备战2024年高考英语名校模拟真题速递专题10： 阅读理解之新闻报道10篇(第二期)(新高考专用)（含解析）

备战2024年高考英语名校模拟真题速递(新高考专用)
第二期
专题10 阅读理解之新闻报道10篇
（2023上·云南昆明·高三统考期中）Most old, disused airports are usually torn down to make way for shiny new developments, although at huge cost, but not Tegel airport, in Berlin, Germany. The deserted 580 acres will be turned into an eco-friendly living neighborhood land, in Tegel Project that officials hope will become the blueprint for future disused airports.
After the airport was closed down a number of years ago, following the building of a newer and modern version nearby, developers began dreaming up the ambitious 5 million square meter Tegel Project. Those behind the project hope it will address housing shortages, pollution and other ban living problems. It will provide at least 5,000 homes for more than 10,000 people.
The entire project is all about being energy-efficient: vertical gardens (垂直花园) on apartment blocks, which is one way to keep buildings cool without costly air conditioning. Every rooftop is also going to be fitted with solar panels which will provide electricity. Sponge City technology, such as rain gardens, will help the city absorb as much water as possible.
Although turning an airport into a neighborhood isn’t common, it’s not the first time it’s happened. When Denver’s main airport moved to a new location, developers made the most out of the old airport and converted the space into a residential community with important locations like hospitals, schools, and supermarkets easily reached on foot.
Next to the new development in Germany’s former Tegel airport will be a commercial zone. The Urban Technology Republic is aimed at tech companies that will be encouraged to open offices in the development, as well as a large city park that will stretch across half of the urban tech space. There will also be a campus for the Berliner Hochschule fur Technik University. Construction is due to begin in 2023, with the first areas opening by 2027.
1．Why did developers come up with Tegel Project
A．To make room for city gardens. B．To help solve rural living problems.
C．To reuse Tegel airport in a green way. D．To set a good example for future cities.
2．What can we infer from the text
A．Tegel Project has proven costly.
B．Vertical gardens are built on the rooftop.
C．A city park will be the center of the Tegel airport.
D．The practice of using old airport has been tried before.
3．What does the underlined word “converted” in Paragraph 4 mean
A．Transformed. B．Carried. C．Slid. D．Divided.
4．What is the suitable title for the text
A．Less Is More B．Trash Can Be Treasure
C．Technology Makes a Difference D．Human and Nature Live in Peace
（2023上·江苏泰州·高三姜堰中学校考期中）It was something rather irregular at an otherwise regular board of appeals meeting in Maine. A resident wanted a permission for not observing the no-chicken rule. But this wasn’t just any resident. It was C-Jay Martin, 25, who is blind and has epilepsy (癫痫) and autism. Chickens are what brought C-Jay joy despite his challenges. “Having something to share with other people was important to him,” said his mother, Amy Martin.
But Bangor is not OK with chickens. In fact, city rules clearly prohibit residents from keeping “fowl, goats, sheep, cattle or swine of any kind” and the municipal government urges the residents to obey the rules strictly. So, would the staid New England city of 31,000 make an exception for C-Jay and his emotional support hens
It was with high hopes that Martin headed to the otherwise ordinary municipal meeting earlier this month. She told the appeals board she got the chickens in April after researching the Fair Housing Act, which prohibits discrimination in housing by landlords or municipalities, and finding it might allow her son an accommodation.
She was joined by neighbors and community members who showed up to support C-Jay and his chickens. One noted C-Jay regularly assumes the responsibility of feeding the chickens, despite his disabilities. Another said their cooing and soft noises are clearly a comfort to C-Jay. Others said Martin and C-Jay keep the chickens’ area in their yard very clean.
But there were some complaints. Some raised concerns about whether the presence of the chickens could attract rodents (齿类动物), and didn’t want an exception for C-Jay to open the door for others to keep banned animals.
City officials, seeming to side with C-Jay and his flock, assured attendees that no increased rodent activity would not be tolerated and any livestock permission would only apply to C-Jay Martin at his house.
In the end, it reached a consensus: the appeals board ruled that C-Jay had a need for the chickens. He would be allowed to keep them, although limits on the number were set, and noisy roosters prohibited.
Martin said her son is relieved and that his beloved chickens will stay. “When he’s sitting outside listening to an audiobook, or just hanging out in the backyard with the sun shining, he always knows where they are because he can hear them,” she said. “He’s never really alone.”
5．What was something “irregular” happening at a board of appeals meeting in Maine
A．Residents there were prohibited from raising animals of some animals at home.
B．A special resident there wanted to keep chickens despite a no-chicken rule.
C．Physically disadvantaged groups there were under huge discrimination.
D．Disabled children didn’t want to share their animals with other people.
6．What’s the meaning of the underlined word “staid” in paragraph 2
A．United. B．Civilized. C．Rigid. D．Remote.
7．Which of the following is correct concerning C-Jay and his flock
A．It is legal to raise the flocks in the whole community.
B．C-Jay with disabilities was unable to care for the chickens
C．C-Jay obtained emotional support from his own flocks.
D．Banned animals are more likely to be tended in Maine.
8．Which section of a newspaper is the passage probably taken from
A．Healthcare. B．Society. C．Amusement. D．Politics.
（2023上·山东·高三山东省实验中学校考期中）For the past 13 years, Martin Burrows has been working as a long-distance truck driver. Spending up to five nights a week on the road can be a lonely business, leaving him with plenty of time to notice his surroundings. “I kept seeing more rubbish everywhere and it was getting on my nerves. I decided I had to do something about it,” he says. One day, he stopped his vehicle, took out a trash bag and started picking up the garbage. The satisfaction after clearing a small area was remarkable.
Before his time on the road, Burrows spent over two decades in the military as a vehicle driver. His service saw him stationed throughout Europe and also on tours in Afghanistan. After returning to civilian life, he was diagnosed with PTSD (创伤后应激障碍) and had a mental health crisis in 2017. His involvement in fundraising for Help for Heroes led him to meet a man who used model-building as a distraction from PTSD．Burrows realized that his act of roadside cleanup had a similar calming effect on his mental well-being.
