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【近年高考考情】
1.（2023▪全国乙卷▪D篇）35题
2.（2023▪北京卷▪D篇）34题
3.（2023▪浙江1月卷▪D篇）35题
4.（2022▪新高考II卷▪C篇）31题
5.（2022▪全国甲卷▪C篇）31题
6.（2022▪全国乙卷▪C篇）31题
7.（2021▪新高考I卷▪C篇）31题
8.（2021▪全国甲卷▪D篇）35题
9.（2021▪全国乙卷▪D篇）35题
10.（2020▪全国I卷▪D篇）35题
11.（2020▪全国III卷▪D篇）35题
【实用解题妙招】
一、设问方式
1. What can be a suitable title fr the text?
2. Which f the fllwing can be the best title fr the passage?
3. Which f the fllwing bks is the text mst likely selected frm?
二、说明文标题错误三大特征
1. 范围太宽泛
选项太过于宽泛，与文章内容相距甚远。
2. 范围太具体
选项死扣文章某一细节不适合用于标题。
3. 范围太偏颇
选项内容过于偏颇，明显偏离文章主旨。
三、说明文选标题三大方法
1.主题段法
标题段一般在文章的第一段和最后一段，一般来说第一段经常提出文章的主题或最后一段总结文章的主题，知道了文章的主题也就知道了文章的中心，把中心概括成一句话或一个短语即是文章的标题。
2. 主题句法
解题的关键要抓住每段的首尾句，要注意贯穿文章始终的词语。通过寻找文章的主题句，并对主题句进行概括和提炼，从而确定文章的标题。
2. 关键词法
任何一篇文章都是围绕某个主题展开的，因此有的文章中最明显的特点之一是有一个反复出现的中心词，即关键词，也叫做主题词。抓住了它，便容易抓住文章的中心。
四、说明文选标题三大策略
1.正面肯定法
在理解文章主旨的基础上，揣摩哪个选项能准确概括主旨。
2.反面否定法
撇开原文，拿各个备选项去尝试用它们写出来的“文章”将是什么内容，然后和原文对照，一一排除荒谬者。
3.排除干扰法
研究干扰项里面的中心词、修饰词的变化、结构、新奇性、概括性等。文章的标题应该新颖奇特，易激发读者的好奇心，吸引读者注意力。
【高考真题再练】
1.（2023▪全国乙卷▪D篇）35题
If yu want t tell the histry f the whle wrld, a histry that des nt privilege ne part f humanity, yu cannt d it thrugh texts alne, because nly sme f the wrld has ever had texts, while mst f the wrld, fr mst f the time, has nt. Writing is ne f humanity’s later achievements, and until fairly recently even many literate (有文字的) scieties recrded their cncerns nt nly in writing but in things.
Ideally a histry wuld bring tgether texts and bjects, and sme chapters f this bk are able t d just that, but in many cases we simply can’t. The clearest example f this between literate and nn-literate histry is perhaps the first cnflict, at Btany Bay, between Captain Ck’s vyage and the Australian Abriginals. Frm the English side, we have scientific reprts and the captain’s recrd f that terrible day. Frm the Australian side, we have nly a wden shield (盾) drpped by a man in flight after his first experience f gunsht. If we want t recnstruct what was actually ging n that day, the shield must be questined and interpreted as deeply and strictly as the written reprts.
In additin t the prblem f miscmprehensin frm bth sides, there are victries accidentally r deliberately twisted, especially when nly the victrs knw hw t write. Thse wh are n the lsing side ften have nly their things t tell their stries. The Caribbean Tain, the Australian Abriginals, the African peple f Benin and the Incas, all f whm appear in this bk, can speak t us nw f their past achievements mst pwerfully thrugh the bjects they made: a histry tld thrugh things gives them back a vice. When we cnsider cntact (联系) between literate and nn-literate scieties such as these, all ur first-hand accunts are necessarily twisted, nly ne half f a dialgue. If we are t find the ther half f that cnversatin, we have t read nt just the texts, but the bjects.
32. What is the first paragraph mainly abut?
A. Hw past events shuld be presented.B. What humanity is cncerned abut.
C. Whether facts speak luder than wrds.D. Why written language is reliable.
33. What des the authr indicate by mentining Captain Ck in paragraph 2?
A. His reprt was scientific.B. He represented the lcal peple.
C. He ruled ver Btany Bay.D. His recrd was ne-sided.
34. What des the underlined wrd “cnversatin” in paragraph 3 refer t?
A. Prblem.B. Histry.C. Vice.D. Sciety.
35. Which f the fllwing bks is the text mst likely selected frm?
A. Hw Maps Tell Stries f the WrldB. A Shrt Histry f Australia
C. A Histry f the Wrld in 100 ObjectsD. Hw Art Wrks Tell Stries
2.（2023▪北京卷▪D篇）34题
What is life? Like mst great questins, this ne is easy t ask but difficult t answer. The reasn is simple: we knw f just ne type f life and it’s challenging t d science with a sample size f ne. The field f artificial life-called ALife fr shrt — is the systematic attempt t spell ut life’s fundamental principles. Many f these practitiners, s-called ALifers, think that smehw making life is the surest way t really understand what life is.
S far n ne has cnvincingly made artificial life. This track recrd makes ALife a ripe target fr criticism, such as declaratins f the field’s dubtful scientific value. Alan Smith, a cmplexity scientist, is tired f such cmplaints. Asking abut “the pint” f ALife might be, well, missing the pint entirely, he says. “The existence f a living system is nt abut the use f anything.” Alan says. “Sme peple ask me, ‘S what’s the wrth f artificial life?’ D yu ever think, ‘What is the wrth f yur grandmther?’”
As much as many ALifers hate emphasizing their research’s applicatins, the attempts t create artificial life culd have practical payffs. Artificial intelligence may be cnsidered ALife’s cusin in that researchers in bth fields are enamred by a cncept called pen-ended evlutin (演化). This is the capacity fr a system t create essentially endless cmplexity, t be a srt f “nvelty generatr”. The nly system knwn t exhibit this is Earth’s bisphere. If the field f ALife manages t reprduce life’s endless “creativity” in sme virtual mdel, thse same principles culd give rise t truly inventive machines.
Cmpared with the develpments f Al, advances in ALife are harder t recgnize. One reasn is that ALife is a field in which the central cncept — life itself — is undefined. The lack f agreement amng ALifers desn’t help either. The result is a diverse line f prjects that each advance alng their unique paths. Fr better r wrse, ALife mirrrs the very subject it studies. Its muddled (混乱的) prgressin is a striking parallel (平行线) t the evlutinary struggles that have shaped Earth bisphere.
Undefined and uncntrlled, ALife drives its fllwers t repurpse ld ideas and generated nvelty. It may be, f curse, that these characteristics aren’t in any way surprising r singular. They may apply universally t all acts f evlutin. Ultimately ALife may be nthing special. But even this dismissal suggests smething：perhaps, just like life itself thrughut the universe, the rise f ALife will prve unavidable.
