?（5） 新聞報道類

一、
Big changes in agriculture are taking place in Singapore. The small, Southeast Asian nation is leading a farming revolution.
Singapore covers 724 square kilometers of land and only one percent of that land is used for agriculture. Food production costs are higher there than the rest of Southeast Asia. As climate change and population growth threaten food supplies, the pressure is on new farmers to answer the government’s call—to grow more with less.
“Whenever I talk about food security in Singapore, I tell people not to think land-think space because you can go upwards and sideways.” said Paul Teng, an agriculture professor at Nanyang Technological University.
There are more than 30 vertical(垂直的) farms in Singapore-ones that grow up not across the land. Sustenir Agriculture is one of these businesses. Its hydroponic(水栽法的) farm grows non-native foods like cherry, tomatoes and strawberries inside buildings under artificial lighting. Then it sells the produce to local supermarkets and online stores. Sustenir raised $16 million from investors(投資人) ast year. The money will be used to expand operations in Singapore and open in Hong Kong.
However, not everyone thinks the new technology is best. Egg farmer Milliam Ho says the government should not depend so much on agriculture technology businesses. “Many of them have failed. That’s why I’m always asking the government, ‘Why don`t you invest in us old-timers?’ We are more practical,” he said. Professor Paul Teng said an issue for urban farmers is that the high cost of the technology makes their products too pricey for many people.
1.What is the second paragraph mainly about?
A.High food production costs. B.Reasons for changes in agriculture.
C.Agricultural technology businesses. D.Sale expansion of food markets.
2.According to Paul Teng, the way to achieve food security is
A.expanding farmland upwards B.buying more food
C.developing facilities D.investing more money
3.What do we know about the old-timers?
A.They work on high-tech farms. B.They benefit from pricey products.
C.They need government’s support. D.They reduce production costs.
4.What is the author’s purpose of writing this passage?
A.To criticize people’s traditional view of farming.
B.To support the growth of vertical farming in Singapore.
C.To introduce the latest development in Singapore’s agriculture.
D.To emphasize the importance of traditional agriculture.
二、
A growing number of Americans are turning gas-powered vehicles into electric ones by using a process called an electric power train conversion. Such conversions are becoming more popular as battery technology gets better and the world turns toward cleaner energy sources.
Kevin Erickson owns a 1972 Plymouth Satellite that he renamed “Electrollite” after conversion. Now, the car can go from a still position to 97 kilometers per hour in about three seconds. Its top speed is almost 250 kilometers per hour.
Jonathan Klinger is vice president of car culture for Hagerty Insurance. He said converting classic cars into EVs is "definitely a trend", although research on the activity is limited. In May, the Michigan-based company did a web-based study of about 25,000automobile lovers. The top three reasons for converting the vehicles were for better performance, for a fun project, and because of environmental concerns. He doesn't think electric motors will replace all gas engines. Some car lovers want to keep the sound of older cars' original engines. Electric conversions require special knowledge to complete. They also involve many difficulties like safety concerns. And then there is the price.
Sean Moudry, who co-owns Inspire EV, a small conversion business near Denver, recently worked on a 1965 Ford Mustang. The year-and-a-half-long project cost more than $100,000. Moudry and his partners replaced the gas engine with a motor from a crashed Tesla Model S. He says many people don't have the resources necessary to carry out this kind of project. As a result, he says, it will take 20 years for electric conversions to become common.
But that reality could be coming sooner than expected, says Mike Spagnola, president and CEO of the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA), a trade group. He said that electric vehicle products took about 1950 square meters of marketing space at SEMA's yearly show in Las Vegas this fall. That was up from only 232 square meters at the 2021 show. I'm John Russell.
5.In which aspect do electric vehicles benefit from the conversion?
A.Performing better. B.Cleaning energy sources.
C.Maintaining speed. D.Bettering battery technology.
6.How many factors contribute to gas-powered vehicles not being replaced according toKlinger?
A.3. B.4. C.5. D.6.
7.What does the underlined part in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. Selling an old car. B. Buying a gas-powered vehicle.
C.Doing a web-based study. D. Converting a car to an electric one.
8.What can we know about the writer of the passage?
A. He loves classic cars. B.He repairs old cars.
C.He is probably a broadcaster. D. He is good at engineering.
三、
Almost all calligraphy (書法) lovers agree that writing characters with a brush and ink on straw paper offers a way to communicate with not only history and culture, but also oneself. But now Chinese character handwriting is under threat from computers and mobile phones.
