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Ⅰ.阅读理解
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Born in Philadelphia the youngest of five children,Ruiz grew up in a loving household in suburban South Jersey.But that is not her full story.Ruiz's father passed away when she was three,leaving her mother to raise the five children.The family moved more than she'd like to remember—three times when she was in the 5th grade alone.
Though her mother was a working single parent trying to support her own family,she didn't hesitate to help others.Friends arrived needing a temporary place to crash and stayed indefinitely.Ruiz's aunt,diagnosed with cancer,moved in with the family after her graduation from high school and they cared for her through the end.
Ruiz became an EMT and worked nights in Philadelphia,eventually enrolling in Rowan College at Gloucester County,where she sought to develop her skills as a storyteller.Ruiz got such good grades at RCGC that she was offered a partial scholarship to study journalism at the University of Miami but realizing she could not get enough to cover everything the scholarship wouldn't,so she didn't go to Miami.She applied to Rowan.She graduated with two degrees—Journalism and Radio,Television & Film—from the College of Communication & Creative Arts.
Last fall,Ruiz joined the staff of Rowan Radio 89.7 WGLSFM where she quickly became news director and this spring began an internship with the Elvis Duran and the Morning Show,a nationally syndicated radio program in New York City.The Duran program exposed her to a world of career possibilities,from behind the scenes production to onair talent.
“I know what it's like to feel isolated,to feel like your story is not getting heard,”she said.“Rowan provided me the tools to give a voice to the voiceless.My goal is to share powerful stories so that I can inspire as many people as possible to love themselves and to follow their dreams.”
[语篇解读] 本文为一篇记叙文。文章讲述了Ruiz的成长、求学经历以及她鼓励他人去追寻梦想的事迹。
1.What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?
A.Ruiz had a happy childhood.
B.The family enjoyed moving around.
C.It was hard for her mother to raise them.
D.Ruiz's childhood was not easy but full of love.
解析 D 推理判断题。由第一段中的“Ruiz's father passed away when she was three,leaving her mother to raise the five children.”可知,Ruiz的童年生活不易;由第二段中的“Though her mother was a working single parent trying to support her own family,she didn't hesitate to help others.”可知,她们家是充满爱的。由此可知,Ruiz的童年虽然不容易,但充满了爱。故选D。
2.Why didn't Ruiz go to the University of Miami?
A.It was too far away.
B.Her aunt needed her care.
C.She couldn't afford the fee.
D.Her mother didn't want her to go.
解析 C 细节理解题。由第三段中的“Ruiz got such good grades at RCGC that she was offered a partial scholarship to study journalism at the University of Miami but realizing she could not get enough to cover everything the scholarship wouldn't,so she didn't go to Miami.”可知,Ruiz 没有去迈阿密上大学是因为她负担不起费用。故选 C。
3.Which of the following best describe Ruiz?
A.Brave and kind.
B.Generous and helpful.
C.Determined and modest.
D.Strongwilled and caring.
解析 D 推理判断题。根据第三段的内容可知,Ruiz 的求学经历体现了她有坚定的信念和强大的毅力;由最后一段她说的话“My goal is to share powerful stories so that I can inspire as many people as possible to love themselves and to follow their dreams.”可以看出她关爱他人。由此可知,Ruiz意志坚强,关爱他人。故选D。
4.What can be the best title for the text?
A.Ruiz—a Famous Woman
B.Ruiz—an Inspiring Woman
C.Ruiz—a Woman of Achievements
D.Ruiz—a Woman with Two Degrees
解析 B 标题归纳题。根据文章内容,特别是最后一段中的“Rowan provided me the tools to give a voice to the voiceless.My goal is to share powerful stories so that I can inspire as many people as possible to love themselves and to follow their dreams.”可知,文章讲述了Ruiz希望通过她自己的成长、求学经历来鼓励他人去追寻梦想,所以她是个鼓舞人心的女性。故选B。
B
Singapore researchers say they have developed a form of electronic skin that can create a sense of touch.They hope their invention will give people with prosthetic(假体的) hands the ability to identify different objects.
The skin device measures 1 square centimeter.The system contains 100 small sensors that attempt to recreate things like texture(质地),temperature and even pain.The researchers call the device Asynchronous Coded Electronic Skin(ACES),which can process information faster than the human's nervous system.Machine learning methods trained the device to recognize 20 to 30 different textures.It can even correctly read Braille letters(布莱叶盲文) most of the time.
The system does not require the users' movement to work.They just need to slide to feel texture.But in this case the skin,with just a single touch,is able to detect textures of different roughness.
A demonstration showed that the device could identify the difference between a soft ball and a solid plastic one.“When you lose your sense of touch,you essentially become numb and prosthetic limb users face that problem,”said Benjamin Tee,leader of the research team.“So by recreating an artificial version of the skin for their prosthetic devices,they can hold a hand and feel the warmth and feel that it is soft.”
Tee said his idea for the device came from the movie Star Wars,when character Luke Skywalker loses his right hand and it is replaced with a robotic one.In the film,the new hand is able to experience touch sensations just like the real one.
The artificial skin technology is still going through experiments and development.But Tee said there had already been a lot of interest in the system,especially from the medical community.Tee said similar inventions that his team has developed include see through skin that can repair itself when torn and a material for wearable electronic devices that gives off light.
