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1、考點十八　科普研究類 A 限時8分鐘 Could the device, smartphone or PC, which you're using affect the moral decisions you make when using it? To test it, researchers presented multiple dilemmas to a sample set of 1,010 people． The participants were assigned a device at random． One case of the questions partici

2、pants were asked is the classic “trolley (有軌電車) problem”： A runaway trolley is headed towards five people tied up on a set of train tracks． You can do nothing, resulting in the deaths of five people, or push a man off a bridge, which will stop the trolley． The practical response is to kill one man t

3、o save five lives, which 33．5 percent of smartphone users chose, compared to 22．3 percent of PC users． “What we found in our study is that when people used a smartphone to view classic moral problems, they were more likely to make more unemotional, reasonable decisions when presented with a highly

4、emotional dilemma，” Dr Albert BarqueDuran, the lead author of the study, told City University of London． “This could be due to the increased time pressure often present with smartphones and also the increased psychological distance which can occur when we use such devices compared to PCs．” As for

5、 why the researchers started this study, Dr BarqueDuran noted, “Due to the fact that our social lives, work and even shopping take place online, it is important to think about how the contexts where we typically face moral decisions and are asked to engage in moral behavior have changed, and the im

6、pact this could have on the hundreds of millions of people who use such devices daily．” It's clear that we need more research on how our devices affect our moral decisionmaking because we're using screens at an everincreasing rate． 1．Why did the author mention the trolley problem? A．To introdu

7、ce a difficult problem to readers． B．To introduce the aim of carrying out the study． C．To show an example of the questions in the study． D．To show the difficulty in dealing with dilemmas． 答案：C　推理判斷題。根據文章第二段中的“One case of the questions participants were asked is the classic ‘trolley (有軌電車) proble

8、m’”可以推斷出，作者提及到電車問題，只是展示了研究的問題中的一個例子。故選C。 2．How do the smartphone users of the study behave in dealing with emotional dilemmas? A．Calmly． B．Cruelly． C．Hesitantly． D．Enthusiastically． 答案：A　細節(jié)理解題。根據文章第三段中的“What we found in our study is that when people used a smartphone to view classic mora

9、l problems, they were more likely to make more unemotional, reasonable decisions when presented with a highly emotional dilemma”可知，對于情感困境，手機使用者更能夠鎮(zhèn)定地處理。故選A。 3．Dr Albert believes that compared with PCs, smartphones ________． A．help people bear more pressure B．help people make decisions quicker C．

10、make people feel more mentally distant D．make people stay happier to solve problems 答案：C　細節(jié)理解題。根據文章第三段最后一句可知，與電腦相比較，手機更使人感到心理上的疏遠。故選C。 4．What can we infer from the text? A．Shopping online has a great effect on making moral decisions． B．The people using smartphones are more than those using PCs．

11、 C．People who often use smartphones or PCs always meet with dilemmas． D．It is common for people to be involved in making moral decisions in daily life． 答案：D　推理判斷題。通讀全文，尤其是最后一段可知，研究者進行研究的目的是為了證明這些設備是否影響道德決策，而且全文最后一句指出還須進行更多的研究，故排除A；文中未提出使用手機的人比使用電腦的人多，故排除B；由全文內容，尤其是第一段第一句可知，道德決策不僅存在于手機用戶和電腦用戶之間，只不

12、過本文是在研究使用這些設備是否對道德決策有影響，故排除C。 B 限時8分鐘 Most Americans are worried about new technology． They are concerned that machines, including robots, will take over work now done by humans． These findings come from a new report by the Pew Research Center of Washington D． C． About 75 percent of Americans qu

13、estioned by Pew said automation will increase income inequality between the rich and the middle class and poor． And 64 percent of people expect automation to be so common in America that people will face difficulty finding things to do with their lives． Some of the concerns about technology come fr

14、om a distrust about whether machines will always make the right decision． Many Americans believe humans have better judgement in dealing with complex matters． One example is selecting a person for a job． Threequarters of Americans said they would not want to apply for a job that uses a computer pro

