高中英语任务型阅读练习题

一、高中英语任务型阅读 1．任务型阅读

Nobody likes to think they are “that guy” at work.________. So, what are some of the rudest things that people do at work — and why shouldn't you do them? Behaving in an unacceptable way

The most common form of this is eating smelly foods at lunchtime. Other things alike include body smell and its opposite, the wearing of strong perfume, messy desks, or bad breath.________.

Checking email on your phone when you're talking to other people

A recent survey shows that 49 percent of people said their bosses checked their phones while talking with them.________. If you've ever wondered why your team members are unmotivated, this may be why. In fact, when you're talking to someone at work, you should reject any non-important calls. ________

Do you like the sound of your own voice? Great. Perhaps it's time you learned to like the sound of other people's voices too. If you interrupt others when they speak, they'll dislike you and discount whatever you're saying. And if you routinely take up three quarters of the meeting with your monologues（独角戏）, people will turn off and, quite rightly, start checking email on their phones. However, if you listen to what others say and show interest by asking intelligent questions, they'll love you and be likely to give you their support when you speak. Showing off how much you earn

________. If you show off your income to someone and then discover you get less than them, you'll look like a fool. If you earn more, they'll feel tired of you. So keep them guessing and hide your earning power in quiet ways — like always paying for the team coffees. A. Talking all the time B. Being a good listener

C. Team-working can never be ignored

D. All these things will become part of your personal brand E. It's better to be modest when you talk about your incomes

F. Bad behavior at work is common — and often we do it without thinking G. An interesting email is more valuable than the person you are actually talking to 【答案】F；D；G；A；E

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了不受人欢迎的人的几种不良行为。 （1）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空前“Nobody likes to think they are ‘that guy at work.”没有人喜欢在工作中认为自己是“那个家伙”。承接上文，F.Bad behavior at work is common — and often we do it without thinking“工作中的不良行为是很常见的——通常我们会不假思索地去做。”切题。故答案为F。

（2）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空前“The most common form of this is eating smelly foods at lunchtime. Other things alike include body smell and its opposite, the

wearing of strong perfume, messy desks, or bad breath. ”最常见的形式是在午餐时间吃发臭的食物。其他相似的东西包括身体的气味和它的对立面，浓香的香水，凌乱的办公桌，或口臭。承接上文，D.All these things will become part of your personal brand“所有这些都将成为你个人品牌的一部分”切题。该项中的All these things指上文中smelly foods和Other things alike。故选D。

（3）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空前“A recent survey shows that 49 percent of people said their bosses checked their phones while talking with them.“最近的一项调查显示，49%的人说他们的老板在和他们说话的时候会检查他们的手机；再根据空后“If you've ever wondered why your team members are unmotivated, this may be why.“如果你曾经想过为什么你的团队成员没有动力，这可能就是原因。”承接上下文，G. An interesting email is more valuable than the person you are actually talking to“一个有趣的电子邮件比你实际交谈的人更有价值”切题。该项承接上文，引出下文内容，故答案为G。

（4）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空后“Do you like the sound of your own voice? Great. Perhaps it's time you learned to like the sound of other people's voices too. ”你喜欢听你自己的声音吗？太好了。也许是时候你学会喜欢别人的声音了。可知A. Talking all the time“一直在说”切题。，故选A。

（5）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。本段标题“炫耀你挣了多少”。根据空后“If you show off your income to someone and then discover you get less than them, you'll look like a fool.“如果你向某人炫耀你的收入，然后发现你比他们少，你就会看起来像个傻瓜。承接下文，E. It's better to be modest when you talk about your incomes“当你谈论你的收入时，最好是谦虚一点。”切题，故选E。

【点评】本题要求在理解细节信息的基础上，着重考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。

2．阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

At the age of forty-five, my usually well-ordered life became full of changes. After twenty-two years of working in a bank, a plan to use less staff led to the unemployment of over one hundred people. Unluckily, I was one of them.

My once secure future became uncertain. However, I was not a single parent, so the family did not depend only on my income and my husband can support the family. My motto has always been, \"Change is good; change is progress\\"Accept change and make the most of it.\" From the beginning, I chose to look at this matter not as bad luck, but as a welcome chance. I refused to become sorry; instead, I actively planned to do something new and different.

Having a positive attitude made all the difference in the way I pursued the future. First, I decided to return to college and graduate many years later than I should have. Doing this at my age took more than a little courage. Not being a graduate had never held me back in my career in the bank, but now it's a personal goal I longed to achieve. With a lot of determination, I went to evening classes and became an adult student. In the class, I became more and more confident. During this time, I realized that no matter what life throws in our way, nothing can hinder our personal growth.

The second thing I did to improve my inner self was to reevaluate my past life. It used to be filled with endless, and sometimes meaningless events. But now, my heart and life are completely around people I care for.

The loss of my job led to some positive changes in my life. Revisiting the past made room for the future. I realize that I have accepted the change, and am making the most of it. （1）What made the author lose her job? (no more than 10 words)

（2）What did the author do after the unemployment? (no more than 15 words) （3）How do you understand the underlined word in Paragraph 3? (no more than 3 words) （4）How would you describe the author in terms of personalities? (no more than 5 words) （5）What's your attitude towards the \"changes\" in your life? Please explain. (no more than 20 words)

【答案】 （1）The bank's plan to use less staff. Or: Less staff in the bank.

（2）Return to college and reevaluate her past life.Or: Return to college and devote more time to her beloved people.

（3）stop/ prevent; prohibit /forbid

（4）She is optimistic and determined. Or: She is active and adaptable.

（5）I will accept the changes and try my best to live a positive life. Or: I will make use of every chance to be successful in my life.

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，生活中充满了变数,作者用自己的经历告诉我们要接受并善于利用这些改变。

（1）考查细节理解。根据第一段中的\"a plan to use less staff led to the unemployment of over one hundred people. Unluckily, was one of them.\"可知,银行的裁员计划让作者失业了,故填The bank's plan to use less staff. /Less staff in the bank.

（2）考查细节理解。根据第三段中的\"First, I decided to return to college\"及第四段中的\"The second thing I did to improve my inner self was to reevaluate my past life.\"可知,失业后,作者回到大学并重新评估自己过去的生活,故填Return to college and reevaluate her past life。/Return to college and devote more time to her beloved people.

（3）考查句义猜测。根据画线词后的\"our personal growth\"可知,无论生活给我们带来了什么（变化）,没有什么能阻碍我们的个人成长,由此可知画线词词义为\"阻碍\故填stop/ prevent; prohibit /forbid。

（4）考查概括归纳。根据第二段中的\"I chose to look at this matter not as bad luck, but as a welcome chance. I refused to become sorry; instead, I actively planned to do something new and different.\"可知,作者把失业看作一个好机会而不是坏运气,拒绝难过,积极地去做一些新的、不同的事情,下文又说作者回到大学并重新评估过去的生活,由此可见,作者积极、乐观、有决心并且适应能力强,故填She is optimistic and determined./She is active and adaptable. （5）考查观点态度。根据最后一段中的\"The loss of my job led to some positive changes in my life.\"及\"I have accepted the change, and am making the most of it.\"可知,我会接受生活中的变化并积极地生活,故填I will accept the changes and try my best to live a positive life./I will make use of every chance to be successful in my life.

【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，句义猜测，概括归纳和观点态度四个题型的考查，是一

篇故事类阅读，要求考生准确掌握所给材料，根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析，推理，概括和归纳，从而做出正确答案。

3．任务型阅读

This time of year, thousands of college applicants wait for e-notices and auspiciously(吉利地) sized envelopes from schools, under terrible pressure from their parents, friends, teachers, and themselves. As to this, I offer some advice, which comes not only from a bit of experience, but also a bit of research: just cool out and continue, okay?

Many parents and students think there is a world of difference between the lifelong outcomes of an A-minus student who gets into, say. Princeton, and an A-minus student who applies to Princeton but \"only\" gets into some less selective school, like Penn State or the University of Wisconsin. They assume that a decision made by faceless Ivy League admissions officers, to some extent, will mark the difference between success and failure in life.

There are two important things to say about this stress. First, to put the anxiety into context, the kids applying to these schools are already doing quite well. Seventy percent of 29--year--olds don't have a bachelor's degree, and the majority of BAs are earned at non-selective schools that accept a majority of their applicants. Many of the applicants have already won life's lottery. But if that doesn't ease the nerves of the 40,000 people waiting on Stanford or Penn, here is a more encouraging conclusion from economics. For most applicants, it doesn't matter if they don't get into their top choice, according to a paper by Stacy Dale, a mathematician at Mathematica Policy Research, and Alan Krueger, an economist at Princeton University. They tracked two groups of students——-one that attended college in the 1970s and the other in the early 1990s. They wanted to know：Did students attending the most elite colleges earn more in their 30s. 40s. and 50s than students with similar SAT scores, who were rejected by elite colleges? The short answer was no. Or, in the author's language, the difference between the students who went to super-selective schools and the students with similar SAT scores rejected by those schools and went to less selective institutions was \"indistinguishable from zero.\"

What does that mean? It means that, for many students, \"who you are\" is more important than where you go. It's hard to show that highly selective colleges add much earning power, even with their distinguished professors and professional networks. In addition, the decision of admissions officers isn't as important as the sum of the decisions, habits, and relationships students have built up to this point in their young life.