By 2019, Burrows had begun using his free time on the road to regularly clean up garbage. A passerby encouraged him to set up a Facebook group, which he called Truckers Cleaning Up Britain. “I was worried I’d be the laughing stock of my town for putting videos and photos up of me cleaning but people started to join,” he says. “I was amazed. The local council stepped in and gave me litter-picking supplies and we’re up to almost 3,000 members now.”
Since truckers are so often on the move, the Facebook page acts as a means of raising awareness rather than a platform for organizing cleanups. Burrows expressed his intention to continue the cleanup efforts as long as his physical condition allowed, as he still found joy in the process.
9．What initially caused Burrows to pick up roadside garbage
A．He wanted to kill time by picking up litter.
B．He aimed to raise fund for soldiers with PTSD．
C．He felt annoyed to see the increasing rubbish.
D．He received the assignment from his employer.
10．How did collecting roadside garbage affect Burrows’ PTSD
A．It resulted in his embarrassment. B．It increased his sense of isolation.
C．It worsened his stress and anxiety. D．It brought him comfort and relief.
11．What concerned Burrows when he started Truckers Cleaning Up Britain
A．He feared being teased for his action.
B．He was lacking in advanced cleanup tools.
C．He was unsure about the group’s development.
D．He worried about the local council’s disapproval.
12．What can be a suitable title for the text
A．A Joyful Volunteer Experience B．A Trucker’s Cleanup Initiative
C．A Fighting Hero against PTSD D．A Platform for Environmentalists
（2023·四川成都·校联考二模）Billy Ragsdale was 23 years old when they invaded the island of Saipan in June 1944 during the Pacific Theater of World War II. Almost a year later, his wife, Eloise, was informed that her husband lost his life. Billy had no children, and left behind his wife of three years, mother, brother and two sisters. Now, 78 years later, and thanks to DNA testing, Billy is home.
Billy was one of about a hundred unidentified soldiers buried in a military cemetery in the Philippines after the battle. Five years after the invasion, the American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) disinterred (掘出) the remains on Saipan in an effort to recover missing American marines (海军陆战队员). But Billy was not identified and he was considered as non-recoverable.
In January 2020, remains marked as “Unknown X-6” were disinterred from the cemetery and taken to a lab in Hawaii. The remains, they thought, had a good chance of being identified now with advances in technology. That’s when Waggener got a call from the Marines.
“They got my name and asked if I’d be willing to do a DNA test,” Waggener said. With his DNA, and that of a cousin, the lab positively identified the unknown remains as belonging to Billy. “They asked if we’d accept the remains and of course we said yes,” Waggener said. “It means the world to bring him home and bury him next to his family.”
Bringing Billy home was the first goal. The second was burying him close to family in a plot of land, almost all of which has been sold out for decades. The second goal might be out of reach.
And yet, it’s as if one of those unsold plots has been waiting for Billy for 78 years. Next to a large shade tree in the cemetery, Billy’s mother, Harriett, and father, William, rest. In front of them are Charlotte, their eldest daughter, and Mary Jane, their youngest. To Charlotte’s right will be Billy, reunited with his family once again.
13．Why did AGRS dig the remains out of the military cemetery in the Philippines
A．To identify the soldiers buried there.
B．To bring the remains back to America.
C．To find the remains marked as “UnknownX-6”.
D．To count the number of marines killed in the battle.
14．The Marines called Waggener in 2020 _________.
A．to invite him to Hawaii B．to ask him to do a DNA test
C．to purchase a plot of land for Billy D．to bring back Billy’s remains back home
15．What can we learn about Billy Ragsdale
A．He died at the age of 23 years old.
B．His remains returned to America in 2022.
C．He lost his life in the invasion of the island of Saipan.
D．He was the only unidentified marine at the beginning.
16．What is the main idea of the passage
A．The remains of an American marine returned home.
B．DNA technology found its use in identifying remains.
C．How AGRS recovered soldiers’ remains in World War II.
D．Billy’s dream of being reunited with his family came true.
（2023上·甘肃兰州·高三统考期中）For Kurt Gray, a social psychologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, conducting experiments comes with certain problems. Before starting any study, his lab must get ethical(伦理的)approval from an institutional review board, which can take weeks or months. Then his team has to hire online participants—easier than bringing people into the lab, but Gray says the online subjects are often lazy. Then the researchers spend hours cleaning the data. But earlier this year, Gray accidentally saw an alternative way to do things.
He was working with computer scientists at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence to see whether they could develop an AI system that made moral judgments like humans. But first they figured they’d see if a system from the startup Open AI could already do the job. The team asked GPT-3. 5, which produces human-like text, to judge the ethics of 464 scenarios(情境), previously evaluated by human subjects. It turned out that the system’s answers were nearly the same as human responses.
“This is crazy,” Gray says. “If you can just ask GPT to make these judgments, why don’t you just ask GPT instead of asking people ” The results were published this month in Trends in Cognitive Science.
Now, researchers are considering AI’s ability to act as human subjects in fields such as psychology, political science, economics, and market research. No one is yet suggesting that chatbots can completely replace humans in behavioral studies. But they may act as convenient stand-ins(替代者) in pilot studies and for designing experiments, saving time and money. Language models might also help with experiments that would be too impractical, or even dangerous to run with people. “It’s a really interesting time,” says Ayelet Israeli, a marketing professor at Harvard Business School who believes the models’ impact on behavioral research could amount to a “revolution”. “Some of these results are just astonishing.”
17．What is a problem facing Kurt Gray at the start of a study
A．Online participants demand higher pay. B．Volunteers dislike the online experiment.
C．Preparations take lots of time and effort. D．Researchers lack skills to function in teams.
18．How does Kurt Gray find GPT
A．Demanding. B．Worrying. C．Amusing. D．Satisfying.