A college graduate looking for a job was reportedly turned down by a company because he wrote 24 characters incorrectly in a 400-character handwritten resume. A survey by HorizonKey, covering people from 12 major cities in China, found that nearly one third of those interviewed often experience "character amnesia (遺忘)", with 94 percent saying this is a problem for them.
The main reason is that most Chinese rely too much on the pinyin-based Chinese language input method which is replacing the tradition of writing characters stroke (筆劃) by stroke. The software will conveniently choose the right characters according to the context or word frequency, as there are dozens of characters with the same pronunciation in Chinese.
Education is another problem. In college, most homework and papers are printed out, instead of handwritten. And few teachers use chalk and blackboards, with Microsoft’s PowerPoint the most-often used software to teach knowledge to students.
The number of electronic devices in the classroom is thought to be another reason why students are easily satisfied with just a poor knowledge of the Chinese language and characters. It is quicker to look up a character in an electronic dictionary, but traditional printed dictionaries offer more detailed information on the usage and meaning of the characters. Students pay more attention to remembering a character's pronunciation, but not the other knowledge related to it, which e-dictionaries rarely provide.
Another worry is the “pollution” of Chinese characters by Internet language. Young people regard using Internet language as cool and fashionable. After they learn to use these expressions, they automatically include them in their writing.
9.With the example of a college graduate, the author shows _____.
A. that practicing can improve writing
B. why certain people are poor writers
C. that there are differences in students’ writing
D. why Chinese character handwriting is in great danger
10.By saying “...those interviewed often experience character amnesia (遺忘)”, the writer means those interviewed _____.
A. are not good at handwriting B. can’t write characters accurately
C. show no interest in handwriting D. find jobs much more difficultly
11.What phenomenon is described in Paragraph 5?
A. Dependence on electronic devices.
B. Advantages of electronic dictionaries.
C. Mastery of knowledge of the characters.
D. Disadvantages of published dictionaries.
12.What’s the writer’s attitude towards the Internet language?
A. Favorable. B. Uncaring. C. Disapproving. D. Friendly.
四、
Livestock (牲畜) farmers are being unfairly described as evil and dangerous by vegans (純素食者) and environmental advocates, experts from the University of Edinburgh and Scotland’s Rural College told their peers at a seminar in London, the Telegraph reports. The shocking view comes despite the urging of many climate scientists who say eating a plant-based diet is one of the best ways to reduce our current environmental crisis.
According to the Scottish scientists, it is not right to blame global warming on meat production—in fact, livestock farmers are producing cattle that are less harmful to the environment. Also, they argue, thanks to high protein, meat has a really important effect on the development of children worldwide, and fewer livestock farms wouldn’t necessarily mean more sustainable land use.
“Often the argument is made that going vegan would minimize land use, and the modeling studies that have been done show that that’s not the case,” said Geoff Simm, director of Global Academy Agriculture and Food Security at Edinburgh. “We feel that while livestock production has a range of economic, social and environmental costs and benefits, the costs have perhaps been receiving far more attention recently than some of the benefits.”
Mike Coffey of Rural College slammed veganism as “completely unnecessary”. “If everybody went vegan, it would be damaging to the UK environment,” he said. “Animals kept for food help increase biodiversity.” Edinburgh University professor Andrea Wilson added that the environmental impact of veganism has not been examined to the same degree. “We know a lot about the livestock sector (行業(yè)) because people have looked at it. We actually know very little about the vegan sector,” she said.
13.The environmental advocates think the livestock farmers _____.
A. are treated unfairly by vegans B. are to blame for global warming
C. can help improve the environment D. can offer plant-based diets for vegans
14.What do Scottish scientists think of livestock production?
A. Its use of land should be reduced.
B. It causes greater damage to the environment.
C. The nutrients provided can benefit children’s growth.
D. The costs of livestock production are greater than benefits.
15.The underlined word “slammed” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to “_____”.
A. recognized B. criticized C. struck D. described
16.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Veganism is becoming a major trend.
B. Going vegan won’t save the environment.
C. Where the livestock farming is leading us.
D. How we can solve the environmental crisis.
五、
??? Blue and green honey may look cool, but beekeepers in northeastern France are not happy about their strange-looking new product.
??? Over the past few months, beekeepers in Ribeauville, a town located in the Alsace region, have noticed that bees there have been making honey in many strange colors. Bees have been returning to apiaries (蜂房) with different colors coating their bodies. The colors then end up polluting the honey.