For the elite colleges themselves, the Dale-Krueger paper had additional, fascinating findings. It's found that the most selective schools do make an extraordinary difference in life earning for minority students from less--educated families who are more likely to rely on colleges to provide the training and job networks with great influence. Getting into Princeton if your parents went to Princeton? Fine, although not a game-changer. But getting into Princeton if your parents both left community college after a year? That could be game-changing. Whatever the results, it's more important to choose a university that is suited to the college applicants.

What is an elite college really worth for? Introduction College applicants tend to feel________while awaiting admission decisions. Author's advice Two things College applicants should cool down and carry ________. General ________ Success and failure in life is partly ________by which school you will go to. important Those ________ to the top universities have already won half the battle in their young life. Students graduating from top universities don't necessarily earn more money than those who are turned ________ by top universities. Implication of the ________ qualities matter more than where a student gets degree. research ________ can be more important than the social and problem--solving skills students have acquired. Additional findings Minority students from less-educated families can gain access to the of the research Conclusion ________ networks through highly selective colleges. It makes sense to find a good ________. 【答案】 stressed/pressured；on；assumption；decided/determined；applying；down；Personal/Individual；Nothing；influential；fit

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，对等待通知书而焦虑的人，作者提出的一些建议。许多家长和学生认为，一个进入大学的学生的终身成绩之间存在着差异，但在后来的研究调查中显示，对于许多学生来说，“你是谁”比你去哪里更重要。但是无论如何，选择一所适合的大学对申请者而言更为重要。

（1）考查信息理解，根据第一段中的“under terrible pressure from their parents, friends, teachers, and themselves.”在父母，朋友，老师和他们自己的巨大压力下。可知大学申请者在等待入学决定时往往感到压力，故填stressed/pressured。

（2）考查信息理解。根据第一段中的“As to this, I offer some advice, which comes not only from a bit of experience，but also a bit of research: just cool out and continue, okay?”对此，我提出了一些建议，这些建议不仅仅来自于一些经验, 但也有一些研究：冷静下来，继续，好吗？carry on=continue，故填on。

（3）考查信息概括。第二段是人们对此问题的设想，因此填 assumption。

（4）考查信息转换。根据第二段中的“ They assume that a decision made by faceless Ivy League admissions officers, to some extent, will mark the difference between success and failure in life.”，可知人们普遍的一个误解是他们所上的学校会决定生活中的成功或失败。故填 decided/determined。

（5）考查细节理解。根据第三段中的“the kids applying to these schools are already doing quite well.”以及“Many of the applicants have already won life's lottery.”可知，申请顶尖大学的人其实在自己的人生中已经成功了一半，故填applying。

（6）考查信息转换。根据第四段中的“Did students attending the most elite colleges earn more in their 30s. 40s. and 50s than students with similar SAT scores, who were rejected by elite colleges?”上精英大学的学生在30多岁，40多岁和50对岁的时候比有相似的SAT成绩，被精英大学拒绝的学生挣的钱多吗？reject=turn down，故填down。

（7）考查信息转换。根据第五段中的“ It means that, for many students, ‘who you are’is more important than where you go.”可知，学生的个人品质比他们去哪上大学更重要，故填

Personal/Individual。

（8）考查信息转换。根据第五段中的“In addition, the decision of admissions officers isn't as important as the sum of the decisions, habits, and relationships students have built up to this point in their young life.”另外，招生的决定并不像学生们在他们的年轻生活中已经建立起的决定，习惯和人际关系的总和那么重要，可知什么也没有比学生获得社交和解决问题的能力重要，故填Nothing。

（9）考查信息转换。根据第六段中的“It's found that the most selective schools do make an extraordinary difference in life earning for minority students from less-educated families who are more likely to rely on colleges to provide the training and job networks with great influence”可知，择优录取的大学对家庭受教育水平较低的少数学生的生活收入有显著影响。此处形容词作定语，故填 influential。

（10）考查信息理解。根据最后一段中的“ Whatever the results, it's more important to choose a university that is suited to the college applicants.”不管结果如何，更重要的是选择一所适合申请人的大学。可知填fit。

【点评】本题考点涉及信息理解，信息转换和信息概括三个题型的考查。是一篇教育类阅读，要求考生准确掌握所给材料，结合相关的语法知识，做出正确答案。

4．请认真阅读下面的短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

When times are tough, how should governments in poor countries ensure their citizens remain fed? In the past, most of them used subsidies (现金补助) to keep food prices low for all their citizens. But these policies have become ineffective: the cost of maintaining Egypt's food subsidies, for instance, nearly doubled between 2009 and 2013. And much of the money goes to the wrong people. In Egypt and the Philippines less than 20% of spending on food subsidies goes to poor households. In the Middle East and North Africa only 35% of subsidies reach 40% of the poorest, the IMF notes.

Motivated by a desire to control growing budget deficits (赤字) , many countries are replacing broad subsidies with policies aimed more directly at the needy. But what form should the targeted aid take? Earlier this month Iran introduced free handouts of food to replace its subsidy method. Other countries, such as Indonesia and Malaysia, have chosen instead to provide extra cash benefits to the poor. So far, food vouchers (代金券) have been the least popular option. Proposals to introduce food vouchers in such countries as Malaysia have been rejected on the basis that they were too American and un-Asian.

However, the researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) thought that might have been a mistake and analyzed the results of an experiment conducted by the World Food Programme in Ecuador, a South American country, in 2011, which compared handouts of food, cash and vouchers in the experiment. The study found that direct handouts— Iran's new policy—were the least effective option. They cost three times as much as vouchers to promote calorie intake by 15%, and were four times as costly as a way of increasing dietary diversity and quality. Distribution costs were high, and wastage was also a problem. Only 63% of

the food given away was actually eaten, while 83% of the cash was spent on food and 99% of the vouchers were exchanged as intended. Food handouts have also been the costliest option in similar projects in some African countries, according to John Hoddinott at IFPRI.

In Ecuador there was little difference in cost between handing out cash and food vouchers, the other two options. But food vouchers were better at encouraging people to buy healthier foods because of restrictions on what items could be exchanged for them. It was 25% cheaper to promote the quality of household nutrition using food vouchers than it was by handing out cash. A switch from universal subsidies to vouchers could be the most efficient way of promoting health as well as relieving poverty. This is very necessary in many developing countries, according to Lynn Brown, a consultant for the World Bank. Topic Feeding expectations: Why food vouchers are a policy ________ consideration in developing countries? Aim of universal To ________ for the citizens in poor countries. subsidies Cash ●It keeps food prices low for all citizens. ●It is not ________ in the long term: ＊The cost keeps increasing. ＊Much of the money doesn't reach those really in ________ . Handouts of food ●The food can reach the needy ________ . Analyses of three ●They cost twice more than vouchers to promote calorie intake. policies ●A lot of the food handed out is wasted, thus ________ a matter of wastage. Food vouchers ●They work better when it ________ to encouraging people to buy healthier foods. ●________ with handing out cash, using food vouchers costs much less. ●They are too American and un-Asian. Conclusion It's a ________ to use vouchers in many developing countries because it not only helps to________ poverty but also promotes health most efficiently. 【答案】 worth/deserving；provide；effective；need；directly；causing；comes；Compared；necessity/must；relieve

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇议论文，当时局艰难时，贫穷国家的应如何确保其公民有饭吃？文章论述了什么食品券是发展中国家值得考虑的。

（1）考查细节理解。根据最后一段中的“A switch from universal subsidies to vouchers could be the most efficient way of promoting health as well as relieving poverty. This is very necessary in many developing countries, according to Lynn Brown, a consultant for the World Bank.”从普遍补贴转向代金券可能是促进健康和消除贫困的最有效方式。世界银行顾问林恩•布朗表示，这在许多发展中国家非常必要；以及全文的内容可知，food vouchers是最合理最划算的政

策，因此它值得发展中国家去考虑。故填worth/deserving。

（2）考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“When times are tough, how should governments in poor countries ensure their citizens remain fed?”当时局艰难时，贫穷国家的应如何确保其公民有饭吃）可知，universal subsidies（补贴）的目的是ensure their citizens remain fed“确保其公民有饭吃”。由空后for可知，此处替换成provide for the citizen in poor countries。故填provide。

（3）考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“But these policies have become ineffective”但这些已经失效。可知，此处把ineffective替换成not effective。故填effective。

（4）考查推理判断。根据第一段中的“And much of the money goes to the wrong people.”大部分钱都花在了错误的人身上；和第二段中的“aimed more directly at the needy”更直接地针对有需要的人。Needy与此处in need 形成同义替换。故填need。

（5）考查原词重现，根据第二段中的“Motivated by a desire to control growing budget deficits (赤字) , many countries are replacing broad subsidies with policies aimed more directly at the needy.”出于控制不断增长的预算赤字的愿望，许多国家正在用更直接针对贫困人口的取代广泛的补贴。可知，此处填写directly。故填directly。

（6）考查推理判断。根据第三段中的“Distribution costs were high, and wastage was also a problem.”配送成本高，浪费也是一个问题，可知，一大部分食物被浪费导致了巨大的浪费问题。因此需要一个链接前后句的承接词，由题意我们选择causing\"造成\"。故填causing。 （7）考查推理判断。根据倒数第二段中的“But food vouchers were better at encouraging people to buy healthier foods because of restrictions on what items could be exchanged for them”但食品券在鼓励人们购买更健康的食品方面做得更好，因为可以兑换的食品种类受到了。可知，当鼓励人们去买健康食物的时候food vouchers效果很好。when it comes to…\"当……的时候\"。故填comes。