19．What is an advantage of language models according to the text
A．They can be applied to cases difficult to study. B．They may replace human subjects completely.
C．They will improve people’s well-being. D．They might promote economic growth.
20．Which can be a suitable title for the text
A．What Has AI Brought About B．What Do We Expect of GPT
C．Should We Get Rid of Chatbots D．Can AI Help Behavioral Research
（2023上·山西·高三校联考阶段练习）If you live in San Diego, you’ve probably noticed some strangely coloured water on the beach lately. You might wonder about red tide, but it’s actually an intentional job. Scientists at UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography and University of Washington have been experimenting with dyeing (给……染色) the ocean at San Diego beach pink. What could they possibly be up to
This is being done for a study that examines how fresh water on the outlet of the sea is intermixing with the ocean. The experiment is called Plumes in Nearshore Conditions (PiNC) . “I’m excited because this research hasn’t been done before and it’s a really unique experiment,” said Sarah Giddings, a Scripps coastal oceanographer leading the PiNC study. “The aim is to understand how fresh water interacts with ocean waves, since it is usually warmer than ocean water and more floating.” The researchers are hoping that this pink dye experiment will help them record more about how pollutants and sediments (沉积物) are distributed in the ocean water through these additions of fresh water.
The fresh water is dyed pink so that the team can easily keep track of it when fresh water is added to the sea water. The dye does not threaten the wildlife living there and is then spotted as it progresses in the water. It is tracked by sensors on poles that are located along the sand as well as by drones (无人驾驶飞机) . There’s also a device that tracks the light that is given off by the pink dye. The sensors record the height of the waves, ocean currents and temperature.
Giddings explained, “We’re bringing together a lot of different people with different expertise. I think it’s going to have some really great results and impacts. We will combine the results from this experiment with a former field study and computer models to help us further understand how the dyed fresh water spreads.”
21．How does the author lead in the topic of the text
A．By showing a strange phenomenon. B．By making an assumption.
C．By quoting a well-known saying. D．By making a comparison.
22．What is the purpose of Plumes in Nearshore Conditions
A．To introduce the benefits of dyeing sea water pink.
B．To show how fresh water combines with sea water.
C．To prove that fresh water is warmer than sea water.
D．To examine the impact of fresh water on sea water.
23．Why is pink dye used by the team
A．It can enormously give off light. B．It can function well with sensors.
C．It can be recognized easily and eco-friendly. D．It seems to attract wildlife and spread rapidly.
24．What will the researchers do according to Giddings’ words in the last paragraph
A．Challenge the results with some experts. B．Build more scientific computer models.
C．Experiment with dyes of another colour. D．Integrate more results of former studies.
（2023·四川成都·校联考三模）A draft of a new bill aimed at fighting food waste was approved by a country’s Council of Ministers in Spain, and will now proceed to Parliament. Once approved, the law could take effect in early 2023.
The goal is to reduce the amount of food that goes to waste, which is currently estimated to be around 1,300 tonnes (公吨) annually. That works out to roughly 68 pounds per Spaniard, valued around ?250. While more than half of that waste (54%) takes place at home, the bill is aimed more at the retail and hospitality sectors.
The law is the first of its kind in the country, modeled on similar laws in Italy and France. It would allow the government to deal with inefficiencies in the food chain.
Medium-scale and large-scale retailers and restaurants will be required to present plans for food waste prevention and disposal, outlining what happens to surplus (过剩) food. Donating to food banks is encouraged, as long as the food is still safe for consumption. If it’s starting to go bad, the bill suggests changing it slightly in safe ways, such as making juice or jam. If it’s not good for human consumption, then the item can be used for animal feed or in the production of biofuel or fertilizers.
Bars and restaurants must provide free packaging for guests to take food home if they have not finished it. While it is a standard practice in North America, this is not common in Spain for cultural reasons.
When supermarkets have food nearing expiry (到期), they must sell it at discount or donate it before it goes bad. All companies in the food chain are required to encourage sales and use of in-season, local and organic produce as much as possible.
There will be serious financial fines for businesses that fail to obey, ranging from ?6,000 to ?150,000. Second offenses cost even more, as much as half a million Euros.
It is impossible to outline a perfect approach, but any measures to inform and encourage to action are an improvement. Reducing the waste could go a long way toward checking emissions and fighting the climate crisis.
25．The draft of a new bill was approved ________.
A．to prevent food from going bad
B．to make full use of food that may go to waste
C．to mainly stop food from being wasted at home
D．to follow Italian and French examples to save resources
26．What should be done according to the new law
A．Food going bad is encouraged to be donated to food banks.
B．All leftovers should be used to produce biofuel or fertilizers.
C．Retailers and restaurants must make plans about surplus food.
D．Consumers have to pay for plastic packaging in bars and restaurants.
27．The underlined word “offenses” in Paragraph 7 can be replaced by ________.
A．violations B．attacks C．attachments D．trials
28．Which can be the best title for the passage
A．How to deal with our surplus food B．A plan to handle food waste in Spain
C．Serious food problems we are still facing D．The importance of conserving food resources
（2023上·安徽亳州·高三蒙城第一中学校联考期中）NASA (the US space agency) released a new image from the James Webb Space Telescope on July 12, 2023 to celebrate Webl’s one-year anniversary. It is the most powerful telescope that has ever been put into space.
NASA, with support from the European and Canadian space agencies, launched Webb in December 2021. The telescope was designed to help scientists see farther into space and farther back in time than ever before an to observe faraway planets for signs of life. After months of preparations Webb began sending images back to Earth on July 12, 2022. The telescope specializes in detecting infrared light, which cannot be seen by the human eye. Webb can also gather detailed information about the chemicals in a planet’s atmosphere.
