2021年中考英语时事热点08 八（含答案及解析）

2021年中考英语必读时事热点(8)

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一、阅读理解国士无故，先生千古。不一杂交水稻之父袁隆平。“他是一位真正的耕耘者，当他还是一

个乡村教师的时候，已经具有颠覆世界权威的胆识，当他名满天下的时候，却仍然只是

专注于田畴，淡泊名利、一介农夫，播撒智慧、收获富足，他毕生的梦想就是让所有的

人远离饥饿

二、语法选择2019、年共和国的章给他的颁发自是“他为我国粮食安全、农业科学发展和世界粮食供给作

出了巨大贡献。”

三、阅读理解中国“天眼”向世界开放，彰显了大国担当。

四、阅读理解“天问一号”成功着陆火星！"天问一号"如何安全度过“恐怖9分钟”2

五、阅读理解15岁女孩一夜爆红，半小时写出口站神曲。

六;阅读理解人脸识别，让“看脸行事”深入到生活的方方面面。

七、阅读理解新兴技术改变生活、照亮未来。，

八、阅读理解网红成了赚钱的工具。负能量“网红”误导消费者，扭曲价值观。

九、综合填空国学故事：精忠报国。

一、阅读理解(原创)

ChinesescientistYuanLongping,knownfordevelopingthefirsthybridricestrainthatpulledcountless

peopleoutofhunger,diedofillnessat91onSaturday.

OnChina'sSinaWeibo,thenewshasbeenviewed950milliontimessofar,withnetizensfromallwalksof

lifeexpressinggriefatthedeathofagreatman.

“Threetimesaday,whenweenjoyth。fragranceofrice,youwillbedearlyrememberedJsaida

commentthathasbeenlikedmorethan600,000times.

Spendingoverfiftyyearsinhybridriceresearch,theacademician（院士）hashelpedChinacreateagreat

wonder—feedingnearlyone-fifthoftheworld'spopulationwithlessthan9percentoftheworld'stotalland.

Fatherofhybridrice

In1949,YuanappliedforSouthwestAgriculturalCollegeandbeganhisspecialconnectionwithrice-a

mainfoodoftheChinesepeoplethatwouldbecomethefocusofhislifelongresearchcareer.

AdiscoveryofaspecialwildricespeciesbyYuaninthesouthernislandofHainanin1970becamethestart

ofChina'sdecadesofhybridriceresearch.Threeyearslater,hecultivated（培育）theworld'sfirsthigh-yielding

（高产）hybridricestrain.SincethenHybridricehasbeengrownacrossthecountryandfarmersgotincredible

outputafterplantingit.Hybridricerecordedanannualyieldabout20percenthigherthanthatofcommonrice

strains-meaningitcouldfeedanextra70millionpeopleayearo

FromChinatotheworld

WhilefoodshortageshavelongbeenthoughtasChina'spast,Yuan,thefaminefighter,hasamuchbigger

dream-tosavetheworldfromstarvation.

Sincethe1980s,Yuan*steamhasofferedtrainingcoursesindozensofcountriesinAfrica,theAmericasand

Asia—providingastrongfoodsourceinareaswithahighriskoffamine.

Globally,morethan820millionpeoplewerehungryin2018,accordingtoaUNreport.Andifhybridriceis

plantedinhalfoftheworld's147millionhectaresoffields,theadditionaloutputalonecanfeedanother500

millionpeople,saidYuan.

1.WhichdescriptionaboutYuanLongpingisnotright?

A.Hediedattheageof91in2021.

B.Hewasanexpertindevelopinghybridrice.

C.Hedidhybridriceresearchforoverfortyyears.

D.Hehasmadeagreatcontributiontoriddingtheworldofhunger.

2.Whatdoestheunderlinedpartmean?

A.Weshouldeateverymealwell.

B.YuanLongping'sfragrantricetastesthemostdelicious.

C.YuanLongpinghelpsusproducefragranthybridrice.

D.Wheneatingfragrantrice,wewillalwaysmissYuanLongpingforever.

3.WhendidYuanLongpingstarttheresearchonhybridrice?

A.WhenhebecameastudentofSouthwestAgriculturalCollege.

B.WhenhegraduatedfromSouthwestAgriculturalCollege.

C.Whenheworkedinawildfield.

D.Whenhediscoveredaspecialwildricespecies.

4.Whichfollowingstatementisright?