（8）考查推理判断。根据倒数第二段中的“It was 25% cheaper to promote the quality of household nutrition using food vouchers than it was by handing out cash.”用食品券来提高家庭营养质量比用现金要便宜25%。可知，handing out cash和food voucher相比更加贵，两者是对比关系，应使用compare\"比较\"的过去分词。故填Compared。

（9）考查原词重现，根据最后一段中的“A switch from universal subsidies to vouchers could be the most efficient way of promoting health as well as relieving poverty. This is very necessary in many developing countries, according to Lynn Brown, a consultant for the World Bank.”从普遍补贴转向代金券可能是促进健康和消除贫困的最有效方式。世界银行顾问林恩•布朗表示，这在许多发展中国家非常必要。可知，此处使用necessity/must\"必要性/必须\"，由空前a可知，此处使用名词单数。故填necessity/must。

（10）考查原词重现。根据最后一段中的“A switch from universal subsidies to vouchers could be the most efficient way of promoting health as well as relieving poverty. This is very necessary in many developing countries, according to Lynn Brown, a consultant for the World Bank.”从普遍补贴转向代金券可能是促进健康和消除贫困的最有效方式。世界银行顾问林恩•布朗表示，这在许多发展中国家非常必要。可知，此处使用relieve\"解除，减轻\"。故填relieve。 【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，推理判断和原词重现三个题型的考查，是一篇经济类阅

读，要求考生在捕捉细节信息的基础上，进一步根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析，推理，概括和归纳，从而写出正确答案。

5．请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

If there is one word to describe the progress made in the last 100 years, it's connectedness. From the telephone to the radio to the TV to the Internet, we have found ways to bring us all closer together, enabling，constant worldly access.

I don't think I need to highlight the benefits of all this. But the downsides are also beginning to show. Beyond the current talk about privacy and data collection, there is perhaps an even more detrimental side-effect here: We now live in a world where we're connected to everything except ourselves. According to Pascal, we fear the silence of existence, and we dread boredom and instead choose aimless distraction and use the noise of the world to block out the discomfort of dealing with ourselves.

However, we ignore the fact that never facing ourselves is why we feel lonely an anxious in spite of being so intimately connected to everything else around us.

Fortunately, there is a solution. The only way to avoid being ruined by this is to face it. It's to let the boredom take you where it wants so you can deal with whatever it is that is really going on with your sense of self. That's when you'll hear yourself think, and learn to engage the parts of you that are masked by distraction.

The beauty of this is that, once you cross that initial barrier, you realize that being alone isn't so bad. Boredom can provide its own stimulation.

When you surround yourself with moments of solitude and stillness, you become intimately familiar with your environment in a way that forced stimulation doesn't allow. The world becomes richer, the layers start to peel back, and you see things for what they really are, in all their wholeness, in all their contradictions, and in all their unfamiliarity.

You learn that there are things you are capable of paying attention to than just what makes the most noise on the surface. Just because a quiet room doesn't scream with excitement like the idea of immersing yourself in a movie or a TV show doesn't mean there isn't depth to explore there.

Sometimes, the direction that this solitude leads you in can be unpleasant, especially when it comes to introspection (内省)—your thoughts and your feelings, your doubts and your hopes—but in the long term, it's far more pleasant than running away from it all without even realizing what you are.

Being alone and connecting inwardly is a skill nobody ever teaches us. That's ironic because it's more important than most of the ones they do.

Solitude may not be the solution to everything, but it certainly is a start.

The Cost of Connectedness Introduction ●________ the development of IT has brought us all closer together than ever before, we ________to connect ourselves while connected to everything. The disadvantages of ● We are afraid of a________ state of existence and the boredom it connectedness brings. ●We feel so uncomfortable when dealing with ourselves that we ________ from it all and choose to be aimlessly distracted by the noise of the world. ●We often ignore the fact that never facing ourselves is to ________ for our feeling lonely and anxious. The ________ to the ●You can deal with whatever is going on with your sense of self. problem ●You'll hear yourself, think, and learn to engage what is masked by distraction. ●Being alone isn't so bad. ________, you'll be stimulated by boredom. ●The world becoming richer and ,the layers starting to peel back, you'll have ________ views about what you see. ●You'll find yourself capable of being attentive to some things and ________ in depth beyond noise and scream. Conclusion ●Solitude is the first step you should take to save yourself from being ruined by ________ and anxiety. 【答案】 Although/Though/While；fail；silent/quiet；escape/ hide/ shrink/ withdraw；blame；solution(s)；Instead/Rather/Actually；comprehensive/thorough/ overall；exploring；loneliness

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇议论文，信息技术的发展让我们可以和除了自己以外的一切事物保持联系，也让我们害怕孤独和无聊。事实上，独处不仅能让我们克服这种恐惧，也能让我们认清自己和更全面的看清问题。孤独也许不是解决一切问题的办法，但它确实是一个开始。

（1）考查细节理解。根据第二段中的”But the downsides are also beginning to show. Beyond the current talk about privacy and data collection, there is perhaps an even more detrimental side-effect here: We now live in a world where we're connected to everything except ourselves.“可知，让人们变得更近的科技最近展示出了缺点，那就是我们生活在一个除了和自己，我们和一切都有联系的世界。故可推出\"科技的发展\"和\"我们和一切都有联系，除了自己\"之间是转折意义。填Although/Though/While。

（2）考查推理判断。根据第二段中的”We now live in a world where we're connected to everything except ourselves“可知我们生活在这样的一个世界，除了自己我们和一切都有联系，即我们没能与自己联系，fail to do sth，固定短语，\"没能做某事\"。空格处是主句谓语动词，一般现在时，主语是we，故用动词原形，填fail。

（3）考查推理判断。根据第二段中的”we fear the silence of existence“可知我们害怕独处。此处考查用a__________ state of existence替换silence of existence，通过分析可知空格处应填形容词，a silent/quiet state of existence=silence of existence(独处)。故填silent/quiet。 （4）考查推理判断。根据第二段中的”we dread boredom and instead choose aimless distraction and use the noise of the world to block out the discomfort of dealing with ourselves.“可知我们害怕无聊，取而代之，我们选择漫无目的的分散注意力，用世界的噪音

来阻止我们面对自己时的不舒适感觉。故第4空处可译为We feel so uncomfortable when dealing with ourselves that we __________ from it all我们在面对自己时感到如此不舒适以至于我们想要躲避/逃离/退缩，此处是句子谓语动词，根据feel判断为一般现在时，主语是we，故用动词原形，填escape/ hide/ shrink/ withdraw。

（5）考查推理判断。根据第三段中的”However, we ignore the fact that never facing ourselves is why we feel lonely an anxious“可知，我们却忽略了事实，那就是从未面对过自己是我们感到孤独和焦虑的原因。never facing ourselves is to ________ for our feeling lonely and anxious.从未面对过自己应为我们的孤独感和焦虑感负责。此处用be to blame for”对……负责“符合文意，由to判断此处用动词原形。故填blame。

（6）考查原词重现。根据此空后面列举的内容可知，它们都是解决孤独的方法，且原文中”Fortunately, there is a solution.“也有提示，根据the判断此处填名词。故填solution(s)。 （7）考查推理判断。根据第五段中的”you realize that being alone isn't so bad. Boredom can provide its own stimulation.“可知你会意识到孤独并没有那么糟糕，无聊会提供它自己的刺激。Being alone isn't so bad. __________ , you'll be stimulated by boredom.独处并没有那么糟糕，相反/事实上，无聊会刺激你，符合文意，又此处是修饰句子，应用副词，故填 Instead/Rather/Actually。

（8）考查推理判断。根据第六段中的”The world becomes richer, the layers start to peel back, and you see things for what they really are, in all their wholeness, in all their contradictions, and in all their unfamiliarity.“可知独处时世界变得丰富，层次开始剥落，你看到事物的本质，它们的全部，它们的矛盾处，和它们的陌生处，即你对看到的事物有更全透彻的理解。再结合名词views判断此处应填形容词，故填comprehensive/thorough/ overall。

（9）考查推理判断。根据第七段中的”Just because a quiet room doesn't scream with excitement like the idea of immersing yourself in a movie or a TV show doesn't mean there isn't depth to explore there.“可知，仅仅因为一个安静的房间不会让你兴奋的尖叫，就像你沉浸在一场精彩的电影或电视节目一样，这并不意味着没有深度去探索，即安静的环境可以让人集中精力去深度探索。故此处用\"探索\"符合文意，在结合前面的of判断此处应用动名词形式。故填exploring。

（10）考查推理判断。本文主要讲害怕孤独对我们的危害，以及独处和无聊的好处，再结合”Solitude is the first step you should take to save yourself from being ruined by ________ and anxiety.“可知独处是你避免被孤独和焦虑毁掉所采取的第一步，可以总结本文，又根据and anxiety可知空格处应填名词。故填loneliness。

【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，推理判断和原词重现三个题型的考查，是一篇生活类阅读，要求考生在捕捉细节信息的基础上，进一步根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析，推理，从而写出正确答案。

6．Directions: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.

