2022年浙江高考英语阅读理解限时训练(共8套)(含解析)

阅读理解专练(一)
(限时30分钟)
A
My name is Matthew. I’m not someone who has many secrets, because I’m a terrible liar. But there is one huge secret that I kept for years—I failed my driving test. I had never failed a test before, and had never even come close. Driving made me anxious, but my parents told me I had to. They signed me up for driving lessons. I had gotten a perfect score for my written permit exam, but getting behind the wheel was a different story.
But when October 30th rolled around, my pride set in. I wanted to be like everyone else at my school, showing off the brand new license they’d gotten. Looking back on that special day, I can’t remember if I was nervous. What I do remember is starting the test, pausing at a stop sign after a few seconds, and being asked by the instructor to pull over. I had received an auto-fail since my pause was indeed a pause and not a real stop. I wasn’t upset that I was leaving without a license, but I was scared everyone would know that I had failed. So when I got to class, I told everyone I didn’t want to take the test on my birthday.
One Friday a month later, I went to the test spot again and passed. Later that night I drove for the first time by myself, which brought to me an amazing feeling I’ve never experienced—but sill, I couldn’t imagine
ever telling anyone the truth. So I didn’t. It wasn’t until midway through college that I came clean. It turned out plenty of my college friends had failed too! And I gathered enough courage to speak the fact out. Yes, I had also failed.
Now I realize failure and imperfection are two things everyone has to experience, without which one couldn’t make a true man.
【文章大意】这是一篇记叙文。

文章讲述了作者曾经隐瞒了自己驾照考试失败的事情, 后来意识到失败和不完美是每个人成长的必经之路。

1. What can we learn about Matthew?
A. He was a slow learner of driving.
B. He relied heavily on his parents.
C. He was afraid of taking exams.
D. He was bored with telling lies.
【解析】选A。

推理判断题。

根据第一段中“But th ere is one huge secret that I kept for years—I failed my driving test. ”可知, 我的驾照考试失败了; 再由第一段中“I had gotten a perfect score for my written permit exam, but getti ng behind the wheel was a different story. ”可知我的笔试成绩很好, 但是开车开得不好。

2. What made Matthew feel extremely worried after his first attempt?
A. Failing to get a driving license.
B. Missing his birthday celebration.
C. Making his parents disappointed.
D. Losing face before his classmates.
【解析】选D。

细节理解题。

根据第二段中“I wasn’t upset that I was leaving without a license, but I was scared everyone would know that I had failed. ”我不会因为没通过考试而难过, 但是我害怕别人知道我失败了。

所以我是怕在同学们面前丢人。

3. What did Matthew learn from his own experience?
A. Honesty is the best policy.
B. Failure is a way to grow up.
C. Truth stands the test of time.
D. Imperfection is another form of perfection.
【解析】选B。

推理判断题。

根据最后一段“Now I realize failure and imperfection are two things everyone has to experience, without which one couldn’t make a true man. ”可知, 我意识到, 失败和不完美是每个人都必须经历的事情, 没有经历过它们, 就不会真正的成长。

B
Mosquitos can infect you with Malaria, yellow fever, and dengue. All can kill you. So we spray large areas with pesticides (杀虫剂). But this negatively affects the whole ecosystem and your health. Now there’s a new device, which claims to keep you and your loved one’s mosquito free.
The device was designed by two German engineers who were fed up with being bitten while camping. They found solutions containing ’DEET’
—a damaging chemical which could be both harmful to us and the environment—worked best, but still only for 45 minutes maximum and that the traditional anti-pest devices didn’t work well! So, they designed the brand new type of bug killer—Moskinator.
Instead of trying to keep the mosquitos away, it actually attracts them, then catches and kills them! It lures (引诱) the flies and mosquitos near using a safe, completely harmless LED light. The flying pests (害虫) can’t resist the UV-PT light! Next to the LED light is a powerful, yet efficient reverse fan that sucks (吸) the insects through a one-way trapdoor. Once trapped in the drying basket they are dried to death by the fan a matter of 2 minutes. You can simply empty the dead bugs into the trash, without even touching them.
Does Moskinator really work in real life? We had some of our customers try it out in their homes. The results speak for themselves: “My wife would complain she had a headache in the mornings whenever we used chemical pesticides. Now we use our Moskinator, and we wake up bite and headache free! ” — Shane Maguire
“This Moskinator really works and you don’t have to worry about breathing any harmful chemicals. ” — Jake Sheare
【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文。

