2023届江苏高考英语阅读理解专项训练（含解析）

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Groups of reindeer, a species of deer, and horses could soon run across the frozen (冷冻的) ground in places as far north as Siberia. That’s because reintroducing these grazing animals (食草动物) can slow down the rate of permafrost melting (永冻土融化) and global warming. A new study conducted by Professor Christian Beer has found that if there are enough animals in the Arctic, 80% of the permafrost could be kept until at least 2100.
It was inspired by an experiment carried out by a scientist named Sergey Zimov. He had believed that because of the warming climate of the Arctic region, the melting permafrost would give off greenhouse gases that had been trapped in the soil for thousands of years, and it would increase the amount of warming and start an endless cycle. 20 years ago, by the Pleistocene Park Experiment, he successfully proved that grazing animals running across the land would break up the snow and help freeze the soil. However, he failed to get his scientific papers published.
But now scientists are taking his warning seriously. According to a survey, 1.7 billion tons of carbon dioxide were given off from melting permafrost between 2003 and 2017, which changed the Arctic from being a place that took in carbon dioxide into a place that gave off carbon dioxide. If uncontrolled, there would be a 7-degree increase in the permafrost temperature that would cause half of it to melt by 2100.
Fortunately, Beer’s study shows that most of the permafrost can be kept if the place is repopulated with grazing animals. “Today, we have an average of 5 reindeer per square kilometer across the Arctic. With 15 reindeer per square kilometer, we could save 70% of the permafrost. If we were able to maintain the high animal density (密度) like in Zimov’s Pleistocene Park, would that be good enough to save permafrost under the strongest warming Yes, it could work for 80% of the region,” said Beer.
1．Why are the grazing animals reintroduced to the Arctic
A．To speed up the melting. B．To protect the permafrost.
C．To help carry out research. D．To get rid of global warming.
2．What does the underlined word “It” in paragraph 2 refer to
A．Global warming. B．The grazing animal.
C．The Arctic permafrost. D．Christian Beer’s research.
3．What will happen if the permafrost continues melting
A．Grazing animals may go extinct.
B．More carbon dioxide will be taken in.
C．It will set more greenhouse gases free.
D．The temperature may go down quickly.
4．What does Christian Beer think of the reintroduction of grazing animals
A．It takes a lot of time and effort. B．It can lead to a promising result.
C．It contributes much to biodiversity. D．It helps the permafrost to take form.
People with dyslexia (阅读障碍) have brains that are suitable for exploring the unknown, a trait that’s been important to the survival and success of humans. Dyslexia should be considered a difference, not a disorder, researchers at the University of Cambridge say. This is proved by studies that show people with dyslexia have special brains to explore the unknown and think in terms of the bigger picture.
The strengths of the dyslexic brain could have evolved as humans adapted to changing culture. To survive, we needed to learn skills and acquire habits, but we also needed to be creative and find new solutions through exploration. In the new study, the researchers say some people specialized in taking advantage of learned information, while others focused on discovery and invention.
Studies have shown that people with dyslexia are less efficient at procedural learning than non-dyslexic people, said Taylor, who studies cognition and human evolution. “Learning to read, write or play the piano are all skills that are dependent on procedural memory; once learned, the skills can be processed automatically and rapidly,” Taylor added.
Dyslexia has long been viewed as negative. It has been called a developmental disorder, learning disability or learning difficulty. Instead, the distinction between dyslexic and non-dyslexic brains should be framed simply as a difference, said Taylor. “We all possess difficulties in areas that are other people’s strengths. It’s just unfortunate that in the case of people with dyslexia their difficulties are continually highlighted, partly due to the nature of education and also to the importance of reading and writing in our culture.”
In reframing dyslexia as a difference, society can benefit from more innovative solutions. It’s important to emphasize that people with dyslexia still face a lot of difficulties, but the difficulties exist because of the environment and an emphasis on rote learning and reading and writing. Instead, we could nurture ‘explorative learning’ — learning through discovery, invention, and creativity, which would work more to their strengths.
5．What can we learn from the first two paragraphs
A．People should see dyslexia as a disorder, not a difference.
B．People with dyslexia are specialized to explore the unknown.
C．People without dyslexia are weak in using learned information.
D．Acquiring skills and habits is necessary for people with dyslexia.
6．Which of the following skills is NOT dependent on procedural memory
A．Reciting a poem. B．Writing a song.
C．Reading an article. D．Playing the piano.
7．What should we do to reframe dyslexia as a difference
A．Promote learning in an explorative way.
B．Value reading and writing in our culture.
C．Stress rote learning, reading and writing.
D．Focus on the difficulties people with dyslexia have.
8．What does the passage mainly tell us
A．Dyslexia: a must for creativity. B．Reframing dyslexia: a difficulty.
C．People with dyslexia: potential inventors. D．Dyslexia brains: a key to survive.
Erin Alexander’s sister-in-law recently died, and she was having a hard day. A barista (咖啡师) was sad too because his machine had broken down. Erin ordered an iced green tea, and told him to cheer up. After picking up her order, she noticed a message on the cup: “Erin, your soul is golden”, the barista had also scrawled (画) a heart next to it. “I’m even not sure what ‘your soul is golden’ means,” said Erin, who laughed and cried while recalling the incident. But the warmth of that small and unexpected gesture, from the barista who didn’t know what she was going through, moved her deeply. “Of course, I was still really sad,” Erin said. “But that little thing made the rest of my day.”
New findings, published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, confirm just how powerful experiences like Erin’s can be. Researchers found that people who perform a random act of kindness tend to underestimate how much the receivers will appreciate it. And they believe it could prevent many of us from doing nice things for others more often.
A recent study comprised eight small experiments that varied in design and participants. In one experiment, people were told they could give a cupcake away to strangers, and were asked to rate their own mood as well as how they believed the receivers would feel. The researchers found that those who got a cupcake as a result of a random act of kindness felt better than the person on the giving end thought they would. “People tend to think that what they are giving is little,” Dr. Kumar, an assistant professor of marketing and psychology at the University of Texas, Austin, said. “But receivers consider the gesture to be significantly more meaningful because they are also thinking about the fact that someone did something nice for them.”
If you are not already in the habit of performing random kind acts — or if it does not come naturally to you — Marisa Franco, a psychologist, advised to start by thinking about what you like to do. “It’s not about you being liked, ‘Oh man, now I have to learn how to bake cookies in order to be nice’. It’s about: What skills and talents do you already have And how can you turn that into an offering for other people ”
9．Why does the writer mention Erin’s experience in Paragraph 1
A．To introduce the topic.
B．To show the power of kindness.
C．To praise the random acts of kindness.
D．To provide some background information on the study.
10．How was the study carried out
A．By stating the facts. B．By listing examples.
C．By analyzing statistics. D．By comparing the feelings.
11．What should people do according to Marisa Franco
A．Do whatever you like to do. B．Learn how to bake cookies.
C．Do what you can to help others. D．Try to gain some new skills and talents.
12．What message does the passage convey
A．Well begun is half done. B．One good turn deserves another.
C．Practice kindness however little it is. D．Nothing is impossible for a willing heart.