15、gram to choose the most qualified person． “Most Americans want the government to limit automation． For example, 87 percent support a requirement that all driverless vehicles have a human in the driver's seat who can take control when an emergency occurs． And 85 percent want to limit machines to mos

16、tly doing jobs that are dangerous or unhealthy for humans． And only 25 percent expect more jobs to come from automation，” Pew said． Mark Zuckerberg, the cofounder of , spoke last May to graduating seniors from Harvard University in Massachusetts． His talk centered on the uncertain future facing yo

17、ung people． “Our generation will have to deal with tens of millions of jobs replaced by automation like selfdriving cars and trucks．” Zuckerherg told the graduates． Zuckerberg said young people had better launch (發(fā)起) projects that would bring both jobs and direct benefits to the people of the worl

18、d． He said in his speech that 30,000 people worked to put a man on the moon, and millions of people built the Hoover Dam as well as other great projects over the last 100 years． 5．What do many Americans think of technology according to Paragraph 3? A．Useful． B．Effective． C．Dangerous． D．Undepe

19、ndable． 答案：D　推理判斷題。根據第三段內容，尤其是該段的第一句可知，與人類處理復雜問題的能力相比，科技的可靠性令很多美國人擔憂。故選D。 6．Why do Americans want a human in driverless vehicles? A．To test the new technology． B．To make a driver． C．To ensure personal safety． D．To entertain the passengers． 答案：C　推理判斷題。根據第四段第二句可知，87%的美國人支持在一輛無人駕駛的汽車里配備一個人來確保人身安

20、全。故選C。 7．What did Zuckerberg encourage the students to do? A．Refuse selfdriving vehicles． B．Create new job chances． C．Focus on small projects． D．Fight against robots． 答案：B　推理判斷題。根據最后一段第一句“Zuckerberg said young people had better launch (發(fā)起) projects that would bring both jobs and direct benefi

21、ts to the people of the world．”可知，Zuckerberg鼓勵學生創(chuàng)造新的工作機會。故選B。 8．Which of the following would be the best title for the text? A．New Technology Creates More Jobs B．New Technology Brings More Fairness C．Americans Worry Machines Will Take Jobs D．Robots Make Work Easy to Do for Workers 答案：C　標題判斷題。通

22、讀全文，尤其是第一段第一、二句可知，本文講述的是美國人擔憂機器將接管現在由人做的工作。 C 限時8分鐘 Scientists in Britain have managed to teach bumblebees (大黃蜂) to pull strings to get to food and then pass on what they have learned to others in their colony (群體)—showing a high level of intelligence despite their tiny brains． Researchers at Qu

23、een Mary University of London said the experiments, often used to test the intelligence of apes (猿) and birds, showed for the first time that some insects are up to the task, and can also pass skills on through several generations． The findings add to the evidence suggesting the ability for “cultur

24、e spread”—the ability to learn and pass on knowledge and skills—may not be exclusive to humans． In the research, published in the journal PLOS Biology on Tuesday, the scientists were able to train 23 out of a group of 40 bees to pull strings with their legs and feet． The strings were attached to d

25、iscs—or artificial “flowers”—containing food at their center but placed under a transparent screen． The bees, spotting the food beneath the screen, learned to pull the “flowers” out by pulling the string with their legs and feet to be able to get to it． From another group of bees given the chance t

26、o solve the task without any training, only two of 110 were successful． Another group of bees were then allowed to observe the trained bees pulling the strings, and 60 percent of them successfully learned the skill． Finally, trained bees were put in colonies, and the scientists found the technique

27、spread successfully to a majority of the colony's worker bees． Lars Chittka, a Queen Mary University professor who guided the project, said the team is interested in figuring out the brain processes behind the bees' learning and teaching skills． 9．What does the underlined word “exclusive” in Par