A.Hehasspreadhishybridricetechnologyallovertheworldsince1970s.

B.Hybridricehasbeengrownacrossourcountrysince1973.

C.YuanLongpingprovidedlotsoffoodfortheareaswithahighriskoffamine.

D.Whenhybridricewasgrowninourcountry,itcouldsupport70millionpeopleayear

5.Whatdoesthearticletalkabout?

r>r；•

A.howtogrowhybridrice

B.Whyweshouldgrowhybridrice.

C.Thefaminefighter,Fatherofhybridrice-YuanLongping

D.YuanLongping^passingaway—thebiglossoftheworld.

【答案】CDDBC

【解析】本文注重井绍杰出的科学家，世界出机饿的斗:土，杂交水稻之殳麦隆平的一生的杰出成缸.

LC血节理解题。袁隆平逝世时汨岁故A正确。袁隆平是东交水稻专家B正确。袁隆宇对世界根除饥饿做

.,■

出极大贡献D.正确。C错误。袁隆平在杂交水稻研究方面做了504故选C。

2.D句子理解题“一天三餐，当我们品尝米香的时候，我们会深深地记住你“这句话主要表述广大人民对

翥隆平院士的深切的T卷:。奢案选D

3.细节理解题。从AdiscoveryofaspecialwildricespeciesbyYuanintheSouthernislandofHainan,in1970

becamethestartofChina'sdecadesofhybridriceresearch.1970年袁在海南岛南部发现了一种特殊的野生稻

品种，这成为中国杂交水稻研究几十年的开端,故答案选D

4.推理判断题。从Sincethe1980s.Yuan*steamhasofferedtrainingcoursesindozensofcountriesinAfrica,the

AmericasandAsia—providingastrongfoodsource*inareaswithahighriskofTamine.口『以推断袁隆平是从

Sincethe1980s开始询世界传播杂交水稻技术J故A不正确。从Threeyearslater,hecultivated（培育i）the

world'sfirsthigh-yielding（高产）hybridricestrain.SincethenHybridricehasIjeengrownacrossthecountry

andfarmersgotincredibleoutputafterplantingit.推断出杂交水稻在全质种植是在1973年之后（1970年开始

研发，3年后就是向73年），故B正确°C明虚错误。提供强大的食物来演而不是食物。Danextra70million.

故D错误。「'孑*,「；”•,［「”'•［；彳

5.C主旨大意题。,专文注重介绍杰出的科学家］世界反饥饿的斗士，杂交水稻之父袁隆平的一生的蕊出成

就。故C符合本支主旨。.，

二、语法选择

AlthoughheisoneofChina'smostfamousscientists,YuanLongpingconsiders1afarmer,forheworks

thelandtodohisresearch.Indeed,hissunburntfaceandarmsandslim,strongbodyarejustlikethoseofmillions

ofChinesefarmers,forwhomhehasstruggled（奋斗）2[hepastfiftyyears.YuanLongpinggrowswhatis

calledsuperhybrid（杂种的）rice.In1973,hebecamethefirstagriculturalpioneerintheworldtogrowrice_3

hasahighoutput.Thisspecialstrainofricemakesitpossibletoproduce20%,moreofthecropin4same

fields.Nowmorethan60%ofthericeproducedinChinaeachyear5fromthishybridstrain.

Bornin1930,YuanLongpinggraduated6SouthwestAgriculturalCollegein1953.Sincethen,

findingwaystogrowmorericehasbeenhislifegoal.7ayoungman,hesawthegreatneedfor8

thericeoutput.Atthattime,hungerwasadisturbingprobleminmanypartsofthecountryside.YuanLongping___

9_forawaytoincreasericeharvestswithoutexpanding（扩大）theareaofthefields.In1950,Chinesefarmers

10produceaboutfifty-sixmilliontonsofrice.Inarecentharvest,however,11twohundredmillion

tonsofricewasproduced.Theseincreasedharvestsmeanthat22%oftheworld'speople12fromjust7%

ofthefarmlandintheworld.YuanLongpingisnowspreadinghisknowledgeinIndia,Vietnamandmanyother

13developedcountriestoincreasetheirriceharvests.Thankstohisresearch,theUNhasmoretoolsinthe

battletorid（摆脱）theworldof14.Usinghishybridrice,farmersareproducingharveststwiceas15

asbefore.