??? A recent research showed that a nearby M&M’s factory is behind the change in color. Waste from the factory has been exposing the bees to a number of chemicals. Some of the chemicals are used in the outer shells of the candies, which come in many bright colors.
??? The local beekeepers do not know if the polluted honey is dangerous to eat, but they are not taking any chances. They are throwing away the candy-colored honey, which means a big loss to local businesses. “For me, it’s not honey,” Alain Frieh, leader of the town’s beekeepers union, tells the Reuters news agency. “It’s not sellable.”
??? The honey industry in this part of France has been suffering this year. According to Frieh, many bees died last winter or were unable to make honey because of the bad weather. This new problem of colored honey is hurting the beekeepers’ way of life even more.
??? The region is home to about 2,400 beekeepers and 35,000 colonies of bees, according to Alsace’s chamber of agriculture. The beekeepers harvest approximately 1,000 tons of honey each year, making the product a big part of the region’s economy.
??? Agrivalor is the company that processes the M&M’s factory’s waste. According to co-manager Philippe Meinrad, the company has been attempting to stop the pollution. “We discovered the problem at the same time they did,” Meinrad said. “We quickly put in place a procedure to stop it.”
17.How do local beekeepers respond to the candy-colored honey?
A. They like its strange but cool look.
B. They think the polluted honey is dangerous.
C. They require the factory to stop pollution.
D. They don’t want to take risks to sell the honey.
18.What caused strange-looking honey?
A. Special colonies. B. Terrible weather.
C. M&M’s factory. D. Agrivator company.
19.What is the attitude of Agrivalor company to the problem?
A. They take it seriously and they are taking measures.
B. They are pessimistic about dealing with the pollution.
C. They reject to do their part to compensate the beekeepers.
D. They admit the problem and have managed to stop the pollution.
20.Where is the text probably from?
A. A guide book. B. A news report.
C. An advertisement. D. A government document.
六、
Imagine a warm spring day 66 million years ago. Fish would have been swimming in the rivers in an area that's now North Dakota in the US. Seconds later, the serenity (寧靜) was ended by destruction.
These could have been the very last moments of the dinosaur era when a city-sized asteroid (小行星) struck Earth, killing off three quarters of all species on the planet. According to a study published in Nature on Feb 23, the asteroid hit in springtime.
Researchers in 2019 discovered fossilized fishes in North Dakota that died shortly after the asteroid hit Earth. They examined the fossils with a particle accelerator and found out there was seasonal growth on the bones. All fish bone cell densities and volumes can indicate the season. Because the accelerator also could capture the sizes, researchers were able to determine when in the year the asteroid hit, Dennis Voeten, a researcher at Uppsala University in Sweden told USA Today.
The timing of the collision, at least for the Northern Hemisphere, came at a particularly sensitive stage. "I think spring puts a large group of the late Cretaceous biota (白堊紀生物) in a very vulnerable spot because they were out and about looking for food, tending to offspring and trying to build up resources after the harsh winter." Melanie During, the main author of the study, said at a news briefing.
In the Southern Hemisphere, it was autumn, a season when many creatures prepare for winter. Therefore, life in the Southern Hemisphere was a lot more prepared for this event.
It is unclear whether small animals in the Northern Hemisphere actual did worse than those in the south. There is evidence that Northern Hemisphere turtles were wiped out in the asteroid strike, after which their habitats were later repopulated by turtles from the south, Voeten told The Guardian.
21.On what basis did researchers determine the time of year the asteroid hit?
A. The kinds of fossilized fish cells.
B. The number of fish fossils in the area.
C. The appearance of different fish species.
D. The volume and density of fossilized fish bones.
22.What does the underlined word "offspring" most likely mean in paragraph 4?
A. The young. B. A season. C. The homeless. D. A creature.
23.What can be inferred from the passage?
A. The time of the asteroid strike was the same around the globe.
B. There were still turtles in the Northern Hemisphere after the asteroid strike.
C. No creatures could survive the asteroid impact whether in the south or north.
D. The extinction of many species has little to do with the asteroid strike.
24.What's the main purpose of the article?
A. To discuss why dinosaurs went extinct.
B. To explain the science behind asteroids.
C. To explore the impact of the asteroid strike.
D. To report on new research on the asteroid strike.
七、
The world of work is changing. Are people ready for the new job outlook? A survey of 15- year-olds across 41 countries by the OECD(經(jīng)合組織) has found that teenagers may have unrealistic expectations about the kind of work that will be available.