28、agraph 3 probably mean? A．Unique． B．Ordinary． C．Widespread． D．Beneficial． 答案：A　詞義猜測題。根據第二段中的“showed for the first time that some insects are up to the task, and can also pass skills on through several generations”可知，大黃蜂也具有學習并傳播所學技能的能力，結合第三段可知，調查結果增加了證據表明大黃蜂所具有的“文化傳播”的能力，并非人類獨有。 10．What did th

29、e researchers find about bees? A．Bees are as clever as birds． B．Bees learn best in insects． C．Bees can be trained to learn skills． D．Bees are born good learners． 答案：C　細節(jié)理解題。根據第四段中的“the scientists were able to train 23 out of a group of 40 bees to pull strings with their legs and feet”和第五段第二句中的

30、“l(fā)earned to pull the ‘flowers’ out by pulling the string with their legs and feet to be able to get to it”可知，蜜蜂可以通過訓練學習技能。 11．What may the research team focus on next? A．Where bees learn skills． B．What else bees can do． C．How bees' brain works． D．How bees teach others． 答案：C　推理判斷題。根據文章最后一句中的“t

31、he team is interested in figuring out the brain processes behind the bees' learning and teaching skills”可知，該小組感興趣的是弄清楚蜜蜂學習和教學技能背后的大腦活動過程，所以研究小組下一步可能關注蜜蜂的大腦是如何工作的。 12．What may be the best title for the text? A．Bees Can Learn and Teach B．Small Bees, Great Abilities C．Let Bees Learn D．Bees Are Sm

32、arter 答案：A　標題判斷題。結合全文尤其是第一段可知，文章主要介紹一項科學發(fā)現，大黃蜂經過訓練可以學習并傳播所學技能。 D 限時7分鐘 “Have you ever been out on a boat and felt it lifted up by a wave? Or have you jumped in the water and felt the rush of energy as waves came over you？” asked Jamie Taylor of the Wave Energy Group at University of Edinburgh．

33、“There is certainly a lot of energy in waves，” he said． Scientists are working to use that energy to make electricity． Most waves are created when winds blow across the ocean． “The wind starts out by making little ripples (漣漪), but if they keep on blowing, those ripples get bigger and bigger and tu

34、rn into waves，” Taylor said． “Waves are one of nature's ways of picking_up energy and then sending it off on a journey．” When waves come toward the shore, people can set up dams to block the water and send it through a large wheel called a turbine (渦輪機)． The turbine can then power an electrical ge

35、nerator to produce electricity． “The resource is huge，” said Janet Swain of the Worldwatch Institute． “We will never run out of wave power．” Besides, wave energy does not create the same pollution as other energy sources, such as oil or coal． Oceans cover three quarters of the Earth's surface—that

36、would make wave power seem ideal for creating energy throughout the world, though there are some weak points yet to overcome． Swain said that wave power still costs too much money． She also said that its effects on sea animals are still unknown． What is more, wave power could affect fishing and boa

37、t traffic． Traditional sources of energy like oil and gas may someday run out． “Demand for energy to power our TVs and computers, drive our cars, and heat and cool our homes is rising rapidly throughout the world，” Swain said． In the future when you turn on a light, an ocean wave could be providing

38、the electricity! 13．The writer uses the two questions at the beginning of the passage to ________． A．test the readers' knowledge about waves B．draw the readers' attention to the topic C．show Jamie Taylor's importance D．invite the readers to answer them 答案：B　推理判斷題。作者在問題后談到了波浪能源的相關內容，所以文章開頭的兩個

39、問句是為了引起讀者的注意，從而引出文章主題。故選B。 14．The underlined phrase “picking up” is closest in meaning to “________”． A．starting again B．speeding up C．improving D．gathering 答案：D　詞義猜測題。本句中的“and then sending it off on a journey”是關鍵信息，it指代energy, send ．．． off意為“把……發(fā)散出去”，由此可知，前一動作是收集能源的過程

40、。故picking up在此意為“收集”，與gathering同義。故選D。 15．It can be inferred that someday we might not worry about ________． A．our power supply B．our boat traffic C．air pollution D．our supply of sea fish 答案：A　細節(jié)理解題。由第二段前兩句可知，資源很龐大，所以將來終有一天我們不必再為電力供應擔憂。never run out of “永遠不會用完