文章介绍了一种新的杀虫设备, 并介绍了它安全无害的特点。

4. What is the function of the LED light?
A. It gives off natural light.
B. It attracts flying pests.
C. It sucks pests inside.
D. It dries pests to death.
【解析】选B。

细节理解题。

由文章第三段第二句It lures the flies and mosquitos near using a safe, completely harmless LED light. 可知, 它用一种安全、完全无害的LED灯光吸引附近的苍蝇和蚊子。

5. Which of the following best describes the new device?
A. Innovative and effective.
B. Traditional and cheap.
C. Power-saving and portable.
D. Chemical free and soundless.
【解析】选A。

推理判断题。

由文章第二段最后一句So, they designed the brand new type of bug killer—Moskinator. 与最后一段第一句中This Moskinator really works 可知, 这种技术是新发明的, 而且很有效。

6. What is the purpose of writing the text?
A. To educate the readers.
B. To entertain the readers.
C. To introduce a new device.
D. To evaluate a new device.
【解析】选C。

主旨大意题。

文章主要介绍了由两名德国工程师设计的一种全新的杀虫设备, 由文章第三段第一句Instead of trying to keep
the mosquitos away, it actually attracts them, then catches and kills them! 可知, 文章旨在向读者详细介绍这种新的杀虫设备。

【规律方法】如何推断写作目的
写作目的这类题的题干中常有purpose, 或者后面接有表示目的的动词不定式, 如: intend to, meant to, (in order) to等。

根据文章的主旨和体裁来推断作者的写作目的。

因此, 文章的首尾段或每段的首尾是阅读的重点, 作者的写作意图往往就隐含在其中。

一般来说作者写文章的目的通常有三种, 与之对应的文章如下:
(1) to entertain readers(使读者愉悦、发笑): 常见于个人经历或故事类的文章。

(2) to persuade readers(说服读者接受某种观点): 常见于广告或议论文。

广告是作者要推销一种产品或一种服务: 吸引更多的游客、读者或订户﹑观众等; 议论文是为了说服读者接受或赞同某一观点。

(3) to inform readers(告知读者某些信息): 多见于新闻报道类﹑科普类﹑文化类或社会类的文章, 以及劝告性或建议性的文章。

本文属于广告类应用文, 目的在于介绍一种新的杀虫设备。

C
We’re often reminded of the importance of preserving the planet as we see it for future generations—and children at St Oswald’s Primary School in Chester certainly agree.
Nine-year-old Isobel Kelleher from the school’s Hummingbirds class thinks adults need to take notes. “Sometimes they can be busy and I don’
t think they think they can make a difference, but if everyone does a little bit, it all adds up, ” she tells HuffPost UK. “We started looking a t plastic pollution in our oceans and the things like plastic bags and broken down pieces of plastic that are polluting them, ” she says. “Fish can eat the plastic and they can die, or we might even eat the fish ourselves. ”
Mr Timms, Isobel’s teacher, has been spearheading a new project at the school which lets children loose creatively to raise awareness of the need to be more environmentally friendly. The entire Hummingbirds class, which is made up of 9-and 10-year-old pupils, has been busy writing poems and creating online video adverts to warn adults about the serious situation of our oceans and wildlife.
Mr Timms thinks children have an important role to play in teaching us how to take care of the things around us. “We sometimes overlook how much we can really learn from children, ” he says. “It has been really hard to believe having parents come in saying that their children have been asking them to stop using plastic, and to recycle more, and even stopping them using plastic straws. ”
Mr Timms is proud of his Hummingbirds class. “The message that they would like to send to the world is simple: Stopping this isn’t someone else’s job, and it won’t be OK if we just leave it. ”
【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文。

主要是介绍了一所小学的老师带头开展了一个项目——让孩子们发挥创造力来提醒人们增强环保意识。

7. What can we infer about adults according to Isobel Kelleher?
A. They just pretend to be busy.
B. They haven’t done their part well.
C. They can do nothing to stop pollution.
D. They have started to care about oceans.
【解析】选B。

推理判断题。

根据第二段中的“. . . thin ks adults need to take notes. . . but if everyone does a little bit, it all adds up”可知, Isobel Kelleher认为大人们在保护地球方面并没有做好他们自己的本职工作。