Four of the five most popular choices are traditional professional roles: doctors, teachers, business managers and lawyers. Teenagers cluster around the most popular jobs, with the top ten being chosen by 47% of boys and 53% of girls.
This selection is partly due to wishful thinking on the part of those surveyed. Furthermore, teenagers can hardly be expected to have an in-depth knowledge of labour-market trends. They encounter doctors and teachers in their daily lives. Other popular professions, such as lawyers and police officers, are familiar from films and social media.
Some parts of the OECD survey are disturbing. More boys than girls expect to work in science or engineering. The problem continues in higher education; with the exception of biological and biomedical sciences, degrees in STEM Subjects (science, technology, engineering and maths) are male-dominated. In America women earn just 35. 5% of undergraduate STEM degrees and 33. 7% of PhDs. Things are even worse in technology. In Britain only one in five computer-science university students is a woman. Women are underrepresented in some important fields of technology; they have only 12% of jobs in cloud computing, for example.
Women play a much bigger role in the health- and social-care sectors. The problem is that some of these jobs are not very well paid. Home-health and personal-care aides had median annual salaries in 2018 of just over 24,000. Some jobs in health care are extremely profitable, of course. But another gender imbalance emerges here: women make up only one-third of American health-care executives. In contrast, they tend to dominate the poorly paid social care workforce.
The biggest problem in the labour market, then, may not be that teenagers are focusing on a few well-known jobs. It could be a mismatch: not enough talented women move into technology and not enough men take jobs in social care. Any economist will recognise this as an inefficient use of resources. Wherever the root of the problem lies—be it the education system, government policy or corporate recruiting practices—it needs to be identified and fixed.
25.Many teenagers would like to choose some traditional jobs because_______.
A.they are ready for these jobs
B.these jobs are better known to them
C.these jobs live up to their expectations
D.they think these jobs are available to them
26.Where do most women work?
A.In engineering B.In technology. C.In health care. D.In business.
27.What would-the author most probably agree with?
A.The mismatch of resources requires improving.
B.Not enough men and women take jobs in society.
C.Teenagers have unrealistic expectations about jobs.
D.It's the education system that causes the problem in the labour market.
28.In which section of a magazine may this text appear ?
A.Entertainment. B.Education. C.Science. D.Career.
八、
Swiss designer Didier Rudolf Quarroz’s love of Chinese tea culture has inspired him to design innovative new items to brew the tea. Ouarroz developed an interest in Chinese tea after working at a Shanghai-based design company, where he was by chance engaged in a tea project.
His research helped him develop a deep understanding of the differences between Chinese and Western tea products. And this made him think about designing items for foreigners to brew Chinese tea. “I hope to design easy-to-use and modern tea-making tools to help foreigners try Chinese traditional tea and give them an interesting experience in brewing tea,” Quarroz says.
In 2017, he moved to Hangzhou, capital of East China’s Zhejiang province and a major tea-production base, to explore the possibilities of applying Western concepts in designing objects for Chinese tea. “I want to focus on the tea industry, and Hangzhou is a great fit because of the long history and profound culture of tea here,” Quarroz says.
Quarroz began to concentrate on the design of a tea infuser (注射器) to make brewing easier for foreigners. It’s a glass container with a silicone (硅膠) lid. All users need to do is to put the leaves inside, place it in a cup and add hot water.” The infuser can be taken out from the cup easily without users’ fingers being hurt by the hot water,” Quarroz says.
Hangzhou has a booming tea industry, which has offered the Swiss designer many opportunities to cooperate with local plantations and companies. “Driven by the love of Chinese tea, I cooperate with local companies and help them to develop new kinds of tea products. Also, we sometimes organize workshops to introduce different teas to the public,” Quarroz says.
Hangzhou also enables smooth business operations, he adds. “In general, it is easy to start a business in Hangzhou. And the government and agencies are increasing efforts to help and support young entrepreneurs, including us from foreign countries,” he adds. Quarroz says he plans to design 10 innovative tea-related products by combining Chinese tea culture with international elements.
29.Quarroz’s new items have the following features EXCEPT______.
A.being designed by hand
B.using Western concepts
C.making brewing easier for foreigners
D.providing interesting brewing experiences
30.The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 probably refers to the______.
A.container B.infuser C.lid D.leaf
31.What makes Hangzhou an ideal place for Quarroz to start a business in China?
