2023年新高考英语读后续写之十年 高考真题微编微练主题10 逸闻趣事（含答案）

2023年新高考英语读后续写之十年高考真题微编微练
主题10 逸闻趣事
【真题微编】
(2022·浙江卷·B)
All around the world, there are small changes taking place. At the side of roads, behind school playgrounds and on all kinds of unloved pieces of land across towns and cities, tiny forests barely the size of tennis courts are appearing, making a great place for both wildlife and local people who may not normally have easy access to nature.
This is the Tiny Forest movement, which aims to prove that the best things in life really do come in small packages. Tiny forests were first pioneered as a concept in the 1970s by Dr Miyawaki, a Japanese botanist. As he went on to share his concept with others, the idea soon took off in India and other countries before eventually reaching Europe, where it became popular in places like France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
So how does it work
In a Tiny Forest, there must be a minimum of 600 tree.
故事解读：
本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍的是世界各地的“小森林”的兴起。
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So how does it work Louise Hartley, who is leading the Tiny Forest project in the UK, explains that the process begins by identifying areas in which a tiny forest could have the biggest influence. “We focus on urban areas where access to nature is often not that easy”, says Hartley. “We see it as a chance to try to break the growing disconnect between people and nature.”
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In a Tiny Forest, there must be a minimum of 600 tree. The trees are planted much closer together and without chemicals or fertilizers. There are usually around 30 different kinds of all-native tree species. This variety, coupled with the fact that tiny forests grow up to ten times faster than standard forests, means they attract a rich abundance of wildlife. It’s also thought that these places could help reduce the risk of flooding, remove carbon from the atmosphere and fight climate change, as well as improving the mental health of those living locally.
【真题微练01】
(2021 天津卷 C)
In the fictional worlds of film and TV artificial intelligence （Al） has been described as so advanced that it is indistinguishable from humans. But what if we're actually getting closer to a world where Al is capable of thinking and feeling
Tech company UneeQ is heading for its "digital humans", which appear life like on the screen not only in terms of language, but also because of facial movements: raised eyebrows, a smile, even a nod. They look close to a human, but not quite.
What lies beneath UneeQ9 s digital humans Their 3D faces are modeled on actual human features. Speech recognition enables them to understand what a person is saying, and natural language processing is used to work out a response. Meanwhile, another Al company, Soul Machines, is taking a more biological approach, with a "digital brain", that imitates aspects of the human brain to adjust the emotions "felt" and "expressed" by its "digital people".
Shiwali Mohan, an Al scientist at the Palo Research Center, is skeptical of these digital beings. "They're humanlike in their looks and the way they sound, but that in itself is not being human," she says. "Human qualities also involve how you think, how you approach problems, and how you break them down; and that takes a lot of algorithmic (算 法)design. Designing for human-level intelligence is a different attempt than designing images that behave like humans." She then continues, “If something looks like a human, we have high expectations of them, but they might behave differently in ways that humans just instinctively (直觉地)know how other humans react.
Yet the demand is there, with UneeQ seeing high adoption of its digital employees across the financial, health care, and commercial sectors. "Unless these sectors make their business models much more efficient digitally, they might be left behind," says Chetan Dube, UneeQ9s CEO.
Some other companies are taking their digital beings a step further.
Mohan is cautious about this approach.
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Some other companies are taking their digital beings a step further. They can enable organizations and individuals to create digital humans themselves using free-access platforms they provide. "The biggest motivation for such platforms is to popularize Al," Dube says.
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Mohan is cautious about this approach. Yet she supports the purpose behind these digital beings and is optimistic about where they are headed. "As we develop more advanced Al technology, we would then have to use new ways of communicating with that technology,she says. "'Hopefully, all of that is designed to support humans in their goals."
【真题微练02】
(2020·江苏卷·D)
I was in the middle of the Amazon with my wife,who was there as a medical researcher.We flew on a small plane to a faraway village.We did not speak the local language,did not know the customs,and more often than not,did not entirely recognize the food.We could not have felt more foreign.
We were raised on books and computers,highways and cell phones,but now we were living in a village without running water or electricity.It was easy for us to go to sleep at the end of the day feeling a little misunderstood.
Then one perfect Amazonian evening,with monkeys calling from beyond the village green,we played soccer.I am not good at soccer,but that evening it was wonderful.Everyone knew the rules.We all spoke the same language of passes and shots.We understood one another perfectly.As darkness came over the field and the match ended,the goal keeper,Juan,walked over to me and said in a matter-of-fact way,“In your home,do you have a moon too ” I was surprised.
After I explained to Juan that yes,we did have a moon and yes,it was very similar to his,I felt a sort of awe (敬畏) at the possibilities that existed in his world.In Juan’s world,each village could have its own moon.In Juan’s world,the unknown and undiscovered was vast and marvelous.Anything was possible.
In our society,we know that Earth has only one moon.We have looked at our planet from every angle and found all of the wildest things left to find.I can,from my computer at home,pull up satellite images of Juan’s village.There are no more continents and no more moons to search for,little left to discover.At least it seems that way.
Yet,as I thought about Juan’s question,I was not sure how much more we could really rule out.I am,in part,an ant biologist,so my thoughts turned to what we know about insect life and I knew that much in the world of insects remains unknown.How much,though How ignorant(无知的) are we The question of what we know and do not know constantly bothered me.