8. What is the purpose of the school project?
A. To help adults to learn more about their kids.
B. To remind adults to be friendly to environment.
C. To persuade students to stop using plastic bags.
D. To teach students how to write poems creatively.
【解析】选B。

细节理解题。

根据第三段中的“Mr Timms, Isobel’s teacher . . . more environmentally friendly. ”及第四段中的“Mr Timms thinks children have an important role to play in teaching us how to take care of the things around us. ”可知, 这个项目的目的是让孩子们发挥创造力来提醒人们增强环保意识。

9. Why does Mr Timms mention “parents” in Paragraph 4?
A. To prove kids are creative in teaching.
B. To attract people to support his work.
C. To have adults care about education.
D. To show the effects of the project.
【解析】选D。

推理判断题。

根据第四段中的“Mr Timms thinks children have an important role to play in teaching us how to take care of the things around us. ”可知, Timms认为孩子们在教我们如何爱护周围的事物方面起着重要作用, 紧接着提到家长说孩子们让他们停止使用塑料和吸管、让他们回收更多塑料就是为了证明这个项目的影响。

10. What is the text mainly about?
A. An inspiring school project.
B. An appeal to stop plastic bags.
C. Serious situations of our planet.
D. Adults’ignorance of environment.
【解析】选A。

主旨大意题。

通读全文, 根据第三段中的“Mr Timms, Isobel’s teacher, has been spearheading a new project at the school which lets children loose creatively to raise awareness of the need to be more environmentally frie ndly. ”可知, 本文主要介绍了一所小学的老师带头开展了一个项目——让孩子们发挥创造力来提醒人们增强环保意识。

【知识拓展】长难句分析
We started looking at plastic pollution in our oceans and the things like plastic bags and broken down pieces of plastic that are polluting them.
分析: 这是一个主从复合句。

that引导定语从句, 修饰前面的pieces of plastic。

译文: 我们开始关注海洋中的塑料污染, 以及像塑料袋和正在污染海
洋的被分解的塑料碎片这些东西。

阅读理解专练(二)
(限时30分钟)
A
Every new parent knows that rocking can calm that uneasy baby when it’s time to take a nap. But the benefits of gentle movement may go beyond the baby stage. Because two new studies show that rocking also helps grown-ups, both human and mouse, get a good night’s sleep.
What should be no surprise is that movement can calm someone. Think of how many times you’ve fallen asleep on a train. But can motion really cause a nap, and make for a deeper sleep?
To find out, researchers invited 18 healthy volunteers for a sleepover. “So they came to the lab and slept one time on the motionless, normal bed. And one night where they got rocked. ” said Aurore Pe rrault, a sleep researcher at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. “And what we find is that when compared to a motionless night, a whole night of rocking sleep has a beneficial effect not only on sleep beginning but also on sleep continuity. ” Subje cts who were rocked also did better on a memory test the next morning than the stiller sleepers.
In the second study, Kompotis, a student at the University of
Lausanne, rocked a rack of mice. Whether rocking affects sleep in other species was never before discussed. So the main questions for our study were whether rocking affects sleep in mice and what is the possible system?
Kompotis placed the mouse cages on a platform that moved from side to side. Though mice were rocked four times faster than their human counterparts—a frequency of one back-and-forth per second, or 1 Hertz, worked best—the results were strikingly similar. During rocking at 1 Hertz, time spent asleep increased, and mice fell asleep twice as fast as at still condition. However, additional studies could allow the researchers to identify a new aim for treating sleep disorders, including insomnia(失眠).
Until then, you might think about adding a little swing to your nighttime routine.
【文章大意】这是一篇说明文。

研究人员在测试中发现, 那些被摇晃过的人比那些静止不动的人在睡眠方面更好。

并且, 后来的测试发现, 摇晃对动物也有促进睡眠的作用。

文章还介绍了这项研究的过程。

1. What’s the purpose of the second study in the passage?
A. To do research on the sleep system of other species.
B. To discuss in which case rocking affects baby’s sleep.
C. To see whether rocking affects sleep of other species.
D. To study the influence of rocking on sleep disorders.
【解析】选C。

推理判断题。

根据第四段中In the second study,
Kompotis, a student at the University of Lausanne, rocked a rack of mice. Whether rocking affects sleep in other species was never before discussed. 可知在第二项研究中, 洛桑大学的学生Kompotis摇晃了一组老鼠。