A.Quarroz obtained many chances to cooperate with state-owned companies.
B.Hangzhou features a newly-built tea industry and has abundant tea projects.
C.Hangzhou organizes many workshops to introduce different teas to the public.
D.Quarroz can receive much help and support from the government and agencies.
32.What type of writing is the passage?
A.A biography. B.A news story. C.A travel journal. D.An advertisement.
答案以及解析
一、
1.答案：B
解析：段落大意題。根據(jù)第二段Singapore covers 724 square kilometers of land and only one percent of that land is used for agriculture. Food production costs are higher there than the rest of Southeast Asia.(新加坡占地724平方公里,只有1%的土地用于農(nóng)業(yè)。那里的食品生產(chǎn)成本高于東南亞其他國家。)以及As climate change and population growth threaten food supplies, the pressure is on new farmers to answer the government's call—to grow more with less.(隨著氣候變化和人口增長威脅到糧食供應,新的農(nóng)民面臨著響應號召的壓力--用更少的資源種植更多的糧食。)可知,本段主要介紹了農(nóng)業(yè)結(jié)構(gòu)變化的原因。故選B。
2.答案：A
解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段Whenever I talk about food security in Singapore, I tell people not to think land-think space because you can go upwards and sideways.(每當我談到新加坡的糧食安全時,我告訴人們不要考慮土地,要考慮空間,因為你可以向上和橫向。)可知,當Paul Teng談論新加坡的糧食安全問題的時候,他告訴人們不要想土地,要想空間,因為你可以向上和橫向發(fā)展。由此可以推斷Paul Teng認為糧食安全的途徑是可以通過向上擴大土地實現(xiàn)的。故選A。
3.答案：C
解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段"That's why I'm always asking the government, 'Why don't you invest in us old-timers?' We are more practical," he said.(這就是為什么我總是問,你為什么不投資我們這些老前輩呢?我們更實際,他說。)可知,農(nóng)戶總是問政府為什么不在傳統(tǒng)農(nóng)戶上投資即傳統(tǒng)農(nóng)戶需要政府支持。故選C。
4.答案：C
解析：寫作目的題。根據(jù)第一段Big changes in agriculture are taking place in Singapore. The small, Southeast Asian nation is leading a farming revolution.(新加坡的農(nóng)業(yè)正在發(fā)生巨大變化。這個東南亞小國正在領導一場農(nóng)業(yè)革命。)可知,文章主要介紹了新加坡建設空中農(nóng)場解決國內(nèi)食物短缺問題。故本文的目的是介紹新加坡農(nóng)業(yè)的最新發(fā)展。故選C。
二、
5.答案：A
解析：細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中“The top three reasons for converting the vehicles were for better performance, for a fun project, and because of environmental concerns.”可知答案。
6.答案：B
解析：細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段最后四句話“Some car lovers want to keep the sound of older cars' original engines. Electric conversions require special knowledge to complete. They also involve many difficulties like safety concerns. And then there is the price.”可知有四個方面的原因。
7.答案：D
解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段中“Sean Moudry, who co-owns Inspire EV, a small conversion business near Denver, recently worked on a 1965 Ford Mustang. The year-and-a-half-long project cost more than $100,000. Moudry and his partners replaced the gas engine with a motor from a crashed Tesla Model S.”可知畫線部分指的是將燃氣動力汽車轉(zhuǎn)換成電動汽車。
8.答案：C
解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后的“I'm John Russell.”以及全文的內(nèi)容可知本文是一篇新聞報道,作者很可能是一位播音員。
三、
9.答案：D
解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句可知,漢字書寫面臨電腦和手機的威脅,而第二段緊接著講述了一名大學畢業(yè)生求職時被一家公司拒絕,因為他在一份400字的手寫簡歷中寫錯了24個字;接下來的幾段說明了漢字書寫面臨威脅的原因。由此可推知,作者用這個例子是為了闡釋漢字書寫處在威脅之中的原因。故選D。
10.答案：B
解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段中的"character amnesia(遺忘)" "problem"及所舉一個大學畢業(yè)生書寫多個錯誤漢字的例子可推知,作者在此表達受訪者的漢字書寫存在問題。故選B。
11.答案：A