In its first year, Webb helped scientists study asteroids, black holes, and galaxies up to 13 4 million light years away. It captured images of the planets Jupiter, Mars, Neptune, and Saturn and found a comet containing water ice in our solar system for the first time, “Every new image is a new discovery,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
The latest image depicts Rho Ophiuchi, the star nursery (region where stars form) that is the closest to Earth. The region contains approximately 50 young stars that are similar to or smaller than the Sun.
Webb’s second year will be busy with projects that build on its findings so far. “Webb’s science mission is just getting started,” said Jane Rigby, a scientist who works on the telescope.
29．What can be leant about the James Webb Space Telescope
A．It specializes in detecting lights visible to the human eye.
B．It began sending images to Earth as soon as it was launched.
C．It was intended to gather detailed information about planets’ atmosphere.
D．It is the most advanced telescope that has ever been put into space.
30．What was the new discovery that Webb find for the first time
A．It depicted Rho Ophiuchi.
B．It captured images of several planets.
C．It found a comet containing water ice.
D．It helped scientists study asteroids, black holes, and faraway galaxies.
31．Which of the following best describe Jane Rigby’s attitude towards Webb’s future
A．Critical. B．Positive. C．Doubtful. D．Indifferent.
32．What can be a suitable title for the passage
A．A new image from Webb telescope
B．A space telescope launched by NASA
C．Webb’s one year anniversary celebration
D．Webb’s science mission
（2023·吉林·统考一模）Phebe Cox grew up in what might seem an unlikely mental health danger zone for a kid: tony Palo Alto, California. But behind its surface of family success and wealth, she said, is an environment of heavy pressure on students to perform. By 2016, when Cox was in middle school, Palo Alto had a teen suicide (自杀) rate four times the national average.
Cox’s family lived by the railroad tracks where many of the suicides occurred. She got counseling (咨询). But that choice is not always easily available to teens in crisis — and she and her peers regarded school mental health services as their last choice because of concerns about privacy.
A new program provides an alternative. Called Allcove, it offers unattached health and wellness sites to those ages 12 to 25. Although Allcove is built to support a wide range of physical, emotional and social needs, its main goal is to deal with mental health challenges before they develop into deeper problems. Cox said, “I felt pretty helpless as a young teenager, but Allcove is all about the students and the students’ needs.”
About half of all lifetime mental illness begins by age 14 and 75% before age 25, according to researchers. Yet access to mental health care in the U.S. is lacking. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, some 30 million adults and children with mental health conditions go without treatment, and 129 million people live in areas with shortages of mental health professionals.
Allcove provides fully staffed safe spaces for teens and young adults to discuss and deal with their health, both mental and physical. Dr. Steven Adelsheim, a psychiatrist, who created the Allcove in 2014, said, “There is a crying need in the U.S. to reach kids with early intervention and help.” Sometimes a kid may come in with a physical complaint, and only after a few visits is the mental suffering brought out into the open. When that happens, Alcove can make a “warm handoff” to a mental health specialist onsite. Success, say Adelsheim and Cox, would mean the establishment of hundreds of Allcove centers up and down the state and, eventually, around the country.
33．Why did Cox and her peers regard school mental health services as their last choice
A．They were indifferent to the program.
B．They were concerned about their health.
C．They were upset about the occurrence of the suicides.
D．They were worried about their personal information leak.
34．How does the author prove the lack of mental health care in the US
A．By giving examples. B．By listing data.
C．By showing comparison. D．By analyzing cause and effect.
35．What does the underlined word “that” in paragraph 7 mean
A．The sense of mental suffering. B．Involvement of health experts.
C．Complaints about physical suffering. D．The pressing call for assistance.
36．Which of the following best describes the impact of the program
A．Predictable. B．Short-lived. C．Unidentifiable. D．Significant.
（2023上·山西太原·高三统考期中）When Alexia Lecleroq was little, she remembered being yelled at for playing outside in the acid rain. she remembered the city was shutting down because of poor air quality. At an early age, she saw the pollution and health consequences and realized they were having a big effect on her health and growth, and this set of her interest in becoming a social environmental activist. She says, “Climate and environmental justice have become a personal and pressing issue.” It also made clear something that has since been the foundation for all her activism: connection matters,
It’s why she co-founded two nonprofits - Start: Empowerment and the Colorado River Conservancy, engaging student volunteers to make climate education public. It’s why she pushed to bring clean water to East Austin, Texas, where her family lived at that time, and had poisonous tank farms (油罐区) relocated away from residential neighborhoods
Last year, the WWF awarded her the 2022 Conservation Leadership Award that honors the people who push the envelope in environmental conservation. Alexia made herself worthy of the award by demonstrating what a youngster could create with new ideas and her ongoing efforts in the field. That same year, she co-authored a piece in Teen Vugue about why we can’t “influence” our way out of the climate crisis and we need more grassroots organizations.
She shared in an interview, “I grew up with a very collectivist belief and this is what I have been impressing on the community because we aren’t separate.” As a longtime social- environmental justice organizer, she has gained a lot. A key concept underpins all of Alexia’s effort: We’re connected to the land and to each other. “I seek to develop my educational leadership skills. Youth in community should be empowered to make a difference,” she added, explaining her reasons for coming to Harvard.
37．What does the author want to say by mentioning Alexia’s childhood
A．The air quality affected the children most
B．The pollution at that time was more serious.
C．She suffered a lot from her unhappy childhood.
D．Her childhood played a part in shaping her career.
38．What did Alexia do as an environmental activist
A．She founded organisations to fund looal schools.
B．She called on student volunteers to clean local rivers.
C．She removed the locals from the poisonous tank farms,.
D．She made the community connect to environmental projects.
39．What does the underlined phrase “push the envelope” in paragraph 3 refer to
A．Win. B．Innovate. C．Cooperate. D．Approve,
40．What is the last paragraph mainly about
A．Her belief in her social work.
B．Her reasons for preferring Harvard.
C．Her achievements in the past activities.
D．Her academic performance in university.
