2024年课标版高考英语第二轮专题练习--阅读理解 文体分类练4 说明文之发明创新类(含答案与解析)

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2024年课标版高考英语第二轮专题
文体分类练(四) 说明文之发明创新类
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Passage 1
(2023四川成都外国语学校3月模拟)
Imagine driving behind a huge truck shooting clouds of smoke into the air while your new fully electric vehicle cleans up its carbon emissions.This dream may soon be a reality.A team of students in the Netherlands have created an electric car that not only doesn’t produce carbon dioxide when driving,but actually pulls it out of the air.
The two-seater sports car was designed and built in less than a year by a team of 32 students at Eindhoven University of Technology.Called “ZEM”,which stands for “zero emission mobility”,the car is equipped with special devices that remove carbon dioxide from the air as it drives.The team says if ZEM is driven about 32,000 kilometers,it can remove 2 kilograms of carbon dioxide from the air.That’s not a huge amount.The team calculates that 10 ZEM cars on the road for a year would remove as much carbon dioxide as a typical tree does during that time.However,they also point out that there are over a billion passenger cars in the world that could be using this technology.And if a billion cars were removing carbon dioxide instead of producing it,the result would be huge.
ZEM also has several other innovations that help to make it more capable of being sustained:the car’s frame and panels(面板) are 3D printed to reduce waste;it was built using recycled and recyclable materials;and it can be easily taken apart so that many of its parts can be reused.ZEM’s battery is also reusable,and has another handy feature:it can be charged with solar panels on the car’s roof—and can even be used to provide power for your house when the car isn’t on the road.
According to the statistics,transportation was responsible for over 20% of global carbon dioxide emissions in 2020—and of those emissions,cars were responsible for 41%.The Eindhoven team says its goal is to challenge the electric car industry:If 32 students can build a car like this in less than a year,then surely car manufacturers are expected to adopt these innovations,too.
1.What is special about ZEM
A.It can end the world’s CO2 release.
B.It can cut the truck’s CO2 emissions.
C.It can reduce the level of CO2 in the air.
D.It can absorb dirty air as well as CO2.
2.Why does the team run the calculation of ZEM in paragraph 2
A.To demonstrate a superb vision of ZEM cars.
B.To explain how ZEM removes CO2 as trees do.
C.To illustrate the ongoing change in car making.
D.To show the influence of ZEM on the car market.
3.What do we know about all the components of ZEM
A.They are of high quality.
B.They are easy to process.
C.They are convenient to print.
D.They are environmentally friendly.
4.What does the Eindhoven team hope to achieve in the future
A.Sharp decline in fuel consumption.
B.Mass production of ZEM cars.
C.Big success in beating other car makers.
D.Dramatic changes in transportation.
Passage 2
(2023山东济南一模)
There is nothing quite like enjoying the sights,sounds and culture of a city while tasting a cup of coffee outdoors.But it is not that enjoyable when heat waves sweep the city.An outdoor cooling system produced by Kinonko,an Israeli (以色列的) company,began to be tested in Tel Aviv.The sweltering city is a perfect place to try the new technology.
With global warming heating up the temperature,it will soon be too hot to sit outside in cafes.While outdoor cooling systems have existed for a while,most of them use some sort of water or misting system to cool the air around them,consuming too much water and power.After two years of development,the perfect solution to the problem was found.“We have invented a new generation of air conditioner,” Kinonko CEO Leizer said.
As Leizer introduced,the energy is from the pressure created between liquid nitrogen (氮) and gas nitrogen.When liquid nitrogen at -196 degrees turns into gas,it produces a very strong pressure and the pressure is used to run a mechanical engine.It is that mechanical engine that slowly releases freezing nitrogen gas to cool down the air around it.
The technology is unique and amazing.Beyond the coolness of the concept,it also has other advantages.The work unit doesn’t need to be power-driven,and doesn’t blow out harmful warm air as it works.As for the potential price,it will probably be no more expensive than any other air conditioner.In addition,the liquid nitrogen container will need to be replaced every seven to ten days,depending on usage.This makes it an affordable option for all sorts of businesses.The cooling system is expected to be on the market in 2024.
5.What does the underlined word “sweltering” mean in paragraph 1
A.Warm. B.Dry.
C.Hot. D.Freezing.
6.What problem does the existing outdoor cooling systems have
A.They are wasteful.
