02：【好题精选】阅读理解题（阅读单选阅读还原）-2023年中考英语专题疯狂练（第一期）（山东临沂市）（含答案）

02：【好题精选】阅读理解题（阅读单选 阅读还原）-2023年中考英语专题疯狂练（第一期）（山东临沂市）
学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________
一、阅读单选
What is time Is it a thing to be saved or spent or wasted, like money Or is it something we have no control over, like the weather Is it the same all over the world That’s an easy question. A minute is 60 seconds, an hour is 60 minutes, and so forth. Well, maybe. But in America, “Time is money.”
Because Americans believe time is a limited resource, they try to keep and manage it. People in the US often attend meetings or read books on time management. It seems that they all want to organize their time better. People try their best to press more life out of their time.
To Americans, being on time is a way of showing respect for other people’s time. Being more than 10 minutes late usually calls for an apology and an explanation. People who are running late often call ahead to let others know that they can’t be on time. Of course, the less formal (正式的), the less important it is to be exactly on time. At informal get-togethers, for example.
American lifestyles show how much people respect the time of others. When people plan an event, they often set the time days or weeks before it. Once the time is fixed, it is almost impossible to change it. If people want to come to your house for a friendly visit, people seldom call others late at night for fear they might be in bed. The time may be different, but most people think twice about calling after 10: 00 pm.
Even Americans would agree that no one can master time. Time, like money, slips all too easily through our fingers. And time is very hard to predict. However, time is one of life’s most valuable gifts.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1．From Paragraph 1, we can learn that ________.
A．Americans waste lots of money and time
B．people can only control 60 minutes a day
C．Americans regard time as something valuable
2．In Paragraph 3 and Paragraph 4, the writer mainly tells us that ________.
A．Americans respect others’ time in daily life
B．Americans never call after ten o’clock
C．Americans visit friends without calling first
3．The underlined phrase “think twice” probably means “________”.
A．pay attention B．consider carefully C．feel relaxed
4．According to this passage, ________.
A．most American people treasure their time
B．people can master and predict time easily
C．Americans like time better than anything else
Live-streaming （直播） has become very popular in China. Viewers can interact （互动） with hosts by messaging them, or sending them tips.
However, some children are spending too much money on live-steam platforms. Earlier this year, a 17-year-old boy in Jingmen, sent tips that added up to 150, 000 yuan to a host. That sum of money was his parents’ life savings.
To prevent things like this from happening again, the National Radio and Television Administration introduced a new regulation （规定） on Nov. 23 to better manage live-streaming services.
The regulation bans children from tipping or sending gifts to live-stream hosts and performers. It also requires people to register （注册） on live-streaming sites with their real names.
This new regulation has been welcomed by parents. According to Legal Daily, about one-fifth of live-stream viewers were children.
“Online shows and live-streaming have become so popular. I always feel worried that my son might become addicted to （沉迷于） them or do something that is harmful to his growth,” said Wang Haifeng.
In addition, there are some other measures to help manage live-streaming services. For example, live-streaming platforms will be required to put a limit on how much money people can send to live-streamers. Once the limit is reached, viewers will not be able to send gifts or tips.
Other regulations include stopping live-streaming platforms from encouraging viewers to send gifts or tips. Any host who is found doing this will be added to blacklist, China Daily reported.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
5．What does the underline word “this” in Paragraph 3 refer to
A．Some children send messages to hosts.
B．Some children become addicted to live-streaming.
C．Some children spend too much money on live-stream platforms.
6．Why has the new regulation been welcomed by parents
①Because it stops children from tipping or sending gifts to live-stream hosts.
②Because it may avoid the harm to children’s growth.
③Because the stricter management makes parents feel safer.
④Because it saves much time for children.
⑤Because it encourage hosts to send gift to children.
A．①②③ B．①④⑤ C．①②④
7．What does NOT the new regulation include
A．Live-streaming platforms are required to put a limit on how much money people can send to live-streamers.
B．Any host who receives gifts or tips will be added to a blacklist.
C．Hosts should register on live-streaming sites with their real names.
8．What is the best title for this passage
A．Stop spending money on live-streaming
B．A new regulation for children
C．New rules for live-streaming service
“I spent my whole life doing one thing”. Gu Fangzhou once said. Known as “the father of sugar pills(糖丸)”, Gu passed away at age 92 on January 2, 2019. Eight months later(荣誉称号)“the People’ s Scientist” for his polio (脊髓灰质炎)research.
Gu Fangzhou, a famous medical scientist, was born in June, 1926. Gu’s family faced a difficult time with the sudden death of his father. He studied hard and finally entered Peking University as a medical student in 1944. After graduation, Gu made the decision to work to help improve public health.
In 1955, polio broke out in Nantong, Jiangsu Province. It paralyzed(使瘫痪)1,680 people, mostly children aged below seven. It spread to neighboring areas and resulted in 466 deaths. Gu was asked to lead polio research in 1957. “At that time the only way to prevent polio was to invent a vaccine (疫苗),” said Gu.
In 1959, Gu succeeded in developing the first polio live vaccine. Later, he developed the “sugar-coated pill” vaccine in the early 1960s. It not only tasted better but was more affordable and easier to keep. In order to test the vaccine, Gu himself tried the vaccine and later his one-month-old son was vaccinated. This inspired his team to vaccinate their kids. They became the first group of people in China to try a polio vaccine. “If we don’t believe in what we produce, how can others believe in it ” said Gu.
Gradually, the sugar-coated polio vaccine was made available in China. It saved millions of people, especially kids, from being disabled. In 2000, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that China was already a polio-free country. “We feel satisfied. I can tell people that I tried my best, and your kids will no longer get polio,” said Gu. “That’s all we hoped for.”
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
9．Which is the right order of the following events
①Gu Fangzhou lost his father.
②Gu Fangzhou went to university.
③Gu Fangzhou became “the People’s Scientist”.
④Gu Fangzhou developed the sugar-coated polio vaccine.
A．①②④③ B．②①③④ C．②③①④
10．The third paragraph mainly tells us ________.
A．how Gu Fangzhou’s research was done
B．why Gu Fangzhou carried out his research
C．what difference Gu Fangzhou’s research made
11．Who was the first person to try the polio vaccine in China
A．Gu Fangzhou’s son. B．Gu Fangzhou’s partner. C．Gu Fangzhou himself.
12．The writer wrote the passage mainly to ________.
A．give facts about the polio vaccine
B．introduce a great medical scientist
C．report an important medical invention
A young man went to an expert on gems（宝石）and wanted to learn from him. The expert shook his head. He worried that the young man wouldn’t have the patience to learn. In his opinion, young men were always in a hurry.
The young man asked the expert many times to let him have a try. Finally the expert said, “Be here tomorrow.”
The next morning the expert put a jade（翡翠）stone in the man’s hand and told him to hold it. The expert then went about his work, cutting, weighing, and setting gems. The man sat and waited excitedly. The following morning the expert again placed the jade stone in the man’s hand and told him to hold it. On the third, fourth, and fifth day the expert repeated the action.
On the sixth day the young man still had to hold the jade stone, but he could no longer stand the silence. “Sir,” he asked, “when am I going to learn something ” “You will learn,” the expert replied.