参考答案：
1．D 2．D 3．A 4．B
【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章讲述了德国柏林的泰格尔机场将被改造成一个生态友好的居住区。
1．细节理解题。根据第一段“The deserted 580 acres will be turned into an eco-friendly living neighborhood land, in Tegel Project that officials hope will become the blueprint for future disused airports.(在Tegel项目中，这块580英亩的废弃土地将被改造成一个生态友好的居住区，官员们希望它能成为未来废弃机场的蓝图)”可知，开发人员提出Tegel项目是为了为未来的城市树立良好的榜样。故选D项。
2．推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“Although turning an airport into a neighborhood isn’t common, it’s not the first time it’s happened. When Denver’s main airport moved to a new location, developers made the most out of the old airport and converted the space into a residential community with important locations like hospitals, schools, and supermarkets easily reached on foot.(虽然把机场变成社区并不常见，但这并不是第一次发生。当丹佛的主要机场搬迁到一个新的位置时，开发商充分利用了旧机场，并将其改造成一个住宅社区，其中有医院、学校和超市等重要地点，步行即可到达)”可推知，使用旧机场的做法以前已经尝试过了。故选D项。
3．词句猜测题。根据前文“Although turning an airport into a neighborhood isn’t common, it’s not the first time it’s happened.(虽然把机场变成社区并不常见，但这并不是第一次发生)”结合前文内容，本文是在讲述把废弃的机场改成社区。由此推知，converted应是“改变，转变”之意，和A项意思相近。故选A项。
4．主旨大意题。根据第一段“Most old, disused airports are usually torn down to make way for shiny new developments, although at huge cost, but not Tegel airport, in Berlin, Germany. The deserted 580 acres will be turned into an eco-friendly living neighborhood land, in Tegel Project that officials hope will become the blueprint for future disused airports.(大多数旧的、废弃的机场通常会被拆除，为闪亮的新开发项目让路，尽管耗资巨大，但德国柏林的泰格尔机场却不是这样。在Tegel项目中，这块580英亩的废弃土地将被改造成一个生态友好的居住区，官员们希望它能成为未来废弃机场的蓝图)”以及纵观全文可知，本文主要讲述了把废弃的机场改成社区。由此可知，B项“Trash Can Be Treasure(变废为宝)”是本文最好的标题。故选B项。
5．B 6．C 7．C 8．B
【导语】这是一篇新闻报道。文章主要说明了在缅因州的上诉委员会会议上发生了的“不正常”的事情：那里的一位特殊居民不遵守禁止养鸡的规定，想要养鸡。文章讲述了事情的前因后果，以及事件的最终处理结果是允许这位居民养鸡。
5．细节理解题。根据第一段“It was something rather irregular at an otherwise regular board of appeals meeting in Maine. A resident wanted a permission for not observing the no-chicken rule.(在缅因州举行的上诉委员会会议上，这是一件相当不寻常的事情。一位居民想要获得不遵守禁止养鸡规定的许可)”可知，在缅因州的上诉委员会会议上发生了的“不正常”的事情是那里的一位特殊居民不遵守禁止养鸡的规定，想要养鸡。故选B。
6．词句猜测题。根据第二段“In fact, city rules clearly prohibit residents from keeping “fowl, goats, sheep, cattle or swine of any kind” and the municipal government urges the residents to obey the rules strictly.(事实上，城市规定明确禁止居民饲养“任何种类的家禽、山羊、绵羊、牛或猪”，市政府敦促居民严格遵守规定)”可知，上文提到城市规定明确禁止居民饲养“任何种类的家禽、山羊、绵羊、牛或猪”，市政府敦促居民严格遵守规定，说明新英格兰城市的城市相当古板，所以作者提出疑问：那么，这座拥有3.1万人口的古板的新英格兰城市会为C-Jay和他的情感支持母鸡破例吗？故划线词意思是“古板的”。故选C。
7．细节理解题。根据最后一段““When he’s sitting outside listening to an audiobook, or just hanging out in the backyard with the sun shining, he always knows where they are because he can hear them,” she said. “He’s never really alone.”(“当他坐在外面听有声读物时，或者只是在阳光照耀下在后院闲逛时，他总是知道它们在哪里，因为他能听到它们，”她说。“他从来都不是一个人。”)”可知，C选项“C-Jay从自己的鸡群中获得了情感上的支持”正确。故选C。
8．推理判断题。根据第一段“It was something rather irregular at an otherwise regular board of appeals meeting in Maine. A resident wanted a permission for not observing the no-chicken rule. But this wasn’t just any resident. It was C-Jay Martin, 25, who is blind and has epilepsy (癫痫) and autism. Chickens are what brought C-Jay joy despite his challenges.(在缅因州举行的上诉委员会会议上，这是一件相当不寻常的事情。一位居民想要获得不遵守禁止养鸡规定的许可。但这并不是普通的居民。这是25岁的C-Jay Martin，他双目失明，患有癫痫和自闭症。尽管面临挑战，但鸡给C-Jay带来了快乐)”结合文章主要说明了在缅因州的上诉委员会会议上发生了的“不正常”的事情：那里的一位特殊居民不遵守禁止养鸡的规定，想要养鸡。文章讲述了事情的前因后果，以及事件的最终处理结果是允许这位居民养鸡。可推知，这篇文章可能取自报纸的“社会”版面。故选B。
9．C 10．D 11．A 12．B
【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章报道了作为长途卡车司机的Martin Burrows因为看到路上越来越多的垃圾感到烦躁，开始着手捡垃圾，这让患有创伤后应激障碍的他感到镇静，后来他利用空闲时间定期清理垃圾，并创建了Truckers Cleaning Up Britain小组，吸引了很多成员。
9．细节理解题。根据第一段中Martin Burrows所说的话“I kept seeing more rubbish everywhere and it was getting on my nerves. I decided I had to do something about it (我看到到处都是垃圾，这让我心烦意乱。我决定我必须做点什么)”可知，一开始Burrows去捡路边的垃圾是因为他对看到越来越多的垃圾感到烦躁。故选C项。
10．细节理解题。根据第二段中的“His involvement in fundraising for Help for Heroes led him to meet a man who used model-building as a distraction from PTSD. Burrows realized that his act of roadside cleanup had a similar calming effect on his mental well-being. (他参与了“帮助英雄”的筹款活动，这让他认识了一个用模型制作来分散创伤后应激障碍注意力的人。Burrows意识到，他清理路边的行为对他的精神健康也有类似的镇静作用)”可知，捡路边的垃圾让患有创伤后应激障碍的Burrows感到镇静，给他带来了安慰和解脱。故选D项。