解析：細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段中的"The number of electronic devices in the classroom is thought to be another reason...to lookup a character in an electronic dictionary" (教室里電子設備的數(shù)量被認為是另一個原因。在電子詞典中查找一個字符)可知,該段描述的是學生對電子產(chǎn)品過于依賴的現(xiàn)象。故選A。
12.答案：C
解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)第六段的內(nèi)容,尤其是第一句中的"pollution"可推知,作者對網(wǎng)絡語言的使用持不贊成的態(tài)度。結(jié)合選項A.Favorable贊成的;B.Uncaring不關心的;C.Disapproving不贊成的;D.Friendly友好的。故選C。
四、
13.答案：B
解析：細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段Livestock farmers are being unfairly described as evil and dangerous by vegans and environmental advocates, experts from the University of Edinburgh and Scotland's Rural College told their peers at a seminar in London, the Telegraph reports.愛丁堡大學和蘇格蘭鄉(xiāng)村學院的專家在倫敦的一次研討會上對同行們說,素食主義者和環(huán)境倡導者不公平地把畜牧業(yè)者描述為邪惡和危險的,可知環(huán)保倡導者認為畜牧業(yè)者是全球變暖的罪魁禍首,故選B。
14.答案：C
解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第二段Also, they argue, thanks to high protein, meat has a really important effect on the development of children worldwide, and fewer livestock farms wouldn't necessarily mean more sustainable land use.而且,他們認為,由于高蛋白,肉類對全世界兒童的發(fā)展有著非常重要的影響,畜牧場也越來越少不一定意味著更可持續(xù)的土地利用,可知蘇格蘭科學家認為所提供的營養(yǎng)有利于兒童的生長,故選C。
15.答案：B
解析：詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文章第四段Mike Coffey of Rural College slammed veganism as completely unnecessary.鄉(xiāng)村學院的邁克·科菲抨擊純素食主義是完全沒有必要的,可知意為批判.A.recognised認可;B.criticized 批評;C.struck 打擊;D.described 描述,故選B。
16.答案：B
解析：主旨大意題。本文屬于新聞報道類閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了畜牧業(yè)生產(chǎn)對環(huán)境的危害較小,而且肉類對全世界兒童的發(fā)展有著非常重要的影響,素食也不會減少土地利用.可知這篇文章主要講吃純素不會拯救環(huán)境,故選B。
五、
17.答案：D
解析：細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段The local beekeepers do not know if the polluted honey is dangerous lo eat, but they are not taking any chances. They are throwing away the candy-colored honey.(當?shù)仞B(yǎng)蜂人不知道被污染的蜂蜜食用是否危險,但他們不會冒險。他們正在扔掉糖果色的蜂蜜)"以及"It's not sellable.(它不(適合)賣。)可知,當?shù)仞B(yǎng)蜂人不知道那些被染色的蜂蜜是否可食用,但他們沒有冒險出售,而是把那些糖果色的蜂蜜扔掉了。故選D。
18.答案：C
解析：細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段A recent research showed that a nearby M&M's factory is behind the change in color. Waste from the factory has been exposing the bees to a number of chemicals. Some of the chemicals are used in the outer shells of the candies, which come in many bright colors.(最近的一項研究表明,附近的M&M工廠是顏色變化的幕后推手。工廠的廢物使蜜蜂暴露于多種化學物質(zhì)中。一些化學物質(zhì)被用于糖果的外殼,糖果有很多鮮艷的顏色。)可知,M&M's工廠是造成蜂蜜改變顏色的根源。故選C。
19.答案：A
解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段According to co-manager Philippe Meinrad, the company has been attempting to stop the pollution. "We discovered the problem at the same time they did," Meinrad said. "We quickly put in place a procedure to stop it."(據(jù)聯(lián)合經(jīng)理Philippe Meinrad稱,該公司一直在試圖阻止污染。"我們在他們發(fā)現(xiàn)問題的同時發(fā)現(xiàn)了問題,"Meinrad說。"我們很快制定了一個程序來阻止它。")可知,他們已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)污染問題并且開始采取措施來治理污染。故選A。
20.答案：B
