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Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
Facebook says it is working on technology to allow us to control computers directly with our brains. It is developing “silent speech” software to allow people to type at a rate of 100 words per minute.
The project, in its early stages, will require new technology to detect brainwaves without needing invasive surgery. “We are not talking about decoding (译) your random thoughts，” assured Facebook’s Regina Dugan. “We’re talking about decoding those words.”
Ms Dugan is the company’s head of Building 8, the firm’s hardware research lab. The company said it intends to build both the hardware and software to achieve its goal, and has enlisted a team of more than 60 scientists and academics to work on the project.
On his Facebook page, Mark Zuckerberg added: “Our brains produce enough data to stream four HD movies every second. The problem is that the best way we have to get information out into the world — speech — can only transmit about the same amount of data as a 1980s modem. We’re working on ‘silent speech’ software that will let you type straight from your brain about five times faster than you can type on your phone today. Eventually, we want to turn it into a wearable technology that can be manufactured at scale.”
“Technology is going to have to get a lot more advanced before we can share a pure thought or feeling, but this is a first step，” Ms Dugan said. Other ideas detailed at the company’s developers conference in San Jose included work to allow people to “hear” through skin. The system, comparable to Braille, uses pressure points on the skin to relay information. “One day, not so far away, it may be possible for me to think in Mandarin, and you to feel it instantly in Spanish，” Ms Dugan said.
语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。Facebook公司发表声明称，他们目前正在研发人脑信息读取技术，将实现用人脑控制电脑。
1．What’s a special feature of “silent speech” software? A．It can change computers. B．It can control human brains.
C．It can record a person’s random thoughts. D．It can enable humans to type from their brain.
解析：选D 细节理解题。根据第四段中的“We’re working on ‘silent speech’ software that will let you type straight from your brain about five times faster than you can type on your phone today.”可知，脸书正在研发的软件叫作“无声话语”，它可以让人直接通过大脑打字。
2．What can be learned from the last paragraph? A．Mandarin becomes the main language of computers. B．Computers can be monitored by people’s skin now. C．Facebook has a long way to go to achieve its goal. D．It is impossible to control computers with brains.
解析：选C 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Technology is going to have to get a lot more advanced before we can share a pure thought or feeling, but this is a first step”可知，在能够分享纯粹的想法和感觉之前，技术还需要很大的进步和发展，这只是第一步。由此可推知，脸书在实现目标前还有很长的路要走。
3．What would be the best title for the text? A．Computers bring profits for Facebook B．Silent speech changes people’s lifestyle C．A new study about human brains starts D．Facebook shares braincontrol ambitions
解析：选D 标题归纳题。本文主要告诉我们Facebook公司发表声明称，他们正在研发人脑信息读取技术，目的在于实现用人脑控制电脑，故D项作标题最佳。
B
A Welsh folk singer won first prize on Saturday in the Chinese Song UK contest, in which competitors sang in Mandarin and Cantonese (广东话)．Alec Loane impressed the audience with his lively performance and lovely performance of the Chinese love song The Moon Represents My Heart at a theater in Manchester.
“I have sung Chinese songs for many years, and my friends have always enjoyed my singing，” Loane, 58, said after the contest.Loane said he was pleasantly
prize.“I’m over the moon，” he said.“I knew some new friends from Beijing 20 years ago.They told me some information about Confucius, Beijing Duck, the Spring Festival and so on, which attracted me a lot.From then on, I have been trying to learn more about Chinese culture，” he said.
Ten competitors reached the final round of the contest, performing before an
You
Exist in My Song and impressed people on social media.His interest in the Chinese
language started in middle school, when he got an opportunity to visit China.
“My brothers and I sang in Chinese to the Chinese Premier, when he visited the UK.That encouraged me to put more effort into learning Chinese，” he
said he would
study for a postgraduate degree at Shanghai Drama School.
David Geary, 24, won a long round of applause from the audience for his original composition The Dialect.A past winner of the Chinese Bridge Mandarin speaking competition, Geary rapped (说唱) in Chinese — in both the Guizhou and Beijing dialects.
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了在“唱响英伦”中文歌曲大赛上，一位威尔士民歌歌手因演唱一首中国歌曲《月亮代表我的心》而获奖。
4．What did Loane impress the audience in the competition? A．His handsome appearance. B．His wonderful performance. C．His original composition. D．His standard Mandarin.
解析：选B 细节理解题。根据第一段第二句可知，Alec Loane生动深情地演唱了《月亮代表我的心》，给观众留下了深刻的印象。故Alec Loane以出色的表演给观众留下深刻的印象。
5．What do you know about Loane? A．He is a lover of Chinese culture.
B．His friends taught him how to speak Chinese.
C．His friends encouraged him to take part in the contest.
D．He was worried about the competition but happy with the winning. 解析：选A 推理判断题。根据第二段内容可知，58岁的Loane 20年前认识了来自北京的几位新朋友，他们给他讲了中国的孔子、北京烤鸭、中国春节等，这些深深吸引了Loane的兴趣。从那时起，Loane就开始设法更多地了解中国文化。由此可推知，Loane是中国文化爱好者。
6．What’s MayoralGalindo’s future plan? A．To sing a song for the Chinese. B．To go to China for a teaching job.
C．To go to China for a further study.
D．To go on with his further study in his homeland.
解析：选C 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段最后一句可知，MayoralGalindo正就读于利兹大学，他将去上海戏剧学院攻读研究生学位，故MayoralGalindo未来计划去中国继续深造。
C
(2018·浙江名校联考)Chances are that you’ve had to apologize plenty of times in your life.And there’s a good chance that you’ve also expressed the phrase, “I never meant to hurt you.”
“Stop doing that，” says author Caroline Myss.