Several more days went by. The man became more and more upset. However, when the expert placed a stone in his hand one morning, the young man said in surprise without looking at it, “This is not the same jade stone!”
“You have begun to learn,” the expert said with a smile.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
13．The expert ________ the young man at first.
A．got angry with B．refused to teach C．played a joke on
14．Why did the expert ask the man to hold a stone for days
A．It was a way of learning.
B．He was too busy to teach the man.
C．It was all that he could give the man.
15．How did the young man’s feeling change
A．Worried—unhappy—nervous.
B．Worried—surprised—unhappy.
C．Excited—unhappy—surprised.
16．What does the passage mainly tell us
A．A real expert on gems. B．Some good learning habits. C．The importance of being patient.
China’s first panda-themed tourist train left Chengdu Railway Station for Zunyi, Guizhou Province on March 28th.
The three-day trip costs 1,280 yuan, including food, accommodation (住宿) and tickets to places of interest in Guizhou.
Serving as a mobile star-rated hotel, the train is decorated with giant panda images both inside and outside and can accommodate 252 passengers. It has 8 sleeping cars, a dining car and an entertainment car. The sleeping cars have rooms for two or four passengers, and each room has a washroom with a toilet and a shower. The dining car, besides serving local food, can be used as a meeting room if needed. The entertainment car provides a place where passengers can sing, dance and play mahjong (麻将).
The mahjong room might be the biggest attraction for passengers from Sichuan. There’s a joke that a passenger on a plane to Chengdu can sleep soundly, only to be woken by the sound of mahjong played in the city before landing. In fact, Chengdu is well known for its love of mahjong as well as other attractions, such as the giant panda, Sichuan Opera and Sichuan food, according to an online survey.
“So it is no surprise that passengers will be able to play mahjong on a train leaving from Chengdu,” Zhong Jun, from Meishan, Sichuan, said during a trial run (测试运行) of the train on March 24.
Zhong Shu, an official from Chengdu Railway International Business Travel Group, said the train may travel to other parts of the country if it proves to be a success.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
17．The third paragraph doesn’t tell us ________.
A．what the train looks like
B．what service a star-rated hotel provides
C．what passengers can do on the train
18．The joke is mentioned to show ________.
A．the plane to Chengdu is comfortable
B．it takes a long time to go to Chengduby air
C．Chengdu people love mahjong deeply
19．According to Zhong Shu, there will probably be ________.
A．better and better service on the tourist train
B．more tourist trains between Chengduand Zunyi
C．tourist trains between Chengdu and other cities
20．What’s the purpose of the passage
A．To introduce the panda-themed tourist train.
B．To encourage readers to take the tourist train.
C．To tell readers the main attractions of Chengdu.
As the largest country in the world, Russia is a perfect travel destination to experience delicious food, interesting culture and beautiful buildings. Are you thinking about travelling to the country If so, there are some facts you need to know before you go.
Do you know the world’s longest passenger carrying railway line is in Russia The Trans-Sibe-rian Railway runs from Moscow to Vladivostok, a total of over 9,289 kilometers. If you want to take your time traveling around Russia by train, it makes it easy to do so. You can choose to ride in first-class or third-class seats, depending on your budget and the experience you want to have.
If you are someone that loves literature(文学), you probably know that Russia is home to some of the best and most famous writers, such as Leo Tolstoy and Alexander Pushkin. Many great writers have a museum dedicated(专门的) to them that you can visit. Most can be found in Mos-cow and St. Petersburg. Whether you’re a fan of their works or you don’t know who they’re, you can learn something new about them and Russian literature by visiting their museums.
Another one of the most surprising facts about Russia is that it has 12 active volcanoes(活火山). If you love nature, you should visit Kamchatka, one of the most commonly visited among them. This zone has over 1,000 different species of plants. It’s also home to brown bears, sheep and wolves.
Besides, folk dancing is an important part of Russian history and culture. One of the most famous Russian dances is Khorovod, with people moving around in a circle hand in hand. Russians perform folk dances at festivals. If you get the chance to travel to Russia, be sure to attend a Russian folk-dance performance to learn more about the culture and traditions of Russia.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
21．The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refers to ________.
A．the train B．the railway C．the seat
22．What does the writer think of the museums in Moscow and St. Petersburg
A．Popular. B．Famous. C．Educational.
23．Visitors can do the following when visiting Kamchatka EXCEPT ________.
A．having the delicious food
B．enjoying the beauty of nature
C．seeing local animals like brown bears
24．Why does the writer suggest attending a folk-dance performance
A．It’s a good way to relax.
B．It’s a good chance to experience local culture.
C．It’s a good time to make foreign friends.
We humans can express emotions by telling others how we feel, but what about animals How can we tell whether they experience emotions and, if they do, which ones Over the past 20 years, researchers have made great progress in this field.
It’s very hard for us to assess (评估) emotions in animals, because they cannot tell us how they feel. However, when emotional things happen, they cause changes in several biological processes.
The most easily detectable reaction (反应) of an animal to an event is how it changes its behaviour. Humans often change expressions on their faces and gestures depending on whether we experience a pleasant event or not. Animals show these characteristic facial expressions as well. For example, changes in the ear position or the amount of the white of the eyes can show different levels of pain or fear in animals. It is important to remember that the facial expressions of animals usually look different than those of humans—joy might not be shown by a smile, while sadness may not be shown with tears.
Another example of animal behaviour that is connected to emotions is vocalizations (发声), which can show stress in many animals. We know this is true for humans, too. Imagine you are singing a song in front of many people;your voice might get shaky (颤抖) if you are nervous. Researchers have found that the vocalizations of pigs, goats and cows also change and get less harmonious (和谐的) when these animals are under stress, for example when they are isolated from the group.
It seems that animals react to their environments much as humans do. So, we can infer, with quite some confidence, that animals can feel emotions. This might encourage us to rethink the environments in which we keep the animals that are under our care—on farm, in zoos or in our houses. If we can better understand how animals react to their environments, we can improve these environments as well as human-animal relationships.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
25．According to Paragraph 3, people can learn how animals feel ________.
A．through their voices B．through their expressions C．through their environment
26．The underlined phrase “isolated from” is similar to “________” in meaning.
A．killed by B．attracted by C．separated from
27．What is the last paragraph mainly about
A．The value of studying animal emotions.
B．The advice to farmers on keeping animals.
C．The ways to improve the human -nature relationship.
28．Which of the following is TRUE according to the research
A．Changes in animals’ expressions are hard to find.
B．Animal emotions are not as rich as human ones.
C．Sounds made by animals are a way of expressing feelings.
It was eleven o’clock at night, a large woman was walking towards home. She had a large handbag with everything but money. It was hung right behind her shoulder. A boy ran up and tried to snatch（夺；抢）it. The large woman simply turned around, caught the boy by his shirt, and shook him until his teeth rattled（发出咔嗒声）.
After that, the woman asked, “What did you want to do it for Your face is dirty. Nobody at home to tell you to wash your face ”
The boy shook his head.
The woman shouted, “It will get washed this evening. You are going to remember Mrs. Jones! ”She dragged（拽）the frightened（受惊的）boy behind her and got to her door.
“Are you taking me to the police ”The boy asked.
“Not with that face! Have you been home to eat yet “ “There’s nobody at my house.”