解析：文章來源題。根據(jù)第二段Over the past few months, beekeepers in Ribeauville, a town located in the Alsace region, have noticed that bees there have been making honey in many strange colors. Bees have been returning to apiaries (蜂房)with different colors coating their bodies. The colors then end up polluting the honey.(在過去的幾個月里,位于阿爾薩斯地區(qū)的里貝維爾鎮(zhèn)的養(yǎng)蜂人注意到,那里的蜜蜂一直在制造許多奇怪顏色的蜂蜜。蜜蜂已經(jīng)回到了蜂房,身上涂著不同的顏色。這些顏色最終會污染蜂蜜。)可知,這是一篇關于法國維劍小鎮(zhèn)上的蜜蜂釀出了許多奇怪顏色的蜂蜜以及導致該現(xiàn)象產(chǎn)牛的原因的新聞報道。A.A guide book一本指南;B.A news report一篇新聞報道;C.An advertisement一則廣告;D.A government document一份政府文獻。故選B。
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21.答案：D
解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段中“Researchers in 2019 discovered fossilized fishes in North Dakota that died shortly after the asteroid hit Earth. They examined the fossils with a particle accelerator and found out there was seasonal growth on the bones. All fish bone cell densities and volumes can indicate the season. Because the accelerator also could capture the sizes, researchers were able to determine when in the year the asteroid hit (2019年,研究人員在北達科他州發(fā)現(xiàn)了魚類化石,它們在小行星撞擊地球后不久死亡。他們用粒子加速器檢查了這些化石,發(fā)現(xiàn)骨頭上有季節(jié)性生長。所有的魚骨細胞密度和體積都可以顯示季節(jié)。由于加速器還可以捕捉到魚骨細胞的大小,研究人員就能夠確定小行星撞擊地球的時間)”可推知,魚骨化石的體積和密度與季節(jié)有關,而北達科他州發(fā)現(xiàn)的魚類化石是死于小行星撞擊地球后不久,所以研究這些魚類化石的體積和密度就可以推出小行星撞擊地球的時間,這就是研究人員確定小行星撞擊地球的時間的基礎。故選D項。
22.答案：A
解析：詞句猜測題。結(jié)合常識和第四段“I think spring puts a large group of the late Cretaceous biota(白堊紀生物) in a very vulnerable spot because they were out and about looking for food, attending to offspring and trying to build up resources after the harsh winter.(我認為春天將白堊紀晚期的一大群生物置于一個非常脆弱的位置,因為它們外出覓食,照顧offspring,并試圖在嚴冬之后積累資源)”中“spring”和“attending to(照料)”可推知,春天是動物繁衍的季節(jié),也是照料幼崽的季節(jié),所以劃線詞offspring指“幼崽”與“The young”意思相近。故選A項。
23.答案：B
解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中“There is evidence that Northern Hemisphere turtles were wiped out in the asteroid strike, after which their habitats were later repopulated by turtles from the south, Voeten told The Guardian.(沃滕在接受《衛(wèi)報》采訪時表示,有證據(jù)表明,北半球的海龜在小行星撞擊中滅絕了,之后它們的棲息地又被來自南半球的海龜重新占據(jù))”可推知,小行星撞擊地球后,南半球的海龜重新占據(jù)了原來北半球海龜?shù)臈⒌?所以小行星撞擊地球后,北半球仍然有海龜。故選B項。
24.答案：D
解析：推理判斷題。通讀全文,并結(jié)合第二段“These could have been the very last moments of the dinosaur era when a city-sized asteroid(小行星) struck Earth, killing off three quarters of all species on the planet. According to a study published in Nature on Feb 23, the asteroid hit in springtime.(這可能是恐龍時代的最后時刻一顆城市大小的小行星撞擊地球,殺死了地球上四分之三的物種。根據(jù)2月23日發(fā)表在《自然》雜志上的一項研究,小行星在春季撞擊地球)”,文章介紹了研究人員通過對北達科他州發(fā)現(xiàn)的魚類化石的研究確定了小行星撞擊地球的時間,并對小行星撞擊地球的時其它生物的情況作出推測,所以D項“報告關于小行星撞擊的新研究”是這篇文章的寫作目的。故選D項。
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25.答案：B
解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段中This selection is partly due to wishful thinking on the part of those surveyed. Furthermore, teenagers can hardly be expected to have an in-depth knowledge of labour-market trends. They encounter doctors and teachers in their daily lives. Other popular professions, such as lawyers and police officers, are familiar from films and social media. “這種選擇部分是出于被調(diào)查者的一廂情愿。此外，很難期望青少年對勞動力市場趨勢有深入的了解。他們在日常生活中遇到醫(yī)生和老師。其他受歡迎的職業(yè)，如律師和警察，在電影和社交媒體中很常見?！庇纱丝芍?，許多青少年喜歡選擇一些傳統(tǒng)的工作，因為這些工作對他們來說比較熟悉。故選B。
26.答案：C
解析：細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段第一句Women play a much bigger role in the health- and social-care sectors.“婦女在保健和社會保健部門發(fā)揮更大的作用?！庇纱丝芍蠖鄶?shù)女性在衛(wèi)生保健工作。故選C。