31. Regarding Alan Smith’s defence f ALife, the authr is ________.
A. supprtiveB. puzzledC. uncncernedD. dubtful
32. What des the wrd “enamred” underlined in Paragraph 3 mst prbably mean?
A. Shcked.B. Prtected.C. Attracted.D. Challenged.
33. What can we learn frm this passage?
A. ALife hlds the key t human future.
B. ALife and AI share a cmmn feature.
C. AI mirrrs the develpments f ALife.
D. AI speeds up the prcess f human evlutin.
34. Which wuld be the best title fr the passage?
A. Life Is Undefined. Can AI Be a Way Out?
B. Life Evlves. Can AI Help ALife Evlve, T?
C. Life Is Undefined. Can ALife Be Defined One Day?
D. Life Evlves. Can Attempts t Create ALife Evlve, T?
3.（2023▪浙江1月卷▪D篇）35题
Accrding t the Slar Energy Industry Assciatin, the number f slar panels installed(安装)has grwn rapidly in the past decade, and it has t grw even faster t meet climate gals. But all f that grwth will take up a lt f space, and thugh mre and mre peple accept the cncept f slar energy, few like large slar panels t be installed near them.
Slar develpers want t put up panels as quickly and cheaply as pssible, s they haven’t given much thught t what they put under them. Often, they’ll end up filling the area with small stnes and using chemicals t cntrl weeds. The result is that many cmmunities, especially in farming regins, see slar farms as destryers f the sil.
“Slar prjects need t be gd neighbrs,” says Jrdan Macknick, the head f the Innvative Site Preparatin and Impact Reductins n the Envirnment(InSPIRE)prject. “They need t be prtectrs f the land and cntribute t the agricultural ecnmy.” InSPIRE is investigating practical appraches t “lw-impact” slar develpment, which fcuses n establishing and perating slar farms in a way that is kinder t the land. One f the easiest lw-impact slar strategies is prviding habitat fr pllinatrs(传粉昆虫).
Habitat lss, pesticide use, and climate change have caused dramatic declines in pllinatr ppulatins ver the past cuple f decades, which has damaged the U.S. agricultural ecnmy. Over 28 states have passed laws related t pllinatr habitat prtectin and pesticide use. Cnservatin rganizatins put ut pllinatr-friendliness guidelines fr hme gardens, businesses, schls, cities—and nw there are guidelines fr slar farms.
Over the past few years, many slar farm develpers have transfrmed the space under their slar panels int a shelter fr varius kinds f pllinatrs, resulting in sil imprvement and carbn reductin. “These pllinatr-friendly slar farms can have a valuable impact n everything that’s ging n in the landscape,” says Macknick.
32. What d slar develpers ften ignre?
A. The decline in the demand fr slar energy.
B. The negative impact f installing slar panels.
C. The rising labr cst f building slar farms.
D. The mst recent advances in slar technlgy.
33. What des InSPIRE aim t d?
A. Imprve the prductivity f lcal farms.
B. Invent new methds fr cntrlling weeds.
C. Make slar prjects envirnmentally friendly.
D. Prmte the use f slar energy in rural areas.
34. What is the purpse f the laws mentined in paragraph 4?
A. T cnserve pllinatrs.B. T restrict slar develpment.
C. T diversify the ecnmy.D. T ensure the supply f energy.
35. Which f the fllwing is the best title fr the text?
A. Pllinatrs: T Leave r t StayB. Slar Energy: Hpe fr the Future
C. InSPIRE: A Leader in AgricultureD. Slar Farms: A New Develpment
4.（2022▪新高考II卷▪C篇）31题
Over the last seven years, mst states have banned texting by drivers, and public service campaigns have tried a wide range f methds t persuade peple t put dwn their phnes when they are behind the wheel.
Yet the prblem, by just abut any measure, appears t be getting wrse. Americans are still texting while driving, as well as using scial netwrks and taking phts. Rad accidents, which had fallen fr years, are nw rising sharply.
That is partly because peple are driving mre, but Mark Rsekind, the chief f the Natinal Highway Traffic Safety Administratin, said distracted（分心）driving was "nly increasing, unfrtunately."
"Big change requires big ideas." he said in a speech last mnth, referring bradly t the need t imprve rad safety. S t try t change a distinctly mdern behavir, lawmakers and public health experts are reaching back t an ld apprach: They want t treat distracted driving like drunk driving.
An idea frm lawmakers in New Yrk is t give plice fficers a new device called the Textalyzer. It wuld wrk like this: An fficer arriving at the scene f a crash culd ask fr the phnes f the drivers and use the Textalyzer t check in the perating system fr recent activity. The technlgy culd determine whether a driver had just texted, emailed r dne anything else that is nt allwed under New Yrk's hands-free driving laws.
"We need smething n the bks that can change peple's behavir,” said Félix W. Ortiz, wh pushed fr the state's 2001 ban n hand-held devices by drivers. If the Textalyzer bill becmes law, he said, "peple are ging t be mre afraid t put their hands n the cell phne."
28. Which f the fllwing best describes the ban n drivers' texting in the US?
A. Ineffective.B. Unnecessary.
C. Incnsistent.D. Unfair.
29. What can the Textalyzer help a plice fficer find ut?
A. Where a driver came frm.B. Whether a driver used their phne.
C. Hw fast a driver was ging.D. When a driver arrived at the scene.
30. What des the underlined wrd "smething" in the last paragraph refer t?
A. Advice.B. Data.C. Tests.D. Laws.
31. What is a suitable title fr the text?
A. T Drive r Nt t Drive? Think Befre Yu Start
B. Texting and Driving? Watch Out fr the Textalyzer
C. New Yrk Banning Hand-Held Devices by Drivers.
D. The Next Generatin Cell Phne: The Textalyzer.
5.（2022▪全国甲卷▪C篇）31题
Gffin’s cckats, a kind f small parrt native t Australasia, have been shwn t have similar shape-recgnitin abilities t a human tw-year-ld. Thugh nt knwn t use tls in the wild, the birds have prved skilful at tl use while kept in the cage. In a recent experiment, cckats were presented with a bx with a nut inside it. The clear frnt f the bx had a “keyhle” in a gemetric shape, and the birds were given five differently shaped “keys” t chse frm. Inserting the crrect “key” wuld let ut the nut.
In humans, babies can put a rund shape in a rund hle frm arund ne year f age, but it will be anther year befre they are able t d the same with less symmetrical (对称的) shapes. This ability t recgnize that a shape will need t be turned in a specific directin befre it will fit is called an “allcentric frame f reference”. In the experiment, Gffin’s cckats were able t select the right tl fr the jb, in mst cases, by visual recgnitin alne. Where trial-and-errr was used, the cckats did better than mnkeys in similar tests. This indicates that Gffin’s cckats d indeed pssess an allcentric frame f reference when mving bjects in space, similar t tw-year-ld babies.
The next step, accrding t the researchers, is t try and wrk ut whether the cckats rely entirely n visual clues (线索), r als use a sense f tuch in making their shape selectins.