In the last decade, scientists have been going back and forth on one question: does recycling really help the environment The conclusion at which they have arrived seems to be: yes, it does. However, experts warn that our efforts should not stop there. While recycling is an important part of the solution, it is not necessarily the most important factor. Therefore, I disagree that recycling is the key to a sustainable(可持续的) future.
Compared to other methods to save the earth, recycling is a much smaller player. According to a recent study, the twenty top petrochemical(石化) companies in the world are responsible for 55% of the world’s single-use plastics, most of which are practically impossible to recycle. This means that asking these major polluters to take responsibility for their harm to the environment would do much more than if every one of us recycled our waste. In addition, a dependence on recycling can take attention away from reducing and reusing, which are more effective in lowering missions(排放) and in turn helping to create a sustainable future. Therefore, it would do us a lot of good if we focus on the other high-priority solutions rather than simply recycling.
Recycling supporters may argue that recycling is indeed the key to a sustainable future because it helps save a lot of energy by taking what already exists and changing it into something new. While it is true that recycling is a valuable tool in the fight against climate change, it is not the key. Regrettably, it alone is not sufficient to sustain our earth. So, while we should continue recycling, we need to go further by taking other actions for our planet.
In conclusion, I disagree that recycling is the key to a sustainable future. Having said that, recycling is still beneficial. It is but a small part of an interconnected web of solutions, which on its own cannot accomplish much, but together with other efforts, can truly create a sustainable future for us all.
13．Why does the author write this article
A．To raise a question. B．To explain a rule.
C．To present a solution. D．To express an idea.
14．Which of the following belongs to “other actions” in the Paragraph 3
A．Stopping using plastics.
B．Using fewer high-emission cars.
C．Individuals recycling their waste.
D．Changing used things into something new.
15．Why is recycling not that important according to the author
A．It does not help with protecting the environment.
B．It stops major polluters from taking responsibility.
C．It can only save 45% of the energy people need.
D．It plays a small and limited part in sustaining the earth.
16．What is the key to a sustainable future according to the author
A．Reducing and reusing of single-use plastics.
B．Asking petrochemical companies to be responsible.
C．Combined efforts of all the solutions.
D．More and more people joining in recycling.
While ChatGPT successfully answered a variety of questions raised by testers, some responses were noticeably off. In fact, Stack Overflow — a Q&A website for coders and programmers — didn’t allow users to share information from ChatGPT, saying that it’s “harmful to the site and to users who are asking or looking for correct answers.”
Beyond the issue of spreading incorrect information, the tool could also be used to explain problematic thoughts, and as with all AI tools, spread biases(偏见) based on the pool of data on which it’s trained. Typing something involving a CEO, for example, could prompt(激起) a response assuming that the individual is white and male, for example.
“While we’ve made efforts to make the model refuse unsuitable requests, it will sometimes respond to harmful instructions or exhibit biased behavior,” OpenAI, the company that created ChatGPT, said on its website. “We’re using the Moderation API to warn or stop certain types of unsafe content, but it still has some false negatives and positives for now. We’re eager to collect user feedback(反馈) to aid our ongoing work to improve this system.”
Still, Lian Jye Su, a research director at market research company ABI Research, warns the chatbot is operating “without understanding the context of the language.”
“It is very easy for ChatGPT to give plausible-sounding(听起来合理) but incorrect or senseless answers,” he said. “It guessed when it was supposed to explain and sometimes responded to harmful instructions or exhibited biased behavior. It also lacks regional and country-specific understanding.”
While ChatGPT is free, it does put a limit on the number of questions a user can raise before having to pay. When Elon Musk, a co-founder of OpenAI, recently asked Altman on Twitter about the average cost per ChatGPT chat, Altman said: “We will have to monetize(货币化) it somehow at some point; the compute costs are eye-watering.”
17．Why does the author mention Stack Overflow
A．To show how narrow-minded it is.
B．To illustrate the negative influence of ChatGPT.
C．To reveal the competition it has with ChatGPT.
D．To indicate ChatGPT’s strong ability in problem solving.
18．What is the 3 paragraph mainly about
A．The efforts OpenAI make for improvement.
B．The reason for the use of Moderation API.
C．The problem OpenAI is now facing.
D．The success in solving OpenAI’s problem.
19．Why does ChatGPT have problems
A．It does not understand human language.
B．It mainly works through guessing.
C．It cannot respond properly based on contexts.
D．It holds bias on some specific regions.
20．What does the word “eye-watering” in the last paragraph most probably mean
A．extremely high B．very harmful
C．quite necessary D．too average
New York Botanical Garden: All-Garden Pass
Feel a little bored with city life and want to get close to nature This ticket is a good choice for you.
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The New York Botanical Garden has featured the landscape of the northeast since its founding in 1891. It’s located on a 250-acre site that contains a landscape with over one million living plants, the Enid A．Haupt Conservatory—a greenhouse containing several habitats, and the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, which contains one of the world’s largest collections of plant-related texts. Your All-Garden Pass includes admission to the 50 outdoor gardens and all indoor elements at the New York Botanical Garden.
Summer brings rich flowering to the 50 gardens and plant collections. This summer, Jeff Leatham, the famous artistic director of the Four Seasons Hotel George V Paris, returns for The Orchid (兰花) Show’s 19th year. Visitors will be surrounded by orchid towers of orange, yellow, and green and rolling fields of white, together with artistic decorations and colorful lights.
Traveler requirements
◆ You are required to wear a mask.
◆ All participants aged 5 and older must present proof that they have received two doses(剂量) of an FDA- or WHO-approved vaccine. In addition to proof of vaccination, all participants who are over 18 years old must present a government-issued photo ID, such as a driver’s license, a passport, etc.
Know before you go
Most of the garden consists of outdoor spaces, and a visit can include lots of walking, so be sure to dress accordingly.
21．What can we know about the New York Botanical Garden
A．It is home to many rare plants.
B．It features a northwestern landscape.
C．It is famous for greenhouse planting.
D．It collects a large number of texts about plants.
22．What can visitors do at The Orchid Show
A．Build orchid towers.
B．Learn to raise orchids.
C．Enjoy colorful lights.
D．Take photos with Jeff Leatham.
23．What should a 16-year-old boy bring when visiting the New York Botanical Garden
A．Proof of vaccination. B．Recent travel records.
C．Light clothing. D．A photo ID．
In winter, intense cold in China’s Jilin Province can turn tripping water into ice within seconds. Yet, 63-year-old Ren Jianguo gets up early every day to spread corn on the riverbank to make sure thousands of migratory birds(候鸟) have food to go through the cold days.
Ren lives in Jilin City which is built on the banks of the Songhuajiang River. Over the past 26 years, he has been one of the many volunteers protecting migratory birds on the river’s Changbai Island. Local residents label him as “Uncle Bird”. Winter is the busiest time for Uncle Bird as it is the season when large amounts of migratory birds fly here to avoid the biting cold days in Siberia, Russia.
On the upper reaches of the Songhuajiang River is Northeast China’s largest artificial lake. The temperature of the water stays at around 4-10℃ all year round. This allows Changhai Island to welcome countless migratory birds.