Traffic Regulation and Accident Prevention

We live in a remarkable time, and many of the once fatal diseases can now be cured with modern medicine and surgery. It is almost certain that one day a cure will be found for the rest of the diseases. Expectations of life have greatly increased. But though the possibility of living a long and happy life is greater than ever before, every day we witness the incredible killing of men, women and children on the roads. Man fights against the motor-car. It is a never-ending battle which man is losing. ________ Nothing can seriously increase your risk of potentially fatal car accidents other than speeding and failing to pay due attention to weather conditions. ________ There is no doubt that the motor-car often brings out a man's very worst qualities. Usually quiet and pleasant people, when they are behind the steering wheel, will become unrecognizable. They are impolite, aggressive, self-willed like two-year-old, completely selfish. All their hidden frustrations, disappointments, and jealousy seem to be caused by driving.

________ It's all for his own convenience. Due to a serious tragedy, the city is almost uninhabitable and the huge parking lot makes the town ugly. The destruction of rural areas and the annual mass killings are just a statistic, easily forgotten. With regard to driving, the laws of some countries are not strict and even the strictest are not strict enough.

Traffic rules are for everyone to follow under any circumstances, and no one can make an exception unless you make a joke of your own life. Universally accepted standards can only have a significant beneficial on the incidence of accidents. Governments should develop safety codes for manufacturers. ________ These measures may sound cruel. However, if these measures result in a reduction in the loss of life every year, they should certainly not be considered serious. After all, the world belongs to humans, not cars.

A. There are five reason for the accident and you are guilty.

B. Every year thousands of people are horribly killed, and we sit still and let it happen. C. Surprisingly, society should smile at the driver and forgive him.

D. Someone has rightly said that when a person is sitting behind the steering wheel, his car becomes an extension of his personality.

E. All advertisements that emphasize power and performance should be banned. F. It is time to develop a universal norm to reduce this senseless waste of human life.

【答案】 B；D；C；E

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了一些关于交通管制与事故预防措施，从而减少交通事故的发生。

（1）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空前“Man fights against the motor-car. It is a never-ending battle which man is losing.” 人与汽车搏斗，这是一场人类正在输掉的永无休止的战斗，因此可知每年都有成千上万的人惨死，我们却坐视不理，听之任之。故选B。 （2）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空后“There is no doubt that the motor-car often brings out a man's very worst qualities.”毫无疑问，汽车经常暴露出一个人最坏的品质，可知，汽车是一个人个性的延伸。故选D。

（3）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空后“It's all for his own convenience.”一切

都是为了他自己的方便，可知，社会对司机微笑并原谅是令人惊讶的。故选C。

（4）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空前“Governments should develop safety codes for manufacturers”.应该为制造商制定安全守则；再根据空后“These measures may sound cruel.”这些措施听起来可能很残酷，可知，作者建议所有强调汽车力量和性能的广告都应该被禁止。故选E。

【点评】本题要求在理解细节信息的基础上，着重考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。

7．阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

When we were growing up in our grandparents' home, Jack, my grandfather, was always in his room sitting in the chair and listening to the radio. The voices speaking from the metal box day and night, taught us that there was a larger world outside. He would roll the black dial (刻度盘) back and forth until the signal was clear. Then he would listen.

Now he is old and falls ill. When I went to visit him, he said to me, \"I dislike the Internet. The problem is that we're losing primary contact with each other. No more shaking hands. Everyone is so busy. We want too much and in the process of getting it we miss so much.\" He stopped for a while. \"It makes me lonely and sad.\" Then he looked at me, \"I just want to hear your voices.\" I think of all the voices on the radio he has spent a lifetime listening to. I asked, \"How did you become interested in radio?\" \"I don't know,\" he said. \"It was another way to reach people. I was always interested in searching for a better signal, a clearer, more powerful signal that could communicate with someone somewhere.\"

\"And I'll tell you another funny thing: you can electronically eliminate all kinds of noise from the signal, but you can't get rid of natural noise caused by thunder and lightning, rainstorms, or snowstorms.\"

He closed his eyes and smiled. \"I was just thinking that in spite of all our technologies, maybe we haven't progressed that far as human beings. We shouldn't forget we still have the same basic needs.\"

（1）What did Jack use to do in his room? (No more than 12 words) （2）Why did Jack roll the black dial back and forth? (No more than 5 words) （3）How is Jack feeling now? (No more than 8 words)

（4）What does the underlined word \"eliminate\" in Paragraph 4 mean? (1 word)

（5）What should you do to solve the problem of losing direct contact with others? (No more than 20 words)

【答案】 （1）He used to sit in the chair, listening to his radio. Or: He sat in the chair and listened to his radio.

（2）To find a clear signal. （3）He is feeling lonely and sad. （4）Remove. （5）Open.

We should reduce the time we spend on the Internet and find more time to communicate with

others.

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，作者讲述了自己的祖父杰克曾经爱听收音机的习惯以及祖父杰克对互联网的看法，旨在说明我们应该减少上网的时间，多拿出些时间来与人交流，尤其应该多与老人进行直接的交流，以减少他们的孤独感。

（1）考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“Jack, my grandfather, was always in his room sitting in the chair and listening to the radio.”可知，作者的祖父Jack总是在他的房间里坐在椅子上，听收音机。故答案概括为：He used to sit in the chair, listening to his radio. Or: He sat in the chair and listened to his radio.

（2）考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“He would roll the black dial（刻度盘）back and forth until the signal was clear.”他来回地拨弄着黑色表盘，直到信号清晰为止，可知，Jack这样做的目的是为了找到清晰的信号。故答案概括为：To find a clear signal.

（3）考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“I dislike the Internet.以及It makes me lonely and sad.”可知，Jack不喜欢互联网，因为它使他感到孤独与悲伤.故答案概括为：He is feeling lonely and sad.

（4）考查词义猜测。根据第四段中的“…but you can't remove natural noise caused by thunder and lightning, rainstorms, or snowstorms.”但你却不能去除掉由雷电，暴雨，或暴风雪造成的天然的噪声）可推测，前一句“you can electronically eliminate all kinds of noise from the signal”的意思“你可以通过电子手段消除信号中的各种噪声”。因此，remove（去除）应与划线部分的单词是同义词故答案为remove。

（5）考查开放题。本题问的是：你怎样做才能解决失去与他人直接交流的问题？根据文中第二段I dislike the Internet. The problem is that we're losing primary contact with each other. No more shaking hands. Everyone is so busy.可知，由于有了互联网以后，人们都忙着上网了，才使得人们失去了直接接触的机会。故答案概括为：We should reduce the time we spend on the Internet and find more time to communicate with others.也可以发表自己的意见，但注意不要超过20个单词。

【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，词义猜测和开放题三个题型的考查，是一篇人生感悟类阅读，要求考生准确掌握所给材料，进一步根据上下文的逻辑关系，结合相关的词汇知识和词汇知识，写出正确的答案。

8．请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。 注意:每个空格只填1个单词。

Time for Americans to act on climate change

The climate crisis is worsening at a rate that is becoming harder and harder to ignore. For more than two decades, scientific reports have made it clear that global warming is real, that humans cause it and that the consequences will be disastrous.

The scientific community has become increasingly panicked over the past year. The latest assessment from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change painted a far more terrible picture than its previous analyses, and the long-awaited National Climate Assessment made clear that climate change represents a severe threat to human health as well as our economic security. Out of this panic came the treaty(条约)reached this past weekend by world leaders to keep the

Paris climate agreement alive.

Yet many Americans still don't regard the threat as a key priority for our government, and support President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris treaty. Campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies have convinced elected officials to look the other way. A certain amount of despair has resulted in widespread apathy(漠然).

But there is another reason that has been discussed far less openly. While a growing number of people understand that climate change will have significant worldwide consequences, many Americans have an intuitive(直觉的)belief that their nation is more capable than others of adapting to a changed environment. Why? Because they have before.

This historical success, however, resulted from the federal government taking science seriously, and making investments to urge revolution and innovation.

But these innovations did not happen by themselves, or simply because of the United States' rich resources. They depended on consistent support from the leaders about the need to take action when faced with crises. This has been especially true in the environmental crisis. President Bill Clinton had a shockingly modest record of advancing climate security, particularly given that his vice president, Al Gore, had been one of the most outspoken environmentalists in Congress. By far Clinton's biggest accomplishment was assigning Gore to participate іn thе Куоtо Рrоtoсоl negotiations. Сlіntоn сhоѕе, hоwеvеr, tо аvоіd whаt ѕurеlу wоuld have been a terrible fight in the Senate to gain approval of the treaty. While this effort probably would have failed, it would have signaled to the American people how seriously the Democratic Party took climate change.

Thus, the time has clearly arrived for progressive candidates to start campaigning on a platform built around the need for a sustainability revolution. Such a plan should include a carbon tax, well-funded clean energy research, evolved agricultural policies and smarter public transport. Given that Generation X and millennials(千禧一代)never bought into the fiction that the United States is immune to the dangers of global warming, the time is ripe to make climate security a crucial government responsibility. Only by doing so can we begin the long-overdue(拖延好久的)campaign to save the planet.

