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1.阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Carnival season is at its height this weekend. New Orleans’s annual series of parades began more than a week ago. Thousands attend the parades and they leave a mess of trash behind. Despite a busy daily cleanup operation that leaves the post-parade landscape remarkably clean, uncaught beads (珠子) hang from tree branches or get ground into the mud under the feet of passers-by. They also flow into storm drains, and finally these non-biodegradable plastics (不可降解塑料) flow into Lake Pontchartrain, polluting the water and threatening local wildlife.
“The plastics disaster is becoming a defining characteristic of this event,” said Brett Davis, a New Orleans native who grew up catching beads at Mardi Gras parades. He now heads Bead Reborn NOLA — a nonprofit organization that works to reduce the waste. One way to use less new plastic beads is to use old ones again. Parade-goers can now donate their caught beads to the organization and it repackages and resells the products to raise money for the services it provides to adults and children with disabilities. The city has also placed collection stations along parade routes to encourage recycling.
Aside from recycling, there’s a small but growing movement to find something to replace plastic beads, such as beads made from paper, recycled glass, or even seeds; headbands made from old T-shirts; and small packages of local food products. These options are gaining attention as ways to keep the fun while mitigating the harm caused by waste.
However, changing a long-standing tradition is not easy. Plastic beads remain widely used because they are cheap and popular. Still, Brett Davis believes that with growing awareness, Carnival season can become greener.
28. What does the author point out in the first paragraph?
A. The great joy Carnival season brings to visitors.
B. The successful daily cleanup after each parade.
C. The serious plastic waste problem caused by Carnival season.
D. The long history of carnival-season celebrations in New Orleans.
29. How does the organization deal with the plastic beads?
A. It stops the use of them. B. It recycles them.
C. It cuts down their production. D. It sells them to the disabled.
30. What does the underlined word “mitigating” probably mean in paragraph 3?
A. Studying. B. Accepting. C. Adding. D. Reducing.
31. What is Davis’s attitude towards an eco-friendly Carnival season?
A. Positive. B. Doubtful. C. Uncaring. D. Unclear.
2.阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
AI Application in Modern Education
Artificial intelligence is reshaping various social fields, and modern education is one of the most rewarding sectors. Limited by fixed schedules and unified teaching modes, traditional education fails to meet students’ personalized learning needs. With high flexibility and data-analysis capacity, AI is significantly improving teaching quality and learners’ overall learning experience.
AI's biggest advantage in education is realizing personalized learning. Students differ in learning paces, academic weaknesses and study habits, which traditional classes can hardly satisfy. Many AI-powered systems collect and analyze students’ learning data, including exercise errors and knowledge mastery. They then generate tailor-made study schedules, spot weaknesses and offer targeted exercises. Studies show AI-assisted personalized learning can raise students’ learning efficiency by nearly 40 percent.
AI also greatly reduces teachers’ repetitive routine tasks sharply and eases their pressure. Much of teachers’ time is spent grading objective questions, sorting learning records and writing routine feedback. Intelligent systems can automatically score papers and generate class learning reports. Such tools save teachers over half of their routine time, enabling them to focus more on classroom teaching and student communication.
AI deserves wide promotion for its value in balancing education resources. Uneven distribution of educational resources leaves remote areas lacking quality teachers and courses, widening the regional education gap. Breaking time and space limits, AI platforms deliver high-quality curricula to underdeveloped areas, serving as a key solution to promote equitable education.
However, AI's large-scale application in education faces challenges. Data misuse may cause privacy leakage(泄露). Moreover, AI only assists knowledge teaching and cannot replace teachers' role in students' mental growth and character building. Besides, many grassroots teachers lack professional AI training, blocking the popularization of intelligent teaching.
Joint efforts from educational departments, schools and tech firms are needed to improve AI education systems. Strict data protection rules and standardized teacher training are essential. Despite existing challenges, AI will help build a fairer and more efficient modern education system, making the efforts worthwhile. Therefore, instead of hesitating over its limitations, we should actively embrace AI as a powerful tool to advance education.
28. What is the biggest strength of AI in education?
A. It simplifies teachers' training courses.
B. It fully bridges regional education gaps.
C. It achieves personalized learning for students.
D. It replaces traditional classroom teaching modes.
29. How does AI help reduce teachers' burden?
A. By designing all school teaching courses.
B. By handling repetitive daily teaching work.
C. By correcting students' subjective test answers.
D. By communicating with students on teachers' behalf.
30. What can we infer about AI education from the text?
A. It has been fully popularized nationwide.
B. It has no potential safety risks at present.
C. It still has limitations in educational practice.
D. It can guide students' mental development well.
31. What is the author's attitude towards AI education?
A. Supportive. B. Objective C. Doubtful. D. Negative.
3.阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Air pollution kills tens of thousands of people each year in cities across Nepal, Ethiopia and Malawi. To help, researchers from the University of Surrey have developed three new evidence-based toolkits that guide planners on how to use urban greening—planting trees, hedges and parks—to cut pollution exposure, cool overheating streets, and ease flood risk.