11．细节理解题。根据第三段中Martin Burrows所说的话“I was worried I’d be the laughing stock of my town for putting videos and photos up of me cleaning (我担心自己会因为上传自己做清洁的视频和照片而成为镇上的笑柄)”可知，当Burrows开始这项活动的时候，他的担忧是害怕大家嘲笑他的行为。故选A项。
12．主旨大意题。通读全文可知，文章围绕长途卡车司机Martin Burrows清理路边垃圾的事情展开，一开始他因为看到路上越来越多的垃圾感到烦躁而着手捡垃圾，这让患有创伤后应激障碍的他感到镇静，后来他利用空闲时间定期清理垃圾，并创建了Truckers Cleaning Up Britain小组，吸引了很多成员。由此可知，B项“卡车司机的清理倡议”符合文章大意，适合作为标题。故选B项。
13．A 14．B 15．B 16．A
【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章报道了通过DNA技术，美国海军陆战队员Billy被埋在菲律宾的遗骨被鉴定出来并运送回国，最后他同家人被埋在了一起。
13．细节理解题。根据第二段中“Five years after the invasion, the American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) disinterred (掘出) the remains on Saipan in an effort to recover missing American marines (海军陆战队员). (入侵五年后，美国坟墓登记局AGRS在塞班岛掘出了遗骸，努力寻找失踪的美国海军陆战队员)”可知，美国坟墓登记局掘出在菲律宾军事墓地的遗骸是为了确认埋在那里的士兵的身份。故选A项。
14．细节理解题。根据第三段中“That’s when Waggener got a call from the Marines. (就在那时，Waggener接到了海军陆战队的电话)”和第四段中Waggener所说的话“They got my name and asked if I’d be willing to do a DNA test (他们知道了我的名字，问我是否愿意做DNA测试)”可知，海军陆战队打电话给Waggener是请他做DNA测试。故选B项。
15．细节理解题。根据第一段中“Billy Ragsdale was 23 years old when they invaded the island of Saipan in June 1944 during the Pacific Theater of World War II. (1944年6月，在第二次世界大战的太平洋战区，他们入侵塞班岛时，Billy Ragsdale只有23岁)”和“Now, 78 years later, and thanks to DNA testing, Billy is home. (现在，78年过去了，多亏了DNA测试，Billy回家了)”可知，在距离1944年有78年之久的2022年，Billy的遗骨回到了美国。故选B项。
16．主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其是第一段中的“Now, 78 years later, and thanks to DNA testing, Billy is home. (现在，78年过去了，多亏了DNA测试，Billy回家了)”可知，文章主要报道了通过DNA技术，美国海军陆战队员Billy被埋在菲律宾的遗骨被鉴定出来并运送回国，最后他同家人被埋在了一起。因此，A项“一名美国海军陆战队员的遗骨回到了家乡”归纳了文章大意。故选A项。
17．C 18．D 19．A 20．D
【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。本文主要探讨在行为研究方面，人工智能可助力科研人员。
17．细节理解题。根据第一段“Before starting any study, his lab must get ethical(伦理的)approval from an institutional review board, which can take weeks or months. Then his team has to hire online participants—easier than bringing people into the lab, but Gray says the online subjects are often lazy. Then the researchers spend hours cleaning the data. But earlier this year, Gray accidentally saw an alternative way to do things.(在开始任何研究之前，他的实验室必须获得机构审查委员会的伦理批准，这可能需要数周或数月的时间。然后，他的团队不得不雇佣在线参与者——这比把人带到实验室更容易，但格雷说，在线参与者往往很懒惰。然后，研究人员花了数小时清理数据。但今年早些时候，格雷偶然发现了另一种做事方式。)”可知，对Kurt Gray而言，每个研究项目启动之前，都得劳神费力进行准备工作。故选C项。
18．推理判断题。根据第三段“‘This is crazy,’ Gray says. ‘If you can just ask GPT to make these judgments, why don’t you just ask GPT instead of asking people ’(如果你可以让GPT做出这些判断，为什么不直接问GPT，而是问人呢？’)”可推断，Kurt Gray对GPT在实验中的表现很满意。故选D项。
19．细节理解题。根据最后一段“Language models might also help with experiments that would be too impractical, or even dangerous to run with people. (语言模型也可能有助于进行不切实际甚至危险的实验。)”可知，语言模型可应用于研究难度大的棘手项目。故选A项。
20．主旨大意题。由文章最后一段“Now, researchers are considering AI’s ability to act as human subjects in fields such as psychology, political science, economics, and market research. No one is yet suggesting that chatbots can completely replace humans in behavioral studies. But they may act as convenient stand-ins(替代者) in pilot studies and for designing experiments, saving time and money. Language models might also help with experiments that would be too impractical, or even dangerous to run with people.(现在，研究人员正在考虑人工智能在心理学、政治学、经济学和市场研究等领域充当人类主体的能力。目前还没有人认为聊天机器人可以在行为研究中完全取代人类。但它们可以作为试点研究和设计实验的方便替身，节省时间和金钱。语言模型也可能有助于进行不切实际甚至危险的实验。)”以及上文可知，本文主要探讨在行为研究方面，人工智能可助力科研人员。所以D项Can AI Help Behavioral Research (人工智能能帮助行为研究吗？)符合语境。故选D项。
21．A 22．B 23．C 24．D
【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章报道了一项关于海洋出口的淡水如何与海洋混合的研究。