1,A.heB.himselfC,himD,his

2,A,forB,sinceC,inD,from

3,A,whomB,whoC,whatD,that

4,A,anB,aC,theD,/

5,A,wasB,isC,areD,were

6,A,inB,atC,fromD,on

7,A,LikeB,AsC,WithD,By

8,A,toincreaseB,increasesC,BeingincreasedD,increasing

9,A,searchedB,searchesC,hassearchedD,wassearching

10,A,mayB,needC,couldD,should

11,A,nearlyB,nearC,nearestD,nearer

12,A,havefedB,werefedC,fedD,arefed

13A,leastB,mostC,lessD,more

14,AhungerB,hungryC,hungrilyD,hungers

15,A,largerB,largeC,largestD,thelargest

【管案】BADCBCBDAC,ADCAB

【解析】

本文主要讲述J'袁隆》研究出的杂交水稻不仅解%了中国人民的温饱问题，还解决了世界上很多欠发达

国家的饥饿问题.­

1.B句意:尽管袁隆平.咽地著幺的科学家之一，号是他认为自己是一个农民：因为他在田地里做研究。一

himself意为"他.自己”。故选B.

2.A“for+一段时间”常与现在完成时连用/诙选A。

3.D本句是含有定语从高的主从复合句，先行词是r；ce,指物，R.从句中缺少主语，故引导词用that。故选D：

4.C此处表示需藉惟同一块田地里”，故前定冠词the。故选C。：

5.B百吩数+of+名词”作主语♦时二，谓语动词的数与of后名词的数保持一致,本句中of后的rice是不可数名

词，故谓语动词.用单数形式。故选氏’

6.Cgraduatefi*om…葭为”毕业于.”,是固定搭机。故选Co

7.B右意:作为一个年轻人，他前白了增加水稻产量的强大.需求。as意为“作为”。故4B。

8.D此处for作介词，后接名词或动名词：故选D。

9.A本句是一个一般过去时的肯定句，谓语动词应该用其过去式形式。故选A。•

10.C句意:在1950年,%国会民可以生产出将近4500万吨水稻，may"可能「；need“需要”；could阿历

能”;should"应该小出句意司■知选Co

11.A'句意:然而，在最新的收成申，将近两亿吨水稻被生产出来。nearly意为“将近”；故选A。，

12.D根据主句中的mean可知从句应该用一般现在时，且从句的主语people与谓语动词feed之间存在被

动关卷，故从句用一般现在时咫被动语态。故选D。

18.C由空格前列举的国象:印度、越南，可知此处表示“7艮多其他欠发达国家、lessdevelopedcountries^；

为“欠与达国家•二;故选c。」.

14.A•空格前的of是介词，后按名词或代词。hung@是不可数名词,意为“饥阴T。故选A。

15.Bas...as中间加形容词或副词的原级0+故选Bo-

三、阅读理解

ChinahasjustopeneditsFASTradiotelescopetointernationalscientists.Itmeansscientistsacrosstheworld

canapplyforusingthetelescopetodoastronomicalobservations.

FASTisshortforFive-hundred-meterApertureSphericalTelescope.Itsconstructionwascompletedin

September2016anditofficiallybeganoperatinginJanuary2020.Measuring500metersindiameter,FASTis

thelargestradiotelescopeintheworld,surpassingthe305-metertelescopeoftheU.S.AreciboObservatory.

FASTisalsobelievedtobetheworld'smostsensitivesingle-dishradiotelescope,andis10timesmoresensitive

thanthe100-meterRadioTelescopeEffelsberginGermany.

Themajorscientifictaskofthetelescopeistheobservationofpulsars（脉冲星）.Thestudyofpulsarscan

helptoconfirmtheexistenceofgravitationalradiation（弓I力辐射）andblackholes,andhelpsolvemanyother

majorquestionsinphysics.AnothermajorscientificgoalofFASTistosearchforlifeoutsidetheEarth.

Thetelescopeislocatedinanaturallydeepandroundkarstdepression（喀斯特洼）insouthwestChina's

GuizhouProvince.Thefirstadvantageoftheselectedsiteisthealtitude.TheaveragealtitudeofGuizhouisabout

1,100meters.Generally,thehigherthealtitude,themoreitcanobserve.Secondly,theradiotelescopeneedsto

havea"bigpan"toreceivebettersignal.Thehugenaturaldepressioncouldreducethedifficultyofconstruction.