The toolkits, co-authored with local scientists and government partners in each country, draw on years of peer-reviewed research. Continuous hedges around two metres in height, with thick, hairy or waxy leaves, can reduce roadside pollution by up to 63%. Mixed planting that combines trees and hedges can cut roadside pollution by up to 52% in open road conditions. Urban parks and tree cover can also lower local land surface temperatures by 2 to 4°C during peak summer periods.
But green is not always good. Each toolkit also flags common mistakes—such as planting trees in narrow street canyons, where they can actually trap polluted air close to the ground rather than clear it. “The wrong tree in the wrong place can make things worse, not better,” researchers warn.
Professor Prashant Kumar, Director of the Global Centre for Clean Air Research, explained why context matters so much. “Urban greening works best when it is designed for the place it serves. The pressures on cities in Nepal, Ethiopia and Malawi are not the same as those in the UK, and the right response has to reflect local climate, water availability, vegetation and the way people actually use public space.”
Local officials have welcomed the new guidance. Ganesh Paudel, Joint Secretary at Nepal's Ministry of Forests and Environment, said the practical Nepali examples made the toolkit “contextual and adaptable” for local planners. “It will help build local capacity and support evidence-based planning,” he added.
The takeaway, the researchers stress, is that urban greening is not a one-size-fits-all solution. To deliver real benefits—cleaner air, cooler streets and healthier people—every planting decision must be matched to the place it serves.
28. Why did the researchers develop the three new toolkits?
A. To study air pollution deaths in three countries.
B. To replace parks with trees and hedges in cities.
C. To help planners use greening to tackle urban problems.
D. To compare greening methods between the UK and Nepal.
29. What does the underlined word “hedges” in paragraph 2 probably refer to?
A. Rows of thick leafy bushes. B. Climbing plants on city walls.
C. Tall individual trees lining the road. D. Open pockets of grass and flowers.
30. What is the main idea of the third paragraph?
A. Greening is always good for cities. B. Poorly planned greening can backfire.
C. Trees work best in narrow street canyons. D. Hedges reduce pollution better than trees.
31. What may Kumar and Paudel both emphasize?
A. Tailoring greening to local conditions.
B. Following universal greening standards.
C. Speeding up planting before further research.
D. Relying on foreign expertise over local input.
4.阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Researchers from Penn State University believe they have developed a flexible, sticker-like wearable device able to understand even the most advanced poker face (扑克脸), according to the finding published last month in the journal Nano Letters. The wearable device analyzes the tiny changes in physical responses to predict how a person is feeling.
The researchers set out to create a “multi-modal sensing” device that collected several physical signals at the same time without interference (干扰). To do that, the team designed the small, sticker-like device made from thin layers of flexible metals, folded and cut into wave-like shapes. Its flexible structure allows it to continue collecting real-time data even when bent, stretched, or pulled. A rechargeable battery powers the device.
Once placed on the skin, the sensors check for changes in skin temperature, heart rate, humidity (as expressed through sweat), and blood oxygen levels. Each of these signals can be linked to emotions. While each signal alone gives limited information, the researchers say measuring them all together in real time gives a much clearer picture of how a person feels. This stream of data is changed into digital signals and sent to a phone or a computer. Then, a special computer program analyzes the data to guess what emotion the person is experiencing.
In an experiment with eight volunteers, people watched a series of videos that caused feelings while wearing the sticker. They were instructed to make facial expressions for emotions like happiness, fear, sadness, and anger. The device matched these expressions with 92.28% accuracy (精准性). More importantly, it also found the emotional responses with 88.83% accuracy when people watched the videos with no expressions on their faces.
Though the sticker is still in the testing stages, researchers believe it could one day be a particularly useful tool to help clinicians better understand the emotional state of non-verbal patients. Early indications of mental health issues, which might otherwise go unnoticed, could be treated professionally at an early stage before those situations worsen.
28. What is a feature of the device?
A. It is plastic-coated. B. It is poker-sized.
C. It is solar-powered. D. It is layer-structured.
29. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about regarding the device?
A. What it changes. B. How it functions. C. How it is developed. D. What it is used for.
30. What do we know about the experiment?
A. It analyzed verbal responses. B. It included sufficient subjects.
C. It showed trustworthy results. D. It proved effective in medicine.
31. What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. A device: to analyze fitness data B. A sticker: to read hidden emotions
C. A model: to replace human doctors D. A sensor: to track facial expressions
5.阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Do you feel like a completely different person when you’re super tired? Maybe you stared at homework, unable to focus, feeling powerless as tasks seemed overwhelming. Now don’t blame yourself. This isn’t just in your head—it’s science! Scientists have found that missing sleep will mostly weaken one part of the brain: the prefrontal cortex (前额叶).