以前从未有人讨论过摇晃是否会影响其他物种的睡眠。

由此可推知, 第二项研究的目的是观察摇摆是否影响其他物种的睡眠。

2. What do we know about the mice in Paragraph 5?
A. Their sleeping time increased when rocked at 1 Hertz.
B. Their sleep disorder including insomnia was treated.
C. When rocked, they fell asleep twice faster than at still condition.
D. When rocked, they worked faster than their human counterparts. 【解析】选A。

细节理解题。

根据第五段中During rocking at 1 Hertz, time spent asleep increased, and mice fell asleep twice as fast as at still condition. 可知在1赫兹的摇晃中, 老鼠的睡眠时间增加了, 老鼠入睡的速度是静止状态的两倍。

由此可知, 当震动频率为1赫兹时, 老鼠的睡眠时间增加。

3. What’s the best title of the passage?
A. Rocking Helps Grown-ups Sleep Too.
B. Deep Sleep Needs the Constant Swing.
C. Rocking Greatly Affects Deep Sleep.
D. Rocking Can Treat Sleep Disorders.
【解析】选A。

主旨大意题。

根据第一段中Because two new studies show that rocking also helps grown-ups, both human and mouse, get a good
night’s sleep. 结合文章主要内容可知研究人员在测试中发现, 那些被摇晃过的人比那些静止不动的人在睡眠方面更好。

并且, 后来的测试发现, 摇晃对动物也有促进睡眠的作用。

文章还介绍了这项研究的过程。

【规律方法】标题归纳题属于深层理解题, 它要求考生在通读全文的基础上, 认真分析主人公的特定心态、文章大意及作者的写作意图。

在此基础上, 还应做到概括性、针对性、醒目性的有机结合。

概括性原则: 要求标题应在最大程度上覆盖全文, 囊括文章的主要内容, 体现文章的主题要旨。

从全局的角度归纳概括出文章的标题。

要防止本末倒置, 主次不分, 以点代面, 以偏概全。

针对性原则: 针对性原则是对标题外延的一种界定。

即标题的外延既不能太大也不能太小, 要量体裁衣, 大小适度。

醒目性原则: 标题是文章的点睛之笔, 是文章的灵魂和门面。

标题的好坏往往影响文章的可读性。

读者往往从标题上决定文章的阅读取舍, 故标题往往比较醒目, 甚至比较离奇, 目的是吸引读者的注意力, 唤起读者阅读文章的兴趣。

如第3小题, 根据第一段中Because two new studies show that rocking also helps grown-ups, both human and mouse, get a good night’s sleep. 可知因为两项新的研究表明, 摇摆也有助于成年人, 包括人类和老鼠, 获得一个良好的睡眠。

结合文章主要内容可知研究人员在测试中发现, 那些被摇晃过的人比那些静止不动的人在睡眠方面更好。

并且, 后来的测试发现, 摇晃对动物也有促进睡眠的作用。

文章还介绍了这项研究的过程。

故A选项“摇摆也有助于成年人的睡眠”符合文章标题。

B
The United States has about 475, 000 school buses—all painted yellow. Each day they carry more than 25, 000, 000 children, half of all schoolchildren in the country. But these buses, on average, use four liters of diesel (柴油) fuel to travel less than sixteen kilometers. When the school year began last fall, diesel averaged 55 cents a liter nationally. The price nearly doubled, to a dollar and 8 cents, by the end of school in June.
Bob Riley speaks for the American School Bus Council. He says fuel prices for schools are not much lower than others have to pay. As a result, schools are looking for ways to reduce transportation costs. Bus routes are being redrawn or, in some cases, canceled. Some areas are buying buses that use natural gas or other alternative fuels. Other steps include fewer field trips and less travel by sports teams. And some school districts may end any bus service not required by law.
Studies show that school buses are the safest form of transportation to and from school. The American School Bus Council says cuts in bus service are bad for children and possibly the environment. It says removing buses from the road will mean an increase in other vehicles transporting students. Spokesman Bob Riley says another concern is that reducing bus services might reduce attendance.
But it could also get more children to walk or bicycle to school. And
that would surely make people happy at the National Center for Safe Routes to School. More kids walking or biking safely to school is the aim of a three-year-old federal program, part of an international movement. The goal is to increase physical activity and reduce air pollution. The United States will celebrate Walk to School Day on October eighth this year. But for some students, high fuel prices could make every day a walk-to-school day.
【文章大意】这是一篇说明文。