“As long as they choose to stay in this city, there should be people to take care of them. When it becomes difficult to find food in winter, I call for donations or sometimes pay for the food myself to secure their survival during the winter,” Ren said.
Jilin City, which is part of the migratory passage of birds in East Asia, is one of the few warm wetlands in northern China suitable for migratory birds to rest. To improve the environment here, the Chinese government has invested about 26.6 billion yuan for water pollution control and prevention along the Songhuajiang River since 2006.
For Ren, a small house near the riverbank has almost become his “second home”, a place from which he can patrol(巡逻) along the banks, observe birds, educate the public about bird conservation and, after a long day of work, light a fire and enjoy a warm meal.
“I simply want this to be a warm and welcoming place for birds when they choose to stay here for a temporary rest,” he said.
24．What is the best title of this passage
A．The Tale of “Uncle Bird”
B．The Environment of Changbai Island.
C．The Survival of Birds.
D．The Protection of Wetlands.
25．Why does Ren Jianguo volunteer to protect migratory birds
A．To keep himself from being bored.
B．To keep the birds from flying away.
C．To keep the birds from going hungry.
D．To keep the environment from being polluted.
26．Why do the birds come to Changbai Island in the winter
A．To eat high-quality corns.
B．To see kind-hearted volunteers.
C．For a cleaner environment.
D．For a better temperature.
27．Which of the following best describes Ren Jianguo’s work
A．Boring. B．Professional.
C．Dangerous. D．Meaningful.
When people think about improving their physical fitness, they often neglect (忽视) balance. Good balance is a necessary part of being physically fit and key to living a long life, according to a research. It’s important for everyone, no matter your age.
Older adults are most affected by poor balance. Falls are the leading cause of injury and death for those 65 and older, with nearly 30% in this age group reporting at least one fall in 2018, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But younger adults frequently fall down, too.
Forty-eight percent of young adults reported falling at least once during one 16-week study. The falls most commonly happened during sports activities, with women in the study reporting more falls and fall-related injuries than men.
Falls within the previous two years were reported by 18% of young adults (ages 20 to 45) in another study published in the journal BMC Public Health. That figure (数据) compared with 21% of middle-aged adults (46 to 65) reporting falls and 35% of those over 65. While falls among young adults were often connected with sports, falls by the middle-aged group were typically related to health problems and physical changes.
Many factors (因素) can affect your balance outside of age, such as vision changes, brain injuries, overweight and a general lack of physical fitness. Even if you have no risk factors, simply neglecting to work regularly on your balance will result in increased instability (不稳定性).
“Our body is conditioned to lose what we don’t regularly use and practice, and balance is no different,” said a researcher.
28．What role does a good balance play in our lives
A．It helps us live a healthy and long life.
B．It enables us to build a perfect shape.
C．It protects us from getting seriously sick.
D．It has the power to make us look young.
29．How does the author show the research results
A．By having a discussion. B．By giving a list of figures.
C．By raising questions. D．By following the time order.
30．In which situation are young adults likely to fall down
A．When a health problem comes up. B．When working regularly.
C．When a physical change appears. D．When joining in a sport.
31．What can we learn from the last paragraph
A．We are naturally born with balance.
B．We should manage our body properly.
C．Our body is used to working in its own way.
D．We’ll lose our balance if we don’t practise it often.
Emma Towers-Evans first picked up a pencil when she was just two years old and said her love for drawing originated from Free Willy, a film about killer whales. Emma loved drawing as a hobby during her childhood and teens, but never thought it could be a future career. But after attending the University of Surrey for music and sound-recording, she began drawing portraits (肖像) of people’s pets. Now she creates incredible portraits of people and animals which are so realistic that they look like photos.
As her success continued, Emma decided to focus on drawing full-time and set up her own website. Now the pencil artist sells her own original work and 25 percent of earnings from sales of her big cat series of prints go toward conservation charities like the Born Free Foundation and LionAid.
The 29-year-old often completes the drawings on a large piece of Al or A0 paper and estimates each piece of artwork can have upwards of 0.5 million individual pencil strokes (笔画). And it takes her up to 100 hours to draw an excellent hyper-realistic pencil drawing.
Since the pandemic lockdown, Emma has been making videos of her painting process and sharing them on TikTok, which have got 265,000 followers and 4.5 million likes. “The first one I posted was a time delay video of a portrait and I can’t believe how popular it has become. The comments and support I get are amazing,” the self-taught artist said. “It’s really exciting to see something come alive on the paper. It took me years of practice, patience, and dedication to get to where I am today. I think anyone can get to that level as long as they have the same determination and self-belief.”
32．What can we learn about Emma Towers-Evans
A．She desired to be a painter as a little child.
B．She was especially good at drawing whales.
C．She majored in painting during her college years.
D．She managed to turn her hobby into a career.
33．What do the figures in paragraph 3 show
A．Good artwork is physically demanding.
B．Pencil drawings come in various sizes.
C．Pencil drawing requires much patience.
D．Pencil drawing needs professional skills.
34．How did people react to Emma’s videos on TikTok
A．They showed little interest in them.
B．They welcomed and enjoyed them.
C．They were confused by her drawing techniques.
D．They were disappointed by the long drawing process.
35．What message does Emma try to convey in the last paragraph
A．Rome wasn’t built in a day.
B．Time and tide wait for no man.
C．Where there is life, there is hope.
D．All things are difficult before they are easy.
Plant-based products have been breaking into the foodie mainstream in the United States, after years in which vegan (素食的) burgers and milk alternatives knocked on the market’s door. That is partly because more companies are targeting people who seek to reduce the amount of meat they eat, rather than forswear it altogether.
Now, as fish alternatives begin to attract investment and land at restaurants in the United States and beyond, people who track the fishless fish sector say that it could achieve significant growth.
One reason, they say, is that consumers in rich countries are becoming more aware of the seafood industry’s environmental problems, including overfishing and the health risks of some seafood. Another is that today’s plant-based companies do a better job of approaching fish flavor than earlier ones did—an important consideration for non-vegetarians (非素食者).
“There are a number of people already looking at alternative hamburgers,” said Joshua Katz, an analyst at the consulting firm McKinsey who has studied the alt-protein (替代蛋白) industry. “You might actually say, ‘I should work on something else.’ And seafood is still a massive market with convincing reasons to work on.” People who reduce their consumption of animal proteins for environmental reasons often stop eating red meat, which requires enormous amounts of land and water to farm.
But alt-fish advocates say that seafood also comes with environmental problems. Unsustainable fishing practices have destroyed fisheries (鱼汤) in recent decades, a problem both for biodiversity and the millions of people who depend on the sea for income and food.
“It’s simply a smarter way to make seafood,” says Mirte Gosker, the acting managing director of the Good Food Institute Asia-Pacific, a nonprofit advocacy group that promotes alternative proteins. “Full stop.”