Moreover,theselectedsiteinGuizhouisfarawayfromcities,andhasasmallpopulationdensity,whichreduces

theinterferencecausedbywirelessdevicessuchasTVs,mobilephonesandradiosfromhumanactivities.

Sofar,FASThasidentifiedover300pulsars.Expertspredictthatthenumbercouldreach1,000infiveyears

andthatthetelescopecouldlocateandidentifythefirstpulsaroutsidethegalaxy.

1.WhocanuseFAST?

A.Chinesescientists.B.Scientistsfromallcountries.

C.Soldiersandpolicemen.D.AllChinesecitizens.

2.WhendidFASTstartworking?

A.In2015.B.In2016.C.In2020.D.In2021.

3.WhichofthefollowingisNOTTRUEaboutFASTstask?

A.Toconfirmtheexistenceofblackholes.

B.TolookforlifeoutsidetheEarth.

C.Toobservepulsarsintheuniverse.

D.Tosurpassthetelescopeinothercountries.

4Whatdoweknowfromthe4thparagraph?

A.ThemajorconsiderationofthelocationofFAST.

B.GuizhouProvincehasthehighestaltitudeinChina.

C.PeopleinGuizhouuseTVsandmobilephonesless.

D.FASTisbuiltinapan-shapeplacetokeeppeopleout.

5.WhatdoscientiststhinkFASTwillbeabletodointhefuture?

A.Identifymorethan300pulsarsinfiveyears.

B.Discoverthefirstpulsaroutsidethegalaxy.

C.Locatewirelessdevicesaroundtheworld.

D.Collectallkindsofsoundsinthespace.

【答案】BCDAB

【解析】本文介绍中国尖眼正式向外开发，介绍天脑的建成及其作用。

1.B细节理解题。Itmeansscientistsacrosstheworldcanapplyforusingthetelescopetodoastronomical

observations.这意味着全世界的普学家都可以申谓攸用望远露进行天文观测'故答案选'B

2.C细节理解题。ItsconstructionwascompletedinS叩tember2016anditofficiallybeganoperatinginJanuary

2020,故答案选C

3D细节理解题。第一段介绍中国“天眼喻用途。D错误。

4A主旨大意题。为四段主要介翠为什么中前天眼“选址建单在贵州的百然洼地里..主詈原因提及三大原

因，海拔高，自然洼地*,建汲成本少些。人烟稀少，苗以减少信号干扰"故答案选A。

5.B细节理解题。从盘后一段最后一句可知答集速B'

四、阅读理解

OnMay15,China'sTianwen1probemadeahistoriclandingonMars!Peopleallovertheworldapplauded

（喝彩）thesuccessfullanding,asitwasveryhardtopulloff.

InJuly2020,Tianwen1waslaunchedfromtheWenchangSpaceLaunchCenter.InFebruary,theprobe

enteredMars5orbit（轨道）.Expertssaidthedifficultyofsendingtheprobeintoorbitwasequaltohittingagolf

ballfromParisandlandingitinaholeinTokyo.Butitstillcouldn'tmatchthedifficultyofthefinallanding

phase（阶段），whichisalsocalledthe"nineminutesofterror（恐怖）”.HowdidTianwen1doit?Lefstakealook.

Nineminutesofterror

Withinnineminutes,theprobehadtoslowitsspeedfrom20,000kmperhourtozero,landingfrom125km

aboveMars.Sincetheprobeis320millionkmawayfromEarth,thereisasignaldelay（延迟）ofover10minutes

iftheresearchteamtriestocontrolitfromEarth.Sotheprobehadtocarryoutthelandingbyitself!

Thedrag（空气阻力）createdbytheatmosphere（大气）sloweditdownfirst.Duringthisprocess,thesurface

ofthecraftheatedupto2,100C,whichcouldmeltthecraft!Luckily,ithadaheatshield（抗热涂层）toprotect

it.

Next,aparachute（降落伞）openedtofurtherreducethecraft'sspeed.Thiswasalsoadangerousprocess,as

theparachutedropescouldbreakduetothecraft'shighspeed.Researchersusedspecialmaterialstomakethe

ropesstrongenoughtostayinonepiece.

At1.5kmaboveMars,thecraftfireditsretrorockets（反向火箭）asanotherwaytohelpitslowdown.At100

meters,thecraftstayedintheairanduseditssensors（传感器）tocheckthelandingarea.Ithadtomoveaway

fromobstacles（障碍物）suchasrocksbeforefinallytouchingdown.

