1、vapor n.水蒸气oxygen n.氧气photosynthesis n.光合作用chlorophyll n.叶绿素glucose n.葡萄糖cease v.停止注释:1.Then animals feed upon the plants.动物以植物为食。练习:1.In the first paragraph,the word “excess” meansAheavy.Bextra.Cgreen.Dliquid.2.Which of the following does not move through a plants stomata?ACarbon dioxide.BWater vap
2、or.COxygen.DFood.3.In the title, the term Essential Scientific Process refers toAphotosynthesis.Bthe formation of glucose.Cglobal warming.Dwater getting to the roots of plants.4.This passage is primarily developed byAexplaining a process.Btelling a story.Ccomparing and contrasting.Dconvincing the re
3、ader of plants importance.5.Another good title for this passage would beAOxygen and Carbon Dioxide.BPlants and Their Roots.CHow Photosynthesis Works.DWhy Our Earth Needs Water.答案与题解:1.B前文讲到,植物产生的氧气一部分被植物自身消耗了,但植物消耗的氧气量远小于它们产生的氧气,因此可以推测这句话的意思应该是剩余的氧气对于动物以及其他生物体的生存是至关重要的。excess在句中的意思是“超额的”,与extra“额外的”
4、意思相近。2.D从第三段的第一、二句得知,二氧化碳、氧气和水蒸气都能从气孔中通过,唯一一个没有提到的是food“养分、食物”,因此该题选D项。3.A文章通篇都在讲Photosynthesis,即光合作頌钠作用和重要性,文章结尾又重申了Photosynthesis is essential for life on our planet,因此选A项。B项是光合作用的一个部分,C、D项则毫不相干。4.A文章先是介绍了进行光合作用所需的原料和组织,又介绍了光合作用的过程,因此整个逻辑应该是解释过程,而不是讲故事或比较对比。D项是“向读者说明植物的重要性”,这确实是文章的一个目的,但不是文章的组织方式。
5、5.C文章的主题是光合作用的基本原理,因此选项C。A、B项在文中有提及,但不是主旨,D项与本文无关。2、理工C 补全短文第五篇 A Record-Breaking RoverNASAs Mars rover Opportunity has boldly gone where no rover has gone beforeat least in terms of distance. _1_On July 27, after years of moving about on Martian ground, the golf-cart-sized Opportunity had driven mo
6、re than 24 miles, beating the previous record holdera Soviet rover sent to the moon in 1973.“This is so remarkable considering Opportunity was intended to drive about 1 kilometer and was never designed for distance,” says John Callas, the Mars Exploration Rover Project Manager._2_ “But what is reall
7、y importantly is not how many miles the rover has racked up, but how much exploration and discovery we have accomplished over that distance.”OPPORTUNITYThe solar-powered Opportunity and its twin rover, Spirit, landed on Mars 10 years ago on a mission expected to last 3 months. _3_Spirit stopped comm
8、unicating with Earth in March 2010, a few months after it got stuck in a sand pit. But Opportunity has continued to collect and analyze Martian soil and rocks.During its mission, Opportunity has captured, and sent back to Earth, some 187,000 panoramic and microscopic images of Mars with its cameras.