In a talk, Myss — a spiritual researcher — took on the topic of forgiveness and healing, and explained definitely why “I never meant to hurt you” is never a sufficient apology, no matter who it comes from.
“Picture that person coming up to you and saying, ‘Wow, I’m sorry I did this, but, you know, I never meant to hurt you. And, hey, can we just call it a day？’” Myss says.
Though it can make the two bury_the_hatchet and keep friendship, that type of apology won’t sit well with the person on the receiving end. “That whole little thing —‘I never meant to hurt you’ — that’s the thing you can’t forgive，” she says.“It goes right to your soul, that toxic (有毒的) and sick feeling.”
Instead, Myss says it’s important to approach the conversation differently.Basically, it’s about offering more than an apology.It’s about sharing a soultosoul confession (忏悔)．“Let’s redo the scene，” Myss says. “The person comes up to you and says ... ‘I need to tell you something.I consciously knew what I was doing.I know I went against you.This is not an apology.I am confessing my soul to you, and I’m asking now for your forgiveness.’”
Even saying those words on stages makes Myss visibly emotional, and she points out that this is how deeply apologies within the soul are supposed to resonate (引起共鸣)．
“That’s what heals，” she says.
语篇解读：本文是一篇议论文。每个人在道歉的时候都会说“我从没想过要伤害你”。专家认为这不是有效的诚恳的道歉方式，真正的道歉应该用别的方式，把重点放在你做的错事上，发自心灵地进行忏悔。
7．What does Myss think of the expression “I never meant to hurt you”？
A．It must put the friendship to an end. B．It is a great way to express an apology.
C．It doesn’t have any effect on restoring the relation. D．It can’t express an apology thoroughly and sincerely.
解析：选D 推理判断题。根据第三段以及第五段第一句“Though it can make ...the person on the receiving end.”可知，卡罗琳·米斯明确地表示这句话绝不是一种彻底的最终能被人接受的道歉方式。由此可推测，她认为这句话不能彻底、诚恳地表达歉意。故选D项。
8．What does the underlined phrase “bury the hatchet” mean? A．End the friendship. C．Bury the fighting tool.
B．Make up.
D．Accept the apology.
解析：选B 词义猜测题。分析句子结构可知，and连接两个并列成分，根据and后的“keep friendship”以及句首的Though可以推断，此处应指双方和解。由此可猜测，bury the hatchet的意思是“和解”，与make up意思相近。故选B项。
9．How should we apologize according to Myss?
A．We should confess our faults and ask for forgiveness. B．We should say sincerely “I never meant to hurt you”． C．We can go into a deep conversation to argue with our friend.
D．We are supposed to make up with the other by giving some gifts to him. 解析：选A 推理判断题。根据倒数第三段中的“The person comes up to you and says ...for your forgiveness.’”可知，米斯认为道歉应该是坦白自己的错误，向对方做出忏悔，请求对方的原谅。故选A项。
10．What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage? A．To encourage people to apologize first. B．To tell people how to apologize sincerely. C．To introduce the topic of forgiveness and healing.
D．To explain why people can’t say “I never meant to hurt you”． 解析：选B 写作意图题。通读全文可知，本文通过引用专家的话告诉读者，真正的道歉不是一句“我从没打算伤害你”，而是坦白自己的错误，向对方真诚地忏悔，然后请求对方的原谅。由此可推测，作者的目的是告诉读者如何真诚地道歉。故选B项。
Ⅱ.阅读七选五
Good reasons to take your kids
to the library today
Recognizing the role the library played in my becoming a book lover, I brought
my kids to the library as soon as they could walk. Here are four good reasons to take your children to the library today：
Regular library visits lead to more reading. __11__ Research shows that when kids are read to, existing links among brain cells are strengthened and new cell links are formed. And let’s not forget how reading aloud connects us — reader and listener — in a very intimate (亲密的) way. When we read aloud to kids, we send them this message: __12__
When you visit the library, you can expose your children to more books and magazines than you can afford to buy. __13__ But if you’re like most of us, you’re on a budget and you have to cap their spending. But at the library, you can pull out as many as you can carry, return your books as soon as they’re read, and take home a whole new pile.
Your local children’s librarian can recommend books that you may not know of or think to suggest. One of my young readers was a carobsessed little boy. __14__ But it was our children’s librarian who introduced him to Ruth Krauss’s classic picture book Big and Little. I would never have guessed that he’d come to love this poetic book so much.
Owning a library card teaches kids responsibility. As cardcarrying library patrons, young kids learn about treating with care things that belong to others. __15__ He feels responsible. He feels more like a member of his community.
So get your child a library card. A．Library time is active, not passive. B．And reading, as it turns out, is brain food! C．You are important, and this time is for you.
D．When a kid checks out books in his own name, he feels trustworthy. E．Our home library was full of books about vehicles that I knew he’d like. F．Most libraries offer regular children’s programs that make stories come to life.
G．Sure, you can take your kids to the children’s section of a nearby bookstore — and you should!
语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了家长应该带孩子去图书馆的几个原因。
11．选B B项与上文的“more reading”相呼应，且下文关于阅读可以促进大脑发育的研究结果是对B项中的“brain food”的具体解释。
12．选C C项是对上文的“this message”的具体阐释，且与上文的“how reading
aloud connects us — reader and listener — in a very intimate (亲密的) way”相呼应。
13．选G G项与下文的“But if you’re like most of us, you’re on a budget and you have to cap their spending.”是转折关系，符合语境。
14．选E E项中的“books about vehicles that I knew he’d like”与上文的“a carobsessed little boy”相呼应。
15．选D D项与下文的“He feels responsible. He feels more like a member of his community.”是并列关系，说明让孩子拥有属于自己的图书证会让孩子感觉被信任，有利于培养他的责任感。
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