So far plant-based seafood products in the United States account for only 0.1 percent of the country’s seafood sales, less than 1.4 percent of the U.S. meat market occupied by plant-based meat alternatives. But alt-seafood enterprises worldwide received at least $83 million from investors in 2020, compared with $1 million three years earlier. As of this June, 83 companies were producing alt-seafood products around the world, a nearly threefold rise since 2017. All but 18 of those 83 companies focus on plant-based products. A dozen others are developing lab-grown seafood, which is not yet commercially available in any country.
36．What does the underlined word “forswear” in paragraph 1 probably mean
A．Sample. B．Consume. C．Produce. D．Abandon.
37．Which aspect of seafood do non-vegetarians focus on
A．The health risks. B．The protein intake.
C．The taste and mouthfeel. D．The overfishing problem.
38．What is Mirte Gosker’s tone when he says “Full stop” in paragraph 6
A．Determined. B．Concerned. C．Humorous. D．Enthusiastic.
39．What do the figures in the last paragraph mainly show
A．Seafood companies are struggling.
B．Plant-based meat products will be a trend.
C．Alt-seafood products have a promising future.
D．Seafood will be commercially available soon.
Nowadays, instead of scrolling (滚屏) through apps like TikTok and Instagram all day on a smartphone, many people begin to use a so-called “dumb phone ” according to the latest report, and seventeen-year-old Robin West is one of them.
Dumb phones are basic devices, with very limited functionality compared to an iPhone. Typically, you can only make and receive calls and text messages. And if you are lucky, you can also listen to the radio and take very basic photos, but definitely you cannot connect to the Internet or apps.
Robin West’s decision to rid himself of the former smartphone two years ago was out of a sudden urge. “I didn’t notice how much a smartphone was taking over my life until I bought a dumb phone. I had a lot of social media apps on it, and I didn’t get much work done as I was always on my phone.” He said that he would never buy another smartphone. “I don’t think my dumb phone limits me; I’m definitely more active,” he added.
Outdated for a while with the appearance of smartphones, dumb phones are now regaining popularity. A 2021 study said that one in ten mobile phone users in the UK had a dumb phone. “Many of us once had a dumb phone as our first mobile phone and TikTok videos remind us of that, so it’s natural that we feel a sense of nostalgia (怀旧) towards these classic markers, which have a part to play in dumb phones’ revival (再流行),” said a mobile expert.
One maker of dumb phones is The Light Phone. Slightly cleverer than the norm for such products, it has handsets that do allow users to listen to music and podcasts, and connect by Bluetooth to headphones. Yet the firm promised that its phones “will never have social media click bait news, email or a web browser”.
Light co-founder, Kaiwei Tang, says that, surprisingly, the firm’s main customers are aged between 25 and 35. He says he was expecting buyers to be much older. Tech expert, Prof. Sandra Wachter, says it is understandable that some of us are looking for simpler mobile phones. “Smartphones always want to grab our attention with updates, breaking news and the like constantly disrupting (扰乱) our day.”
40．What does Robin West probably fail to do on his dumb phone
A．Make a call to his friend.
B．Have access to the radio.
C．Store photos in the album.
D．Visit social networking pages.
41．Why do many people start to use dumb phones according to the mobile expert
A．They are very easy to operate.
B．They can impact people’s life.
C．They come into fashion again.
D．They make people recall old days.
42．What’s Prof. Sandra Wachter’s attitude towards people’s using dumb phones
A．Flexible. B．Supportive. C．Confused. D．Doubtful.
43．What would be the best title for the text
A．The return of dumb phones
B．The popularity of smartphones
C．The marketing strategies of phones
D．The intense competition between phones
Insects are a rich source of protein and part of the natural diet for pigs, chickens and fish. Feeding insects to farm animals could be the environmental change that the farming industry has been waiting for.
It takes around 2.5 acres of land to produce a metric ton (公吨) of soya beans each year, but the same area could grow nearly 140 metric tons of insects. Cutting back on beans for animal feed can also reduce the act of cutting down the trees, especially in areas like the Amazon rainforest, where trees are cut down to increase farmland.
Farm animals eat around one-third of global grain production, some of which could be used to feed people instead. Reducing land use and the crops fed to farm animals can change the global food system and makes it more sustainable (可持续的)，according to a United Nations report.
Besides, insects can be fed on food waste. And because they do not need much space, they can be raised on farms in small-scale units like small containers. A British company Better Origin packs its containers with food waste and insects, and then they grow up to 5,000 times their original body mass in just two weeks. Researchers have forecast that the amount of food going to waste will hit two billion metric tons globally by 2030. If that can be changed into insect feed for animals, it will make livestock (家畜) production cheaper and more sustainable.
Startup companies like Better Origin are joining a fast- growing market. US food giant Cargill has entered the sustainable insect feed market by partnering with InnovaFeed to supply fish farms with black soldier fly larvae (a kind of insect).
“It is time to think about alternative (可供替代的) sources of food in view of a growing world population,” said Eduardo Rojas-Briales, Chairman of the Spanish Board of Foresters. “Insects alone will not solve the world’s food security challenges but it would be absurd not to make use of their full potential in the fight against hunger.”
44．Why does the author list the figures in Paragraph 2
A．To stress the high cost of insect feed.
B．To illustrate the importance of increasing farmland.
C．To present the situation of the Amazon rainforest.
D．To show the benefits of using insects as animal feed.
45．Which of the following can be inferred from the text
A．Many trees are cut down to feed insects.
B．Only insects will solve the world’s food security challenges.
C．The growth of insects requires strict environmental conditions.
D．Feeding insects to farm animals does good to the global food system.
46．What does the underlined word “absurd” in the last paragraph mean
A．Possible. B．Unwise. C．Selfish. D．Intelligent.
47．Which is the most suitable title for the text
A．Let’s make full use of farmland
B．How to reduce the amount of food waste
C．Insect feed can change the farming industry
D．How to improve the quality of livestock production
The Beaver-Lawrence Farm Bureau sets up a series of story time meetings across Beaver County’s libraries, a program that helps attract attention to the farming process in nearby communities. It provides an opportunity for readers to talk about agriculture through a book and also share their own farming experiences and backgrounds. So children can learn what farmers do and where their food comes from.
During Spring Story Time at the Beaver Area Memorial Library in March, over twelve families gathered to hear about the farming process and allowed their children to join in the fun activities offered by the library. The children were shown different animals that are found on a farm and how vegetables grow. Parents also joined in the conversation throughout the event.
When Spring Story Time started, the book was read by Amanda McDowell, the treasurer of the Beaver-Lawrence Farm Bureau. Owning a farm, McDowell was able to share her own experiences with the farming equipment and her different farming routines. “The book shows the science and technology included in farming. More importantly, the idea is to put a farmer in front of children so they can ask questions and hear it directly from farmers. Education about farming and what is going on in that process is important to helping the next generation consider farming themselves,” said McDowell. “People can learn not to be afraid to wave to the farmer and know what’s going on. ”
For farming educators, it can be challenging to get their message out and make younger audiences interested in farming. While other industries are a part of everyday life, agricultural industries are not as important for many in the cities of western Pennsylvania. As a result, the number of independently owned farms and those working in agriculture continues to reduce each year.
While many farmers stepping up to help educate others about the process have helped, finding young people interested in a farming lifestyle has become increasingly important.