Time for Americans to act on climate change

Introduction More and more people have become ________ of the severity of climate crisis. It is human beings that are to ________ for the real global warming and should ________ for what they have done. Worldwide efforts Current American's responses ________ Given that human health as well as our economic security is ________ a severe threat caused by climate change, Paris Climate Treaty has been reached by world leaders. A negative Unable to grasp the seriousness of the threat, many attitude Americans are in ________ of President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris treaty. for Elected officials turn a deaf ear to the threat on account of responses their ________ relationship with fossil fuel companies. A certain amount of despair has resulted in widespread apathy. Many Americans are wildly ________ about their ability to a changed environment. Earlier American's responses A(n) ________ Wisely assigning his vice president to participate in the attitude Inspiration Kyoto Protocol negotiations, President Bill Clinton took climate change seriously. The Democratic Party used to take adequate notice of the form responses potential crisis of the climate change. ________ It is high time for Americans to begin the long-overdue campaign to save the planet. 【答案】 aware/conscious；blame；answer；under；favo(u)r/support；Reasons；interest；sure/certain/optimistic；positive；Conclusion

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章讲述的是越来越多的人意识到气候危机的严重性。现在是美国人应对气候变化的时候了。只有这样，我们才能开始拖延已久的拯救地球的运动。

（1）根据第一段第一句The climate crisis is worsening at a rate that is becoming harder and harder to ignore.可知，越来越多的人意识到气候危机的严重性。故答案为aware/conscious。

（2）根据第一段中For more than two decades, scientific reports have made it clear that global warming is real, that humans cause it and that the consequences will be disastrous.可知，真正的全球变暖是人类的责任，应该为他们所做的一切负责。be to blame“应该承担责任”，故答案为blame。

（3）根据第一段中For more than two decades, scientific reports have made it clear that global warming is real, that humans cause it and that the consequences will be disastrous.可知，真正的全球变暖是人类的责任，应该为他们所做的一切负责。answer for“对------负责”，故答案为answer。

（4）根据第二段中the long-awaited National Climate Assessment made clear that climate change represents a severe threat to human health as well as our economic security.可知，鉴于气候变化对人类健康和经济安全构成严重威胁，世界各国领导人已达成《巴黎气候条约》。故答案为under。

（5）根据第三段中Yet many Americans still don't regard the threat as a key priority for our government, and suopont President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris treaty.可知，由于无法理解威胁的严重性，许多美国人支持特朗普总统退出《巴黎条约》的决定。In favo(u)r/support of“支持，赞成”，故答案为favo(u)r/support。

（6）根据右栏中的内容可知这里在讲“反应的原因”。故答案为Reasons。

（7）根据第三段中Campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies have convinced elected officials to look the other way. A certain amount of despair has resulted in widespread apathy(漠

然).“化石燃料公司的竞选捐款已经说服当选们睁一只眼闭一只眼。一定程度的绝望导致了广泛的冷漠。”可知，由于与化石燃料公司的利益关系，当选对这种威胁充耳不闻。故答案为interest。

（8）根据第四段中While a growing number of people understand that climate change will have significant worldwide consequences, many Americans have an intuitive(直觉的)belief that their nation is more capable than others of adapting to a changed environment.可知，许多美国人对自己适应环境变化的能力极为乐观。故答案为sure/certain/optimistic。

（9）根据第七段中President Bill Clinton had a shockingly modest record of advancing climate security, particularly given that his vice president, Al Gore, had been one of the most outspoken environmentalists in Congress.“比尔·克林顿总统在推进气候安全方面有着令人震惊的温和记录，尤其是考虑到他的副总统阿尔·戈尔(Al Gore)是国会中最直言不讳的环保主义者之一。”可知这是一个积极乐观的态度。故答案为positive。

（10）根据最后一段最后一句Only by doing so can we begin the long-overdue(拖延好久的)campaign to save the planet.“只有这样，我们才能开始拖延已久的拯救地球的运动。”可知这是得出的最后结论。故答案为Conclusion。

【点评】任务型阅读的关键在看懂文章，然后根据题目要求作答，注意尽量用文章的语言填写答案。在文章中找不到答案时，要完全理解句子，根据同义词，句型转换的方式找到可以替换文章中的单词，短语或者句子的词。

9．根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

They Just Can't Help It

My theory is that the female brain is mainly built for empathy — the ability to understand other people — and that the male brain is mainly built for building systems. ________ For example, women are more likely to read magazines on fashion and parenting, while men will choose magazines that feature computers and sport.

You may think that these preferences are influenced by the way people are taught to behave when they are growing up. However, this is not the case. A new study carried out at Cambridge University shows that newborn girls look longer at a face, and newborn boys look longer at a mobile. ________ It has also been observed that girls are better at noticing signs of changes in other people's feelings. Boys, however, seem to enjoy building toy towers and playing with toys which have clear functions. ________ People whose jobs are in the construction industries are almost male. Math and engineering, which require high levels of systems-thinking, are also male-chosen disciplines. Why do men and women have the difference? Actually women have four times as many brain neurons (神经) that connect the right and left part of their brains. Because of it, women have a better ability to multitask than men. ________ Men tend to focus on a limited number of problems at a time. They will separate themselves from problems and view tasks as independent from one another.

Some people may worry that I am suggesting one gender (性别) is better than the other, but this is not the case. My theory says that males and females differ in the kinds of things that they

find easy, but that both genders have their strengths and weaknesses. ________ It is not true. The study simply looks at males and females as two groups, and asks what differences exist, and why they are there.

A. Generally speaking, there are clear differences.

B. Their preference for building systems may change over time. C. You can see the same kind of pattern in the adult workplace. D. They will consider many sources of information at the same time.

E. It is important to stress that the female brain may be built more for empathy. F. That suggests certain differences between male and female brains are biological. G. Others may think the theory creates a belief of what a particular type of person is like. 【答案】 A；F；C；D；G

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，阐述男性与女性差异各有优缺点。 A. Generally speaking, there are clear differences.一般来说，有明显的差异。

B. Their preference for building systems may change over time.他们对建筑系统的偏好可能随着时间的推移而改变

C. You can see the same kind of pattern in the adult workplace.你可以在成年人的工作场所看到同样的模式。

D. They will consider many sources of information at the same time.他们会同时考虑许多信息来源。

E. It is important to stress that the female brain may be built more for empathy.很重要的一点是，女性的大脑可能更多地建立在共情的基础上。

F. That suggests certain differences between male and female brains are biological.这表明男性和女性大脑的某些差异是生物学上的。

G. Others may think the theory creates a belief of what a particular type of person is like.其他人可能认为这一理论产生了一种特定类型的人的信念。

（1）前文叙述男女大脑用途不同，且根据后文提示，For example 的提示，举例说男性与女性在选择杂志上的区别，故此处应为一个总起性质的句子，强调区别。故选A。 （2）第二段总起的观点为男性与女性在选择上的差异是后天培养的，However 话锋一转，说新生儿在选择上的差异，因此提出新的观点“暗示男性与女性选择上的差异是天生的，即为生理差异决定的。”故选F。

（3）前文提及男孩对搭建玩具塔楼以及功能性较强的玩具有强烈的倾向，后文说建筑类工作多为男性，故前后文都是描述男性相同的选择倾向，只是发生的年龄和场所不同，故选C。

（4）前文提及女性更具有同时从事多个任务的能力，与D 选项many sources 及at the same time 呼应，故选D。

（5）前文提到my theory “男性与女性各有优缺点”，后文说“it is not true”，故此处引出一个容易误解的观点。G 选项提及的theory，且这里的观点认为“我的观点会让男性女性模式化，故选G。

【点评】七选五的答案选项较少并且给出的都是句子，因此，我们可以通过句子的完整性或句子但后面的标点符号来判断该句在我在中的位置。另外通过阅读选项，有可能找出跟

其他选项表达不同意思的句子，就可以直接将该选项排除。

10．根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Parents often say that they don't mind what their children do in life just as long as they are happy. Happiness and pleasure are almost universally seen as among the most precious human goods.________Philosopher Jeremy Bentham believed that all sources of pleasure are of equal quality, but John Stuart Mill disagreed. Mill argued for a difference between higher and lower pleasure.________Lower pleasure, in contrast, requires mere (仅仅的；纯粹的) senses. The entire debate assumes a clear divide between the physical and the mental.________What will it mean for our ideas about pleasure?

________Food is usually considered to be the lower pleasure. All animals eat, using the senses of smell and taste. It doesn't require any complex cognition (认知) to conclude that something is delicious. However, these people failed to appreciate something that the French food writer Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin captured. That is, \"Animals feed; man eats; only the man of intellect(才智) knows how to eat.\"

Eating shows that the difference between higher pleasure and lower pleasure is not what you enjoy but how you enjoy it.________Preparing it using the powers of reflection and attention turns it into a higher pleasure.

A. The dining table is a good place to start.

B. Wolfing down your food is a lower kind of pleasure. C. What's the real difference between high and low pleasure? D. What happens if the physical and the mental cannot be separated? E. All philosophers believed that cookery could never be a form of art.

F. Higher pleasure depends on human abilities such as self-awareness or language use. G. However, disagreements will be caused about whether some forms of pleasure are better than others.