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲了新加坡研究人员已经开发出一种可以产生触觉的电子皮肤。这种人造皮肤就像真的皮肤一样。
5.What can we learn about the artificial skin in Paragraph 2?
A.It is sensitive to high temperature.
B.It reacts faster than our nervous system.
C.It can recognize different objects.
D.It helps the users memorize Braille letters.
解析 B 细节理解题。根据第二段第三句“...which can process information faster than the human's nervous system.”可知,人造皮肤的反应速度比我们的神经系统快。故选B。
6.What can be inferred from Benjamin Tee's words?
A.The artificial skin feels like a real thing.
B.People with the artificial skin feel warm.
C.People don't want to lose the sense of touch.
D.He is sympathetic towards the prosthetic limb users.
解析 A 推理判断题。根据第四段尤其是最后一句话“So by recreating an artificial version of the skin for their prosthetic devices,they can hold a hand and feel the warmth and feel that it is soft.”可推知,这种人造皮肤就像真的皮肤一样。故选A。
7.What inspired Benjamin Tee to create the artificial skin?
A.The desire to help those in need.
B.The life of the disabled.
C.A dream of earning more money.
D.A scene from a famous movie.
解析 D 细节理解题。根据第五段第一句“Tee said his idea for the device came from the movie Star Wars,when character Luke Skywalker loses his right hand and it is replaced with a robotic one.”可知,这个装置的想法来自电影《星球大战》中的场景。故选D。
8.Which word can best describe the artificial skin technology?
A.Profitable. B.Stable.
C.Promising. D.Challenging.
解析 C 推理判断题。根据最后一段第二句“But Tee said there had already been a lot of interest in the system,especially from the medical community.”可知,已经有很多人对该系统感兴趣,尤其是医学界。所以说人造皮肤这项技术是很有前途的。故选C。
Ⅱ.语法填空
(2024·新课标Ⅰ卷)Heatherwick Studio recently built a greenhouse at the edge of the National Trust's Woolbeding Gardens.This beautiful structure,named Glasshouse,is at the centre of a new garden that shows how the Silk Road influences English gardens even in modern times.
The latest 1. (engineer)techniques are applied to create this protective 2. (function) structure that is also beautiful.The design features ten steel“sepals(萼片)”made of glass and aluminium (铝).These sepals open on warm days 3. (give) the inside plants sunshine and fresh air.In cold weather,the structure stays 4. (close) to protect the plants.
Further,the Silk Route Garden around the greenhouse 5. (walk) visitors through a journey influenced by the ancient Silk Road,by which silk as well as many plant species came to Britain for 6. first time.These plants included modern Western 7. (favourite) such as rosemary,lavender and fennel.The garden also contains a winding path that guides visitors through the twelve regions of the Silk Road.The path offers over 300 plant species for visitors to see,too.
The Glasshouse stands 8. a great achievement in contemporary design,to house the plants of the southwestern part of China at the end of a path retracing(追溯)the steps along the Silk Route 9. brought the plants from their native habitat in Asia to come to define much of the 10. (rich) of gardening in England.
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇说明文。本文介绍了英国“丝路花园”的整体设计以及其中新建成的玻璃温室。
1.解析 engineering 考查非谓语动词。空处修饰空后的名词techniques,在句中作定语,说明名词的作用。此处表示“最新的工程技术”。故填动名词engineering。
2.解析 functional 考查形容词。句意:最新的工程技术被应用于创建这种兼具保护性和功能性且还美观的结构。空处与 protective 并列,修饰空后的名词structure,应用形容词形式,故填functional“实用的”。
3.解析 to give 考查非谓语动词。句意:在温暖的日子里,这些萼片会打开以给内部植物(提供)阳光和新鲜空气。空处所在句的谓语动词是 open,空处应用非谓语动词。根据语境可知此处表示目的,故填不定式to give。
4.解析 closed 考查形容词。空前的stays 作系动词,表示“保持”,空处作表语,表示“关闭的”,故填形容词closed。
5.解析 walks 考查动词的时态、语态和主谓一致。分析句子结构可知,空处在句中作谓语。本句描述了 the Silk Route Garden 的客观情况,时态用一般现在时;此处时态也可以根据下文中的“contains...guides...offers”判断;walk 在此作动词,表示“(循序渐进地)教,逐步引导”,与主语 the Silk Route Garden 之间为主动关系;主语表示第三人称单数。故填walks。
6.解析 the 考查冠词。此处考查固定表达for the first time,意为“第一次”,故填the。
7.解析 favourites 考查名词复数。分析句子结构可知,空处作动词included 的宾语,前面的 modern Western 为定语,所以此处应填名词;根据空后的举例“such as rosemary,lavender and fennel”可知,空处表示复数概念。favourite在此处为可数名词,表示“特别喜爱的事物”。故填favourites。
8.解析 as 考查介词。结合语境“该玻璃温室作为当代设计的伟大成就而存在”可知,空处需填as。故填as。
9.解析 that/which 考查定语从句。分析句子结构可知,空处引导定语从句,先行词为表示物的名词短语 the Silk Route,关系词在从句中作主语,所以填 that/which。
10.解析 richness 考查名词。空处跟在定冠词 the 之后,且空后的 of gardening对空处进行限定,故填名词richness。
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