“Then we’ll eat, “ said Mrs. Jones.” I believe you’re hungry, so you tried to steal.” “I wanted a pair of leather（皮革）shoes, ”said the boy.
“Well, you didn’t have to snatch my handbag to get things you want. Besides, there’s little money in it.”
There was a long pause（停顿）.After he washed his face and turned around, wondering what to do next, he saw the door was open. He could run, run, run!
In the corner of the room, Mrs. Jones was heating some beans. She did not watch the boy, nor did she watch her handbag. But the boy took care to sit on the far side of the room. away from the handbag, where he thought she could easily see him.
As they ate, she didn’t ask about where he lived, or his family, or anything that would embarrass him. Instead, she said, “eat some more, boy!”
When they finished eating, she got up. “Now here, take this ten dollars and buy your shoes. Next time, don’t snatch my handbag, nor anybody else’s﹣shoes got in bad ways will burn your feet!”
The boy really wanted to say something to Mrs. Jones. But he failed to say a word as he turned at the foot of the steps and looked up at the large woman.
29．According to the passage, we can learn that the woman ________.
A．caught the boy right away
B．walked home in the morning
C．had a handbag with much money
30．What can we infer（推断） from the underlined sentence
A．The boy felt frightened and was waiting for a chance to run.
B．The boy wanted Mrs.Jones to punish him because of his mistake.
C．The boy realized his mistake and didn’t want Mrs.Jones to doubt him.
31．Mrs. Jones is a ________ woman.
A．rich and kind B．strict but kind C．frightening and strict
32．The boy most wanted to say（the words in his heart） “________.”
A．I’m an honest boy B．I’m glad to have the money C．Thank you, Mrs. Jones
A sea turtle（乌龟）swims through the water and sees a white object floating（漂浮）. “Yum!” it thinks. “A jellyfish!”, the turtle eats it as its dinner. But the object isn’t a jellyfish﹣it’s a plastic bag that could make the sea turtle sick. This sea creature isn’t alone: Over 700 kinds of the sea creatures have been reported to have eaten plastic or been trapped（陷入困境）in plastic. Scientists think that the amount（数量）of plastic in the ocean might triple（三倍）by 2050. But by understanding it and taking action, you can help stop that from happening.
WHAT’S THE PROBLEM WITH PLASTIC
First, let’s get real: Not all plastic is bad. Many medical supplies made with plastic save lives. Plastic water bottles can bring clean drinking water to people who don’t have it, and plastic straws（吸管）can help people with disabilities drink. The problem is that most of us use and then throw away more plastic than we need: things like plastic bags, drink bottles, straws and so on. This kind of plastic that’s used only once before being thrown away is called single-use plastic, and it makes up more than 40 percent of all plastic rubbish.
WHERE DOES THE PLASTIC GO
Scientists think that 8.8 million tons of plastic winds up in the ocean every year. How does it get into the sea Plastic left on the ground as litter often blows into creeks（小溪）and rivers, finally ending up in the ocean. And because plastic doesn’t decompose（分解）, so it stays in the ocean forever.
WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT
In fact, we can do a lot to help keep Earth clean! For example, we can take a clothing bag to go slopping instead of plastic one. Buy less takeaway food, use less plastic forks and bowls. If we pull together, our choices can help save animals and the ocean they live in.
33．What can we know from Paragraph 1
A．Sea creatures like eating plastic bags.
B．The sea turtle has eaten a jellyfish as its dinner.
C．Many sea creatures like the turtle have eaten plastic or been trapped in plastic.
34．What is the problem of plastic according to Paragraph 2
A．Plastic can be used only once.
B．Plastic can produce a lot of rubbish.
C．Plastic can help the disabled to drink.
35．What’s the writer’s writing purpose according to the passage
A．To call for our action against plastic pollution.
B．To show a fact that not all plastic is bad.
C．To tell us a plastic bag that could make the sea turtle sick.
36．What is the best title of this passage
A．How to Use Plastic B．A Story of A Sea Turtle C．Plastic Pollution
Although people everywhere seem to enjoy drinking coffee, they don’t all have the same coffee culture. In Europe, for example, coffee shops are common places for people to meet friends and to talk while they drink coffee. On the other hand, places like this were not as common in North America in the past. Instead, people in North America liked to drink coffee in their homes with friends. The coffee culture in the USA changed when Starbucks(星巴克) coffee shops spread across the country.
The first Starbucks coffee shop opened in 1971 in downtown Seattle, Washington, in the USA．It was a small coffee shop that cooked its own coffee beans. The coffee shop’s business did well, and by 1981 there were three Starbucks stores in Seattle.
Things really began to change for the company in 1981. That year, Howard Schultz met the three men who ran Starbucks. Schultz worked in New York for a company that made kitchen equipment. He noticed that Starbucks ordered a large number of special coffee makers, which caused his great interest. Schultz went to Seattle to see what Starbucks did. In 1982, the original Starbucks owners hired Schultz as the company’s head of marketing(市场营销).
In 1983, Schultz traveled to Italy. The special environment of the espresso(浓咖啡) bars there caught his eyes. Back in the USA, Schultz created an environment for Starbucks coffee shops that was comfortable and relaxing, and customers everywhere seemed to like it. Starbucks began opening more stores across the USA．Then the company opened coffee shops in other countries as well. Today, there are more than 16, 000 Starbucks coffee shops all over the world.
However, that does not mean Starbucks has not had problems. In fact, many Starbucks stores have been closed over the past few years. On the one hand, this is because there were too many coffee shops competing for business in one small area. On the other hand, stores in some countries were closed because the coffee culture there did not match with the “feel the same everywhere” environment offered by Starbucks.
37．According to the passage, which is the right order for the following sentences
a. Schultz helped to make Starbucks a huge coffee company.
b. Starbucks began as a small coffee company in Seattle in the USA．
c. Schultz went to Seattle to learn about the company and later worked for it.
d. Schultz noticed Starbucks ordered lots of special coffee makers.
A．a-b-d-c B．c-a-b-d C．b-d-c-a
38．The underlined word “ran” in Paragraph 3 probably means “_______”.
A．closed B．managed C．left
39．Why were so many Starbucks closed in small areas
A．Because there were too many coffee shops in one place.
B．Because the style of the coffee stores seems the same.
C．Because the coffee in these places was too expensive.
40．Which of the following shows the right structure of the passage (P=Paragraph )
A． B． C．
Historically, most cars have run on gasoline(汽油), but that may change in the future: cars can also run on other liquid fuels(液体燃料) and electricity.
Gasoline is from oil. The energy in gasoline comes from hydrocarbons(碳氢化合物). Gasoline provides great power for cars. However, it causes environmental problems, like air pollution and temperature rise. So gasoline can’t be the best fuel.
Another choice is electricity. Electricity cars can be as efficient(效能好的) as cars using gasoline, and they produce less pollution. But electric cars themselves are more expensive. Good news is that the cost has been lower and there are more and more places for the cars to get electricity ever since 2010.
The other choices are other liquid fuels. Many of these can be stored in the same places as gasoline, and used in the same cars. They can also be friendly to the environment.
One way to make such fuels is to get CO2 from the air and put it in water. Through chemical reaction, hydrocarbons can be created. However, these fuels take up more space.
Another way is to make such fuels from plants which take in carbon from the air. These fuels are greener in use. But not all of them can be as efficient as gasoline.
