专题04 阅读理解之说明文10篇（第二期）-2023高考英语江苏省名校模拟真题速递

2023高考英语江苏省名校模拟真题速递 第二期 专题04 阅读理解之说明文10篇 （2023·江苏·统考一模）This year, in March, I jumped into a heated pool in Califomia to meet a dolphin named Delle. As I approached her, Delle turned towards me and became playful, greeting me by splashing me with her beak. Delighted, I reached out to pat her shiny skin. It felt rubbery, which was the main giveaway that Delle the dolphin was a robot. Just as fake(假的)animals are becoming very realistic,it's becoming increasingly less acccptable to use live animals for entertainment purposes. Documentaries like Blackfish (2013)and The Cove (2009) have exposed some of the horrific treatment and suffering of occan mammals. The resulting public protest has made aquariums(水族馆)controversial, attracting less visitors. Arguably，entertaining people with captive(圈养的)animals is vital for animalconservation. Many zoos and aquariums actively try to promote conservation efforts byproviding educational experiences and encouraging interest in the natural world. This type of entertainment is useful, because it inspires people to care. At first, this seems like a reason to avoid replacing the animals with technology. However, research in the rapid-developed field of human-robot interaction is showing astonishing resultson engagement with robots that can imitate lifelike behaviour. When physically interactive,robots attract a lot of attention. People tend to treat them like they’re alive,even though theyknow perfectly well they’re just machines. If we start to replace the animals in our theme parks with machines, will this trend decreaseour wonder for the natural world? A bunch of people expressed negative gut reactions(本能反应)after I posted video of the robot dolphin on Twitter. And yet, I don’t believe that using this robotanimals will cause us to forget the worth of living creatures. 1．Why does the author mention Delle in paragraph 1? A．To share a special experience. B．To promote rubbery dolphins. C．To draw attention to robot animals. D．To describe a d