9、 _4_MARATHON ROVERThe rover doesnt seem to be ready to stop just yet. If Opportunity can continue on, it will reach another major investigation site when its odometer hits 26.2 miles. _5_Researchers believe that clay minerals exposed near Marathon Valley could hold clues to Marss ancient environment
10、1. Opportunitys continuing travels will also help researchers as they plan for an eventual human mission to the Red Planet.Mars rover n. 火星车panoramic adj. 全景的odometer n. 里程计rack up v. 积累microscopic adj. 微观的1.could hold clues to Marss ancient environment:含有与火星早期环境有关的线索。AIt has also provided scientist
11、s with data on the planets atmosphere, soil, rocks, and terrain.BHe works at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.CScientists call this site Marathon Valley, because when the rover reaches the area, it will have traveled the same distance as the length of a marathon since its arri
12、val on Mars.DOpportunity has been working on Mars since January 2004.EThe objective of the rovers was to help scientists learn more about the planet and to search for signs of life,such as the possible presence of water.FSince arriving on the Red Planet in 2004, Opportunity has traveled 25.01 miles,
13、 more than any other wheeled vehicle has on another world.1.F前文讲“机遇号”在距离上比之前的任何漫游车行进的距离都长,因此接下来应该讨论关于行进距离的问题。2.B前文引入了一个新人物John Callas,而后文是他说的一些话,因此这里应该填写的内容是对这个人的进一步介绍。3.E前文讲了同时被送入太空的两台漫游车“机遇号”和“勇气号”,因此下文应该对它们的情况进行介绍,而关于发射目的的介绍在这里是合适的。4.A前文讲到“机遇号”给地面传回了许多照片,而选项A中讲到它还给地面传回了许多其他信息,在这里是一致的。5.C前文讲漫游车在行进
14、到26.2英里的时候会到达一个地点,而后文提到了马拉松谷这个地方,因此这里应该是关于这个地点的介绍。3、理工B 阅读理解第二十二篇 Real World RobotsWhen you think of a robot, do you envision a shiny, metallic device having the same general shape as a human being, performing humanlike functions, and responding to your questions in a monotone voice accentuated by h
15、igh-pitched tones and beeps? This is the way many of us imagine a robot, but in the real world, a robot is not humanoid at all. Instead a robot often is a voiceless, box-shaped machine that efficiently carries out repetitive or dangerous functions usually performed by humans. Todays robot is more th
16、an an automatic machine that performs one task again and again. A modern robot is programmed with varying degrees of artificial intelligencethat is, a robot contains a computer program that tells it how to perform tasks associated with human intelligence, such as reasoning, drawing conclusions, and
17、learning from past experience.A robot does not possess a human shape for the simple reason that a two-legged robot has great difficulty remaining balanced. A robot does, however, move from place to place on wheels and axles that roll and rotate. A robot even has limbs that swivel and move in combina
18、tion with joints and motors. To find its way in its surroundings1, a robot utilizes various built-in sensors. Antennae attached to the robots base detect anything they bump into. If the robot starts to teeter as it moves on an incline, a gyroscope or a pendulum inside it senses the vertical differen
19、tial. To determine its distance from an object and how quickly it will reach the object,the robot bounces beams of laser light and ultrasonic sound waves off obstructions in its path2. These and other sensors constantly feed information to the computer, which then analyzes the information and correc
20、ts or adjusts the robots actions. As science and technology advance, the robot too will progress in its functions and use of artificial-intelligence programs.envision v. 想象,预想device n. 装置accentuate v. 强调,重读artificial intelligence n. 人工智能limb n. 臂antennae n. 天线incline v. 倾斜pendulum n. 钟摆ultrasonic ad
21、j. 超声的metallic adj. 金属的monotone n. 单调的humanoid adj. 像人的axle n. 轮轴rotate v. 旋转swivel n. 旋转teeter v. 摇晃gyroscope n. 陀螺仪,回转仪vertical n. 直立的1.To find its way in its surroundings.:为了在周围找到路2.the robot bounces beams of laser light and ultrasonic sound waves off obstructions in its path:机器人发射激光束和超声波,反射到障碍物上
22、(以此来探知路径)。1.Another good title for this passage would beARobots: Taking the Place of Humans.BArtificial Intelligence Programs.CTodays Robots and How They Function.DModern-Day Sensors.2.Artificial intelligence isAthe unnatural way in which robots move.Ba voiceless, box-shaped machine that performs re
23、petitive tasks.Csensors such as antennae and a gyroscope.Da computer program that imitates human intellectual processes.3.The last paragraph suggests that future robots will beAmore humanlike in behavior and actions.Bmore like automatic machines.Cbetter able to move on inclines.Dbetter equipped with
24、 laser light sensors.4.The writer begins the passage by comparingAthe shape of a human being with a box.Ba modem robot with a fictional robot.Can imaginary machine with a human.Da computer program with artificial intelligence.5.The word humanoid meansAlacking human characteristics.Banything having the appearance of a humanoid.Cbeing void or vacant.Dhaving a human form or characteristics.1.C从文中得知,文章主要介绍了机器人和它们的运行方式,因此选择C选项。2.DArtificial是“人工”的意思,intelligence是“智能”的意思。另外从文中得知,机器人使用artificial intelligence能够进行与人类类似的推
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