48．What is the program meant to do
A．Help local farmers in need.
B．Develop good reading habits.
C．Spread knowledge of farming.
D．Call for environmental protection.
49．What is the local families’ attitude to the program
A．Supportive. B．Doubtful.
C．Surprised. D．Uncertain.
50．Why did Amanda McDowell read the book to children
A．To teach them to choose healthy food.
B．To encourage them to take up farming.
C．To better connect with the next generation.
D．To correct the misunderstanding about farmers.
51．What does the author point out in paragraph 4
A．The agricultural industry is playing a significant role.
B．Farming educators fail to learn from other industries.
C．The local agricultural industry is in a difficult situation.
D．Young people show an interest in the agricultural process
Music is a great connector; it brings people happiness. That’s why during the 2020 lockdowns (封闭) in the UK, when work for musicians dried up, singer Chloe Edwards-Wood came up with the idea of singing for people who were isolated (隔离) and struggling. That’s where Give a Song comes in.
Today, after 480 musical visits to over 8,000 people who need to isolate or live in care homes, the organisation is still spreading wellbeing and happiness.
At first, Edwards-Wood posted on Facebook about her idea and 15 people reached out to her including a leader from the Goldsmith Community Centre in Lewisham. She teamed up with the Goldsmith and Give a Song became a reality.
The first time Edwards-Wood performed on a stranger’s doorstep, she did so near her home along with another musician. “It was really terrific,” she said. “As soon as we started that first song, the barriers (障碍) came down. I remember thinking: ‘This is it! It works!’. The person loved it and people stopped to watch and listen. ”
Visits are organised through an online form. Usually 2-4 musicians go to the person’s home to perform a few songs with instruments. The visits usually last 15 minutes.
Edwards-Wood said, “I feel like music brings people together in some way, and it’s a way of communicating,” she said. “If you don’t have a common ground to have a conversation with someone, there’s always a song that can do it for you. ”
It’s not just the people that receive the concerts who benefit from them. It has also been life changing for Edwards-Wood. “I don’t know what my life would have looked like without this,” she said. “Being able to share all these moments of musical joy, I feel very lucky. ”
52．What do we know about Give a Song
A．It encourages people to enjoy music.
B．It tries to communicate with people.
C．It has made much money.
D．It is quite well received.
53．How did Edwards-Wood start Give a Song
A．By teaming up with a lot of organisations.
B．By singing for isolated people door to door.
C．By sharing her idea online.
D．By looking for a leader.
54．What does the underlined word “terrific” in paragraph 4 mean
A．Challenging. B．Alarming.
C．Wonderful. D．Common.
55．Which of the following is a suitable title for the text
A．Listening to music right at home
B．Bringing music to people’s front door
C．The great contribution of Give a Song
D．The best way to connect people together
For some people, nothing matches the beauty of Canada’s national parks. Supported by Parks Canada, these parks protect the country’s ecosystem.
Prince Edward Island National Park
Built in 1937, the park on the north shore of Prince Edward Island contains 10 square miles of red sandstone cliffs (悬崖), freshwater lakes, and Acadian forests. It is home to the endangered piping plover (笛鸻). Visitors to the park will be attracted by the enough wildlife found there— from the Atlantic white-sided dolphin to the snowshoe hare.
Vuntut National Park
Located in the northwest of Yukon Territory, the park is one of the most faraway national parks in Canada. The 4,345-square-mile park, which was built in 1995, has large wetlands in the south, known as Old Crow Flats, which are home to half a million birds and many kinds of other animals such as grizzly bears and muskrats.
Banff National Park
Banff National Park in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains, which was built in 1885, is famous for the clear waters of Lake Louise, the amazing glaciers (冰川) of Icefields Parkway, and the 11,850-foot-tall Mount Forbes. The town of Banff is also within the park, which hosts the Banff Mountain Film Festival and is home to many cultural museums.
Waterton Lakes National Park
The park has high mountains, thick forests, colorful grassland, impressive rivers, and clear lakes. Built in 1895, Waterton Lakes is home to the 9,547-foot-tall Mount Blakiston—a popular climbing spot and the highest point within the park. The park protects over 60 species of mammals and more than 250 species of birds.
56．Of the four national parks, which is the youngest
A．Banff National Park. B．Vuntut National Park.
C．Waterton Lakes National Park. D．Prince Edward Island National Park.
57．Who may be attracted by the third park
A．Those who are interested in culture.
B．Those who want to protect the environment.
C．Those who are studying the old town.
D．Those who want to take an adventurous trip.
58．What is the author’s purpose in writing the text
A．To introduce Canada’s national parks.
B．To praise the effort made by Parks Canada.
C．To call on people to protect wild animals.
D．To show the importance of national parks
A simple gesture can be formed into a child’s memory so quickly that it will cause the child to give a false answer to a question accompanied by that gesture. A new finding suggests that parents, social workers, psychologists and lawyers should be careful with their hands as well as their words.
While memories of both adults and children are easy to react to suggestion, those of children are known to be particularly influenced, said lead researcher Sara Broaders of Northwestern University. Kids are used to looking to adults to tell events for them and can be misled even if not intentionally.
Previous research, for example, has shown that detail-loaded questions often cause false answers; when asked, say “Did you drink juice at the picnic ” the child is likely to say “yes” even if no juice had been available. It is not that the child is lying on purpose, but rather the detail is quickly formed into his or her memory.
To avoid this problem, social workers have long been advised to ask children only open-ended questions, such as “What did you have at the picnic ” But an open-ended question paired with a gesture, briefly meaning a juice box, is treated like a detailed question. That is, children become likely to answer falsely.
And it isn’t just a few kids: 77% of children gave at least one piece of false information when a detail was suggested by an ordinary gesture. Gestures may also become more popular when adults talk with non-fluent language users, such as little kids. Broaders said “as hand movements can express meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases, it certainly seems reasonable that adults would gesture more with children.”
In general, Broaders advises parents and other adults to “try to be aware of your hands when questioning a child about an event. Otherwise, you might be getting answers that don’t reflect what actually happened.”
59．What can we know about gestures from the text
A．They are rarely used by people. B．They are often used by social workers.
C．They have not any function at all. D．They have certain effect on children.
60．Why are kids easy to be misled by gestures according to Sara Broaders
A．Children are easy to tell lies. B．These gestures are very attractive.
C．Their memories are affected easily. D．These gestures are used frequently.
61．Which may cause a wrong reply according to the text
A．Where are you going Lucy B．Did you cheat in the last English examination
C．Did you see anything else last night D．What will you have for lunch
62．When talking with little kids, adults are supposed to ______．
A．ask less open-ended questions B．use familiar words and phrases
C．use gestures carefully D．ask detailed questions
A tiny school in western New South Wales is eyeing the skies hoping for dry weather so it can harvest its first wheat crop.
Seven students from kindergarten to year six attend Hermidale Public School, more than 600 kilometres west of Sydney. Each day they spend part of their school time outside tending the 85-hectare crop.
The land was donated by a former student. Fifty years ago young Craig Grimmond often looked out of the school window at a bare paddock (荒芜的田地) that neighbored the school. Now he owns the land and kindly donated it to the students for their project.