41、”是關鍵信息。故選A。 16．We can make better use of wave energy if we ________． A．shorten its journey to thousands of homes B．build more small power stations on the oceans C．reduce the cost of turning it into electric power D．quicken the steps of producing electricity 答案：C　細節(jié)理解題。根據第三段第一句“Swain said t

42、hat wave power still costs too much money．”可知，波浪能源仍耗資很多。由此可知，如果我們能降低波浪能源的發(fā)電成本，我們將會更好地利用波浪能源。故選C。 A 限時8分鐘 ⊕(2019·成都市高中畢業(yè)班摸底測試)As evolution tends to remove waste，how come we evolved such large, energyconsuming brains? The dominant hypothesis (假設) suggests that tough social interactions are the

43、driving force． But our new study done in an unusual way shows that human brain expansion is likely driven by ecology (生態(tài))． Scientists have tested the ecological and social hypotheses before． The common approach is to look at many species and investigate whether large brains are associated with

44、specific problems． For example, do primates or other animals with large brains have a diet that is challenging to find but nutritionally rewarding? This would indicate an ecological origin． Or do they live in large groups where they face lots of social problems? While many studies have found such

45、associations, there is a problem． It cannot tell whether large brains evolved to solve the difficult problems or whether they evolved for other reasons and then enabled their bearers to deal with the hard problems． To find out the causes of brain expansion, we recreated the scenarios (可能出現的情況) of t

46、he two hypotheses using a mathematical model． We found that a combination of ecological and social challenges do produce the brain size we see in humans． But it was ecological challenges that expanded brains． In contrast to the dominant view and our own expectation, we found that social challeng

47、es contributed by decreasing brain size． But you need both factors to get the brain size we see today—if there were no social challenges our brains would have been even larger but likely poorly suited to social life． Bigger isn't necessarily better． But many animals face hard ecological problems．

48、Why don't they all have large brains? We found that ecological problems only lead to humansized brains when individuals can keep learning hard skills as they grow． So our results and those of others' suggest that hard ecology and the accumulation of cultural knowledge could act together to produc

49、e a humansized brain． Will the human brain expand further? The complexity of the systems involved makes it impossible to say much with certainty at present． 1．In most people's view, what makes human evolve large brains? A．Social challenges． B．Social and ecological challenges． C．Ecological

50、 challenges． D．Competition with other large animals． 答案：A　細節(jié)理解題。根據第一段第二句“The dominant hypothesis (假設) suggests that tough social interactions are the driving force．”并結合第一段內容可知，大部分人認為棘手的社會交往活動是人類大腦進化的動力，故A項正確。 2．What's the problem of the common approach? A．Its model is not reliable enough． B．It

51、doesn't tell the cause and effect clearly． C．Its hypothesis cannot be proved effectively． D．It doesn't find brain size is connected with problems． 答案：B　細節(jié)理解題。根據第三段第二句“It cannot tell whether large brains evolved to solve the difficult problems or whether they evolved for other reasons and then ena

52、bled their bearers to deal with the hard problems．”可知，傳統(tǒng)的研究方法無法解釋清楚大腦進化的原因和影響，故B項正確。 3．Why don't many animals have large brains? A．They don't learn from each other． B．They don't face hard ecological problems． C．They don't need to cooperate with each other． D．They don't keep learning tough skill

53、s as they grow． 答案：D　推理判斷題。根據第五段第二、三句“Why don't they all have large brains? We found that ecological problems only lead to humansized brains when individuals can keep learning hard skills as they grow．”可知，只有當個體在成長過程中不斷學習艱難的技能時，生態(tài)環(huán)境才會導致人類特定大小的大腦。據此可以判斷，動物在成長過程中并沒有持續(xù)學習艱難的技能，所以動物沒有大的大腦，故D項正確。 4．Whic