The prefrontal cortex lies just behind your forehead. It helps you plan, focus, solve problems, and manage emotions. Unlike older brain areas that handle basic survival, this region is newer and takes years to mature (成熟). That makes it powerful—but also delicate. It depends heavily on rest to stay balanced. Without enough sleep, the prefrontal cortex struggles, and your thinking starts to suffer.
One of the earliest signs of sleep loss is that you have trouble focusing, a direct result of a worn-out prefrontal cortex. Since this key brain area cannot process information efficiently, your mind may wander, you may read lines repeatedly without understanding, and quick everyday tasks drag on for hours. These issues don’t come from laziness—they happen because your brain is running low on energy. Besides just affecting your concentration, sleep loss deeply impacts how you feel. Have you ever gotten angry with a friend over a tiny joke or burst into tears because you dropped a pencil? When the prefrontal cortex grows tired, it fails to control normal emotions. You might think you are handling things well, but in reality, you have lost self-control and are reacting without thinking.
Fortunately, this situation can be easily improved. A few nights of sound sleep can restore focus, calm emotions, and sharpen judgment. If you’re having trouble concentrating or feeling emotionally unstable, ask yourself: Did I get enough rest lately?
28. Which of the following can explain “overwhelming” underlined in paragraph 1?
A. Common. B. Brief. C. Stressful. D. Rewarding.
29. What do we know about the prefrontal cortex from the text?
A. It suffers when working much. B. It controls basic survival functions.
C. It manages advanced thinking skills. D. It matures earlier than other brain areas.
30. What does the author try to talk about in paragraph 3?
A. The function of the prefrontal cortex. B. The harm of losing emotional control.
C. The methods of improving bad moods. D. The effects of prefrontal cortex’s overwork.
31. What is the main purpose of the text?
A. To solve sleep problems. B. To analyze teenagers’ emotions.
C. To introduce brain structure. D. To stress the value of sufficient sleep.
6.阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Animals have long played a major role in science, helping researchers understand cell communication, nerve signals and medical technology. In the United States alone, millions are still used in basic research and in testing the safety of drugs and other products. Yet scientists are increasingly seeking alternatives because animals are costly, time-consuming to raise and care for, and often poor models for human biology.
As Nicole Kleinstreuer of the National Institutes of Health points out, humans are not simply large rats. Animals can respond very differently from people to the same substances. Aspirin, for example, is safe for most adults but can be poisonous to rats, while some drugs that appear safe in animals fail in humans. More than 90 percent of cancer drugs that looked promising in animal studies did not help people. These limits have pushed researchers to develop methods based on human biology that may be faster, cheaper and more accurate.
One important alternative is artificial intelligence. AI can help researchers analyze papers, screen chemical databases and predict how people might react to medicines or products. In one study, an AI system screened 190,000 chemicals for toxicity (毒性) with 87 percent accuracy, performing better than repeated animal testing. During the pandemic (流行病), AI also helped researchers identify promising vaccine targets faster, reducing the number of substances that needed animal testing.
Another promising approach is “organs on a chip”—tiny devices containing living human cells arranged to copy organs such as the liver, lungs, heart or brain. These chips can reproduce features like blood flow and movement, and in some cases may outperform animal models, especially for diseases animals do not naturally get, such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s. Scientists are now trying to link several chips together to create “body-on-a-chip” systems, which may even be personalized using a patient’s own stem cells.
Although animal research will not disappear immediately, advances like AI and organ models are helping science move toward a future with far fewer lab animals—and, potentially, better science.
28. What do the examples in paragraph 2 intend to show?
A. Drugs function similarly in animals and humans.
B. Animal testing plays a vital part in medical research.
C. Animals are not always reliable for medical research.
D. It is morally wrong to use animals for medical testing.
29. What is mainly talked about in paragraph 3?
A. Why AI works better than traditional testing in accuracy.
B. Why animal testing remains widely used in medical research.
C. How chemical databases contribute to modern animal research.
D. How AI helps make research faster and less dependent on animals.
30. What is the main function of “organs on a chip”?
A. To model human organs. B. To predict people’s reactions.
C. To store data for reproduction. D. To create personalized stem cells.
31. What is the main purpose of the text?
A. To compare different testing methods. B. To introduce new research approaches.
C. To challenge a popular theory on animals. D. To present the latest findings in AI research.
参考答案
第 1 篇
28.C 29.B 30.D 31.A
第 2 篇
28.C 29.B 30.C 31.A
第 3 篇
28.C 29.A 30.B 31.A
第 4 篇
28.D 29.B 30.C 31.B
第 5 篇
28.C 29.C 30.D 31.D
第 6 篇
28.C 29.D 30.A 31.B
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