I began collecting newspaper articles about new species,new monkey,new spider...,and on and on they appear.My drawer quickly filled.I began a second drawer for more general discoveries: new cave system discovered with dozens of nameless species,four hundred species of bacteria found in the human stomach.The second drawer began to fill and as it did,I wondered whether there were bigger discoveries out there,not just species,but life that depends on things thought to be useless,life even without DNA.I started a third drawer for these big discoveries.It fills more slowly,but all the same,it fills.
In looking into the stories of biological discovery,
We are repeatedly willing to imagine we have found most of what is left to discover.
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In looking into the stories of biological discovery,I also began to find something else,a collection of scientists,usually brilliant,occasionally half-mad,who made the discoveries.Those scientists very often see the same things that other scientists see,but they pay more attention to them,and they focus on them to the point of exhaustion,and at the risk of the ridicule of their peers.In looking for the stories of discovery,I found the stories of these people and how their lives changed our view of the world.
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We are repeatedly willing to imagine we have found most of what is left to discover.We used to think that insects were the smallest organisms, and that nothing lived deeper than six hundred meters.Yet,when something new turns up,more often than not,we do not even know its name.
【真题微练03】
(2018·天津卷·B)
　　When I was 17,I read a magazine article about a museum called the McNay, once the home of a watercolorist named Marian McNay. She had requested the community to turn it into a museum upon her death. On a sunny Saturday, Sally and I drove over to the museum. She asked,“ Do you have the address ”“No, but I’ll recognize it, there was a picture in the magazine.”
“Oh, stop. There it is!”
The museum was free. We entered, excited. A group of people sitting in the hall stopped talking and stared at us.
“May I help you ” a man asked.“ No,” I said.“ We’re fine.” Tour guides got on my nerves. What if they talked a long time about a painting you weren’t that interested in Sally had gone upstairs. The people in the hall seemed very nosy(爱窥探的),keeping their eyes on me with curiosity. What was their problem I saw some nice sculptures in one room. Suddenly I sensed a man standing behind me.“ Where do you think you are ” he asked. I turned sharply.“ The McNay Art Museum!” He smiled, shaking his head.“ Sorry, the McNay is on New Braunfels Street.” “What’s this place ” I asked, still confused.“ Well, it’s our home.” My heart jolted(震颤).I raced to the staircase and called out,“ Sally! Come down immediately! ”
“There’s some really good stuff up there.” She stepped down, looking confused.
Thirty years later, a woman approached me in a public place.
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“There’s some really good stuff up there.” She stepped down, looking confused. I pushed her toward the front door, waving at the family,saying,“Sorry, please forgive us, you have a really nice place.” Outside, when I told Sally what happened, she covered her mouth, laughing. She couldn’t believe how long they let us look around without saying anything. The real McNay was splendid, but we felt nervous the whole time we were there. Van Gogh, Picasso. This time, we stayed together, in case anything else unusual happened.
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Thirty years later, a woman approached me in a public place.“ Excuse me, did you ever enter a residence, long ago, thinking it was the McNay Museum ” “Yes. But how do you know We never told anyone.” “That was my home. I was a teenager sitting in the hall. Before you came over, I never realized what a beautiful place I lived in. I never felt lucky before. You thought it was a museum. My feelings about my home changed after that. I’ve always wanted to thank you.”
【真题微练04】
(2015·江苏卷·C)
Suppose you become a leader in an organization. It’s very likely that you want to have volunteers to help with the organization’s activities. To do so,it should help to understand why people undertake volunteer work and what keeps their interest in the work.
Let’s begin with the question of why people volunteer. Researchers have identified several factors that motivate people to get involved. For example,people volunteer to express personal values related to unselfishness,to expand their range of experiences,and to strengthen social relationships. If volunteer positions do not meet these needs,people may not wish to participate. To select volunteers,you may need to understand the motivations of the people you wish to attract.
People also volunteer because they are required to do so. To increase levels of community service,some schools have launched compulsory volunteer programs. Unfortunately these programs can shift people’s wish of participation from an internal factor(e.g.,“I volunteer because it’s important to me”)to an external factor(e.g.,“I volunteer because I am required to do so”). When that happens,people become less likely to volunteer in the future. People must be sensitive to this possibility when they make volunteer activities a must.
Once people begin to volunteer,what leads them to remain in their positions over time To answer this question,researchers have conducted follow-up studies in which they track volunteers over time. For instance,one study followed 238 volunteers in Florida over a year. One of the most important factors that influenced their satisfaction as volunteers was the amount of suffering they experienced in their volunteer positions. Although this result may not surprise you,it leads to important practical advice. The researchers note that attention should be given to“training methods that would prepare volunteers for troublesome situations or provide them with strategies for coping with the problem they do experience”.
Another study of 302 volunteers at hospitals in Chicago focused on individual differences in the degree.
These results,once again,lead to concrete advice.
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Another study of 302 volunteers at hospitals in Chicago focused on individual differences in the degree. People view“volunteer”as an important social role to it. It was assumed that those people for whom the role of volunteer was most part of their personal identity would also be most likely to continue volunteer work. Participants indicated the degree to which the social role mattered by responding to statements such as“Volunteering in Hospital is an important part of who I am.”Consistent with the researchers’ expectations,they found a positive correlation between the strength of role identity and the length of time people continued to volunteer.
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These results,once again,lead to concrete advice. “Once an individual begins volunteering,continued efforts might focus on developing a volunteer role identity....Items like T-shirts that allow volunteers to be recognized publicly for their contributions can help strengthen role identity”.