本文介绍了高油价对校车的影响。

4. What does this passage mainly tell us?
A. High fuel prices’influences on school buses.
B. New measures to transport school students.
C. The safest form of student transportation.
D. The origin of Walk to School Day.
【解析】选A。

主旨大意题。

这类题目通常看首段和尾段的首尾句。

由首段和尾段尾句But for some students, high fuel prices could make every day a walk-to-school day. 可知选A。

高燃油价格对校车的影响。

5. In order to cut down transportation cost, many schools take the following measures EXCEPT _________.
A. changing some bus routes
B. stopping some bus routes
C. asking parents to drive children to and from school
D. using other types of fuels
【解析】选C。

细节理解题。

根据关键词cut down transportation cost 可以定位到文中句子Bus routes are being redrawn or, in some cases, canceled. Some areas are buying buses that use natural gas or other alternative fuels. 由此可知C选项未被提及, 故选C。

6. The National Center for Safe Routes to School encourages more children to walk or bike to school in order to _________.
A. save more fuels and diesel for the country
B. keep the children safe on their way to school
C. make the children live a simple life
D. keep the children healthy and the environment clean
【解析】选D。

细节理解题。

由题目可以定位到最后一段The goal is to increase physical activity and reduce air pollution. 目标是增加体育活动和减少空气污染。

故选D。

C
“The moment before they called my name, I was really nervous because the other finalists’presentations are really good and I thought they would win, ” Kara Fan, 14, who has won America’s Top Young Scientist, told Yahoo Finance. “When they annou nced my name, I was really surprised actually. ”
To win that claim, Fan’s nano-particle liquid bandage had to surpass the experiments of hundreds of fifth to eighth graders as well as nine other finalists. Fan started developing her liquid bandage in April
2019 to fight the overuse of antibiotics(抗生素).
According to the CDC, roughly 2 million people every year suffer a bacterial infection in the U. S. and about 23, 000 passed away as a result. If left alone, a UN study reported, drug-resistant diseases or the “superbug” could lead to 10 million de aths across the globe by 2050. When Fan’s sprayable bandage dries on a person’s skin, it creates a thin layer that protects the wounded area while breaking the cell wall and killing the bacteria on the skin. After experimenting with copper nitrate(硝酸铜) to fight bacteria, switching to the silver nitrate ended up being the major catalyst (催化剂) to seeing results for her award-winning project.
“Thousands of years ago, ancient people would use copper and silver to eat with and they would drink water from like copper bowls to kill bacteria, ” Fan explained. “I f ound out that it didn’t work. So I used nano silver. ”
Sir Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin—a type of antibiotic—is Fan’s favorite scientific discovery. That said she doesn’t think humans should rely too heavily on penicillin.
Following her years at Westview High School, Fan hopes to continue her biology track at Stanford University. Along with the $ 25, 000 cash prize she won on October 29, becoming America’s Top Young Scientist may help get the private university’s attention.
【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文, 讲述了获得美国最佳青年科学家奖的
卡拉·范发明液体绷带的故事。

7. How did Kara Fan feel about her winning the prize?
A. Confident.
B. Regretful.
C. Proud.
D. Unexpected.
【解析】选D。

细节理解题。

根据第一段中的“When they anno unced my name, I was really surprised actually. ”卡拉·范说: “当他们宣布我的名字时, 我真的很惊讶”, 由此可知, 卡拉·范对自己的获奖感到很意外。

8. For what purpose did Fan develop her liquid bandage?
A. To fight overuse of antibiotics.
B. To enter a national contest.
C. To reduce deaths from injuries.
D. To get into a good university.
【解析】选A。

细节理解题。

根据第二段中的“Fan started developing her liquid bandage in April 2019 to fight the overuse of antibiotics”可知, 卡拉·范于2019年4月开始发明液体绷带, 以对抗抗生素的过度使用, 故A项正确。

9. Which of the following does Fan use to kill bacteria?
A. Copper nitrate.
B. Copper.
C. Silver.
D. Nano silver.
【解析】选D。

细节理解题。

根据倒数第三段“Thousands of years ago, ancient people would use copper and silver to eat with and they would drink water from like copper bowls to kill bacteria, ” Fan explained. “I
found out that it didn’t work. So I used nano silver. ”可知, 范解释说: “几千年前, 古代人会用铜碗和银碗吃饭, 他们会喝铜碗里的水来杀灭细菌。

