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place to sit that is covered by a roof. The towers were built by one person: Simon
Rodia. The artist, who was born in Italy in 1879,began constructing the Watts
Towers in 1921 at the age of 42. What he called “Nuestro Pueblo” or “Our Town”
was his lifes work. The official name of his work is “The Watts Towers of Simon
Rodia ” . Rodia died in 1965. The Watts community claimed the towers as part of
their heritage. The Watts Towers Arts Center was founded to support arts educa-
tion. It has worked with a lot of artists representing various mediums,such as visual
arts,filmmaking,writing, music and performing arts. The towers suffered little from
the 1994 Northridge earthquake, and they are respected by locals and tourists.
文章大意:本文是一篇应用文。 文章介绍了四项活动的内容、地点、收费
等情况。
21. D 细节理解题。 根据第二部分“Escape the night and join us as we fish at
Desert Breeze Park. ”可知人们在沙漠清风公园能钓鱼。 故选 D。
22. B 细节理解题。 根据第四部分“Please wear old clothes because clothes can
get dirty easily!”可知 Paintballing 活动的特别之处是可能把你的衣服弄
脏。 故选 B。
23. A 细节理解题。 根据第三部分“You will be responsible for your own ski /
snowboard equipment. ”可知 Overnight Snow Trip 活动中你需要负责自己的
滑雪设备。 故选 A。
文章大意:本文是一篇说明文。 是关于孩子们玩智力游戏的研究,介绍
了研究考虑的因素、研究过程和结果。
24. B 细节理解题。 根据第二段中的“ . . . children who play with puzzles be-
tween ages 2 and 4 later develop better spatial skills. ”可知,玩拼图的孩子空
间技能更好。 故选 B 项。
25. C 细节理解题。 根据第二段中的“. . . after controlling for differences in
parents income, education and the amount of parent talk. . . ”可知,在以上三
个方面(收入、受教育程度以及与孩子说话的多少)中,选项 C 提到了第
二个方面,即父母的受教育程度。 故选 C。
26. D 细节理解题。 根据第五段中的“However,boys tended to play with more
complex puzzles than girls. . . ”可知,男孩玩的拼图比女孩玩的要复杂。 故
选 D 项。 选项中的 tougher 是文章中 more complex 的近义词。
27. B 主旨大意题。 通读全文可知,本文介绍了一项科学研究。 故选 B 项。
文章大意:本文是一篇说明文。 文章讲的是一种帮助医生检查病人的
机器人。
28. B 推理判断题。 根据第六段第一句话可知甘瑟斯医生向医院领导提出
此建议是想在病人做过手术后能对他们进行更密切的观察。 故选 B。
29. A 细节理解题。 根据第六段第二句话可知因为使用了机器人,近三分之
一的病人比预料的要早出院,这说明病人恢复得更快一些。 故选 A。
30. C 推理判断题。 根据最后一段最后一句话可知 Michael Chan 认为机器
人很有未来,由此判断在未来更多的医院