21．推理判断题。根据第一段“If you live in San Diego, you’ve probably noticed some strangely coloured water on the beach lately. You might wonder about red tide, but it’s actually an intentional job. Scientists at UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography and University of Washington have been experimenting with dyeing (给……染色) the ocean at San Diego beach pink. What could they possibly be up to (如果你住在圣地亚哥，你可能会注意到最近海滩上有一些奇怪的颜色的水。你可能会对赤潮感到好奇，但这实际上是一项有意为之的工作。加州大学圣地亚哥分校斯克里普斯海洋学研究所和华盛顿大学的科学家们一直在试验将圣地亚哥海滩的海洋染成粉红色。他们到底想干什么 )”和第二段中“This is being done for a study that examines how fresh water on the outlet of the sea is intermixing with the ocean.(这是为了一项研究而做的，该研究调查了海洋出口的淡水是如何与海洋混合的。)”可知，作者在第一段中展示圣地亚哥海滩上的奇特现象，进而引出文章的话题：关于海洋出口的淡水如何与海洋混合的研究。故选A项。
22．细节理解题。根据第二段中“This is being done for a study that examines how fresh water on the outlet of the sea is intermixing with the ocean. The experiment is called Plumes in Nearshore Conditions (PiNC).(这是为了一项研究而做的，该研究调查了海洋出口的淡水是如何与海洋混合的。这项实验被称为近岸条件下的羽流(PiNC)。)”可知，近岸条件下羽流(PiNC)实验是为了展示淡水是如何与海水结合的。故选B项。
23．细节理解题。根据第三段中“The fresh water is dyed pink so that the team can easily keep track of it when fresh water is added to the sea water. The dye does not threaten the wildlife living there and is then spotted as it progresses in the water. (淡水被染成粉红色，这样当淡水加入海水中时，团队可以很容易地跟踪它。这种染料不会威胁到生活在那里的野生动物，然后随着它在水中的发展而被发现。)”可知，团队使用粉色染料是因为它既容易识别又环保。故选C项。
24．推理判断题。根据最后一段中Giddings的话“We will combine the results from this experiment with a former field study and computer models to help us further understand how the dyed fresh water spreads.(我们将把这次实验的结果与以前的实地研究和计算机模型结合起来，帮助我们进一步了解染色的淡水是如何扩散的。)”可知，研究人员接下来将整合更多前人的研究成果。故选D项。
25．B 26．C 27．A 28．B
【导语】这是一篇新闻报道。文章主要说明了西班牙出台新的草案，来避免食物浪费。文章介绍了新法的一些规定和违规的罚款情况。
25．细节理解题。根据第二段“The goal is to reduce the amount of food that goes to waste, which is currently estimated to be around 1,300 tonnes (公吨) annually.(其目标是减少浪费的食物数量，目前估计每年浪费的食物约为1300吨)”可知，新法案草案获得通过是为了充分利用可能被浪费的食物。故选B。
26．细节理解题。根据倒数第三段“When supermarkets have food nearing expiry (到期), they must sell it at discount or donate it before it goes bad.(当超市有即将过期的食品时，他们必须在食品变质前打折出售或捐赠)”可知，根据新法，零售商和餐馆必须为剩余的食物制定计划。故选C。
27．词句猜测题。根据划线词上文“There will be serious financial fines for businesses that fail to obey, ranging from ?6,000 to ?150,000.(不遵守规定的企业将面临6000欧元至15万欧元不等的巨额罚款)”以及后文“cost even more, as much as half a million Euros.”可知，不遵守规定的企业将面临6000欧元至15万欧元不等的巨额罚款，第二次违规的代价更高，高达50万欧元。故划线词意思是“违规”。故选A。
28．主旨大意题。根据第一段“A draft of a new bill aimed at fighting food waste was approved by a country’s Council of Ministers in Spain, and will now proceed to Parliament. Once approved, the law could take effect in early 2023.(西班牙部长会议通过了一项旨在打击食物浪费的新法案草案，现在将提交议会。一旦获得批准，该法律将于2023年初生效)”结合文章主要说明了西班牙出台新的草案，来避免食物浪费。文章介绍了新法的一些规定和违规的罚款情况。可知，B选项“西班牙处理食物浪费的计划”最符合文章标题。故选B。
29．D 30．C 31．B 32．A
【导语】这是一篇新闻报道。文章主要报道了美国国家航空航天局发布了一张来自詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜的新图片。
29．细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句话“It is the most powerful telescope that has ever been put into space.(它是有史以来被送入太空的最强大的望远镜)”可知，詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜是目前发射到太空的最先进的望远镜。故选D。
30．细节理解题。根据第三段第二句话“It captured images of the planets Jupiter, Mars, Neptune, and Saturn and found a comet containing water ice in our solar system for the first time.(它拍摄了木星、火星、海王星和土星的图像，并首次在我们的太阳系中发现了一颗含有水冰的彗星)”可知，韦伯太空望远镜第一次发现了太阳系中一颗含有水冰的彗星。故选C。
31．推理判断题。根据第五段“Webb’s second year will be busy with projects that build on its findings so far. “Webb’s science mission is just getting started,” said Jane Rigby, a scientist who works on the telescope.(韦伯的第二年将忙于建立在迄今为止的调查结果基础上的项目。“韦伯的科学任务才刚刚开始,”研究该望远镜的科学家简 · 里格比说)”可推知，Jane Rigby对韦伯太空望远镜的未来应是积极乐观的。故选B。
32．主旨大意题。本文是一篇新闻报道，根据第一段第一句话“NASA (the US space agency) released a new image from the James Webb Space Telescope on July 12, 2023 to celebrate Webb’s one-year anniversary.(美国国家航空航天局于2023年7月12日发布了詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜的新图像，以庆祝韦伯诞辰一周年)”可知，本文主要报道内容是来自韦伯太空望远镜的最新图像。由此可知，“韦布望远镜的新图像”适合作本文的标题。故选A。
33．D 34．B 35．A 36．D
【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。本文介绍了一个名为Allcove的新项目，旨在为12至25岁的年轻人提供独立的健康和福祉空间。
