science @ScienceatCZ for letting us observe their fantastic creatures. Images are giraffes, Indian elephants, and fruit bats.— Claire Burke (@CBurkeSci) October 27, 2017.

To train the software on a wide variety of heat signatures from different species, the team of researchers spent time collecting thermal imagery of animals. Their first field trial to detect Riverine rabbits, one of the most endangered mammals in the world (with only 500 living adults left in the wild), was a complete success. “The rabbits are very small, so we flew the drone (无人机) quite low to the ground at a height of 20 meters (65 feet). Although this limited the area we could cover with the drone, we managed to see the rabbit five times,” said Burke. “Given that there have only been about 1,000 times people have seen Riverine rabbits, it was a real success.”

What is the text mainly about?

A．Technology has helped a lot in helping the endangered animals.

B．Scientists use stargazing tools to protect endangered species.

C．What we should do to protect the endangered animals.

D．Scientists are working hard to protect the environment.