“People asked, ‘Why would you donate that whole block to them ’” he said. “I hardly use it and it’s going to be better for me in the long run because it’ll be cleaned up and will save me a job down the track.”
Principal Skye Dedman said the school community felt very lucky. They took this opportunity for the students. The students’ crop is a reality that seemed almost impossible three years ago. Ms Dedman said there were days when students were forced to stay indoors because of huge dust storms. Their school and their community really felt the threat of the drought.
The students have had the use of the land for three years. During the three years, the tiny community has dealt with a mouse plague (鼠疫), the pandemic and flooding. The whole community has thrown its support behind the project, including farmer and parent Darren Mudford.
“We’ve sown wheat this year and it would be nice if we got two or two-and-a-half tonne to the hectare, which is not a bad effort,” he said. “It’s much better than a cake sale.”
The students’ wheat crop is expected to raise up to $ 50,000. The money will then be used to send the students on trips around the country. They are hoping to go to Newcastle later this year to see their wheat being loaded at the port.
63．Why did Craig Grimmond donate the paddock to the school
A．It saved him from taking care of the paddock.
B．It was his promise to his former teachers.
C．The paddock was too far away from him.
D．He didn’t have money to run the paddock.
64．What made the students’ crop impossible three years ago
A．Their lack of confidence. B．The terrible dry weather.
C．Little community support. D．Their poor planting technology.
65．What was Darren Mudford’s attitude to the students’ wheat harvest
A．Worried. B．Regretful. C．Hopeful. D．Satisfied.
66．What will the students’ income be used for
A．Opening a cake store. B．Paying for their travels.
C．Enlarging the planting areas. D．Repaying the school community.
The summer vocation is approaching! Is there a camp you have a strong desire to take your children to during the holiday If not, I strongly recommend the following summer camps.
Multi-Arts Day Program
The program challenges children to use their imaginations to translate their ideas into music, movement, and creative drama. Students work in large and small groups throughout the day. Parents are welcome to stay the first morning until Morning Sing is over.
Ages: 5-8
Dates: July 4-8
Day student tuition(学费): $410
Fashion Design and Textile Art
If you love color and design, then this is the summer camp for you! You will learn some hand sewing as well as how to use a sewing machine as you create your designs. You will also learn how to choose the types of cloth that best suit your designs. Please bring 2 pairs of old jeans and 5-10 shirts to be used in your projects.
Ages: 11-13
Dates: July 3-16
Day student tuition: $ 1,280
Drawing & Painting for Junior Artists
Explore the wonders of art in this fun and exciting summer camp! Discover ways to create and think about art. Use your own creativity to develop your own style. You will learn many styles of painting and drawing. You should be open and willing to try new techniques. Plan to bring paintbrushes, a pad of paper, a set of pencils, and a pencil sharpener
Ages: 11-13
Dates: July 17-30
Day student tuition: $ 1,980
Shakespeare’s World
Enjoy this fun, hands-on way into the works of William Shakespeare. You will learn about the life and times of Shakespeare and rehearse (排练) one of his plays. You will study the play in depth and take a field trip to see a live, professional production of it. You will audition (试演) for parts and learn amazing and direct acting techniques for bringing Shakespeare’s words to life.
Ages: 9-13
Dates: June 17-30
Day student tuition: $ 1,680
67．When will the camp for 6-year-olds open
A．On June 17. B．On July 3. C．On July 4. D．On July 17.
68．How much should Tom pay if his 12-year-old son wants to attend a camp to learn painting
A．$410. B．$1,280. C．$1,680. D．$1,980.
69．Which camp offers students a chance to go on a field trip
A．Shakespeare’s World. B．Multi-Arts Day Program.
C．Fashion Design and Textile Art. D．Drawing & Painting for Junior Artists.
Billions will be spent trying to deal with a bargain (便宜货) in the approach to Christmas. But as close attention turns to whether or not the deals on offer are really cheep, instead of marketing tricks, spare a thought for the thousands of extra deliveries that will be made and the resulting crowding and blockage, CO2 emissions (释放), and stress that this shopping holiday creates.
Demand for more drivers highlights the highly seasonal nature of shopping, with similar increases on Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day and the run up to Christmas. Although the industry is constantly learning from past mistakes to better serve customers, it ignores extremely important energy, ability to move around and health issues. Behind the scenes, the basic equipment that makes all this online shopping possible is huge—the extra delivery vans (货车) add to already crowded and blocked roads, and drivers suffer from stress and tiredness. Seasonal shopping events like Black Friday harm people and the planet.
One medium-sized business in London recently told us that roughly 75% of the goods received by its front desk in the run up to Christmas were personal packages. Extremely importantly, in a hub-and-spoke (辐射状的) model, not only do these packages arrive from different vans travelling long distances from different warehouses (仓库), but delivery results in travelling on some of the most precious, crowded and blocked and polluted streets in London—simply to service online shopping preferences.
At this early stage of the next evolution of shopping, it is important that we consider the benefits and broader societal costs of different shopping and delivery options. Or else we will risk fighting with our responsibilities to cut carbon and improve air quality in cities.
70．What can we know about the result of extra holiday delivery
A．It creates less pleasure. B．It makes people crowd in the shops.
C．It produces more CO2 emissions. D．It makes the drivers earn more money.
71．What can we infer about the drivers in Paragraph 2
A．They harm the people and the planet.
B．They feel tired during the holiday shopping delivery.
C．They lead to crowded and blocked roads.
D．They are needed less on Mother’s Day.
72．Which of the following can best replace the underlined word “highlights”
A．challenges. B．declares.
C．recommends D．emphasizes.
73．What is the text mainly about
A．The benefits of holiday shopping.
B．The concerns about the holiday shopping delivery.
C．The stress and tiredness caused by the holiday shopping.
D．The holiday shopping’s influence on society and environment.
Ever been hungry enough to eat a house Now, you actually could.
Food waste is a big problem in Japan and globally. Japan produced around 5.7 million tons of food waste in 2019. The government plans to reduce that by around 2.7 million tons by 2030. Tokyo University researchers Kota Machida and Yuya Sakai have developed a way to transform food waste into cement (水泥) for construction use and more. This is the first-ever process created for making cement entirely from food waste. The researchers say their product is four times as strong as traditional concrete. This particular cement can be used to make things like tea cups or chairs as well. However, there’s one additional feature — it’s also eatable.
Kota and Yuya are the intelligence behind the formation of Fabula Inc., a company with purposes of reducing food waste, and helping fight global warming. As expected, something this unique took years to develop. It took a few attempts to find just the right process. Kota and Yuya created the unique technology while researching possible environment-friendly materials to replace cement-based concrete. Cement production accounts for 8% of the world’s carbon dioxide release.
After a few failures, they realized they could get the cement to bind (黏合) by adjusting the temperatures. “The most challenging part was that each type of food waste requires different temperatures,” Yuya said. So the researchers had to observe them and respond in time. In the experiments, Kota and Yuya have successfully made cement using tea leaves, coffee grounds, cabbage and even lunchbox leftovers.