33．细节理解题，根据第二段“But that choice is not always easily available to teens in crisis — and she and her peers regarded school mental health services as their last choice because of concerns about privacy.(但对于处于危机中的青少年来说，这种选择并不总是容易获得的——她和她的同龄人认为学校的心理健康服务是他们的最后选择，因为他们担心隐私问题)”可知，因为担心自己的个人信息泄露，所以Cox和她的同龄人把学校心理健康服务视为最后的选择。故选D项。
34．推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“About half of all lifetime mental illness begins by age 14 and 75% before age 25, according to researchers. Yet access to mental health care in the U.S. is lacking. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, some 30 million adults and children with mental health conditions go without treatment, and 129 million people live in areas with shortages of mental health professionals.(研究人员表示，约一半的终生心理疾病在14岁前开始，75%在25岁前开始。然而，在美国，获得心理健康治疗的途径很少。根据国家精神疾病联盟的数据，大约有3000万成年人和儿童患有心理健康问题但没有接受治疗，还有1.29亿人生活在心理健康专业人员短缺的地区)”可推知，作者通过列出数据证明美国缺乏精神卫生保健。故选B项。
35．词句猜测题。根据前文“Sometimes a kid may come in with a physical complaint, and only after a few visits is the mental suffering brought out into the open.(有时候，一个孩子可能因体质上的不适而前来就医，但只有在几次访问之后，他们才会透露出心理痛苦)”可推知，that应是代指前文提到的人或事，此处应是代指本句提到的透露出心理痛苦。故选A项。
36．推理判断题。根据第三段“A new program provides an alternative. Called Allcove, it offers unattached health and wellness sites to those ages 12 to 25. Although Allcove is built to support a wide range of physical, emotional and social needs, its main goal is to deal with mental health challenges before they develop into deeper problems.(一个新计划提供了一个替代方案。名为Allcove的计划为12至25岁的年轻人提供独立的健康和福祉场所。尽管Allcove旨在支持各种身体、情感和社交需求，但其主要目标是在心理健康问题发展成更深层次问题之前解决这些挑战)”以及最后一段“Dr. Steven Adelsheim, a psychiatrist, who created the Allcove in 2014, said, “There is a crying need in the U.S. to reach kids with early intervention and help.” Sometimes a kid may come in with a physical complaint, and only after a few visits is the mental suffering brought out into the open. When that happens, Alcove can make a “warm handoff” to a mental health specialist onsite. Success, say Adelsheim and Cox, would mean the establishment of hundreds of Allcove centers up and down the state and, eventually, around the country.(Allcove的创始人、精神科医生史蒂文·阿德尔海姆博士说：“美国迫切需要通过早期干预和帮助来接触到孩子们。”有时候，一个孩子可能因体质上的不适而前来就医，但只有在几次访问之后，他们才会透露出心理痛苦。当发生这种情况时，Allcove可以将他们“转介”给现场的心理健康专家。阿德尔海姆和Cox表示，成功意味着在整个州内以及最终在全国范围内建立数百个Allcove中心)”可知，Allcove为12至25岁的年轻人提供独立的健康和福祉场所，能通过早期干预和帮助来接触到孩子们。由此推知，这个项目的影响是显著的。故选D项。
37．D 38．D 39．B 40．A
【导语】这是一篇新闻报道。主要介绍了Alexia Lecleroq因小时候的成长环境，开启从事环保事业并取得了一定的成就。
37．推理判断题。根据第二段“It’s why she co-founded two nonprofits - Start: Empowerment and the Colorado River Conservancy, engaging student volunteers to make climate education public. It’s why she pushed to bring clean water to East Austin, Texas, where her family lived at that time, and had poisonous tank farms( 油罐区) relocated away from residential neighborhoods. (这就是为什么她共同创立了两个非营利组织——Start: Empowerment和Colorado River Conservancy，吸引学生志愿者将气候教育公之于众。这就是为什么她努力将清洁水带到她的家人当时居住的德克萨斯州东奥斯汀，并将有毒的蓄水池从居民区搬迁出去的原因)”可知，第一段Alexia的童年背景是第二段她开启环境保护事业的原因。故选D。
38．细节理解题。根据第二段“It’s why she pushed to bring clean water to East Austin, Texas, where her family lived at that time, and had poisonous tank farms( 油罐区) relocated away from residential neighborhoods. (这就是为什么她努力将清洁水带到她的家人当时居住的德克萨斯州东奥斯汀，并将有毒的蓄水池从居民区搬迁出去的原因)”可知，作为一名环保积极分子，Alexia改造了自己家人曾经居住的社区的水环境，所以D选项“She made the community connect to environmental projects. (她使社区与环保项目建立了联系)”符合题意。故选D。
39．词义猜测题。根据第三段划线词后的句子“Alexia made herself worthy of the award by demonstrating what a youngster could create with new ideas and her ongoing efforts in the field. (Alexia证明了一个年轻人可以用新的想法和她在这个领域的持续努力创造出什么，这让她当之无愧)”可知Alexia得到奖励的原因是她的创新和持续努力，所以划线词“push the envelope”表示奖励那些“创新”的人，与innovate同义。故选B。
40．主旨大意题。根据最后一段Alexia在采访中所说的“I grew up with a very collectivist belief and this is what I have been impressing on the community because we aren’t separate. (我在一个非常集体主义的信念中长大，这就是我给社区留下的印象，因为我们不是分开的)”和“A key concept underpins all of Alexia’s effort: We’re connected to the land and to each other. (支撑Alexia所有努力的关键理念是：我们与土地和彼此联系在一起)”可知最后一段主要介绍了Alexia在社会服务工作中的理念和信仰。故选A。