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1、That is what people need to ask themselves if we are to have any chance of breaking up false beliefs about their use of technology. When we can live happily without using so much technology for a day or a week, then we can regain control and personal freedom, become the master of technology and disc

2、over what there is to enjoy in life free of technology. Mae West is famous for proclaiming（声明）the wisdom that“too much of a good thing is wonderful. ”But its time to discover that it does not work for technology. Richard Fernandez, an executive coach at Google acknowledged that“we can be swept away

3、by our technologies. ”To break the grand digital connection, people must consider how life long ago could be fantastic without todays overused technology. 【文章大意】本文主要讨论了人们过度地使用高科技产品, 从而使自己的生活受到了这些产品的控制等情况。1. The underlined word“allure”in Paragraph 1 probably means. A. advantage B. attractionC. adapta

4、tion D. attempt【解析】选B。词义猜测题。结合第一段的画线词前面的Everywhere I look outside my home I see people busy on their high-tech devices, while driving, walking, shopping, even sitting in toilets. People have been influenced to become technology addicted. 可知, 人们一直看着手里的高科技设备, 说明它们有吸引力。2. From the passage, technology c

5、ompanies aim to. A. attract people to buy their productsB. provide the latest informationC. improve peoples quality of lifeD. deal with cultural diseases【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第二段的The main goal of technology companies is to get people to spend more money and time on their products, not to actually improve o

6、ur quality of life. 可知, 科技公司的目的是吸引人们购买它们的产品, 而不是提高人们的生活质量。3. It can be inferred from this passage that people. A. consider too much technology wonderfulB. have realized the harm of high-tech devicesC. can regain freedom without high-tech devicesD. may enjoy life better without overused technology【解析

7、】选D。推理判断题。结合倒数第二段的When we can live happily without using so much technology for a day or a week, then we can regain control and personal freedom, become the master of technology and discover what there is to enjoy in life free of technology. 可知, 作者认为假如不过度使用高科技, 人们也许生活得更好。4. Whats the authors attitud

8、e towards the overusing of high-tech devices?A. Neutral. B. Sceptical. C. Disapproving. D. Sympathetic. 【解析】选C。观点态度题。结合最后一段的To break the grand digital connection, people must consider how life long ago could be fantastic without todays overused technology. 可知, 作者对过度使用高科技是持反对态度的。BWeve all been there:

9、 its easy enough to follow our plans to exercise and eat healthily, until suddenly its 4: 30 in the afternoon and were ready to plunge our faces into the first dandelion we see. Honeybees, like humans, can exert self-control when making decisions about food. But when they get hungry enough, that con

10、trol buzzes right out the window. Worker honeybees mostly consume nectar. When they get back to the hive they regurgitate that food and share it with the other bees. A responsible worker bee should choose the best nectar sourcesnot just settle for the first flower she findsand communicate where they

11、 are to her sisters back home. But will bees always choose the good of the colony over their own needs?If a bee is hungry enough, will she lower her standards?To find out, biologist Christopher Mayack gathered young hunter honeybees. Mayack blew different chemical smells over the bees, then gave the

12、m sugar rewards. One set of bees got these rewards immediately. For another set of bees, the small reward came after a one-second delay, and the large reward came after five seconds. Mayack stopped feeding the bees. At six hours, bees usually chose the large reward, whether or not it was delayed. As

13、 more time passed, the starving bees were increasingly likely to choose the large rewardbut only when it came immediately. And at 24 hours of starvation, bees were no longer willing to wait five seconds for their drink of sugar water. Most of them chose a smaller, immediate reward instead. Honeybees

14、 display“one of the most extreme forms of social behavior in the animal kingdom, ”Mayack says. At first glance they appear totally selfless. Yet his study shows that a bee in distress will act in her own best interest. The brain pathways that lead to this behavior may be left over from an earlier ti

15、me in bee evolution, when the insects lived on their own. When a bee is hungry enough, she reverts to acting like a solitary insect instead of a group member. Whether she feels guilty afterward, resolving to have more self-control tomorrow and maybe hit the gym, is a question for another day. 【文章大意】