FollowingtheUS,ChinaisnowthesecondcountryintheworldtosuccessfullylandaprobeonMars.Itwill

giveChinesescientiststheirfirstopportunitytocloselystudytheRedPlanet.

1.WhendidtheprobeenterMars9orbit?

A.InJuly2020.B.InFebruary2021.

C.OnMay15,2021.D.InJuly2021.

2.HowfarawaywastheprobefromEarthwhilelandingonMars?

A.320millionkm.B.20,000km.

-.■

C.125km.D.1.5km.

3.Whydoesthecrafthaveaheatshield?

A.Toreducedrag.

B.Toheatuptheatmosphere.

C.Tomakethelandingprocessfaster.

D.Toprotectitfrommelting.

4.Whatworkedtoslowdowntheprobejustbeforeitstouchdown?

A.Thedragcreatedbytheatmosphere.

B.Ropesmadeofspecialmaterials.

C.Aparachute.

D.Retrorockets.

5.Whatisthefocusofthepassage?

A.WhyTianwen1'slandingwasoutofcontrol.

B.HowTianwen1landedonMarssuccessfully.

C.TianwenVsjourneytoMars.

y.r.L,'

D.ThelaunchofTianwen1.

【答案】CADDB

【解析】本文介绍天问•号登录火星艰难的9分钟，需要克服诸多困难：降速，降遍，找着陆点等：

1.C细节理解题。OnMay15,China'sTianwen1probemadeajiistoriclandingonMars!他答案选Co

2.A细节理解题。从Sincetheprobeis32（）millionkmawayfromEarth.答案选A

3.D细节理解题Duringthisprocess,diesurface^ofthecraftheatedupto2,100C,whichcouldmeltthedraft!

Luckily,ithadaheatshield（抗热涂层）toprotectit.在这个过程中，飞船表面加热到210b摄氏度，这可能会

融化飞船！幸运的是，它有一个隔热板（抗热涂层）为了保护它。

4.D组节理解题。thecraftfireditsretrorockets（反向火箭）asanotherwaytohelpitslowdown飞船发射了反

而火箭作为另一种帮助它减速的方法。.故答案选心

5.B1£旨大意题。•耘第:重介绍登陆火星艰难的9分钟。,做答案选

五、阅读理解

“Shegotabeautifuleye,walkinaline,smilewithhertype;Sheknowsallaboutlife,neveraskwhy,driving

everyonecrazy,crazy..."EveryoneissurprisedthatthisEnglishsong,She,whichhassofartoppedthecharts

withmorethan10millionviewsonpopularvideoplatformBilibili,wasproducedbya15-year-oldgirl,Zhang

Yuxuan,inonly30minutes.

“Amelody（旋律）suddenlypoppedintomyheadwhenIwashavingmathclass,“Zhang,astudentatthe

ShenzhenArtsSchool,majoringinviolin,saidinhervideotitledHowtoTurnaMelodyintoaSong.4iquickly

wrotedownfourlinesoflyricsandthemelodyinmynotebook,andafterclass,Irushedhomeandtooklessthan

halfanhourtofinishthesong.”

Withhercrisp（清脆的）voiceandhumorousexpression,thevideoofthesongShetoppedBilibili's

recommended（推荐的）list.Shehasbecomeoneofthemostpopularmusicvloggerontheplatform.Dubbed（被

称为）a“youngChineseTaylorSwift”,thisteenagevloggernowhas1.28millionfollowers.

ZhangtoldXinhuaNewsthatthesongwasinspiredbyUSactressAnneHathaway,whoplayedAndrea

"Andy"SachsintheHollywoodblockbuster（好莱坞大片）.TheDevilWearsPrada."IlikeHathaway?s

personality,soIwantedtowriteasongfbrherJZhangsaid."Iwanttosendoutamessageaboutgirlpower-that

girlscanbestrongandindependentbutalsocute.”

ZhangfellinlovewithEnglishsongswhenshewasaprimaryschoolstudent.Sheregistered（注册）on

Bilibiliwhenshewas13yearsold,andin2019,postedherfirstoriginalsongDecemberComposerandquickly

wonmanyfollowers.Inhervideos,everythingfrombottlestopiecesofcandycanbecomemusicalinstruments.A

videotitledHowtoMakeMusicatSchoolwithoutInstrumentshasbeenwatchedover1.9milliontimes.Inthe

video,shemakesmusicalloops（循环伴奏）withapencilbagandadesk.