Fabula Inc. is currently working to make tea cups and furniture, but Yuya is thinking a little bit bigger. Their product could provide relief in the form of eatable emergency shelters in disaster ones. “For example, if food cannot be delivered to the people, they could eat makeshift beds made out of food cement,” he said. To eat the material, a person needs to break it apart and boil it.
74．What’s mainly talked about in paragraph 1 and 2
A．The functions of this particular cement.
B．The effects of food waste in the whole world.
C．The characteristics of the newly made cement.
D．The process of transforming food waste to cement.
75．Which is one of Kota and Yuya’s purposes in making use of food waste
A．To handle global climate change.
B．To extend concrete’s service life.
C．To offer Fabula Inc. more cement.
D．To warn how serious food waste is.
76．What made the experiment of making cement out of food waste harder
A．Making sure to make cement tasty.
B．Selecting correct food waste timely.
C．Getting cement broken apart easily.
D．Adjusting the temperatures constantly.
77．What does the underlined word “makeshift” in the last paragraph mean
A．bendable. B．commercial. C．recyclable. D．temporary.
参考答案：
1．B 2．D 3．C 4．B
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了Christian Beer教授进行的一项新研究发现，如果北极有足够的动物，80% 的永久冻土可以保存到至少2100年。
1．细节理解题。根据第二段中“That’s because reintroducing these grazing animals (食草动物) can slow down the rate of permafrost melting (永冻土融化) and global warming.(这是因为重新引进这些食草动物可以减缓永久冻土融化和全球变暖的速度。)”可知，食草动物被重新引进引入北极是为了减缓永久冻土融化，即保护永久冻土。故选B。
2．词句猜测题。根据划线单词上文“A new study conducted by Professor Christian Beer has found that if there are enough animals in the Arctic, 80% of the permafrost could be kept until at least 2100.(Christian Beer教授进行的一项新研究发现，如果北极有足够的动物，80% 的永久冻土可以保存到至少2100年)”和划线单词所在句子“It was inspired by an experiment carried out by a scientist named Sergey Zimov.(它的灵感来自于一位名叫Sergey Zimov的科学家进行的一项实验)”可推知，it代指上文提到的Christian Beer的研究。故选D。
3．细节理解题。根据第二段中“He had believed that because of the warming climate of the Arctic region, the melting permafrost would give off greenhouse gases that had been trapped in the soil for thousands of years, and it would increase the amount of warming and start an endless cycle. (他相信，由于北极地区的气候变暖，融化的永久冻土会释放出埋藏在土壤中数千年的温室气体，这会加剧气候变暖，并开始无休止的循环)”可知，如果永久冻土继续融化，它将释放更多的温室气体。故选C。
4．推理判断题。根据最后一段中““Today, we have an average of 5 reindeer per square kilometer across the Arctic. With 15 reindeer per square kilometer, we could save 70% of the permafrost. If we were able to maintain the high animal density (密度) like in Zimov’s Pleistocene Park, would that be good enough to save permafrost under the strongest warming Yes, it could work for 80% of the region,” said Beer.(“今天，我们在北极地区平均每平方千米有5只驯鹿。如果每个平方千米养15只驯鹿，我们就可以拯救70% 的永久冻土。如果我们能够像齐莫夫的Pleistocene Park那样保持高动物密度，这是否足以在全球变暖最严重的情况下拯救永久冻土？是的，它可以适用于该地区80% 的地区，”Beer说)”可知，Christian Beer认为重新引入食草动物能在全球变暖最严重的情况下拯救永久冻土。由此推知，他认为引进食草动物会带来一个有希望的结果。故选B。
5．B 6．A 7．A 8．C
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了研究表明患有阅读障碍的人擅长探索未知事物，我们应将阅读障碍重新定义为一种差异，通过推动探索性学习去解决这类人群的困难，发挥他们的优势。
5．细节理解题。根据第一、二段内容，尤其是第一段中“People with dyslexia (阅读障碍) have brains that are suitable for exploring the unknown, a trait that’s been important to the survival and success of humans.(患有阅读障碍的人的大脑适合探索未知，这一特征对人类的生存和成功非常重要)”可知，患有阅读障碍的人擅长探索未知事物。故选B项。
6．细节理解题。根据第三段中Taylor的话“Learning to read, write or play the piano are all skills that are dependent on procedural memory(学习阅读、写作或弹钢琴都是依赖于程序记忆的技能)”可知，阅读文章、写歌、弹钢琴的技能都依赖于程序记忆，背诵诗歌不依赖于程序记忆。故选A项。
7．细节理解题。根据最后一段中“Instead, we could nurture ‘explorative learning’ — learning through discovery, invention, and creativity, which would work more to their strengths.(相反，我们可以培养“探索性学习”——通过发现、发明和创造来学习，这将更能发挥他们的优势)”可知，将阅读障碍重新定义为一种差异需要我们推动探索性的学习，发挥患有阅读障碍的人的优势。故选A项。
8．主旨大意题。根据第一段中“People with dyslexia (阅读障碍) have brains that are suitable for exploring the unknown, a trait that’s been important to the survival and success of humans.(患有阅读障碍的人的大脑适合探索未知，这一特征对人类的生存和成功非常重要)”及下文介绍可知，文章主要介绍了研究表明患有阅读障碍的人擅长探索未知事物，善于发明与创造，因此我们应将阅读障碍重新定义为一种差异。由此可知，项“有阅读障碍的人：潜在的发明家”符合文章大意。故选C项。
9．A 10．D 11．C 12．C
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了一项研究表明随机做出善意举动的人往往会低估接受者的感激程度，因此建议我们运用自己所能去帮助他人。
9．推理判断题。根据第一段中“But the warmth of that small and unexpected gesture, from the barista who didn’t know what she was going through, moved her deeply. “Of course, I was still really sad,” Erin said. “But that little thing made the rest of my day.”（但是，那个不知道她正在经历什么的咖啡师，用一个小小的、意想不到的举动表达的温暖深深地打动了她。Erin说：“当然，我还是很难过。但那件小事让我度过了余下的一天。”）”和第二段开头的“New findings, published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, confirm just how powerful experiences like Erin’s can be.（发表在《实验心理学杂志》上的新发现证实了像Erin这样的经历有多么强大。）”可知，第一段中Erin的经历表明了不经意的友善的举动可以给接受者带来巨大的触动，第二段开始引入本文的主体内容：一项针对这种不经意的友善的举动的研究。由此可知，作者在第一段中提到Erin的经历是为了介绍话题。故选A项。