27.答案：A
解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中It could be a mismatch: not enough talented women move into technology and not enough men take jobs in social care. Any economist will recognise this as an inefficient use of resources. Wherever the root of the problem lies—be it the education system, government policy or corporate recruiting practices—it needs to be identified and fixed.“這可能是一種錯配:沒有足夠多的有才華的女性進入科技行業(yè)，也沒有足夠多的男性從事社會福利工作。任何經(jīng)濟學家都會承認，這是對資源的低效利用。無論問題的根源在哪里—無論是教育體系、政府政策還是企業(yè)招聘實踐—都需要找到并解決?！庇纱伺袛喑?，作者最可能同意的是“需要改善資源的不合理分配?！惫蔬xA。
28.答案：D
解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段The world of work is changing. Are people ready for the new job outlook? A survey of 15- year-olds across 41 countries by the OECD(經(jīng)合組織) has found that teenagers may have unrealistic expectations about the kind of work that will be available. “工作的世界正在發(fā)生變化。人們對新的工作前景做好準備了嗎?經(jīng)合組織(OECD)對41個國家15歲青少年進行的調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)，青少年可能對未來可獲得的工作抱有不切實際的期望?！焙妥詈笠欢沃蠾herever the root of the problem lies—be it the education system, government policy or corporate recruiting practices—it needs to be identified and fixed.“無論問題的根源在哪里—無論是教育體系、政府政策還是企業(yè)招聘實踐—都需要找到并解決?！庇纱伺袛喑?，短文出自報紙里的職業(yè)版塊。故選D。
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29.答案：A
解析：細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段"In 2017, he moved to Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province and a major tea-production base, to explore the possibilities of applying Western concepts in designing objects for Chinese tea.(2017年,他搬到了中國東部浙江省省會杭州，一個重要的茶葉生產(chǎn)基地,探索在中國茶葉設計對象中應用西方概念的可能性)"以及第四段"Quarroz began to concentrate on the design of a tea infuser to make brewing easier for foreigners. It's a glass container with a silicone lid. All users need to do is to put the leaves inside, place it in a cup and add hot water.(Quarroz開始專注于設計-種茶葉注射器，讓外國人更容易沖泡。這是一個帶然后加熱水)"可知，Quarroz的新產(chǎn)品應用了西方概念，使得泡茶對外國人而言更容易，并可以提供有趣的泡茶經(jīng)歷，并沒有提及這一產(chǎn)品是手工制作的。故選A項。
30.答案：B
解析：詞句猜測題。根據(jù)第四段"Quarroz began to concentrate on the design of a tea infuser to make brewing easier for foreigners. It's a glass container with a silicone lid. All users need to do is to put the leaves inside, place it in a cup and add hot water.(Quarroz開始專注于設計一種茶葉注射器， 讓外國人更容易沖泡。這是一個帶硅膠蓋的玻璃容器。使用者所需要做的就是把茶葉放進去，把它放在杯子里，然后加熱水)"可知，使用者需要將茶葉放在注射器里,然后將其放在杯子里加熱水沖泡，所以it指代的是注射器。故選B項。
31.答案：D
解析：細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段"In general, it is easy to start a business in Hangzhou. And the government and agencies are increasing efforts to help and support young entrepreneurs, including us from foreign countries," he adds.(他補充道: "總的來說，在杭州創(chuàng)業(yè)很容易。政府和機構(gòu)正在加大力度，幫助和支持年輕企業(yè)家，包括我們這些外國企業(yè)家。")可知， 杭州成為Quarroz在中國創(chuàng)業(yè)的理想之地是由于Quarroz可以從政府和機構(gòu)那里得到很多幫助和支持。故選D項。
32.答案：B
解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段"Swiss designer Didier Rudolf Quarroz's love of Chinese tea culture has inspired him to design innovative new items to brew the tea.(瑞士設計師Didier Rudolf Quarroz對中國茶文化的熱愛激發(fā)了他設計創(chuàng)新茶具的靈感)"以及文章內(nèi)容可知，本文主要報道了熱愛中國茶的Quarroz設計發(fā)明出易于使用的現(xiàn)代泡茶工具的故事，所以文章是一篇新聞報道。 故選B項。

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