For a fuel to be the best, people have to be able to afford it. Unluckily, almost every green technology is more expensive than that of using gasoline. Governments and car producers are doing everything they can to cut down the costs. In the end, the best fuel will be both affordable for car users and green for our planet.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
41．What would be the best title for the passage
A．How Do We Make Fuels for Cars
B．What Are the Fuels’ Differences
C．What Is the Best Fuel for Cars
42．According to Paragraph 3, we can infer(推断) that electric cars ________.
A．will produce more pollution
B．will become more and more expensive
C．will become more popular
43．Gasoline provides cars with ________.
A．great power B．fresh air C．enough space
44．Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage (P=Paragraph)
A． B． C．
For almost 100 years, the Winter Olympics has been a celebration of snow and ice sports around the world. It is a special event that only happens once every four years. Although the Winter Olympics started with just five sports across nine disciplines (项目) in France in 1924, it has grown to include seven sports across 15 different disciplines and has been hosted in 12 countries across three continents (大陆). In 2022, for the first time ever in the Games’ history, Beijing became the first city to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics.
A lovely panda looks like an astronaut. It wears an ice shell (冰壳) and looks fat, so we call it “Bing Dwen Dwen”. White is the color of ice and snow. “Bing Dwen Dwen” likes ice sports very much and is good at them. That’s why it is the mascot (吉祥物) of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games. Many people in different countries like Bing Dwen Dwen very much, and they show their love to it on the Internet.
The 24th Beijing Winter Olympics began on February 4th,2022. The opening day of the 2022 Winter Olympics started with the “Beginning of Spring”, which is the first of the 24 solar terms (24节气) of the year. It was used to count down the last seconds before the ceremony, reflecting the Chinese people’s understanding of time.
At the 24th Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, the Chinese sports players performed well, winning 9 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 2 bronze medals. They have won the best results in the Winter Olympic Games and won honors for the motherland and the people.
China has made great contributions (贡献) to the successful hosting of the Winter Olympic Games. We are proud of our great motherland.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
45．Which of the following is mentioned in the passage
A．Shuey Rhon Rhon is the mascot of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games.
B．For the first time ever in the Games’ history, Beijing has hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics successfully.
C．At the 24th Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, the Chinese sports players won 19 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 2 bronze medals.
46．Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage (P1=Paragraph 1)
A． B． C．
47．The writer wrote the passage in a ________ tone (语气).
A．interesting B．nervous C．proud
48．The passage mainly tells us ________.
A．two Olympic mascots
B．the sports in Olympic Games
C．2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games
“That Susan is so funny..., I need to bring the car to the wash tomorrow..., why is this person being so loud...here comes the Sun, doo-doo-doo.” We often find ourselves in an endless thought loop(思考圈). And every so often, we try to stop this endless flow(流动) of thoughts by telling ourselves to just stop thinking. But do we or can we ever really stop thinking
It depends on your definition(定义) of “thinking”, according to Michael Halassa, a researcher at MIT, the US. We mainly go through each day in one of the two situations—we either realize that we’re thinking or we don’t. Our brains won’t stop thinking completely until we die.
“The brain never stops thinking in a way. Most thoughts are actually in the background and we don’t notice them. And there’s no real way to stop thinking.” Halassa said.
You can compare this to how a computer works. Even when you aren’t using your computer while it’s turned on, it is still running operations “in the background”. Your computer, much like your brain, is always “thinking”, even if you’re not actively using it.
“If you see a familiar face in a crowd and think you know him, you might not be able to come up with how you know him right away.” Halassa said. “But maybe hours later, you’ll suddenly remember. That’s a result of your brain thinking in the background.” he said.
“We even make decisions mostly unconsciously or without realizing them. For example, some of this background “thinking” results in what we call a gut feeling(直觉)”, Halassa said. “During our brain’s decision—making process, sometimes we create a story to explain the decision—sometimes it’s accurate(精确的), sometimes it’s not”, he added.
Even sitting here reading this, thinking about thinking is sending messages across a chain of neurons(神经元) in the brain. So if we somehow manage to stop ourselves from “thinking”, the brain won’t stop working. It will continue to have thoughts—we just won’t realize them.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
49．When you are in an endless thought loop, you ________.
A．can’t think about a problem very clearly
B．are thinking about one thing after another.
C．can’t stop thinking about past events.
50．What does Paragraph 4 try to tell us
A．Human brains are thinking all the time.
B．Human brains work faster than computers.
C．A computer can deal with plenty of information.
51．In Paragraph 6, the underlined word “unconsciously” means “________” in Chinese.
A．有目的地 B．很清楚地 C．无意识地
52．What’s the best title for the passage
A．Will We Continue to Have Thought after We Die
B．What is the Definition of “Thinking”
C．Can We Ever Really Stop Thinking
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
Terrible weather events are harming the planet, and experts warn of even greater results to come. The sea ice loss and the Arctic ice melting (融化) caused by climate (气候) change have increased much in the last ten years. So they have brought down the number of polar bears and seals while polar bears depend on sea ice for hunting seals.
According to the survey from the WMO (世界气象组织), temperatures on the Antarctica (南极洲) just hit 18.3 ℃, which is higher than the record of 17.59 ℃ in March, 2015. Moreover, temperatures in this area have warmed about 3℃ over the last 50 years. Although such temperatures might be considered pleasant for a picnic or a hiking trip, this is the Antarctica we are talking about. It is home to the most inhospitable environment on the planet because it is supposed to be an extremely (极端地) cold place. In fact, the average (平均的) temperature of central area is -57℃.
Besides, many places are experiencing the extreme weather this summer. In Europe, farmers in the northwest are experiencing the driest weather in the past 80 years. Recently West Texas in America has also gone through its worst drought (干旱) in more than 70 years, while rainstorms have hit Eastern and Southern China.
“Climate change is bad for us human beings, which causes direct health problems. I’m afraid there will be more common events like the one that 30,000 to 50,000 persons died in Europe in 2003 due to the heat wave there,” Professor Schwartz said. “It will also cause more air pollution, diseases and short of clean water and so on.”
53．What doesn’t bring down the number of polar bears according to this passage
A．hunting B．climate change C．the Arctic ice melting
54．What does the underlined word “inhospitable” in Paragraph 2 probably mean
A．comfortable to live B．unhealthy to live C．unfit to live
55．Which place didn’t experience drought this year
A．Europe B．China C．America
56．What is the main idea for this passage
A．The whole planet is drier and drier.
B．The Antarctica is warmer and warmer.
C．Climate change is getting worse and worse.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
No one knows who invented the button(扣子). It might have appeared as early as 2,000 BC．When it first started, it was just something beautiful sewn(缝上) onto your clothes. What is more important than the button is the buttonhole(扣眼). About 3,000 years later, someone finally invented the buttonhole, and buttons were suddenly useful.
Before buttons, clothes were bigger—they had no fixed shapes. Because of the buttonhole, the fashion moved closer to the body when we discovered uses for the button. It was the very way to make clothes fit well for the body. People feel safer like it’s never going to open.
The size of the button depends on its use. Shirt buttons are generally small, and they are close to each other, while coat buttons are larger and farther apart. For example, the standard buttons of men’s shirts are 10.16 mm and of suit jackets are 20.32 mm.