24. Hw did the cckats get the nut frm the bx in the experiment?
A. By fllwing instructins.B. By using a tl.
C. By turning the bx arund.D. By remving the lid.
25. Which task can human ne-year-lds mst likely cmplete accrding t the text?
A. Using a key t unlck a dr.B. Telling parrts frm ther birds.
C. Putting a ball int a rund hle.D. Gruping tys f different shapes.
26. What des the fllw-up test aim t find ut abut the cckats?
A. Hw far they are able t see.B. Hw they track mving bjects.
C. Whether they are smarter than mnkeys.D. Whether they use a sense f tuch in the test.
27. Which can be a suitable title fr the text?
A. Cckats: Quick Errr CheckersB. Cckats: Independent Learners
C. Cckats: Clever Signal-ReadersD. Cckats: Skilful Shape-Srters
6.（2022▪全国乙卷▪C篇）31题
Can a small grup f drnes(无人机)guarantee the safety and reliability f railways and, at the same time, help railway peratrs save billins f eurs each year? That is the very likely future f applying tday’s “eyes in the sky” technlgy t making sure that the millins f kilmetres f rail tracks and infrastructure(基础设施)wrldwide are safe fr trains n a 24/7 basis.
Drnes are already being used t examine high-tensin electrical lines. They culd d precisely the same thing t inspect railway lines and ther vital aspects f rail infrastructure such as the crrect psitin f railway tracks and switching pints. The mre regularly they can be inspected, the mre railway safety, reliability and n-time perfrmance will be imprved. Csts wuld be cut and peratins wuld be mre efficient(高效)acrss the bard.
That includes huge savings in maintenance csts and better prtectin f railway persnnel safety. It is calculated that Eurpean railways alne spend apprximately 20 billin eurs a year n maintenance, including sending maintenance staff, ften at night, t inspect and repair the rail infrastructure. That can be dangerus wrk that culd be avided with drnes assisting the crews’ effrts.
By using the latest technlgies, drnes culd als start prviding higher-value services fr railways, detecting faults in the rail r switches, befre they can cause any safety prblems. T perfrm these tasks, drnes fr rail dn’t need t be flying verhead. Engineers are nw wrking n a new cncept: the rail drnes f the future. They will be mving n the track ahead f the train, and prgrammed t run autnmusly. Very small drnes with advanced sensrs and AI and travelling ahead f the train culd guide it like a c-pilt. With their ability t see ahead, they culd signal any prblem, s that fast-mving trains wuld be able t react in time.
28. What makes the applicatin f drnes t rail lines pssible?
A. The use f drnes in checking n pwer lines.
B. Drnes’ ability t wrk at high altitudes.
C. The reductin f cst in designing drnes.
D. Drnes’ reliable perfrmance in remte areas.
29. What des “maintenance” underlined in paragraph 3 refer t?
A. Persnnel safety.B. Assistance frm drnes.
C. Inspectin and repair.D. Cnstructin f infrastructure.
30. What functin is expected f the rail drnes?
A . T prvide early warning.B. T make trains run autmatically.
C. T earn prfits fr the crews.D. T accelerate transprtatin.
31. Which is the mst suitable title fr the text?
A. What Faults Can Be Detected with Drnes
B. Hw Prductin f Drnes Can Be Expanded
C. What Difficulty Drne Develpment Will Face
D Hw Drnes Will Change the Future f Railways
7.（2021▪新高考I卷▪C篇）31题
When the explrers first set ft upn the cntinent f Nrth America, the skies and lands were alive with an astnishing variety f wildlife. Native Americans had taken care f these precius natural resurces wisely. Unfrtunately, it tk the explrers and the settlers wh fllwed nly a few decades t decimate a large part f these resurces. Millins f waterfwl (水禽) were killed at the hands f market hunters and a handful f verly ambitius sprtsmen. Millins f acres f wetlands were dried t feed and huse the ever-increasing ppulatins, greatly reducing waterfwl habitat (栖息地).
In 1934, with the passage f the Migratry Bird Hunting Stamp Act (Act), an increasingly cncerned natin tk firm actin t stp the destructin f migratry (迁徙的) waterfwl and the wetlands s vital t their survival.Under this Act, all waterfwl hunters 16 years f age and ver must annually purchase and carry a Federal Duck Stamp. The very first Federal Duck Stamp was designed by J.N. “Ding” Darling a plitical cartnist frm Des Mines, lwa, wh at that time was appinted by President Franklin Rsevelt as Directr f the Bureau f Bilgical Survey. Hunters willingly pay the stamp price t ensure the survival f ur natural resurces.
Abut 98 cents f every duck stamp dllar ges directly int the Migratry Bird Cnservatin Fund t purchase wetlands and wildlife habitat fr inclusin int the Natinal Wildlife Refuge System — a fact that ensures this land will be prtected and available fr all generatins t cme. Since 1934, better than half a billin dllars has gne int that Fund t purchase mre than 5 millin acres f habitat. Little wnder the Federal Duck Stamp Prgram has been called ne f the mst successful cnservatin prgrams ever initiated.
28. What was a cause f the waterfwl ppulatin decline in Nrth America?
A. Lss f wetlands.B. Ppularity f water sprts.
C. Pllutin f rivers.D. Arrival f ther wild animals.
29. What des the underlined wrd “decimate” mean in the first paragraph?
A. Acquire.B. Exprt.C. Destry.D. Distribute.
30. What is a direct result f the Act passed in 1934?
A. The stamp price has gne dwn.
B. The migratry birds have flwn away.
C. The hunters have stpped hunting.
D. The gvernment has cllected mney.
31. Which f the fllwing is a suitable title fr the text?
A. The Federal Duck Stamp Stry
B. The Natinal Wildlife Refuge System
C. The Benefits f Saving Waterfwl
D. The Histry f Migratry Bird Hunting
8.（2021▪全国甲卷▪D篇）35题
Wh is a genius? This questin has greatly interested humankind fr centuries.
Let's state clearly: Einstein was a genius. His face is almst the internatinal symbl fr genius. But we want t g beynd ne man and explre the nature f genius itself. Why is it that sme peple are s much mre intelligent r creative than the rest f us? And wh are they?
In the sciences and arts, thse praised as geniuses were mst ften white men, f Eurpean rigin. Perhaps this is nt a surprise. It's said that histry is written by the victrs, and thse victrs set the standards fr admissin t the genius club. When cntributins were made by geniuses utside the club—wmen, r peple f a different clr r belief—they were unacknwledged and rejected by thers.
A study recently published by Science fund that as yung as age six, girls are less likely than bys t say that members f their gender (性别) are “really, really smart.” Even wrse, the study fund that girls act n that belief: Arund age six they start t avid activities said t be fr children wh are “really, really smart.” Can ur planet affrd t have any great thinkers becme discuraged and give up? It desn't take a genius t knw the answer: abslutely nt.
Here's the gd news. In a wired wrld with cnstant glbal cmmunicatin, we're all psitined t see flashes f genius wherever they appear. And the mre we lk, the mre we will see that scial factrs(因素)like gender, race, and class d nt determine the appearance f genius. As a writer says, future geniuses cme frm thse with “intelligence, creativity, perseverance (毅力), and simple gd frtune, wh are able t change the wrld.”