16、本文主要介绍研究人员们发现, 饥饿的蜜蜂会失去自制力, 吃掉食物, 而不再顾及其他蜜蜂: 蜜蜂也自私。5. It is implied in the first paragraph that. A. humans dont always keep their exercise plansB. bees behave like humans in choosing foodC. hungry bees will fly out to find foodD. people will feel hungry in the afternoon根据第一段的Honeybees, like humans,

17、can exert self-control when making decisions about food. 可知, 蜜蜂像人类一样, 在做出关于食物的决定的时候, 有自我控制力。6. What did Mayack want to find about bees?A. What makes them act impulsively. B. When they begin to feel hungry. C. Whether they are always selfless. D. How long they can survive without food. 结合第二段的But will

18、 bees always choose the good of the colony over their own needs?可知, 研究人员们想看看蜜蜂在饥饿的时候是否自私。7. According to the research, hungry bees. A. will live independently from other membersB. will feel lonely even as a group memberC. will sacrifice their own interest for the colonyD. will begin to care more abo

19、ut themselves根据第四段的And at 24 hours of starvation, bees were no longer willing to wait five seconds for their drink of sugar water. Most of them chose a smaller, immediate reward instead. 可知, 在饥饿的时候, 蜜蜂就会不管其他的蜜蜂, 满足于自己的食欲。8. The underlined phrase“hit the gym”may mean. A. go to work immediatelyB. do m

20、uch more exerciseC. practise controlling herselfD. continue to be selfish结合最后一段画线句前面的Whether she feels guilty afterward, resolving to have more self-control tomorrow可知A的意义符合上下文的逻辑。9. What might be the most suitable title for the passage?A. Bees cant be hungry actuallyB. Hungry bees lose self-control

21、C. Selfish bees are easy to feel hungryD. Bees learn to control themselves better标题归纳题。本文主要介绍了研究人员对于蜜蜂是否会产生自私行为进行的研究, 发现当饥饿的时候, 蜜蜂也会自私。. 阅读填句根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Seeing with SoundAccording to a British news report, some blind people may finally get a chance to“see”. 1Dr. Peter M

22、eijer, a scientist at Philips Research Laboratories in the Netherlands, has developed a new system called the vOICe. The three middle letters in vOICe stand for“Oh, I see. ”Meijers groundbreaking technology may change the lives of visually impaired people all over the world. A wearable setup of vOIC

23、e system consists of a head-mounted camera, stereo headphones and a notebook PC. The system translates visual images from a camera into complex sounds. 2The program is based on the theory that people can hear certain sounds and learn to translate them into meaningful mental images. Everything has it

24、s own unique sound. 3The height of an object or person could be determined by pitch（音调）. And a built-in color identifier speaks out color names when it is turned on. What the vOICe users have to learn is which sound goes with which object. Meijer says that he is counting on the brains ability to ada

25、pt. 4Within two weeks, most people who experiment with the vOICe system are able to identify objects such as walls and doors. They are also able to identify certain situations, including whether the lights in a room are on or off. 5Meijer thinks that translating will eventually become automatic for

26、many users of the vOICe, bringing a form of vision to them for the very first time. A. Brighter areas sound louder than darker areas. B. It then sends these sounds to a person through headphones. C. However, they are not learning to see with their eyes; they are learning to see with their ears. D. T

27、he vOICe system is aiming to treat blindness by translating images from a camera into audio signals. E. Meijer supposes that the brain is interested in the information “content”, but not the information “carrier”. F. To evaluate the new systems effectiveness, a number of visually impaired people wer

28、e chosen to test the vOICe. G. Over time, some users have even learned to“watch”television or“recognize”the outlines of buildings as they walk. 【文章大意】本文主要介绍了科学家们发明了一种名为The vOICe的系统, 它可以让那些盲人们能够通过声音而看到物体等情况。1. 【解析】选C。前面see加了引号, 注意引号的作用; 这里的see实际上就是听, 只有C项才能把上下文联系起来。2. 【解析】选B。说明了本系统的工作流程, 先把图像转化成声音, 然后再把声音通过耳机传给人。3. 【解析】选A。前一句话: Everything has its own unique sound. 表明“任何事物都有自己独一无二的声音”, 而A项