In modern clothing and fashion design, buttons are mostly made of plastic but also may be made of metal or wood. Buttons can also be used on wallets and bags. They can be shown as examples of works of art.
A button can be used for a long time. It’s one of the most lasting designs in history, because it really works to make people feel safer. Zippers easily break and are hard to fix. However, if a button breaks, you just need to sew another on. And you can sew more buttons if needed.
The pattern of a button hasn’t changed much since the Middle Ages. It’s not only one of the most useful inventions, but it plays an important role in the development of clothes. Up to now, we can still see its influence on the clothes design. If you’re wearing the clothes with buttons, take a look at the position of buttons on it. If you’re a man, the buttons would likely be on the right side, but for a woman, the buttons are usually found on the left.
57．Buttons were suddenly useful ________.
A．after about 3,000 BC
B．after buttonholes were invented
C．when buttons appeared in 2,000 BC
58．According to Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 3, which of the following is true
A．Shirt buttons are bigger than coat buttons.
B．Coat buttons are close to each other.
C．Suit jacket buttons are bigger than shirt buttons.
59．According to the text, which of the following is true
A．The influence of buttons never disappears.
B．Buttons are not so easy to fix as zippers.
C．People see buttonholes as works of art.
60．In which part of a website would you most probably read the text
A．Life B．Travel C．Environment
二、阅读还原5选4
根据短文内容，从文后选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项，使短文内容通顺完整，有一项多余。
As Grade 9 students, there are many difficulties in our life and studies. What should we do in face of them Shall we run away from them ___61___ We must make correct choices.
First of all, we should regard them as challenges and face them bravely. It’s a good chance to improve ourselves. Secondly, we must step out of our comfort zone (区域) and try to solve these difficulties step by step. It truly requires courage and confidence (自信) to overcome them. ___62___ As for study, it is necessary and important for us to listen carefully in class and take an active part in all kinds of practice. We should also learn to cooperate (合作) with our partner or team members. Most importantly, we must concentrate (集中精力) ourselves while studying. ___63___ Only in this way, can we become more capable (有能力的) and confident. There’s no short cut.
Whatever challenges we may face, we should always remember, we study not only for ourselves, but also for our country-China! ___64___ Let’s go on fighting until we e on, guys!
A．The harder we study, the better future we will have.
B．Strong youth, strong country.
C．Or shall we go out to deal with them
D．It’s too difficult to overcome the difficulties.
E．Nothing is impossible if we keep on trying.
Riding a Mobike on the street, you might see a Sichuan-style restaurant. After walking into a store, you might see Huawei smartphones are on sale. ____65____ Recently, many similar things like always happen in lots of foreign countries. Chinese products can be seen all over the world.
Chinese food has been popular in Western countries for a long time. ____66____ “One example is the meal.” said Yin Hang, a Chinese student in Australia. “We like to eat meat with the bones(骨头) in. But people here don’t like them because they are lazy to spit(吐) them out. So the local Chinese restaurants provide big pieces of meat without bones, even for fish.”
____67____ In many cities in Europe, many stores sell TCL televisions, Haier fridges and Lenovo computers. And more than half of American brand Protocol drones (无人机) are not only made in China, but also designed and developed in the country.
In the past, most Western people thought the products of Chinese brands were cheap and unreliable (可信赖的). But now, things have changed greatly. ____68____ “They are beautiful and offer something special that American phones don’t have,” an article on CNN once said about Chinese smart phones.
As we can see, Chinese government is trying its best to improve its national brands to meet the needs of modern life around the world.
根据短文内容，选出四个选项填入文中空缺处，使短文内容通顺完整。
A．Some Chinese brands are also becoming more popular.
B．In fact, you’re not in China but in Britain.
C．Foreign products are becoming better and better.
D．To meet local people’s tastes, Chinese restaurants have made some changes to the dishes.
E．More people trust Chinese brands.
A well-made film offers a whole world of things to watch. First there are the story aspects: characters, dialogue and themes. Then there are the technical aspects: the camera work, cuttings and special effects. ____69____ A well-made film offers much more than you see in one way.
____70____ They can teach you things just as newspapers do, or television, or any other ways or communication. Sometimes they communicate important things to you like ideas or lifestyles or ways of looking at the world. Sometimes people realize this, and sometimes not. The more you can realize, the better you are.
Notice, for example, the way films sometimes affect fashion. ____71____
Boys in the 1950s could sometimes be seen wearing black leather jackets, walking here and there around the street comers and doing nothing seriously, just smoking cigarettes. They were coping Marlon Brando’s style. His films taught them a certain way to behave.
Films can also teach politics(政治). In Star Wars, the heroes were, in fact, rather like the British in the early days of World War II. Their enemies, like the Nazis, had a big advantage in equipment and numbers of armies. The whole film, in fact，was re-run(再上演) of World War II, and taught values like faith and love of freedom. This is all to the good.
____72____
根据短文内容，从下列选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。
A．It’s difficult to find out how many characters there are in a good film.
B．Films are a way of communication.
C．But the point is, did you notice it
D．And there are many other things, like the credits(演职员表),musical score and acting.
E．A star dresses or wears her hair in a certain way, and gradually everyone is copying her style.
It is said that the eyes are the windows to our soul(灵魂). ____73____ Your eyes need everyday attention.
First, you have to pay more attention to your diet. ____74____ It’s good for your eyes. Also, a regular amount of vitamins A and B2 should also be taken.
Second, you must have regular and sound sleep. This relaxes the eye muscles and gives them the rest they need. Sleep can help the body repair its tired tissue. ____75____ Less sleep can give you dark circles under your eyes and you may feel sleepy during the daytime.
Next, it’s necessary for you to exercise your eyes every day. Blink(眨眼) your eyes at regular periods to keep your eyes moist. Besides, be sure to do some eye exercises to relax your eyes after you study for a long period of time.
Last, you should treat your eyes correctly. For example, if you get something in your eye, don’t start rubbing(揉) it. Rubbing is harmful to your eyes. Don’t read or write in poor or bright light because it can cause eye tiredness. ____76____ Too much reading, writing, watching TV or working on a computer can also cause eye tiredness, so rest is required.
China has also taken steps to protect the students’ eyesight, such as larger printing in students’ textbooks, at least two hours’ outdoor activities a day, regular eyesight checking, less time on e-books and so on.
A．Eat more fresh fruit, vegetables, fish, eggs and milk.
B．Remember to wear sunglasses to protect your eyes from sunlight.
C．To have healthy eyes, you have to look after them properly.
D．You should sleep for at least seven to eight hours every day.
E．It’s important to spend more time walking outdoors.
How to protect local language
The world is getting smaller. More and more people speak the three most common languages: English, Spanish and Chinese. In many parts of the world, grandparents speak a language that their grandchildren do not understand. Because these local languages aren’t taught to children or spoken at home, they are slowly disappearing.
A language is said to be in trouble when less than 30 percent of children in the community speak it.___77___ If children no longer learn to use a language, it will have fewer and fewer speakers over time and after a long time the language will be gone. Why should we keep languages alive Local languages hold the key to understanding a culture’s beliefs and values. ___78___ ”You need to look at different kinds of languages, because no one language gets it all, “ said researcher Dr.Linda Cumberland who is working to save Assinibione, a native American language.