32. What des the authr think f victrs' standards fr jining the genius club?
A. They're unfair. B. They're cnservative. C. They're bjective.D. They're strict.
33. What can we infer abut girls frm the study in Science?
A. They think themselves smart.
B. They lk up t great thinkers.
C. They see gender differences earlier than bys.
D. They are likely t be influenced by scial beliefs
34. Why are mre geniuses knwn t the public?
A. Imprved glbal cmmunicatin.
B. Less discriminatin against wmen.
C. Acceptance f victrs' cncepts.
D. Changes in peple's scial psitins.
35. What is the best title fr the text?
A. Geniuses Think AlikeB. Genius Takes Many Frms
C. Genius and IntelligenceD. Genius and Luck
9.（2021▪全国乙卷▪D篇）35题
Yu’ve heard that plastic is plluting the ceans — between 4.8 and 12.7 millin tnnes enter cean ecsystems every year. But des ne plastic straw r cup really make a difference? Artist Benjamin Vn Wng wants yu t knw that it des. He builds massive sculptures ut f plastic garbage, frcing viewers t re-examine their relatinship t single-use plastic prducts.
At the beginning f the year, the artist built a piece called “Strawpcalypse,” a pair f 10-ft-tall plastic waves, frzen mid-crash. Made f 168,000 plastic straws cllected frm several vlunteer beach cleanups, the sculpture made its first appearance at the Estella Place shpping center in H Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Just 9% f glbal plastic waste is recycled. Plastic straws are by n means the biggest surce(来源)f plastic pllutin, but they’ve recently cme under fire because mst peple dn’t need them t drink with and, because f their small size and weight, they cannt be recycled. Every straw that’s part f Vn Wng’s artwrk likely came frm a drink that smene used fr nly a few minutes. Once the drink is gne, the straw will take centuries t disappear.
In a piece frm 2018, Vn Wng wanted t illustrate(说明)a specific statistic: Every 60 secnds, a trucklad’s wrth f plastic enters the cean. Fr this wrk, titled “Trucklad f Plastic,” Vn Wng and a grup f vlunteers cllected mre than 10,000 pieces f plastic, which were then tied tgether t lk like they’d been dumped(倾倒)frm a truck all at nce.
Vn Wng hpes that his wrk will als help pressure big cmpanies t reduce their plastic ftprint.
28. What are Vn Wng’s artwrks intended fr?
A. Beautifying the city he lives in.B. Intrducing ec-friendly prducts.
C. Drawing public attentin t plastic waste.D. Reducing garbage n the beach.
29. Why des the authr discuss plastic straws in paragraph 3?
A. T shw the difficulty f their recycling.B. T explain why they are useful.
C. T vice his views n mdern art. D. T find a substitute fr them.
30. What effect wuld “Trucklad f Plastic” have n viewers?
A. Calming. B. Disturbing.C. Refreshing.D. Challenging.
31. Which f the fllwing can be the best title fr the text?
A. Artists’ Opinins n Plastic Safety
B. Media Interest in Cntemprary Art
C. Respnsibility Demanded f Big Cmpanies
D. Ocean Plastics Transfrmed int Sculptures
10.（20210▪全国I卷▪D篇）35题
The cnnectin between peple and plants has lng been the subject f scientific research. Recent studies have fund psitive effects. A study cnducted in Yungstwn, Ohi, fr example, discvered that greener areas f the city experienced less crime. In anther，emplyees were shwn t be 15% mre prductive when their wrkplaces were decrated with huseplants.
The engineers at the Massachusetts Institute f Technlgy (MIT)have taken it a step further changing the actual cmpsitin f plants in rder t get them t perfrm diverse, even unusual functins. These include plants that have sensrs printed nt their leaves t shw when they’re shrt f water and a plant that can detect harmful chemicals in grundwater. “We’re thinking abut hw we can engineer plants t replace functins f the things that we use every day,”explained Michael Stran, a prfessr f chemical engineering at MIT.
One f his latest prjects has been t make plants grw(发光) in experiments using sme cmmn vegetables. Stran’s team fund that they culd create a faint light fr three-and-a-half hurs. The light，abut ne-thusandth f the amunt needed t read by, is just a start. The technlgy, Stran said, culd ne day be used t light the rms r even t turn tree int self-pwered street lamps.
In the future, the team hpes t develp a versin f the technlgy that can be sprayed nt plant leaves in a ne-ff treatment that wuld last the plant’s lifetime. The engineers are als trying t develp an n and ff＂switch＂where the glw wuld fade when expsed t daylight.
Lighting accunts fr abut 7% f the ttal electricity cnsumed in the US. Since lighting is ften far remved frm the pwer surce(电源) —such as the distance frm a pwer plant t street lamps n a remte highway-a lt f energy is lst during transmissin(传输).
Glwing plants culd reduce this distance and therefre help save energy.
32. What is the first paragraph mainly abut?
A. A new study f different plants.
B. A big fall in crime rates.
C. Emplyees frm varius wrkplaces.
D. Benefits frm green plants.
33. What is the functin f the sensrs printed n plant leaves by MIT engineer?
A. T detect plants’ lack f water.
B. T change cmpsitins f plants.
C. T make the life f plants lnger.
D. T test chemicals in plants.
34. What can we expect f the glwing plants in the future?
A. They will speed up energy prductin.
B. They may transmit electricity t the hme.
C. They might help reduce energy cnsumptin.
D. They culd take the place f pwer plants.
35. Which f the fllwing can be the best title fr the text?
A. Can we grw mre glwing plants?
B. Hw d we live with glwing plants?
C. Culd glwing plants replace lamps?
D. Hw are glwing plants made pllutin-free?
11.（2020▪全国III卷▪D篇）35题
We are the prducts f evlutin, and nt just evlutin that ccurred billins f years ag. As scientists lk deeper int ur genes (基因), they are finding examples f human evlutin in just the past few thusand years. Peple in Ethipian highlands have adapted t living at high altitudes. Cattle -raising peple in East Africa and nrthern Eurpe have gained a mutatin (突变) that helps them digest milk as adults.
On Thursday in an article published in Cell, a team f researchers reprted a new kind f adaptatin - nt t air r t fd, but t the cean. A grup f sea-dwelling peple in Sutheast Asia have evlved int better divers. The Bajau, as these peple are knwn, number in the hundreds f thusands in Indnesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. They have traditinally lived n husebats; in recent times, they've als built huses n stilts (支柱) in castal waters. “They are simply a stranger t the land," said Redney C. Jubilad, a University f Hawaii researcher wh studies the Bajau.
Dr. Jubilad first met the Bajau while grwing up n Samal Island in the Philippines. They made a living as divers, spearfishing r harvesting shellfish. "We were s amazed that they culd stay underwater much lnger than us lcal islanders," Dr. Jubilad said. “I culd see them actually walking under the sea."
In201, Melissa Ilard, then a graduate student in genetics at the University f Cpenhagen, heard abut the Bajau. She wndered if centuries f diving culd have led t the evlutin f physical characteristics that made the task easier fr them. “it seemed like the perfect chance fr natural selectin t act n a ppulatin," said Dr. Ilard. She als said there were likely a number f ther genes that help the Bajau dive.