10．推理判题。根据第三段中“In one experiment, people were told they could give a cupcake away to strangers, and were asked to rate their own mood as well as how they believed the receivers would feel. The researchers found that those who got a cupcake as a result of a random act of kindness felt better than the person on the giving end thought they would.（在一项实验中，人们被告知他们可以把一个纸杯蛋糕送给陌生人，并被要求评价自己的情绪以及他们认为接受者的感受。研究人员发现，那些因为随机的善举而得到纸杯蛋糕的人感觉比给予的人想象的要好。）”可知，在该研究中，送纸杯蛋糕的人的感受、他们认为的接受者的感受会和接受者真实的感受被进行比较。由此可知，实验通过比较感受进行。故选D项。
11．细节理解题。根据最后一段中“It’s about: What skills and talents do you already have And how can you turn that into an offering for other people （它是关于：你已经拥有哪些技能和才能？你怎么能把它变成对别人的奉献？）”可知，Marisa Franco建议人们运用自己已有的能力和技能去帮助他人。故选C项。
12．主旨大意题。通读全文可知，文章介绍了一项研究表明随机做出善意举动的人往往会低估接受者的感激程度，因此无论善意有多微小，我们都可以运用自己所能去帮助他人。因此，C项“无论多么微小，都践行善意”符合文章主旨。故选C项。
13．D 14．B 15．D 16．C
【导语】这是一篇议论文。文章主要论述了为什么作者认为回收对于可持续未来不那么重要。
13．推理判断题。根据文章第一段“While recycling is an important part of the solution, it is not necessarily the most important factor. Therefore, I disagree that recycling is the key to a sustainable(可持续的) future.(虽然回收利用是解决方案的重要组成部分，但它不一定是最重要的因素。因此，我不同意回收利用是可持续未来的关键)”可知，作者写这篇文章主要是想表达自己与科学家们持有相反的观点，所以是为了表达自己的想法。故选D项。
14．细节理解题。根据文章第二段“In addition, a dependence on recycling can take attention away from reducing and reusing, which are more effective in lowering missions(排放) and in turn helping to create a sustainable future. Therefore, it would do us a lot of good if we focus on thee other high-priority solutions rather than simply recycling. (此外，对回收利用的依赖可能会分散对减少和再利用的注意力，而减少和再利用在降低任务排放方面更有效，从而有助于创造一个可持续发展的未来。因此，如果我们把重点放在其他三个高优先级的解决方案上，而不是简单地回收利用，这将对我们有很大的好处)”可知，三个优先方案为减少使用、再利用和降低排放。并没有讲到完全停止使用塑料，故排除A项；C和D项都指的是“回收”，排除。所以其他高级的行为就是：减少使用高排放汽车。故选B项。
15．推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段“While it is true that recycling is a valuable tool in the fight against climate change, it is not the key.(虽然回收利用确实是对抗气候变化的一个有价值的工具，但它不是关键)”和最后一段“It is but a small part of an interconnected web of solutions, which on its own cannot accomplish much,(这只是一个相互关联的解决方案网络的一小部分，它本身不能取得很大的成就)”可知，作者认为回收在维持地球生存中起着很小的作用，所以回收不那么重要。故选D项。
16．推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“Having said that, recycling is still beneficial. It is but a small part of an interconnected web of solutions, which on its own cannot accomplish much, but together with other efforts, can truly create a sustainable future for us all.(话虽如此，回收利用仍然是有益的。这只是一个相互关联的解决方案网络的一小部分，它本身不能取得很大的成就，但与其他努力一起，可以真正为我们所有人创造一个可持续的未来)”可知，作者认为可持续的未来的关键是所有解决方案共同努力。故选C项。
17．B 18．A 19．C 20．A
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了最新机器人ChatGPT，包括其优、缺点，存在的问题以及其货币化。
17．细节理解题。根据文章第一段“In fact, Stack Overflow — a Q&A website for coders and programmers — didn’t allow users to share information from ChatGPT, saying that it’s “harmful to the site and to users who are asking or looking for correct answers.”(事实上，Stack Overflow——一个面向程序员和程序员的问答网站——不允许用户分享来自ChatGPT的信息，称这“对网站和询问或寻找正确答案的用户有害”。)”可知，作者提及Stack Overflow是想表明ChatGPT对一些寻找正确答案的用户有负面影响。故选B项。
18．主旨大意题。根据文章第三段““While we’ve made efforts to make the model refuse unsuitable requests, it will sometimes respond to harmful instructions or exhibit biased behavior,”(开发ChatGPT的OpenAI公司在其网站上表示:“虽然我们已经努力让模型拒绝不合适的请求，但它有时会对有害的指令做出反应或表现出偏见行为。”)”和后文描述可知，本段主要OpenAI为改进所做的努力。故选A项。
19．推理判断题。根据文章第四段“Still, Lian Jye Su, a research director at market research company ABI Research, warns the chatbot is operating “without understanding the context of the language.”(尽管如此，市场研究公司ABI research的研究总监苏连杰警告说，聊天机器人的操作“没有理解语言的上下文”。)”可知，ChatGPT这种聊天机器人会出现问题主要是因为它们没有彻底了解上下文，所以不能做出正确的反应。故选C项。
20．词义猜测题。根据文章最后一段“While ChatGPT is free, it does put a limit on the number of questions a user can raise before having to pay. When Elon Musk, a co-founder of OpenAI, recently asked Altman on Twitter about the average cost per ChatGPT chat, Altman said: “We will have to monetize(货币化) it somehow at some point; (虽然ChatGPT是免费的，但它确实限制了用户在付费之前可以提出的问题数量。当OpenAI的联合创始人埃隆·马斯克(Elon Musk)最近在Twitter上问奥特曼每次聊天的平均成本时，奥特曼说:“我们必须在某个时候以某种方式将其货币化)”可知，如果想更好地使用ChatGPT，需要付费。而当马斯克询问另一个创始人每次聊天的平均成本，奥特曼认为必须要收费，因为成本问题。由此可以推测出，计算成本一定非常高。故选A项。
21．D 22．C 23．A
【导语】本文是一篇应用文。主要介绍的是纽约植物园全园通票的相关信息。
21．细节理解题。根据Full descriptions中的“It’s located on a 250-acre site that contains a landscape with over one million living plants, the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory—a greenhouse containing several habitats, and the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, which contains one of the world’s largest collections of plant-related texts.(它坐落在250英亩的土地上，拥有超过100万棵活植物，还有Enid A. Haupt温室——一个包含几个栖息地的温室，还有LuEsther T. Mertz图书馆，它包含了世界上最大的植物相关文献收藏之一。)”可知，纽约植物园包含一百万种活植物景观，一个包含多个栖息地的温室和一个图书馆，其中包含着一个世界上最大的植物相关的文本收藏之一。故选D项。
22．细节理解题。根据Full descriptions中的“Visitors will be surrounded by orchid towers of orange, yellow, and green and rolling fields of white, together with artistic decorations and colorful lights.(游客们将被橙色、黄色和绿色的兰花塔和起伏的白色田野包围，还有艺术装饰和五颜六色的灯光。)”可知，游客们会被橙色、黄色和绿色的兰花塔和白色田野包围，还有艺术装饰以及五颜六色的灯光，由此可知，游客们可以欣赏到五颜六色的灯光。故选C项。
23．细节理解题。根据Traveler requirements部分中的“All participants aged 5 and older must present proof that they have received two doses(剂量) of an FDA- or WHO-approved vaccine.(所有5岁及5岁以上的参与者均必须提供已接种两剂FDA或who批准的疫苗的证明。)”可知，5岁以及5岁以上的孩子必须出具接种了两剂FDA或W