【答案】 G；F；D；A；B

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，幸福和快乐几乎被普遍认为是人类最宝贵的财富之一。然而，关于某些形式的快乐是否比其他形式的好，会产生分歧。John Stuart Mill认为快乐的高低是有区别的。且以就餐为例，指出吃表明高快乐和低快乐的区别不是你喜欢什么，而是你如何享受它。狼吞虎咽是一种低级乐趣，但是用心准备它就能将低级乐趣转变为高级乐趣。

（1）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空后“Philosopher Jeremy Bentham believed that all sources of pleasure are of equal quality, but John Stuart Mill disagreed.”可知Jeremy Bentham认为所有快乐的来源都是平等的，但是John Stuart Mill不同意。可知关于某些形式的快乐是否比其他形式的好，存在分歧。故选G。

（2）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空前“Mill argued for a difference between higher and lower pleasure.”密尔认为快乐的高低是有区别的。与下文提到了lower pleasure，

即可知本句应是说明了higher pleasure。故F. Higher pleasure depends on human abilities such as self-awareness or language use.“更高的快乐取决于人类的能力，如自我意识或语言使用”。惩戒上下文符合语境，故选F。

（3）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空前“The entire debate assumes a clear divide between the physical and the mental.”整个辩论在生理和心理上有明显的分歧。其中physical and the mental可对应到D选项中the physical and the mental，意思为：如果身体和精神不能分开会发生什么?故选D。

（4）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空前“Food is usually considered to be the lower pleasure.”可知提到了food，故A. The dining table is a good place to start.“餐桌就是一个分歧很明显的地方。”符合语境，故选A。

（5）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空后“Preparing it using the powers of reflection and attention turns it into a higher pleasure.”用反思和专注的力量来准备它，会把它变成一种更高的乐趣。根据上文可知：狼吞虎咽是一种低级趣味。故选B。

【点评】本题要求在理解细节信息的基础上，着重考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。

11．阅读表达：阅读下面短文，按照要求完成阅读任务。

A daughter complained to her father about her life and how things have been so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and she wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed that just as one problem was solved another arose.

Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen, filled three pots with water and placed the fire on high Soon the three pots came to a boil. In one he placed carrots, in the other he placed eggs, and the last he placed ground coffee beans. He let them sit and boil, without saying a word. The daughter impatiently wondered what he was trying to do. In half an hour he walked over to the stove and turned down the fire. He pulled the carrots out and placed them in the bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them in the bowl. Then he ladled (盛) the coffee out and placed it in a cup. Turning to her he asked. \"Darling what do you see?\" \"Carrots, eggs, and coffee.\" she replied.

He brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled ege. Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee. She smiled, as she tasted its rich aroma (芳香). Humbly, she asked. \"What does it mean Father?\"

He explained. \"Each of them faced the same adversity, however each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard. But after going through boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg was fragile. A thin outer shell protected a liquid center. But after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The coffee beans are unique however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water\"

\"Which are you,\" he asked his daughter, \"When adversity knocks on your door, how do yourespond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?\"

（1）How did the daughter feel about her life? (No more than 10 words) （2）Why did the father take his daughter to the kitchen? (No more than 12 words)

（3）What does the underlined word \"adversity\" in the last paragraph probably mean in English? (No more than 12 words)

（4）What advice did the father give his daughter? (No more than 10 words) （5）What kind of man do you think the father was and why? (No more than 25 words) 【答案】 （1）She thought her life was in a mess/ She thought her life was hard for her/She thought things were hard for her.

（2）Because he wanted to show her an experiment to help her.

（3）challenge/difficulty/ something challenging to meet/ something difficult to solve a difficulty/ hard or unpleasant situation.

（4）He advised her daughter to face the adversity bravely.

（5）He was an open person. Because he used a more interesting way to enlighten his daughter than to lecture her.

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，一个女孩告诉爸爸她觉得生活艰难，厌倦于努力，奋斗，想放弃，爸爸将她带到厨房，用胡萝卜，鸡蛋和咖啡豆分别在锅里面煮，让孩子看这三种东西的反应，从而启发孩子在逆境的时候应该怎么做。

（1）考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“A daughter complained to her father about her life and how things have been so hard for her. ”可知她认为她的生活一团糟，生活对她来说很艰难。故答She thought her life was in a mess/ She thought her life was hard for her/She thought things were hard for her.

（2）考查推理判断。根据下文内容可知，父亲让女儿到厨房的原因是为了给女儿做一个胡萝卜、鸡蛋和咖啡豆实验来帮助她。故答Because he wanted to show her an experiment to help her.

（3）考查词义猜测。根据下文“knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?”父亲问女儿当困难来敲门的时候，你如何回应？你是胡萝卜、鸡蛋还是咖啡豆？故划线部分单词意思为挑战或困哪，故答challenge/difficulty/ something challenging to meet/ something difficult to solve A difficulty/ hard or unpleasant situation. （4）考查推理判断。根据文章内容可知，面对女儿的困难，父亲通过一个实验来告诉女儿，要勇敢面对生活中的那些困难和挑战。故答He advised her daughter to face the adversity bravely.

（5）考查推理判断。根据文章内容可知父亲面对女儿的困难，并不是一味说教，而是用一种直观开放的方式来启发女儿。故可推测父亲是一个开放的人，因为他用一种更为有趣的方式来启发女儿而不是讲大道理。故答He was an open person. Because he used a more interesting way to enlighten his daughter than to lecture her.

【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，推理判断和词义猜测题型的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，要求考生准确掌握所给材料，结合相关的词汇知识和词汇知识，写出正确的答案。

12．任务型阅读

Many people think only professionals—engineers, accountants, teachers, etc.—have careers.________ Even if you've never had a paid job, you still have a career. Your career is the sum of your life and work. It includes all your activities and experiences. Your schooling, your

volunteer work, and even your relationships with your family are all big parts of your career.________

During your career, you will have a variety of jobs, occupations and roles. People used to think of a job as full-time, permanent, paid work done for an employer at a work site. But in our changing world, a job is a set of duties or tasks. It can be paid or unpaid________ Even someone who is self-employed has a job.

An occupation is a group of jobs with similar responsibilities that require a common set of skills.________ Programmers may have permanent or temporary jobs working for specific employers, be self-employed, work full-time or part-time, be paid for their work or volunteer their services. They may change jobs or hold several jobs at one time but, until they change the type of duties or tasks they perform, they are still computer programmers.

________ We all play a number of roles in our lives and our roles often change over time. For example, Kris works four days a week as a receptionist in a clinic and takes evening courses in social work. She also sews gymnastic wear for her neighbor who sells it at summer markets. Now Kris has at least three roles. A. A role is a part you play. B. Actually everyone has a career.

C. In other words, your career is your life story. D. For example, computer programmer is an occupation. E. As a matter of fact, a job is different from a role in some way. F. It can be completed at a work site, at home, or somewhere else. G. The following is about your work, your family, and your life story. 【答案】B；C；F；D；A

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇议论文。文章主要讨论了我们每个人都有一份职业，其实我们的职业就是我们的生活和工作的总和。

（1）根据后句Even if you've never had a paid job, you still have a career.可知，事实上，每个人都有一份职业。故答案选B。

（2）根据前句Your schooling, your volunteer work, and even your relationships with your family are all big parts of your career.可知，所有的一切都是你的职业。故答案选C。 （3）根据前句But in our changing world, a job is a set of duties or tasks. It can be paid or unpaid.和后句Even someone who is self-employed has a job.可知，它可以在工作地点、家里或其他地方完成。故答案选F。

（4）根据前句An occupation is a group of jobs with similar responsibilities that require a common set of skills.和后句Programmers may have permanent or temporary jobs working for specific employers, be self-employed, work full-time or part-time, be paid for their work or volunteer their services.可知，计算机程序员是一份职业。故答案选D。

（5）根据后句We all play a number of roles in our lives and our roles often change over time.可知，我们在生活中都扮演着许多角色，并且我们的角色随着时间而改变。故答案选A。 【点评】1．理清句际间意义的关系：文章的内容是根据各层各段的大意有机地组合而成，各个层次，各个段落之间不管怎样错落有致，但它所表达的内容都是要围绕中心的，各句之间都有一定的语脉，从逻辑意义上来看，语段的句际关系可分为平列、顺序、层递、转

折、总分、解释、因果等关系。构成语段的各个句子之间有时可以包含一种以上的句际关系。因此，理解阅读材料时一定要把握语脉，理清句际间的关系，进而理解语段或全文的内容。

2．找出句子之间的连接性的词语：文章的语句间的组合，除了从语句间的意义关系分析外，还可借助句子之间的连接性词语来把握，因为连接性词语能表明这个语段句与句之间、层与层之间的基本关系有承接关系。

13．任务型阅读

You may be more interested in a boxing or yoga studio. If you are interested in variety, you'll be better off going with a larger complex that might contain equipment for sports, for example. Pay more attention to the importance of position.________ So pick a sport that fits your sense when a visit would typically occur. The fitness equipment should be close to your home or workplace. Whether to make it convenient or inconvenient is often one of the greatest barriers to success.

Take advantage of free trials.________ During your visit, you want to think about the number of people using machines, the friendliness of the staff, and whether showers are offered there. ________ The two primary places to check for dirt and stain are in the locker room and the comers of the workout rooms. Also pay attention to smell. Make sure there is a way to easily clean equipment.

Talk with personnel about the busiest times and the number of members using the gym on a typical day.________ Learn about membership packages, extra fees and guest passes for friends and family.