32. What des the authr want t tell us by the examples in paragraph 1?
A. Envirnmental adaptatin f cattle raisers.
B. New knwledge f human evlutin.
C. Recent findings f human rigin.
D. Significance f fd selectin.
33. Where d the Bajau build their huses?
A. In valleys.B. Near rivers.C. On the beach.D. Off the cast.
34. Why was the yung Jubilad astnished at the Bajau?
A. They culd walk n stilts all day.
B. They had a superb way f fishing.
C. They culd stay lng underwater.
D. They lived n bth land and water.
35. What can be a suitable title fr the text?
A. Bdies Remdeled fr a Life at Sea
B. Highlanders' Survival Skills
C. Basic Methds f Genetic Research
D. The Wrld's Best Divers
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（浙江省杭州重点中学2023-2024学年高三上学期期中考试英语试题）On hliday, many will find themselves in places where they d nt speak the language. Once upn a time, they might have carried a phrasebk. The rise f English has made that less necessary. But mst peple still d nt speak English. That leaves ptins like gestures, r, increasingly, technlgy.
Ggle Translate may be the best-knwn name in machine translatin, but it ften ges wrng. Take “my wife is gluten-free,” the kind f thing yu might say at a restaurant abrad. In French r Italian, Ggle Translate interprets this as “my wife is withut gluten (谷蛋白)” — true t the wrds rather than the meaning.
The best tl may nt be a translatin app at all. ChatGPT, an AI system that generates articles accrding t users’ instructins, is multilingual. Users can tell ChatGPT t “write a message in Spanish t a waiter that my wife and I wuld like the tasting menu, but that she is gluten-free, s we wuld like substitutins fr anything that has gluten.” And ut pps a perfect paragraph, including the way Spanish-speakers actually say “my wife is gluten-free”: mi espsa es celiaca. It is mre like having a native-speaking dinner cmpanin.
Travel has lng been a mtivatr fr study — unless peple start t feel AI tls ffer a gd-enugh service. Sme are cncerned that apps are turning language learning int a decreasing pursuit. Duglas Hfstadter, a plyglt and plymath writer, has argued that smething prfund will disappear when peple talk thrugh machines. He describes giving a difficult speech in Mandarin, which required a lt f wrk but ffered a sense f accmplishment at the end. Wh wuld bast f taking a helicpter t the tp f Munt Everest?
Others are less wrried. Mst peple d nt mve abrad r have lasting cntact with a freign culture that requires them t put in the wrk t becme fluent. Nr d mst peple learn languages fr the purpse f humanising themselves r training their brains. On their hliday, they just want a beer and the spaghetti carbnara withut incident (and smetimes withut gluten).
1. Accrding t the passage, what is the advantage f ChatGPT?
A. It can meet users’ specific requirements.
B. It can generate a perfect paragraph in a shrt time.
C. It can translate sentences wrd by wrd crrectly.
D. It can prvide service and cmpanin in the restaurant.
2. What is Duglas Hfstadter’s purpse f mentining a helicpter?
A. T stress the difficulty in giving a speech.
B. T shw an interesting scene f a helicpter.
C. T intrduce a way t reach the tp f Munt Everest.
D. T highlight a sense f achievement f language learning.
3. The tne f the passage can be best described as ________.
A. humrusB. seriusC. casualD. indifferent
4. What’s the best title fr the passage?
A. AI tls — deepening cmmunicatin amng peple.
B. AI tls — imprving peple’s life in freign cuntries.
C. AI tls — making travelling easier and mre cnvenient.
D. AI tls — lessening the necessity f learning freign languages.
（2023上·四川绵阳·高三绵阳南山中学实验学校校考期中）Walking thrugh an airprt is never easy. Nw imagine ding it if yu were blind. That’s the prblem faced by Chiek Asakawa, a cmputer scientist and IBM researcher. Asakawa ften flies between the US and Japan, making the jurney mnthly. If travelling alne, she has t be helped at bth ends f the flight, which smetimes invlves endless waiting. Searching fr a better alternative led Asakawa t invent a high-tech suitcase that helps get her t the place she wants t g safely.
“I never relax when I travel alne,” she says. “I always think abut what technlgy will help me travel n my wn mre easily, quickly and cmfrtably.” It was this restlessness that led t the Al suitcase.
The idea has been in develpment since 2017 in a cllabratin between IBM, ther Japanese cmpanies, and Caregie Melln University in Pennsylvania. Asakawa says there are hpes t put the suitcase n the market and a pilt prgram is prepared t use it in an airprt, a shpping mall and ther public spaces. Thugh the current versin is t full f tech t hld any clthes, that culd change in the future, she says.
As a runner, Asakawa had Olympic dreams as a child, but a swimming accident at age 11 caused her t gradually lse her sight until, aged 14, she became ttally blind. “Blind peple usually use a white cane (手杖) r a guide dg. A smart suitcase will pen up many drs fr blind peple, because we’d be able t g anywhere by urselves. Withut new technlgy, we cannt make ur sciety mre inclusive,” Asakawa says. “The suitcase is a great shwcase fr hw AI and technlgy can change the lives f the blind.”
5. What drve Asakawa t invent the suitcase?
A. The great cmmercial value f the suitcase.
B. The suggestin frm an internatinal airprt.
C. The previus experience f helping the blind.
D. The wish t finish her trip smthly withut thers’ help.
6. What can we say abut the suitcase?
A. It can hld a lt f clthes.B. It has yet t be widely used.
C. It’s certainly a lng way fr it t be n sale.D. It is ready the perfect versin.
7. What des Asakawa think f the suitcase?
A. It will change peple’s way f travelling.
B. It will make the public care fr the blind mre.
C. It will encurage scientists t d mre researches.
D. It will hugely ffer the blind freedm f mvements.
8. What is the best title fr this text?
A. Technlgy Is Changing Blind Peple’s Lives
B. An AI Suitcase Will Help the Blind G Arund
C. A Rbt Suitcase Makes Travelling Easy and Ppular
D. Travelling Alne Requires Much Curage fr the Disabled
（山东省烟台市2023-2024学年高三上学期11月期中英语试题）Imagine taking a flying taxi t the airprt, r crssing crwded city streets at rush hur, getting where yu want t g far faster than yu culd in a car. Believe it r nt, yu might be able t d these things in an electric air taxi sner than yu think.
An air taxi is a small aircraft—smething like a mix between a helicpter(直升飞机) and a drne(无人机)—that, can carry peple frm place t place. Air taxis dn’t need a lng runway like planes d. They can g straight up and dwn, like a helicpter.
A cmpany called Jby has been making and testing flying taxis since 2017. By 2025, Jby hpes t start carrying passengers fr mney. They’ve teamed up with Delta Air Lines t create a prgram t fly peple frm their hmes t the airprt. Jby als expects their air taxis t prvide a ride-sharing service. Just like yu might rder a car t pick yu up, yu culd use an app t rder an air taxi. Jby’s air taxis will be flwn by a pilt, and can carry fur ther passengers. They can fly as fast as 200 KPH and g arund 100 miles befre the electric batteries need t be recharged.
Jby claims their taxis are bth quieter and cheaper than helicpters. The cmpany expects t charge abut $3 a mile at first. But ver time, they hpe t bring the price dwn t less than $1 per mile.
Exciting as the idea f flying taxis is, sme peple have cncerns abut them. The taxis may be quieter than helicpters, but they’ll still add nise and traffic t ur skies and endanger public safety when passengers are flying thrugh the air.
Still, it seems likely that air taxis will be part f the future f travel. The U.S. gvernment says, “We culd see air taxis in the skies by 2024 r 2025.”