___79___ According to Dr. Cumberland, dying languages need dictionary and people to understand and record the grammar about them. Most importantly, you need to listen to those who still speak the language. This can be very difficult, especially if there are very few speakers of the language left.
Today the UNESCO lists more than 3,000 languages that may disappear by the end of this century. ___80___ Unluckily, hundreds of languages have fewer than 25 speakers remaining and may soon be lost forever.
根据短文内容，从文后选出四个选项填入文中空缺处，使短文通顺完整。
A．There will be only one language in the future.
B．It is considered as a dying language.
C．Some of the languages still have a few million speakers.
D．How to keep languages alive
E．They show how a culture understands or explains the world.
What makes you cry Being moved by a movie, seeing a loved one off, or being angry about something can all cause tears to roll down our faces. We all have the power to cry, but is that a good thing
When you think about it, shedding (流泪) tears is a strange thing to do. But it seems to be normal when we get sad, upset or even when we’re very happy. ____81____ However, the feeling is the same. Your eyes tighten (变紧) and before you know it, tears are streaming down your face. Some of us may sniffle (抽鼻子) a little while others may cry like a baby.
Some people suggest that it’s women who cry more than men. It is true. A study in the UK found that women did cry more than men. ____82____ Or are they just uncomfortable about showing their true feelings
One place where emotions (情绪) run high is in the workplace. Someone might be stressed. ____83____ A scientist, Joanna Cross, told the BBC, “Crying is often a build-up of failure and bad situations.” She explained how someone might start crying when they were just asked to make a cup of tea, “Actually that’s often a backlog (积压) of situations.”
Though crying doesn’t change situations for the better, it can actually make you feel better. ____84____ So perhaps more of us, especially men, should cry more often if it is necessary. It isn’t a bad thing.
根据短文内容，从方框中选出四个选项填入文中空缺处，使短文内容通顺完整。
A．Their work might be too much.
B．It can clear the bad feelings you’ve had.
C．The reasons why people cry are different from each other.
D．Crying and laughing come from the same part of the brain.
E．But does this mean men don’t get as upset or sad as women
Every year, up to 50,000 elephants in Africa are killed illegally for their tusks(象牙). Criminal groups secretly transport those tusks out of Africa and sell them for big money.
In the past, it was difficult to track(追踪) those criminals. ___85___ Even if they were caught, most of them didn’t know where tusks came from exactly. A few years ago, scientists led by Dr.Samuel Wasser at an American university worked out a new way to solve this problem. Using elephants’ poop(粪便), they built a list of the DNA of almost all of the elephants in Africa. When tusks are found in another country, DNA tests can show where they come from.
In 2018, Dr. Wasser and his team used DNA to match two tusks found in different shipments(运送的货物), showing that they came from the same elephant. ___86___ This diseovery provided information about the way the criminals worked and showed the ports they often used.
___87___ So Dr. Wasser came up with a way of increasing the chance of matching tusks. He began looking at family DNA．There are enough similarities between parents and children and sisters and brothers to allow them to be matched through DNA．
___88___ They took DNA samples from 4,320 tusks found in 49 different shipments between 2002 and 2019. They found about 600 matches among the tusks. The matches told the scientists a lot about what was happening to the elephants. Besides, the scientists also learned that there were only a few criminal groups that kept going back to the same areas to get more tusks. The study can also help them track how the ports used by the criminals have changed over time.
Dr. Wasser is hopeful that this method of using family DNA to track poached(被偷猎的）wildlife will soon help protect other kinds of animals and break up more criminal groups.
根据短文内容，从下列选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。
A．That meant the shipments were connected.
B．Even though it’s against the law, African elephants have long been hunted.
C．But matching tusks from a single elephant didn’t happen very often.
D．Usually by the time the dead animals were found, they were far away.
E．By checking DNA from animal families, the scientists could match far more tusks.
When Emily Cummins was four years old, her grandfather gave her a hammer（锤子）. She loved using it, and started to learn how to make toys from old things that nobody used any more.
____89____ She always thought a lot about making inventions to help other people. Emily’s grandfather had an illness. He had a lot of pain in his hands and fingers. One day, Emily saw that he had trouble getting toothpaste（牙膏）out of the tube. She made an invention that helped him with this, and won the Young Engineer for Britain Award for her toothpaste dispenser（挤牙膏器）.
A few years later, Emily learned about the serious water shortage（短缺）in some African countries. The women and children there often walk many kilometers a day to get water for their villages. They usually put the buckets（桶）on their heads, and they have to walk carefully in order not to spill（溅出）the water. ____90____ It makes it possible for the women to transport up to five buckets each time. Besides, it is easy for them to repair the water carrier when it is broken as it is made of wood.
Her latest project is a simple fridge that runs without electricity. ____91____ There are now thousands of families in villages in Zambia, Namibia and South Africa who use it to keep milk, food and medicine cool.
Emily is now a young woman. She is the winner of several prizes for her inventions. She is so successful. ____92____ As a great inventor, Emily often visits schools and talks to teenagers. She wants to encourage them to come up with new ideas that make the world a better place. She wants to use her skills to make a difference.
根据短文内容，从下面选出四个选项填入文中空缺处，短文内容通顺完整。有一项剩余。
A．She often gave her toys to children in need.
B．But it only needs the energy that comes from the sun.
C．So Emily’s invention is a simple water carrier.
D．She was named one of the world’s top ten young people.
E．When she was a teenager, she was very creative and helpful.