By thoughtfully considering gyms and fitness center you can ensure you will actually like your choice and use your membership. Considering the right aspects will help you pick good equipment.________

A. Make sure everything is clean. B. The places should be comfortable to use. C. Good health is of great importance for you.

D. It's easy to ignore your body when you have a busy day. E. The fitness center you like will offer a chance to try them out. F. Find out whether they require pre-class registration or reservations. G. So you can jump into achieving your fitness goals and improving your life. 【答案】D；E；A；F；G

【解析】【分析】本文告诉你如何选择合适的运动设备来健身。如果你对多样性运动感兴趣的话，你最好选择一个更大的复杂的存放运动器材设备的地方。（在原文基础上有改动）考虑到正确的方面将帮助你挑选合适的设备，所以这样你就可以实现你的健身目标和改善你的生活。

(1)根据上句：更加注意位置的重要性。可知，当你一天忙碌的时候，你很容易忽视你的身体。故选D.

(2)根据上句：利用免费试用的机会。可知，你喜欢的健身中心会给你一个尝试的机会。故选E。

(3)此空是段落首句，根据上下文可知用祈使句，在A/F中选。再根据下句：检查污垢和污渍的两个主要地方是更衣室和健身房的人。可知，要确保一切都是干净的。根据句意可知选A。

(4)根据上句：与员工谈论最繁忙的时间和每天使用健身房的会员人数。再根据空格下句：了解会员包、额外费用和朋友、家人的通行证。可知，弄清楚他们是否需要预注册或预订。故选F。

(5)根据上句：考虑到正确的方面将帮助你挑选合适的设备。可知，所以这样你就可以实现你的健身目标和改善你的生活。故选G。

【点评】考查考生对文章的整体内容和结构以及上下文逻辑意义的理解和掌握。做题时，学生需注意速读全文，了解大意知主题，浏览选项，在上下文中找到信息词、句，并注意空前，空后间的逻辑关系，运用上下文所重复的关键词推断理清结构，确定答案

14．任务型阅读Pleasure and Enjoyment

When considering the kind of experience that makes life better, most people first think that happiness consists in experiencing pleasure: good food, all the comforts that money can buy. We imagine the satisfaction of traveling to exciting places or being surrounded by expensive devices. If we cannot afford those goals, then we are happy to settle for a quiet evening in front of the television set with a drink close by.

Pleasure is a feeling of contentment that one achieves whenever expectations set by biological programs or by social conditioning have been met. The taste of food when we are hungry is pleasant because it reduces a physiological (生理的) imbalance. Resting in the evening while passively absorbing information from TV, with alcohol or drugs to dull the mind overexcited by the demands of work, is pleasantly relaxing. Traveling to Acapulco is pleasant because the exciting novelty (新奇) restores our sensations (感觉) exhausted by the repetitive routines of everyday life.

When people think further about what makes their lives rewarding, they tend to move beyond pleasant memories and begin to remember other events, other experiences that overlap(重叠) with pleasurable ones but fall into a category that deserves a separate name: enjoyment. Enjoyable events occur when a person has not only met some expectation or satisfied a need or a desire but also gone beyond what he or she has been programmed to do and achieved something unexpected, perhaps something even unimagined before.

Enjoyment is characterized by this forward movement: by a sense of novelty, of accomplishment. Playing a close game of tennis that stretches one's ability is enjoyable, as is reading a book that reveals things in a new light, as is having a conversation that leads us to express ideas we didn't know we had. Closing a contested business deal, or any piece of work well done, is enjoyable. None of these experiences may be particularly pleasurable at the time they are taking place, but afterward we think back on them and say, “That really was fun” and wish they would happen again. After an enjoyable event we know that we have changed, that our self has grown: in some respect, we have become more complex as a result of it.

Experiences that give pleasure can also give enjoyment, but the two sensations are quite different. For instance, everybody takes pleasure in eating. To enjoy food, however, is more

difficult. A gourmet (美食家) enjoys eating, as does anyone who pays enough attention to a meal so as to discriminate the various sensations provided by it. As this example suggests, we can experience pleasure without any investment of psychic energy, whereas enjoyment happens only as a result of unusual investments of attention. A person can feel pleasure without any effort, but it is impossible to enjoy a tennis game, a book, or a conversation unless attention is fully concentrated on the activity. Pleasure and Enjoyment Main contents Detailed information Pleasure is a feeling that one achieves what one has________ on a biological or social level. Pleasure Things like good food, exciting travelling and a quiet rest can ring one pleasure because they can help restore one's physiological balance, reduce one's heavy________pressure and save one from boredom. Enjoyment ________from the achievement of something unexpected or even Enjoyment unimagined before. Enjoyment ________a sense of novelty and accomplishment such as a close tennis game, a valuable book and a conversation productive of ideas. Pleasure is often related to the comforts that money can buy, while enjoyment, more linked to one's inner world, makes one feel rewarded and changed for the________. ________ While some experiences give both pleasure and enjoyment, some enjoyable ones are not pleasurable when taking place but bring wonderful feelings________. Pleasure requires no________while enjoyment can never be achieve without the investment of the full ________of attention. Conclusion Enjoyment is a ________level of pleasure and the two differ from each other in several aspects. 【答案】expected；work；results/arises；features；Comparison/Contrast；better；afterward(s)/later；effort(s)/attention；concentration/focus；higher

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇议论文，论述了娱乐和愉快的特点，并对两者进行了比较。 (1)考查细节理解。根据第二段“Pleasure is a feeling of contentment that one achieves whenever expectations set by biological programs or by social conditioning have been met. “娱乐是一种满足的感觉，当你的期望被生物程序或社会条件所满足时，你就能达到。故填expected。

(2)考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“Resting in the evening while passively absorbing information from TV, with alcohol or drugs to dull the mind overexcited by the demands of work, is pleasantly relaxing“在晚上休息的时候，被动地从电视中吸收信息，用酒精或毒品来让大脑从因工作的需要而感到的过度兴奋中平复下来，这是一种令人愉快的放松。可知是工作压力，故填work。

(3)考查细节理解。根据第三段中的“Enjoyable events occur when a person has not only met

some expectation or satisfied a need or a desire but also gone beyond what he or she has been programmed to do and achieved something unexpected, perhaps something even unimagined before. “当一个人不仅满足了一些期望或满足了一种需求或欲望，而且超越了他或她所计划的去做的事情，并取得了一些意想不到的东西，也许是以前从未想过的事情，快乐的事情就会发生。出现，结果：result/ arise，故填results/arises。

(4考查推理判断。 根据第四段中的“Enjoyment is characterized by this forward movement: by a sense of novelty, of accomplishment. “愉快是以这种前进的运动为特征的：一种新奇感，一种成就感。特征feature，故填features。

(5)考查推理判断。根据第五段中的“Experiences that give pleasure can also give enjoyment, but the two sensations are quite different. “娱乐的体验也能带来愉快，但这两种感觉是完全不同的。可知这是在对两者进行对比，故填Comparison/Contrast。

(6)考查推理判断。根据第四段中的“After an enjoyable event we know that we have changed, that our self has grown: in some respect, we have become more complex as a result of it. “在一次愉快的活动之后，我们知道我们已经改变了，我们的自我已经成长了：在某些方面，我们已经变得更加复杂了。可知我们变得更好了，故填better。

(7考查细节理解。根据第四段中的“None of these experiences may be particularly pleasurable at the time they are taking place, but afterward we think back on them and say, ‘That really was fun；and wish they would happen again.“ 这些经历在它们发生的时候都不会特别令人愉快，但之后我们会回过头来对它们说：“那真的很有趣”，并希望它们能再次发生。可知是过后感觉有趣，故填afterward(s)/later。

(8)e考查细节理解。根据最后一段中的“A person can feel pleasure without any effort, but it is impossible to enjoy a tennis game, a book, or a conversation unless attention is fully concentrated on the activity. “一个人可以在没有任何努力的情况下感到娱乐，但是如果不把注意力完全集中在活动上，就不可能享受网球比赛、一本书或一场谈话。可知娱乐不需要任何努力。故填effort(s)/attention。

(9)考查细节理解。根据最后一段中的“A person can feel pleasure without any effort, but it is impossible to enjoy a tennis game, a book, or a conversation unless attention is fully concentrated on the activity. “一个人可以在没有任何努力的情况下感到娱乐，但是如果不把注意力完全集中在活动上，就不可能享受网球比赛、一本书或一场谈话。可知娱乐需要注意力集中。故填concentration/focus。

(10)考查推理判断。根据最后一段中的“A person can feel pleasure without any effort, but it is impossible to enjoy a tennis game, a book, or a conversation unless attention is fully concentrated on the activity.“一个人可以在没有任何努力的情况下感到娱乐，但是如果不把注意力完全集中在活动上，就不可能享受网球比赛、一本书或一场谈话。可知愉快比娱乐级别更高。故填higher。

【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解和推理判断两个题型的考查，要求考生准确理解细节信息，并根据上下文的逻辑关系进行分析推理，结合相关的词汇知识，做出正确答案。

15．任务型阅读

Age has its privileges in America, and one of the most important of them is the senior citizen

discount. Eligibility(资格) is determined not by one's need but by the date on one's birth certificate. The discounts have become a routine part of many businesses—as common as color televisions in motel rooms and free coffee on airliners.