但我发现这不起作用, 所以我用了纳米银(来杀菌)。

”
10. What might be Fan’s opinion about penicillin?
A. Addictive.
B. Valuable.
C. Useless.
D. Irreplaceable.
【解析】选B。

推理判断题。

根据倒数第二段中的“Sir Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin—a type of antibiotic—is Fan’s favorite scientific discovery. ”可知, 亚历山大弗莱明发现的青霉素是范最喜欢的科学发现, 由此可知, 范认为青霉素是有价值的。

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A
Pinocchio may be just a children’s fairy tale, but Spanish scientists at the University of Granada recently investigated the so-called “Pinocchio effec t” and found that our noses don’t grow when we tell a lie, but actually shrink a bit.
Dr. Emilio Gómez Milán and his team developed a lie detector test that used thermography to tell if people were lying, and found that
whenever participants in their research were being untruthful, the temperature of the tips of their noses dropped up to 1. 2℃, while the temperature of their forehead increased up to 1. 5℃. Scientists also found that drop in temperature at nose level actually caused it to slightly shrink, although the difference is undetected by the human eye.
“On e has to think in order to lie, which rises the temperature of the forehead, ” Dr. Gomez Milan explained the findings. “At the same time we feel anxious, which lowers the temperature of the nose. ”
For this study, researchers asked a number of 60 students to perform various tasks while being scanned by thermal imaging technology. One of these tasks involved calling a 3 to 4 minutes call to their parents, partner or a friend and telling a significant lie. Participants had to devise the lie by themselves during the call, and the thermal cameras picked up this “reverse Pinocchio effect” caused by the fluctuation ( 起伏) in temperature in the nose and forehead.
Interestingly, the thermal lie detector picked up the temperature difference in 80 percent of test subjects, which is a better rate of success than that of any modern lie detector.
“With this method we have achieved to increase accuracy and reduce the occurrence of ’false positives’, something that is frequently with other methods such as the polygraph (测谎仪) , ” said Dr. Emilio Gómez Milán, who added that law enforcement interviewers could one day
combine other lie detection technology with thermal imaging to achieve better results.
The thermal lie detector has been the most reliable in the world, 10% more than the popular polygraph.
【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文。

文章讲述了一项新研究发现撒谎虽然不会像匹诺曹故事中那样让鼻子变长, 但是会出现一些细微的面部表情变化, 而这项发现可以应用到司法执法的过程中。

1. Why does the author mention “Pinocchio” at the b eginning?
A. To tell a fairy story.
B. To warn us not to lie.
C. To introduce a research.
D. To inspire us to doubt old beliefs.
【解析】选C。

推理判断题。

匹诺曹故事的作用, 而非故事寓意, 故从结构作用上分析可知用匹诺曹是为了引出主题研究。

故选C。

2. According to the research, what might happen if you tell a lie?
A. Your nose gets longer.
B. Your nose becomes smaller.
C. Your temperature gets higher.
D. Your temperature remains stable.
【解析】选B。

细节理解题。

根据第二段内容可知, 人撒谎过后鼻尖降温、额头升温, 而这种温度的变化会导致皱鼻子(slightly shrink)的动作, 也就是鼻子会稍微缩小, 故选B。

3. What can we learn about the research?
A. Researchers conduct the study by interviewing.
B. Researchers design difference lies for participants.
C. The thermal lie detector will prove a popular one.
D. The thermal lie detector may assist law enforcement.
【解析】选D。