B.They overheat easily.
C.They often break down.
D.They are slow to cool the air.
7.What does paragraph 3 mainly explain
A.What powers the engine.
B.What turns liquid into gas.
C.How the pressure is formed.
D.How the new system works.
8.What is the purpose of this text
A.To promote a company.
B.To settle an energy crisis.
C.To introduce a technology.
D.To market a misting system.
Passage 3
(2023安徽马鞍山二模)
To give grasshoppers(蚱蜢) some credit—jumping across yards and between branches takes a lot more expertise than it might appear.There are incredibly tiny factors to consider,such as the resistance in launch surface,as well as desired distance,speed,and landing.
Most jumping robots can’t compete with the insect,as their jumps are limited to starting atop extremely rigid surfaces.But a new bouncing robot developed by researchers in Carnegie Mellon’s College of Engineering is crossing those barriers,and showing promise for how autonomous devices could operate in the future.
A team of scientists led by professor of mechanical engineering Sarah Bergbreiter recently optimized a robot’s latch mechanisms (弹簧机制) used to boost it upward.Previously,these latches were primarily thought of as simple on/off switches that enabled the release of stored energy.However,Bergbreiter and her team employed mathematical modeling to illustrate that these latches both were capable of controlling energy output,as well as controlling the transfer (传递) of energy between the jumper and the launch surface.
To test their work,the team positioned a small jumping robot atop a tree branch and recorded the precise energy transfers in its jumps’ first moments.“We found that the latch can not only mediate(调节) energy output but can also mediate energy transfer between the jumper and the environment that it is jumping from,” said Bergbreiter.
Now that researchers better understand the interactions at play in the opening moments of jumping,they can now begin working on ways to integrate this into future robotic designs.“It has been nearly impossible to design controlled insect-sized robots because they are launched in just milliseconds,”explained Bergbreiter.“Now,we have more control over whether our robots are jumping up one foot or three.It’s really fascinating that the latch—something that we already need in our robots—can be used to control outputs that we couldn’t have controlled before.”
9.What does the author want to show about the new robot by mentioning grasshoppers
A.It comes with technical difficulties.
B.It can beat the insect easily.
C.It is the first one designed for jumping.
D.It is shaped like the tiny creature.
10.What advantage do latches designed by Bergbreiter have over the traditional ones
A.They are better positioned in robots.
B.They help release more energy at a time.
C.They work in extreme environments.
D.They have more than a single function.
11.What does Bergbreiter think of their work
A.It has changed their research direction.
B.It inspires new applications of robots.
C.It brings them a sense of achievement.
D.It will make robots smaller and lighter.
12.What is the text mainly about
A.A new model for future robots.
B.A step forward in robot design.
C.Jumping robots inspired by grasshoppers.
D.Efforts to develop insect-sized robots.
答案:
Passage 1
[语篇解读]本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了荷兰的一个学生团队发明了一种叫做ZEM的电动汽车,这种汽车不仅在驾驶时不产生二氧化碳,而且实际上可以从空气中提取二氧化碳。
1.C 细节理解题。根据第二段中“Called ‘ZEM’,which stands for ‘zero emission mobility’,the car is equipped with special devices that remove carbon dioxide from the air as it drives.”可知,ZEM的特殊之处在于它能降低空气中的二氧化碳含量。故选C项。
2.A 推理判断题。根据第二段中“The team says if ZEM is driven about 32,000 kilometers,it can remove 2 kilograms of carbon dioxide from the air.That’s not a huge amount.The team calculates that 10 ZEM cars on the road for a year would remove as much carbon dioxide as a typical tree does during that time.”可推知,研究团队计算ZEM吸收二氧化碳的量是为了表明对ZEM汽车的美好憧憬,故选A项。