9. What are the main features f the air taxi?
A. Traditinal and expensive.B. Cnvenient and ecnmical.
C. Advanced but space-taking.D. Safe but energy-cnsuming.
10. Why are helicpters mentined in the text?
A. T give a guess.B. T present an argument.
C. T make a cmparisn.D. T intrduce a phenmenn.
11. What des paragraph 5 mainly tell us cncerning the flying taxi?
A. Its market risks.B. Its prmising future.
C. Its wide recgnitin.D. Its pssible weaknesses.
12. What can be the best title fr the text?
A. Flying Taxis Are Starting t Take Off
B. Jby Has Already Mass-prduced Air Taxis
C. A Slutin Is Used t Slve Traffic Prblems
D. America Has Imprved Ride-sharing Services
【答案】9. B 10. C 11. D 12. A
（浙江省湖州中学、嘉兴中学2023-2024学年高三上学期期中联考英语试题）In the digital age, it has becme easy fr students t find and cpy published material. Cpying anther persn’s writing withut giving them credit is called plagiarism. Universities in the U.S. have rules fr aviding plagiarism. But learning t crrectly fllw these rules can be difficult fr sme internatinal students.
Cpyright law prtects riginal wrks f authrship including bks, mvies, images and artwrks. Hwever, the law permits the unlicensed use fr activities including cmment, educatin and research. Therefre, students can include a small part f ed wrks in their writing and research if they prvide credit, r citatin (引文), t the creatrs f the wrks. Many universities even urge students t give credit t what they get frm cnversatins with prfessrs r ther students. Harvard even warns students abut cpying themselves. That is, they cannt hand in the same wrk fr mre than ne class withut the permissin f their instructrs.
It is easy fr prfessrs t knw whether a student has plagiarized. First, there are cmputer prgrams that cmpare students’ papers t large databases f published writing. The prgrams can identify whether students have cpied published writing. Secnd, if English is nt a student’s first language, a prfessr might recgnize a change in vcabulary and writing style. The punishment fr plagiarism can vary. Prfessrs culd simply warn a student nt t d it again, lwer their grade, r they may fail the student in that class. In mre extreme cases, a student may be temprarily banned frm schl.
There are free tls students can use. Zter is a free, pen-surce prgram that helps rganize all the research a student may use. Fr example, it can autmatically create citatins and cmbine them int a list. The Purdue OWL is anther free resurce. Many universities als have writing centers where students can learn the citatin rules. And anther way is t read published papers and pay attentin t hw infrmatin is presented. Students shuld bserve when and hw citatins are used, which can help them learn the rules f citatins.
13. What must students d when using a small part f ed wrks?
A. Have a cnversatin with prfessrs.B. Ask fr permissin frm the authrs.
C. Offer credit t the riginal creatrs.D. Explain the purpse f using them.
14. Hw can prfessrs knw if their students are plagiarizing?
A. By making a specific cmparisn.B. By recrding the students’ learning experience.
C. By learning the students’ first language.D. By researching int the database f writing.
15. What des the authr want t stress in the last paragraph?
A. The tips n when citatins are used.B. The ways f making a citatin safe.
C. The rules f using free resurce.D. The free resurces n the website.
16. What is the best title f this text?
A. Learning Plagiarism in the Digital AgeB. Cmmenting n ed wrks
C. Realizing the Influence f PlagiarismD. Fllwing Rules t Avid Plagiarism
（2023上·山东济宁·高三校考期中）Frm rlling hills t muntain ranges, views make any rad trip memrable, but fr blind passenger this is part f the experience they miss. Mtr cmpany Frd tries t change that. It teamed up with GTB Rma and Ae d Prject t develp a technlgy that will give thse unfrtunate passengers a way t feel nature’s beauty thrugh their car windws.
The prttype (原型) f the smart car windw has a device with an utside-facing camera. With just a press f a buttn, the system takes a picture f the current view. The clrful picture is then turned int an image with different shades f grey thrugh LED lights, which vibrates (震动) differently. As the finger passes ver different regins f the image, its shaking mvements prvide feedback thrugh the sense f tuch t the persn using it. The smart windw als cmes with a vice assistant that uses Al t identify the scene and help the passengers get infrmatin n what they’re seeing.
“As the prttype started taking shape, we realized we were giving birth t a cmpletely new language that wuld give blind peple a new chance t visualize and experience traveling,” Federic Russ, ne directr f GTB Rma, said. “When the idea was at its first stage, we lked fr suppliers all arund the wrld t make it cme t life.“ He believes the technlgy can be emplyed nt just in cars. “It culd be intrduced int schls and institutins fr blind peple as a tl that culd be used in multiple ways.”
The technlgy may shw up in a Frd autnmus vehicle. It’s knwn that the cmpany is testing their technlgy and future business mdel and struggling t figure ut hw an autnmus vehicle gives different passengers the details needed t get frm ne destinatin t anther. It’s unclear when this technlgy will be made available. Hwever, the idea f building smething fr the less advantaged is indeed a kind and influential actin.
17. Hw des the smart car windw wrk?
A. By reacting t changing clrs.
B. By translating scenery int vibratins.
C. By cntrlling shaking mvements with vice.
D. By searching fr the previusly stred pictures.
18. What des Federic Russ say abut the technlgy?
A. It will have a wide applicatin.
B. It will make language learning easy.
C. It will sn be tested acrss the wrld.
D. It will change traditinal way f travelling.
19. What is the prblem the Frd cmpany is struggling t slve nw?
A. Develping autnmus cars.
B. Enabling the disabled t drive cars.
C. Replacing the traditinal business mdel.
D. Prviding persnalized rute infrmatin.
20. Which can be the best title fr the text?
A. AI-based Windw Adds Fun t Rad Trips
B. Technlgy Makes Peple’s Life Enjyable
C. Frd Plans t Launch a Smart Car fr the Blind
D. Smart Windw Lets Blind Passengers Feel Views
（2023上·河南·高三安阳一中校联考阶段练习）When rains fell in the Atacama Desert fr the first time in centuries, scientists had expected t see life blssm (繁盛). Instead, almst everything died. The shcking discvery was published in the jurnal Scientific Reprts. Fund in nrthern Chile, the dry cre f the Atacama Desert hadn’t experienced rain fr the past 500 years. But three years ag, rain started t fall nce again in the regin.
A changing climate in the Pacific Ocean resulted in the desert’s dry cre experiencing rain n March 25 and August 9, 2015, and it rained again n June 7, 2017. There was n evidence f rain in this regin fr the past 500 years, althugh climate mdels suggested it shuld ccur every century.
The internatinal team f scientists wh studied the regin were hping fr deserts springing t life. “Instead, we learned the cntrary, as we fund that rain in the dry cre f the Atacama Desert caused a massive extinctin f mst native micrbe (微生物) species there, ”said study c-authr Albert Fairén.
Befre the rain fell, this regin f the Atacama had been hme t 16 different ancient micrbe species. But after the rain fell, just tw t fur species were still fund t be surviving in the resultant pl f water. The cause f the extinctin event, believed t have been abut 85 percent f life in the sil, was caused by the sudden influx f water. In particular, these micrbes were adapted t survive in extreme dryness. They were unable t adapt quickly enugh t the unexpected rainfall.