54、h of the following do the researchers find most surprising? A．Animals don't have large brains． B．Social challenges decrease brain size． C．Ecological challenges increase brain size． D．It's unclear whether human brains will expand further． 答案：B　細節(jié)理解題。根據第四段第四句“In contrast to the dominant view and

55、our own expectation, we found that social challenges contributed by decreasing brain size．”可知，與主流觀點及我們自己的預期相反，我們發(fā)現社會挑戰(zhàn)導致大腦變小。據此可知，社會挑戰(zhàn)導致大腦變小是令人驚訝的發(fā)現，故B項正確。 B 限時8分鐘 調題庫[4]D篇，序號與A篇順排 ⊕(2019·合肥市高三調研性測試)Babies teach their older brothers and sisters empathy (共鳴), according to a new study． Empathy mea

56、ns understanding and entering others' feelings． Until now, younger kids have generally been regarded to learn plenty from their older brothers or sisters but don't give back much． But this study, published in Child Development confirms that younger siblings (兄弟姐妹) ensure their big brothers and siste

57、rs don't grow into disgusting people—no easy task． “Although it's assumed that older siblings and parents are the primary socializing influences on younger siblings' development, we found that both younger and older siblings positively contributed to each other's empathy over time，” study coauthor

58、 Marc Jambon said in a statement． Prior sibling studies have focused on the influence of older brothers and sisters, probably because their impacts are most obvious． As one review of literature notes, studies have shown that older siblings influence everything from their younger siblings' motor deve

59、lopment to their risk of smoking later in life． And although separate studies have tried to pin_down effects that younger siblings have on their older siblings, the specific influence of baby brothers and sisters remains unclear． For this new study, Jambon and his colleagues recruited (招募) a divers

60、e group of 452 Canadian sibling pairs between the ages of 18 months and four years． At the start of the study, individual researchers assessed children's baseline empathy levels by visiting the kids at home and then pretending to hurt themselves or break a valuable item． Eighteen months later, they

61、found small but significant increases in empathy． One unexpected exception—older sisters did not appear to experience increased empathy after 18 months living with their little brothers, specifically． The researchers aren't sure why this exception appeared, and they recommend that future studies di

62、ve into more complex phenomena． 5．What has been found in the new study? A．Young kids could show more sympathy on others． B．Young siblings know more about empathy than the older． C．Younger siblings could contribute to their older ones' empathy． D．Younger kids can learn a lot from their older b

63、rothers or sisters． 答案：C　細節(jié)理解題。根據第一段第一句“Babies teach their older brothers and sisters empathy (共鳴), according to a new study．”可知，新的研究發(fā)現嬰兒會對他們的哥哥和姐姐的共鳴產生影響，故選C。 6．What does Marc Jambon say about kids' empathy development? A．Siblings influence each other in a positive way． B．Parents play a more im

64、portant role than teachers． C．Older siblings have far more obvious influences． D．Younger siblings make much smaller contributions． 答案：A　細節(jié)理解題。根據第二段第一句中的“Although it's assumed that older siblings and parents are the primary socializing influences on younger siblings' development, we found that bot

65、h younger and older siblings positively contributed to each other's empathy over time”可知，Marc Jambon認為在共鳴方面兄弟姐妹之間是以積極的方式互相影響、互相促進的，故選A。 7．What do the underlined words “pin down” in Paragraph 2 mean? A．Assess． B．Limit． C．Confirm． D．Reduce． 答案：C　詞義猜測題。根據語境中的although，并結合該句中的“the specific influenc

66、e of baby brothers and sisters remains unclear”可知，盡管不同的研究已經確定了這種影響，但具體影響還不確定，由此可推知，pin down和confirm “確認”含義相近，故選C。 8．What can we infer about the study from the last paragraph? A．It offers no exceptions． B．It appears to be under control． C．It is recognized to be scientific． D．It needs to be carried out further． 答案：D　推理判斷題。根據最后一段最后一句“The researchers aren't sure why this exception appeared, and they recommend that future studies dive into more complex phenomena．”可推知，這種例外產生的原因還不能確定，有待進一