People with gray hair often are given the discounts without even asking for them; yet, millions of Americans above age 60 are healthy and solvent (有支付能力的). Businesses that would never dare offer discounts to college students or anyone under 30 freely offer them to older Americans. The practice is acceptable because of the widespread belief that ＂elderly＂ means ＂needy＂. Perhaps that once was true, but today elderly Americans as a group have a lower poverty rate than the rest of the population. To be sure, there is economic diversity within the elderly, and many older Americans are poor. But most of them aren't.

It is impossible to determine the impact of the discounts on individual companies. For many firms, they are a stimulus to revenue. But in other cases, the discounts are given at the expense, directly or indirectly, of younger Americans. Moreover, they are a direct irritant(刺激物) in what some politicians and scholars see as a coming conflict between the generations.

Generational tensions are being fueled by continuing debate over Social Security benefits, which mostly involve a transfer of resources from the young to the old. Employment is another sore point. Supported by laws and court decisions, more and more older Americans are declining the retirement dinner in favor of staying on the job—thereby lessening employment and promotion opportunities for younger workers.

Far from a kind of charity they once were, senior citizen discounts have become a privilege to a group with millions of members who don't need them.

It no longer makes sense to treat the elderly as a single group whose economic needs deserve priority over those of others. Senior citizen discounts only enhance the myth that older people can't take care of themselves and need special treatment; and they threaten the creation of a new myth, that the elderly are ungrateful and taking for themselves at the expense of children and other age groups. Senior citizen discounts are the essence of the very thing older Americans are fighting against—discrimination by age. Outline Introduction Details Age determines whether an American can be given a discount, which is a common________in American business life today. ________ they are given such priority. ●The situation has changed a lot where the majority of the elderly are not poor at all. ●Younger Americans were at a(n)________ directly or indirectly due to ________situation the discounts given to the elderly, thus leading to conflicts between generations. ●The number of older Americans ________to work rather than retire is on the increase, which means ________opportunities for young workers. Origin of senior citizen Since the senior citizens are often treated as people who are in discount ●It is no longer a kind of charity because millions of senior citizens don't need the priority________ . ●It's unwise to offer discount priority to the elderly. ●It will mislead people to think they are unable to________ to themselves. Conclusion ●People may think that they are ungrateful and they're hurting the________ of other age groups. ●Actually senior citizen discounts, to some extent,________ against their age. 【答案】practice；need/poverty；Present/Current；disadvantage；preferring；fewer；economically；attend/tend；interest(s)/benefit(s)；discriminate

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，探讨了美国社会老年人享受商品折扣这一特殊待遇的现象。作者提出很多老年人是拥有支付能力的，他们并不需要享受折扣。让他们享受商品折扣其实是牺牲了年轻人的利益，甚至会加剧两代人之间的冲突，从某种程度上来说，老年人所享受折扣其实也是一种年龄歧视。

(1)考查信息转换。根据第一段中的＂The discounts have become a routine part of many businesses—as common as…＂可知这是一种惯常行为，a common practice意为“惯常行为，常规做法”，因此填practice。

(2)考查信息转换。根据第二段中的＂The practice is acceptable because of the widespread belief that 'elderly' means 'needy' ＂可知对老人打折起因于认为老年人有需要，也就是贫穷。因此填need/poverty。

(3)考查信息归纳。由本栏中提到的四点可以看出此处是说目前美国的社会现状，即Present/Current situation。因此填Present/Current。

(4)考查信息转换。根据第三段中的＂But in other cases, the discounts are given at the expense, directly or indirectly, of younger Americans. ＂可知对老年人优惠使得年轻人处于不利地位，at a disadvantage固定短语“处于不利地位”，因此填disadvantage。

(5)考查信息转换。根据第四段中的＂more and more older Americans are declining the retirement dinner in favor of staying on the job ＂可知选择继续工作而不选择退休的老年人的数量在增加。prefer…rather than固定短语，“选择.....而不选择.....”，因为“older Americans ____5____ to work rather than retire is on the increase”跟在介词of后面修饰前面的主语The number，所以空格处prefer用动名词形式，故填 preferring。

(6)考查信息转换。根据第四段中的＂thereby lessening employment and promotion opportunities for younger workers＂可知老年人不愿退休，年轻人就业和升职的机会变少了，故填fewer。

(7)考查信息转换。根据最后一段中的＂It no longer makes sense to treat the elderly as a single group whose economic needs deserve priority over those of others.可知很多老年人在经济上不需要这种优惠了，这里空格处修饰动词need，要用经济的副词形式，故填economically。 (8)考查信息转换。根据最后一段中的＂Senior citizen discounts only enhance the myth that older people can't take care of themselves＂ 可知长者折扣只会增强老年人不能照顾自己的谬

见。attend/tend to oneself固定短语“照顾自己”，因此填attend/tend。

(9)考查信息转换。根据最后一段中的＂the elderly are ungrateful and taking for themselves at the expense of children and other age groups＂可知，人们会认为老年人是不感恩的，而且他们伤害了其他年龄段的人的利益，因此填interest(s)/benefit(s)。

(10)考查信息转换，根据最后一段中的“Senior citizen discounts are the essence of the very thing older Americans are fighting against—discrimination by age.”可知年长者折扣可能会被认为是一种年龄歧视，这里用在against前，用动词形式。故填discriminate。

【点评】本题考点涉及信息转换和信息归纳两个题型的考查，是一篇社会现象类阅读，要求考生准确捕捉细节信息，根据上下文的逻辑关系，结合相关的语法知识和词汇知识，做出正确答案。

16．阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

Yellow Robot deliver snacks to your home

A robot makes its way back to a supermarket after making a delivery during a demonstration in Beijing.

Along a street on the outer edges of Beijing, a yellow and black cube about the size of a small washing machine moves leisurely to its destination. This “little yellow horse” is a delivery robot, transporting daily essentials like drinks, fruit and snacks from the local store to the residents. Equipped with GPS system, cameras and radar, the robot is seen by its creator as the future of logistics(物流) in China.

“The weak point is that it can't deliver directly to the door like a human.” said one customer, who does not live on the ground floor. “But it is still quite practical. The robot delivers relatively quickly.”

The robot takes off for Chinese customers' love of cashless payments and smartphone shopping. China is the world's biggest online shopping market with more than half of its population making at least one smartphone purchase per month, according to professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. Whether buying electronics, toilet paper or clothes, Chinese customers are used to simply tapping a button on their smartphone and getting a home delivery.

To get a delivery via the “little yellow horse”, customers select the desired products, tap in the address and pay via their phone. Then, the supermarket staff place the items in the robot. Liu Zhiyong, founder and CEO of Zhen Robotics, which manufactures the robot, sees a bright future for his creation. “At the moment, there are 100 million packages delivered every day in China. It will be one billion in the future,” Liu said. “ There will not be enough humans to make the deliveries. We need more and more robots to fill this gap and reduce costs.” These costs are especially high in the last kilometer of a delivery.

（1）What is the yellow robot equipped with? (no more than 8 words) （2）What is the weak point of the yellow robot? (no more than 12 words) （3）Why is the robot popular with Chinese people? (no more than 12 words)

（4）What does the underlined word “manufactures” mean in the passage? (no more than 1 words)

（5）What do you think of the invention of the yellow robot? Why? (no more than 20words) 【答案】 （1）GPS system, cameras and radar. （2）It can't deliver directly to the door like a human.

（3）Because of Chinese customers' love of cashless payments and smartphone shopping./Because Chinese customers love cashless payments and smartphone shopping. （4）Invents; Creates; Produces;（形式不对减一分）

（5）It is very helpful. Because the robot can replace humans to make the delivers and the robot can reduce costs.

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了黄色的快递机器人以及它的市场前景。 （1）考查信息提升能力。根据第二段中的“Equipped with GPS system, cameras and radar, the robot is seen by its creator as the future of logistics(物流) in China.”可知黄色的机器人装备有GPS系统，摄像头和雷达，所以填GPS system, cameras and radar。

（2）考查信息提升能力。根据第三段中的“‘The weak point is that it can't deliver directly to the door like a human.’said one customer, who does not live on the ground floor.”可知黄色机器人的缺点是它不能像人一样直接送货上门，所以填It can't deliver directly to the door like a human。

（3）考查信息提升能力。根据第四段中的“The robot takes off for Chinese customers' love of cashless payments and smartphone shopping.”可知机器人在中国很受欢迎是因为中国消费者喜欢无现金支付和智能手机购物，所以填Because of Chinese customers' love of cashless payments and smartphone shopping./Because Chinese customers love cashless payments and smartphone shopping。

（4）考查信息提升能力。上文“Liu Zhiyong, founder and CEO of Zhen Robotics”甄机器人创始人兼CEO刘志勇，由此推断出下文which manufactures the robot, sees a bright future for his creation.的意思是他制造了这款机器人，看到了他的创造的光明前景。manufacture意思是发明创造，这里含有一个定语从句，Liu Zhiyong是先行词，关系词替代先行词，定语从句中，主语是第三人称单数，谓语动词需要用单数，所以填Invents; Creates; Produces。 （5）考查信息提升能力。题干询问你觉得黄色机器人的发明怎么样?为什么?同学们根据自己的想法，自由作答。

【点评】本题涉及考查信息提升能力，要求考生准确掌握所给材料，根据上下文的逻辑关系，结合相关的语法知识和词汇知识，做出正确答案。