参考答案：
1．C 2．A 3．B 4．A
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了大多数美国人对时间的认识和对待方式。
1．推理判断题。根据“But in America, ‘Time is money.’”可知在美国，“”时间就是金钱”，所以推断他们认为时间是有价值的东西，故选C。
2．细节理解题。根据“American lifestyles show how much people respect the time of others.”可知美国人尊重别人的时间，故选A。
3．词义猜测题。根据“people seldom call others late at night for fear they might be in bed.”可知人们很少在晚上很晚给人打电话，所以结合备选项可猜测应是大多数人对于十点之后打电话要考虑再三。故选B。
4．推理判断题。根据“Because Americans believe time is a limited resource, they try to keep and manage it”和全文可判断大多数美国人认为时间有限，而珍惜时间。故选A。
5．C 6．A 7．B 8．C
【导语】本文主要谈论了政府和直播平台都制定了新的规则来管理直播，特别是管理直播的打赏方面。
5．词义猜测题。根据“Earlier this year, a 17-year-old boy in Jingmen, sent tips that added up to 150, 000 yuan to a host.”可知，this指的是孩子在直播平台给主播打赏这件事。故选C。
6．细节理解题。根据“The regulation bans children from tipping or sending gifts to live-stream hosts and performers. It also requires people to register （注册） on live-streaming sites with their real names.”、“Online shows and live-streaming have become so popular. I always feel worried that my son might become addicted to （沉迷于） them or do something that is harmful to his growth,”及“live-streaming platforms will be required to put a limit on how much money people can send to live-streamers. Once the limit is reached, viewers will not be able to send gifts or tips.”可知，规定禁止儿童给主播刷礼物；规定避免对儿童成长造成伤害；严格的管理让父母感到更安全，故选A。
7．细节理解题。根据“Other regulations include stopping live-streaming platforms from encouraging viewers to send gifts or tips. Any host who is found doing this will be added to blacklist”可知，鼓励观看者刷礼物或打赏的主播会被列入黑名单，选项B“任何收到礼物或小费的主播都会被列入黑名单。”表述错误。故选B。
8．最佳标题题。根据“To prevent things like this from happening again, the National Radio and Television Administration introduced a new regulation （规定） on Nov. 23 to better manage live-streaming services.”可知，本文主要谈论了政府和直播平台都制定了新的规则来管理直播。选项C“直播媒体服务的新规则”是最佳标题。故选C。
9．A 10．B 11．C 12．B
【导语】本文主要讲述了医学家顾方舟的事迹。
9．细节理解题。根据文中第二段“Gu’s family faced a difficult time with the sudden death of his father.”可知由于顾方舟的父亲突然去世，顾家面临一个困难期。根据文中第二段“He studied hard and finally entered Peking University as a medical student in 1944.”可知父亲去世后，他努力学习，最终1944年考进北京大学。根据文中第四段“he developed the ‘sugar - coated pill’ vaccine in the early 1960s.”可知20世纪60年代早期，他开发了“糖衣丸”疫苗。根据文中第一段“Eight months later, he received a national honorary- title (荣誉称号) ‘the People's Scientist’ for his polio (脊髓灰质炎) research.”可知在2019年他获得了国家荣誉称号——人民科学家。根据时间发展顺序，结合题干所列举的事件，所以正确顺序应是①②④③。故选A。
10．段落大意题。通读第三段，可知本段中心句“Gu was asked to lead polio research in 1957.‘At that time the only way to prevent polio was to invent a vaccine (疫苗) ,’ said Gu.”可知当时由于爆发小儿麻痹症，导致很多儿童瘫痪，当时顾方舟被要求领导小儿麻痹症研究，他认为阻止小儿麻痹症唯一方法是发明疫苗。也就是说这一段主要讲述顾方舟为什么进行小儿麻痹症研究。故选B。
11．细节理解题。根据文中第四段“In order to test the vaccine, Gu himself tried the vaccine…”可知为了测试疫苗，顾先生亲自尝试了疫苗，所以他是第一人。故选C。
12．主旨大意题。通读全文，可知文章主要讲述了著名的医学科学家顾方舟因研制了骨髓灰质炎糖丸而获得国家荣誉称号“人民的科学家”这一伟大事迹。故选B。
13．B 14．A 15．C 16．C
【导语】本文讲述一个年轻人向专家求教的故事。故事揭示了耐性在学习中的重要性。
13．细节理解题。根据“The expert shook his head.”可知，专家起初拒绝教年轻人。故选B。
14．推理判断题。根据“The young man asked the expert many times to let him have a try.”和“‘You have begun to learn,’ the expert said with a smile.”可知，专家让年轻人好几天都握着一块石头，因为那也是一种学习方式。故选A。
15．推理判断题。根据“The man sat and waited excitedly.”可知，年轻人当时的内心感受是”激动的”。根据“but he could no longer stand the silence”可知，接下来年轻人的内心感受是”不愉快的”。根据“the young man said in surprise without looking at it.”可知，最后年轻人内心感受是”惊讶的”。故选C。
16．主旨大意题。本文讲述一个年轻人向专家求教，专家起初拒绝了。年轻人多次请求专家让他试一试， 专家最后答应了。专家连续数日都让年轻人握着一块翡翠石头。在年轻人变得越来越没有耐心的时候，他发现这次握着的竟不是同一块翡翠石头。故事揭示了耐性在学习中的重要性。故选C。
17．B 18．C 19．C 20．A
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了从四川省会成都火车站出发，开往毗邻的贵州省遵义市的旅游列车“熊猫列车”。
17．细节理解题。根据第三段“Serving as a mobile star-rated hotel, the train is decorated with giant panda images both inside and outside and can accommodate 252 passengers. …The entertainment car provides a place where passengers can sing, dance and play mahjong.”可知，B选项“星级酒店提供什么服务”没有在第三段中涉及。故选B。
18．细节理解题。根据第四段“In fact, Chengdu is well known for its love of mahjong as well as other attractions”可知，成都人热爱麻将。故选C。
19．推理判断题。根据最后一段“Zhong Shu, an official from Chengdu Railway International Business Travel Group, said the train may travel to other parts of the country if it proves to be a success.”可知，可能会有成都与其他城市之间的旅游列车。故选C。
20．推理判断题。根据第一段“China’s first panda-themed tourist train left Chengdu Railway Station for Zunyi, Guizhou Province on March 28th.”可知，文章主要介绍了从四川省会成都火车站出发，开往毗邻的贵州省遵义市的旅游列车“熊猫列车”。故选A。
21．B 22．C 23．A 24．B
【导语】本文主要给我们介绍了俄罗斯旅游的相关知识：俄罗斯的铁路线、俄罗斯文豪博物馆、俄罗斯的活火山以及俄罗斯民族舞。
21．词句猜测题。根据第二段“Do you know the world’s longest passenger carrying railway line is in Russia The Trans-Sibe-rian Railway runs...”可知，这里的it是指这条世界最长的铁路线。故选B。
22．推理判断题。根据第三段“...you can learn something new about them and Russian literature by visiting their museums.”可推测，你可以从中学到新的知识，有教育意义。故选C。
23．细节理解题。根据第地段“...you should visit Kamchatka, one of the most commonly visited among them...This zone has over 1,000 different species of plants. It’s also home to brown bears, sheep and wolves.”可知，在Kamchatka这个地方可以欣赏自然风光以及看到当地的动物，没有说到享受美味的食物。故选A。
24．细节理解题。根据第五段“ If you get the chance to travel to Russia, be sure to attend a Russian folk-dance performance to learn more about the culture and traditions of Russia.”可知，加入跳民族舞可以了解更多俄罗斯的文化和传统，这也是体验当地文化的好机会。故选B。
25．B 26．C 27．A 28．C
【导语】本文主要介绍了动物是如何表达自己的感受的。
25．细节理解题。根据“Animals show these characteristic facial expressions as well. For example, changes in the ear position or the amount of the white of the eyes can show different levels of pain or fear in animals.”可知，动物也可以通过面部表情来表达感受。故选B。