推理判断题。

根据倒数第二段内容可知, 这项技术有望投入到司法执法过程中, 综合全文内容, 可知这项研究中的最大成果是测谎仪的应用。

B
The famous Spanish painter Pablo Picasso once said, “Every child is an artist. The problem he has is how to remain an artist once he grows up. ”
This is both encouraging and discouraging. The fact that we were all born to be artists is certainly exciting, and yet the reality has proven that remaining one is a task that many of us have failed.
Fortunately, some people have seen the problem and want to solve it.
Western educators have suggested that we introduce the concept of “STEAM” instead of “STEM” —traditional “core majors” including science, technology, engineering, and math—since the “A”, which stands for “arts”, is just as important.
And on April 11, China’s Ministry of Education issued a guideline.
Colleges and universities are required to provide more art-related courses and students need to earn a certain number of art credits in order to graduate.
These efforts which came after many scientific studies had found that art education helps students develop self-confidence and teamwork skills, as well as habits of mind such as problem solving and critical thinking, according to The Washington Post.
It’s true that none of these skills target specific jobs. But as former US ballet dancer Damian Woetzel told The Atlantic, the purpose of art is “to give kids the tools to become adults who are creative, adaptable, and expressive-capable of having their eyes and ears and senses alive”. And we can now see how we lost track of our born “artist self” on our way to growing up: We failed to keep our capabilities to see, hear and feel, and became blind, deaf and insensitive adults.
Hopefully, art education can help turn things around.
【文章大意】本文是一篇议论文。

西方教育工作者提出“STEAM”的概念, 说明“艺术”和其他的核心专业同样重要。

中国教育部也发布了准则, 要求高校提供更多与艺术相关的课程, 学生需要获得一定数量的艺术学分才能毕业。

艺术教育可以培养他们的自信、团队合作精神及思维习惯等。

4. What is the function of the first paragraph?
A. To introduce a famous artist.
B. To summarize the whole passage.
C. To lead in the topic.
D. To encourage us to be artists.
【解析】选C。

推理判断题。

文章第一段借用西班牙著名画家Pablo Picasso说过的话Every child is an artist. The problem he has is how to remain an artist once he grows up. ”是为了引出下文的关于孩子应该接受艺术教育的话题。

故选C项。

5. What can we predict from the guideline issued by China’s Ministry of education?
A. More art-related courses will appear in all schools.
B. College students will have to gain enough art credits to graduate.
C. More students will major in art at colleges and universities.
D. Art will become much more important than science.
【解析】选B。

细节理解题。

根据第五段中“Colleges and universities are required to provide more art-related courses and students need to earn a certain number of art credits i n order to graduate. ”可知, 根据中国教育部发布的准则, 高校学生需要获得一定量的艺术学分才能毕业。

故选B 项。

6. What is the best title of the passage?
A. Every child is an artist
B. Bringing art to life
C. Learning from the artists
D. Life is art
【解析】选B。

主旨大意题。

文章主题是应该发展艺术教育, 让艺术重回我们的生活。

所以短文的最佳标题是“让艺术重回我们的生活”。

故选B项。

C
It is with mixed emotions that I went to the young criminal center every few months to give vaccinations (接种疫苗). On the one hand, I feel lucky to be able to provide a service that may have a positive health effect on the residents. But, on the other hand, I feel a sense of sadness and disappointment as I see the prisoners being escorted (押送) by guards to the nursing unit.
My last visit was very memorable. For some reason, there was a lightness in the air. More than ever before, I felt a lightness as I spoke with each person. We shared stories and smiles and fears. Even the toughest prisoners seemed to be surrounded by light. As a mother, I saw them as not only youth, being punished for crimes, but also as children who have the potential to change for the better. Most of them wanted to talk longer! They were reaching out to us! It felt right.
There was one more prisoner. He was limited to a different unit in a lonely cell. We were asked if we were okay going down there. We said that we were. Two guards escorted us down and when we entered the area, instant tears welled up in my eyes. The area was sad. These guards didn’t
smile. We entered the cell and had to make do with what was there.
We were done but I didn’t want to leave. I gave the 17-year-old a gentle touch and smile as I explained what to do regarding the side effects. At first, there was no response, so I just looked down at his bare feet and then to my supplies. I thought that I had better pack up. Suddenly, he looked up at me and smiled before he said “Thanks” and then he gave me a thumbs-up. I smiled back and said, “You’re welcome. Take care of yourself. ”
It was wonderful to receive a kind response from someone who was in such a harsh place. As we walked back to the main entrance, we didn’t speak. Where there can be a smile, there is hope. Sometimes smiles can be very powerful.
【文章大意】本篇是一篇记叙文, 讲述了作者到青年犯罪中心为这些年轻的罪犯打疫苗的经历。

7. What can we know about the young in the young criminal center?
A. They received regular medical service.
B. They were treated unfairly.
C. They stayed in bad conditions.
D. They were forced to take treatment.
【解析】选A。

推理判断题。

根据第一段中的“It is with mixed emotions that I went to the young criminal center every few months to give vaccina tions. ”可知, 作者每隔几个月就会去给这些年轻的罪犯接种疫。