3.D 细节理解题。根据第三段可知,ZEM的所有零部件都是环保的,故选D项。
4.B 推理判断题。根据最后一段中“The Eindhoven team says its goal is to challenge the electric car industry:If 32 students can build a car like this in less than a year,then surely car manufacturers are expected to adopt these innovations,too.”可知,Eindhoven团队的目标是挑战电动汽车行业,由此可推知,Eindhoven希望在未来实现ZEM汽车的大量生产,故选B项。
Passage 2
[语篇解读]本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了开始进入测试阶段的一种室外冷却系统,这项新技术有望在2024年投入市场,使人们在炎热的天气下,能够重享在室外喝咖啡的快乐。
5.C 词义猜测题。根据第一段中“But it is not that enjoyable when heat waves sweep the city.”可知,这座城市是非常闷热的。由此可知,“The sweltering city”指的是这座闷热的城市,画线词sweltering意为“闷热的”。
6.A 细节理解题。根据第二段中“While outdoor cooling systems have existed for a while,most of them use some sort of water or misting system to cool the air around them,consuming too much water and power.”可知,现在的室外冷却系统消耗过多的水和电力,是比较浪费的。
7.D 主旨大意题。根据第三段中“When liquid nitrogen at -196 degrees turns into gas,it produces a very strong pressure and the pressure is used to run a mechanical engine.It is that mechanical engine that slowly releases freezing nitrogen gas to cool down the air around it.”可知,该段主要描述了这种新的冷却系统是如何工作的。
8.C 推理判断题。根据第一段中“An outdoor cooling system produced by Kinonko,an Israeli company,began to be tested in Tel Aviv.”和最后一段中“The technology is unique and amazing.”及“The cooling system is expected to be on the market in 2024.”可推知,本文的主要目的是向人们介绍一种新的室外冷却技术。
Passage 3
[语篇解读]本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了科研团队通过优化机器人的弹簧机制,使机器人的弹跳能力获得极大的改良。
9.A 推理判断题。根据第一段中“There are incredibly tiny factors to consider,such as the resistance in launch surface,as well as desired distance,speed,and landing.”及第二段可知,大多数弹跳机器人在弹跳能力上都无法与蚱蜢匹敌,但新型弹跳机器人正在克服这些障碍,提高弹跳能力,故作者提及蚱蜢卓越的弹跳力是为了展示新型弹跳机器人想要获得类似的弹跳能力需要克服重重技术难关。
10.D 细节理解题。根据第三段中“Previously,these latches were primarily thought of as simple on/off switches that enabled the release of stored energy.However,Bergbreiter and her team employed mathematical modeling to illustrate that these latches both were capable of controlling energy output,as well as controlling the transfer of energy between the jumper and the launch surface.”可知,和之前的弹簧机制比较,Bergbreiter的团队设计的弹簧功能更多。
11.C 推理判断题。根据最后一段中“Now,we have more control over whether our robots are jumping up one foot or three.It’s really fascinating that the latch—something that we already need in our robots—can be used to control outputs that we couldn’t have controlled before.”可知,Bergbreiter认为他们的工作取得了重大的突破,给他们带来了成就感。
12.B 主旨大意题。根据第二段中“But a new bouncing robot developed by researchers in Carnegie Mellon’s College of Engineering is crossing those barriers,and showing promise for how autonomous devices could operate in the future.”及第三段中“A team of scientists led by professor of mechanical engineering Sarah Bergbreiter recently optimized a robot’s latch mechanisms used to boost it upward.”并结合下文弹簧机制优化后的成效可知,本文主要介绍了通过优化机器人的弹簧机制,机器人设计向前迈进了一步。
词汇积累:
1.(Passage 1)shoot vt.(使朝某方向)射
2.(Passage 1)stand for 代表
3.(Passage 1)be equipped with 装备,配备
4.(Passage 1)remove vt.去除
5.(Passage 1)innovation n.创新
6.(Passage 2)sweep vt.席卷
7.(Passage 2)consume vt.消耗
8.(Passage 2)advantage n.优势
9.(Passage 2)option n.选择
10.(Passage 2)as for关于,置于
11.(Passage 3)boost vt.推动
12.(Passage 3)be capable of有能力
熟词生义:
1.(Passage 2)run vt.操作;使运转
2.(Passage 3)position vt.放置
长难句分析:
(Passage 1)Called “ZEM”,which stands for “zero emission mobility”,the car is equipped with special devices that remove carbon dioxide from the air as it drives.
分析:本句为复合句。Called “ZEM”,which stands for “zero emission mobility”为过去分词短语作状语,其中which引导定语从句;that remove carbon dioxide from the air为定语从句,修饰devices;as引导时间状语从句。
句意:这种汽车被称为“ZEM”,意思是“零排放机动性”,它配备了特殊装置,在行驶过程中可以去除空气中的二氧化碳。
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