But it’s nt all bad news. The team als fund nitrates (硝酸盐) in the Atacama Desert that were indicative f a lengthy dry perid, while als acting as fd fr the micrbes. And we’ve recently fund nitrates n Mars, which culd be indicating a similar prcess there.
21. Hw did the scientists find their discvery accrding t Albert Fairén?
A. Satisfying.B. Astnishing.C. Amusing.D. Cmfrting.
22. What des the underlined wrd“influx”in paragraph 4 mean?
A. Shrtage.B. Need.C. Arrival.D. Test.
23. What can we infer frm the last paragraph?
A. The resultant pl f water was a wildlife habitat.
B. The team plans t turn the desert int a green land.
C. Scientists have bserved lts f micrbes n Mars.
D. The finding brught sme hpe t relevant studies.
24. Which is the mst suitable title fr the text?
A. Unexpected Rainfalls Hit a Desert Badly
B. A Science Magazine Increased in Ppularity
C. Scientists Unlcked the Secret behind Drught
D. A Breakthrugh Occurred in Space Explratin
（2023上·辽宁·高三凤城市第一中学校联考期中）An imprtant lessn in the mral educatin f children culd be as clse as the bk in their hands. Stries matter. And they can play a rle in changing the imprtance f particular mral values in yung audiences, accrding t the results f a new study.
Lindsay Hahn, an assistant prfessr f cmmunicatin in the University at Buffal Cllege f Arts and Sciences, is the first authr f the new study. The new study adds imprtant nuance (细微差别) t a bdy f literature that explres hw media cntent affects children. Hahn’s study lks at hw expsure t cntent featuring specific mral values (care, fairness, lyalty, and authrity) might influence hw much imprtance kids place n thse values.
D children reading abut particular mral characteristics absrb thse mral values as a building blck fr their wn mrality? The findings shw that they d, and further supprt hw this indirect apprach t influencing children’s mrality can add t the direct teaching f mral principles kids might receive thrugh frmal instructin.
“Parents, caregivers, and teachers are ften wndering hw media can be used fr gd,” says Hahn. “Hw can it be used fr gd things? Hw can it discurage bad habits? Hw can it be educatinal?”
“When parents are cnsidering what media they might want t select fr their children, they can take int accunt what particular mral value is being emphasized by the main character,” she says.
Fr the study, Hahn and her clleagues tk the main character frm a yung adult nvel and edited the cntent t reflect in each versin the study’s fcus n ne f fur mrl values. Thse narratives were shared with rughly 200 participants between the ages f 10 and 14.
This is a favrable range fr media research because it’s mre difficult t intrduce narrative cmprehensin in yunger kids, while equally challenging t hld the attentin f lder adlescents, wh becme bred with basic strylines, accrding t Hahn. The team then created a scale designed t measure the imprtance kids place n mral values t determine hw participants might be influenced by specific narratives.
25. What des the authr mean by the underlined wrds?
A. Stries are necessary fr educatin.
B. Reading stries t children means a lt.
C. Stries are imprtant t children’s mrals.
D. Reading stries in bks is the right methd.
26. What are many parents cncerned abut, accrding t Lindsay Hahn?
A. Hw t make gd use f media.
B. Hw t replace media with bks.
C. Hw t limit their children’s use f media.
D. Hw t mnitr their children’s media use.
27. Why did the researchers chse participants aged frm 10 t 14?
A. They cannt be easily influenced by specific narratives.
B. It is challenging t hld the attentin f yunger children.
C. They are ld enugh and are less likely t be bred by stries.
D. It is harder t intrduce narrative cmprehensin t lder adlescents.
28. What might be the best title fr the text?
A. The Influence f Media Use n Children
B. Mral Values Need t Be Taught Early
C. The Imprtance f Mral Educatin in Schl
D. Mrals in Stries Play a Psitive Rle in Teens
（2023上·甘肃天水·高三校考阶段练习）Smeday, yu may n lnger need t brush yur teeth by hand. Instead, a grup f billins f nanparticles (纳米粒子) culd autmatically d all that wrk fr yu. It wuld be especially life-changing fr peple wh find it difficult r impssible t hld and mve a tthbrush.
Steager, an engineer at the University f Pennsylvania (Penn) in Philadelphia and Hyun K, an inventr and dental researcher there, fund a way t frm the nanparticles int lng, skinny bristles (刷毛), a lt like the nes n a tthbrush. But these bristles shape-shift t fit whatever surface they encunter.
The tth-cleaning rbt wrks thanks t tw magnets (磁铁). One ges each side f the teeth. The nanparticles sit in a liquid between the magnets. When the magnets are turned ff, the nanparticles mve randmly in the liquid. As sn as ne magnet gets turned n, the nanparticles gather tgether near its center. When the researchers turn n the ther magnet and turn ff the first ne, the nanparticles extend utward in lng, skinny bristles When there’s a tth in the way, these bristles can’t stretch ut as far as they want. S they push against the tth’s surface. If there’s a gap between teeth, they push int the gap. Mving the magnets makes the bristles mve against and between teeth. All that mtin cleans the teeth. As a bnus, the nanparticles als have strng pwer t kill viruses.
The new device is just a prf f cncept The researchers still need t turn it int a prduct that peple will want t use. “There’s a lt f engineering t get frm here t there, but every gd idea needs t have a start.” says Steager.
29. What is special abut the tth cleaner?
A. It’s water-prf.B. It’s transfrmable.
C. It lks like a tthbrush.D. It cntains skinny bristles.
30. What is Paragraph 3 mainly abut?
A. The wrking principle.B. The magnets mtin.
C. The virus-killing prcess.D. The bristles frmatin.
31. Hw des Steager feel abut the future f the device?
A. UncertainB. CnfidentC. CncernedD. Surprised.
32. Which f the fllwing wuld be the best title?
A. A Tth-Cleaner Fighting BacteriaB. A Breakthrugh in Medicine
C. A Shape-Shifting Rbtic Tth-CleanerD. A New Cncept fr a New Start
（2023上·湖北·高三华中师大一附中校考期中）In 2022, campaign grup Fashin Revlutin Chelsea dye garden fr its Chelsea Flwer Shw presentatin. An ancient craft, natural dyeing is a practice whse time has cme again, with hand tie-dyed fashin als making a cmeback in recent years.
The revival has been encuraged by Cvid lckdwns, “which allwed peple t explre the craft at hme,” says natural-dyeing enthusiast and teacher Susan Dye. It’s unlikely, thugh, that the practice wuld have caught n in quite the same way if nt fr a cntinually grwing discmfrt abut fashin’s heavy ftprint. Frm carbn emissins t animal cruelty, fashin is under cnsiderable inspectin. “Put it this way, 97% f dyes used in the industry are petrchemically (石油化学产品) based,” says sustainable fashin cnsultant Jackie Andrews, wh helped advise the UN Ethical Fashin Initiative. “We’ve gt net zer targets which mean we’re ging t have t remve all thse petrchemicals frm the manufacturing cycle.”