26．词句猜测题。根据“Re-searchers have found that the vocalizations of pigs, goats and cows also change and get less harmonious (和谐的) when these animals are under stress, for example when they are isolated from the group.”可知，研究人员发现，当猪、山羊和牛处于压力下时，它们的叫声也会发生变化，变得不那么和谐，比如当它们与群体分开时。因此“isolated from”表示“与……分开”，与“separated from”同义。故选C。
27．段落大意题。根据“If we can better understand how animals react to their environments, we can improve these environments as well as human-animal relationships.”可知，如果我们能更好地理解动物对环境的反应，我们就能改善这些环境以及人与动物的关系。由此可知，最后一段主要在阐述研究动物情感的价值。故选A。
28．细节理解题。根据“Another example of animal behaviour that is connected to emotions is vocalizations (发声), which can show stress in many animals.”可知，动物的叫声也是动物表达感受的一种方式。故选C。
29．A 30．C 31．B 32．C
【导语】本文主要讲了一个大女人将一个要偷她手提包的男孩带回家并且照顾他的故事。
【详解】1. 细节理解题。根据“A boy ran up and tried to snatch it.The large woman simply turned around, caught the boy by his shirt, and shook him until his teeth rattled.”可知，高大的女人马上抓住了那个男孩。故选A。
2. 词句猜测题。根据“She did not watch the boy, nor did she watch her handbag.But the boy took care to sit on the far side of the room.away from the handbag, where he thought she could easily see him”结合划线的句子可知，男孩意识到自己的错误，不想让Jones夫人怀疑他”。故选C。
3. 推理判断题。根据“The large woman simply turned around, caught the boy by his shirt, and shook him until his teeth rattled.”以及“Now here, take this ten dollars and buy your shoes.”可推断出Jones夫人严厉而善良。故选B。
4. 推理判断题。根据“Now here, take this ten dollars and buy your shoes.”可推断出小男孩会被Jones夫人感动， 这个男孩最想说：“谢谢您，Jones夫人”。故选C。
33．C 34．B 35．A 36．C
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要讲述了塑料污染对海洋生物的危害、塑料的去处以及我们可以采取哪些措施阻止塑料污染。
33．细节理解题。根据第一段“Over 700 kinds of the sea creatures have been reported to have eaten plastic or been trapped（陷入困境）in plastic.”可知，有700多种像海龟这样的海洋生物都吃过塑料或被困在塑料中。故选C。
34．细节理解题。根据第二段“The problem is that most of us use and then throw away more plastic than we need...”可知，虽然并不是所有的塑料都有害，但是我们大多数人使用然后扔掉的塑料比我们需要的多，因此就会造成很多垃圾。故选B。
35．主旨大意题。根据本文的最后一段“In fact, we can do a lot to help keep Earth clean!”，并综合全文内容可知，本文主要讲述了塑料污染对海洋生物的危害，并号召我们采取行动来阻止塑料污染。故选A。
36．最佳标题题。结合全文内容可知，本文主要讲述了塑料污染对海洋生物的危害以及我们可以采取哪些措施阻止塑料污染,，可知本文的标题应为“塑料污染”。故选C。
37．C 38．B 39．A 40．C
【导语】本文主要讲述了星巴克的历史以及它目前存在的问题以及原因。
37．细节理解题。根据“The first Starbucks coffee shop opened in 1971 in downtown Seattle, Washington, in the USA. It was a small coffee shop that cooked its own coffee beans.”，“He noticed that Starbucks ordered a large number of special coffee makers”，“Schultz went to Seattle to see what Starbucks did.”和“Then the company opened coffee shops in other countries as well.”可知，星巴克是在美国西雅图开始经营第一家小咖啡公司，之后Howard Schultz注意到星巴克订购了许多特殊的咖啡机，他去了西雅图并且之后成为公司的市场营销经理，在他的帮助下，星巴克不断的壮大并且成为顶尖的咖啡公司，故发展顺序为b-d-c-a，故选C。
38．词义猜测题。根据“Things really began to change for the company in 1981. That year, Howard Schultz met the three men who ran Starbucks.”可知，1981年，公司的情况开始发生变化。那一年，Howard Schultz遇到了经营星巴克的三个人。ran表示“经营”，与“managed”意思相同。故选B。
39．细节理解题。根据“On the one hand, this is because there were too many coffee shops competing for business in one small area.”可知，因为在一个地方有太多的咖啡店。 故选A。
40．篇章结构题。第一段由咖啡的文化引出本文主题：第二段至第四段主要讲述了星巴克的起源及发展；最后一段介绍了星巴克存在的问题，所以本文的结构是：总—分—总，故选C。
41．C 42．C 43．A 44．B
【导语】本文主要介绍了几种汽车燃料，并分析了它们的利弊。
41．最佳标题题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了几种汽车燃料，并分析了它们的利弊，最适合本文的标题是C选项“汽车最好的燃料是什么”符合，故选C。
42．推理判断题。根据“and they produce less pollution”及“Good news is that the cost has been lower and there are more and more places for the cars to get electricity ever since 2010”可推断，未来电动车会变得更加受欢迎，故选C。
43．细节理解题。根据“Gasoline provides great power for cars”可知，汽油为汽车提供强大的动力，故选A。
44．篇章结构题。根据本文的内容可知，第一段总体概括汽车未来的趋势；第二段到第四段分别介绍了汽油车，电动车以及用其他液体燃料汽车的情况；第五段和第六段是基于第四段的内容，再细分介绍了制造其他液体燃料的方法；最后一段总结概括。故选B。
45．B 46．A 47．C 48．C
【导语】本文主要介绍了2022年的北京冬奥会的情况。
45．推理判断题。根据“In 2022, for the first time ever in the Games’ history, Beijing became the first city to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics.”可知，2022年，北京成为奥运会历史上第一个同时举办过夏季和冬季奥运会的城市，故选B。
46．篇章结构题。第一段总起冬奥会的话题；第二、三、四是介绍奥运会的吉祥物以及中国举办的冬奥会情况；最后一段是总结中国对奥运会的贡献，是“总分总”结构，故选A。
47．细节理解题。根据“China has made great contributions (贡献) to the successful hosting of the Winter Olympic Games. We are proud of our great motherland.”可知，作者是以自豪的语气来写这篇文章的，故选C。
48．主旨大意题。通读全文，本文主要介绍了2022年北京冬奥会，故选C。
49．B 50．A 51．C 52．C
【导语】本文是一篇说明文，文章介绍了人脑思维的真实情况——有生命就有思维活动，人脑的思维活动是不会停止的。
49．推理判断题。根据“ ‘That Susan is so funny..., I need to bring the car to the wash tomorrow..., why is this person being so loud...here comes the Sun, doo-doo-doo.’ We often find ourselves in an endless thought loop(思考圈).”可知，苏珊真有趣、我要去洗车等都是人脑思考的一件又一件事；即当我们处于一个无休止的思想循环中时，我们会思考一件又一件事。故选B。
50．推理判断题。根据“Your computer, much like your brain, is always ‘thinking’”可知，本段借电脑的工作原理说明人脑一直处于思考状态。故选A。
51．词句猜测题。根据“For example, some of this background ‘thinking’ results in what we call a gut feeling(直觉)”可知，背景中的一些“思考”会导致“直觉”，而“直觉”就是在不知不觉中思考的结果；故unconsciously意为“不知不觉地”，近似于unknowingly“不知不觉地”。故选C。
52．最佳标题题。根据“But do we or can we ever really stop thinking ”可知，此处提出“我们是否能够停止思考”的问题；文章给出美国麻省理工研究员针对此问题的分析以及电脑工作原理等说明人脑不会停止思考；结合“the brain won’t stop working”给出结论——大脑不会停止思考；故文章主要围绕“我们能真正停止思考吗？”为主题展开。故选C。
53．A 54．C 55．B 56．C
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。本文主要讲述了气候变化越来越糟糕，恶劣的天气事件正在危害地球。
53．细节理解题。根据第一段“The sea ice loss and the Arctic ice melting (融化) caused by climate (气候) change have increased much in the last ten years. So they have brought down the number of polar bears and seals ...”可知，气候的变化和北极冰的融化导致了北极熊数量的减少，猎捕不是减少的原因。故选A。
54．词义猜测题。根据第二段“It is home to the most inhospitable environment on the planet because it is supposed to be an extremely (