Fashin is a huge plluter. Accrding t the UN Envirnment Prgram, the industry is respnsible fr up t ne-fifth f all industrial water pllutin — due t the fact that mst clthes tday are prduced in prer cuntries where regulatin is weak and enfrcement weaker still. Waste water is dumped directly int rivers and streams, pisning the land as well as the water surces f peple and animals wh rely n them.
It’s easy t see why smene wh cares abut peple, planet and animals, as well as clthes, might turn t natural plant dyeing. Frm the beauty f the raw materials-ften wild plants-t the prperty f nly bnding with natural fiber like cttn and linen, frm the minr ftprint f upclycling ld clthing that has grayed r faded ver time t the vibrant and lng-lasting dyeing results, plant dyeing feels like a quiet act f rebellin. This is why, while beginners start with simply changing their clthes’ clr, new wrlds pen. Many f tday’s natural dyers grw their wn dye plants, run lcal cmmunity wrkshps, and advcate fr change in industrialized fashin systems and beynd.
33. What is the main reasn fr the grwing discmfrt mentined in paragraph 2?
A. The adptin f petrchemical-based dyes.
B. The challenging net zer targets t be achieved.
C. The fashin industry’s fcus n luxurius designs.
D. The disturbing cnsequences f the fashin industry.
34. The authr illustrates “Fashin is a huge plluter” by ______.
A. making a cmparisnB. giving examples
C. listing numbersD. intrducing a new tpic
35. What des the underlined phrase “a quiet act f rebellin” in paragraph 4 refer t?
A. A prtest against turning t natural fiber.
B. An bjectin t upcycling ld clthing.
C. A struggle fr a sustainable fashin industry.
D. A resistance t vibrant clrs in natural dyeing.
36. What wuld be the mst suitable title fr the passage?
A. The Envirnmental Impact f Natural Dyeing
B. Fashin Revlutin’s Dye Garden Presentatin
C. The Return f Natural Dyeing with Ethical Appeal
D. The Petrchemical Dye Industry and Its Challenges
（2024·江西景德镇·统考一模）The PAL-V Liberty is a revlutinary vehicle that can travel n bth land and air. It is the wrld’s first cmmercial flying car, and it is nw available fr pre-rder. The PAL-V Liberty is develped by a Dutch cmpany called PAL-V Internatinal B. V., which stands fr Persnal Air and Land Vehicle. The cmpany has been wrking n the prject since 2001, and has successfully tested the prttype in 2012.
The PAL-V Liberty is a tw-seater hybrid car and gyrplane, which means it has a three-wheeled chassis and a fldable rtr n tp. It can switch between driving mde and flying mde in abut 10 minutes, with the help f a semi-autmatic system. It has a tp speed f 160 km/h n the rad and 180 km/h in the air, and can fly up t 500 km n a single tank f fuel. It uses regular gasline, and can be refueled at any gas statin.
The PAL-V Liberty is expected t be delivered t custmers in 2023, alter btaining the necessary certificatins frm aviatin authrities. The cmpany claims that the vehicle meets the existing regulatins f bth cars and aircrafts, and that it is safe and easy t perate. Hwever, the PAL-V Liberty is nt a cheap vehicle, nr is it accessible t everyne. It csts599,000 eurs (abut 4.7 millin yuan) fr the Pineer Editin, which includes flight training curses, pwer heating and persnalizatin ptins. There is als a cheaper Sprt Editin, which csts 299,000 eurs (abut 2.3 millin yuan), but it has less features and requires the buy er t pay an additinal 10,000 eurs(abut 78,000 yuan) fr flight training.
T drive the PAL-V Liberty, ne needs bth a driving license and a pilt license. The vehicle als requires a runway r airstrip t take ff and land, as it cannt d s vertically like a helicpter. The cmpany says it has received 70 rders fr the vehicle s far, mstly frm custmers in Eurpe and Nrth America. The PAL-V Liberty is a grundbreaking innvatin that culd change the future f transprtatin, but it als faces many challenges and limitatins.
37. What’s the limitatin f the Pineer Editin f the PAL-V Liberty?
A. Lack f custmized selectin.B. Failure t land and take ff vertically
C. Extra mney t be paid fr flight training.D. Disagreement with the existing traffic rules.
38. What can we infer abut frm the passage?
A. The PAL-V Liberty has been used in ur daily life.
B. If yu have a pilt license, yu can drive the PAL-V Liberty.
C. It can switch between driving and flying mde in a shrt time
D. The Sprt Editin is mre attractive features than the Pineer Editin.
39. What's the authr’s attitude twards the PAL-V Liberty?
A. favrableB. skepticalC. bjectiveD. indifference
40. What is the best title fr the article?
A. The Dutch InnvatinB. The Future f Transprtatin
C. The Hybrid Car and the GyrplaneD. The Wrld’s First Cmmercial Flying Car
（2023上·广东清远·高三校联考期中）Cars culd sn be cmmunicating with each ther using 5G t make drivers aware f upcming hazards (危险), scientists say. The extremely fast mbile internet wuld allw fr rapid infrmatin transmissin and culd make drivers aware f black ice, pt hles r ther dangers up ahead.
Several car manufacturers (制造商) are already using 5G in their vehicles, including as a tl t help serve in the generatin f self-driving vehicles.
Experts at Glasgw Calednian University (GCU) believe the high-speed cnnectin will als imprve the reliability and capability f autmated vehicles t the pint where they will be safer than the manual cars being driven tday. They predict the number f rad traffic accidents, which accrding t the Wrld Health Organizatin accunt fr mre than 1.3 millin deaths and up t 50 millin peple injured wrldwide every year, will drp really as a result.
Dr Dimitris Liarkapis, a member f the research grup, said, “T have a better idea f what the future will lk like, think f having such cars that nt nly use sensrs t scan what’s arund them, they can als talk t each ther and exchange safety-related infrmatin abut their surrundings ver an area that cvers several square miles. With the help f 5G, a vehicle-generated early warning system that reminds drivers is pssible within the next few years. Cars that are clse enugh t the danger area will transmit warning messages t ther cars arund them using shrt-range cmmunicatin technlgies, but als t cars further away using 5G, fast and reliably.”
A few manufacturers are already wrking n cnnected cars. Of them, Frd tld its intentin t fit 80 percent f its future vehicles with technlgy that warns drivers abut upcming rad accidents, bad weather and traffic jams.
41. What is the benefit f 5G mentined in the text?
A. It can imprve the safety f autmated vehicles.
B. It can help drivers cmmunicate with each ther.
C. It can effectively wipe ut rad traffic accidents.
D. It can help make mre prfits fr the manufacturers.
42. What can we knw abut the vehicle-generated early warning system?
A. It can get infrmatin several miles ahead.
B. It is under research and develpment at present.
C. It has been prved extremely helpful fr driving.
D. It will send messages t drivers a few days earlier.
43. What will be prbably cntinued with the text?
A. Sme car manufacturers.B. The advantages when using 5G.
C. Sme safety rules when using 5G.D. The sales infrmatin f cars with 5G.
44. Which f the fllwing is a suitable title fr the text?
A. 5G Leaves Drivers Free When They Are Driving
B. 5G Is t Bring Great Cnvenience t Our Daily Life
C. 5G Has Been Ppular with Drivers Arund the Wrld
D. 5G Is n the Way t Making “Dialgue” Between Cars