“Ioftencomeupwithwhimsical（奇怪的）ideasaboutwhatI'veseenandheardandthenputthemintomy

songs,“Zhangsaid."It'sagreatoutlet（途径）fbrmetoexpressmyself,andinthiswayIwon'tbetoosadabout

negativethingsinlife.^

ZhangtoldXinhuathatshewantstostudyatatopmusicschool,suchastheBerkleeCollegeofMusicinthe

USandbecomeasinger-songwriterinthefuture.^Everythinginlifecanbewrittenintosong,“shesaid."ButI

・上*■■"tt夕，•-f-,3,

stillhavealottolearnincludingmymainsubjectslikeEnglishskillsandcomposition.IhopeIcanbecomea

songwriterandworkwiththemusiciansIlike.^^

1.WhatcanwelearnaboutthesongShefromthetext?

A.Itwaswrittenbyagirlmajoringinpiano.

B.Itsvideohasbeenwatchedabout1.28milliontimes.

C.Itwaswrittenwithinhalfanhour.

D.ItwashighlypraisedbyTaylorSwift.

2.WhatinspiredZhangYuxuantowritethissong?

A.Herloveforanactress.

B.Herfamily'sencouragement.

C.Herwishtobeapopularmusicblogger.

D.Herdesireforindependence.

3.WhatdoesmusicmeantoZhangYuxuan?

A.Astepping-stonetosuccess.B.Ameanstomakemoney.

C.Anoutletforheremotions.D.Asourceofinspiration.

4.WhichofthefollowingbestdescribesZhangYuxuan?

A.Sensitiveandcaring.B.Emotionalandoptimistic.

C.Humorousandsociable..D.Clear-mindedandgifted.

1答案】CACD

【解析】l.C细节理解题。第L段最后一句话，,wasproducedbya15-year-oldgirl,ZhangYuxuan,inonly30

，minuies,可知答案选C。.■:，f,.*f,*;♦〃

2.A细节理解题。从ZhangtoldXinhuaNewsthatthesongwasinspiredbyUSactressAnneHathaway,和“Ilike

Hathaway'spersonality,soIwantedtowriteasongfbrherJ可知I答案选A

3.C细节理解题。从"IoftencomeupwithwhiinsicafideasaboutwhatTveseenandheardandthenputtheminto

mysongs,“Zhangsaid."It'sagreatoutletfbrmetoexpressmyself；andinthiswayIwon'tbetoosadabout

,negativethingsinlife「’然经常对自己的所见所闻提用一些异想天开的想法，为后把它们放进我的歌里，’；

张说这是我表达自我的一个很好的发泄，’这样我就不会对生活中的赘面事情太难过了。”故答橐选C

4.D主旨大意题，15发在30分钟能写出《她》用在视频平台Bilibili上以1000多万的浏览量登上了排行

榜榜首。说明这位其上非常有，天赋。从后面她箜常捕捉生活中的日常元素莒出歌曲,，也说明她思维每墀清

晰。故答案选D.

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六、阅读理解

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Yourfacemightbethemostunique（特另U的）partofyourphysicalappearance.Everyonehassomething

abouttheirfacethat'salittledifferent.Andthatdifferencemakesfacialrecognition（面部识别）possible.

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Thistechnologycanbeseeninmanyfilms.Inthesci-ficlassic2001:ASpaceOdyssey,apowerful

Ai-controlledcomputercalledHAL9000isableto"read"theemotions（情绪）ofhumanastronautsbyscanning

（扫描）theirfaces.Andinthe1987actionfilmRobocop,acyborg（半人半机器）policeofficeridentifies（识别）a

criminal（罪JU）byscanninghisphotoandfindingitinacomputer.

Today,facialrecognitiontechhasbecomereality.Itismainlyusedasasecuritymeasure（安保手段）orto

identifycriminals.

Forexample,in2018,facialrecognitiontechnologywasusedtoidentifyandcatchcriminalswhowere

attendingconcertsbyHongKongsingerJackyCheung.AndifyouhavearecentmodelofApple'siPhone,you

probablyalreadyknowthatyoucanunlockthephonewithyourface.Butthosearejustafewofthethingswecan

usefacialrecognitionfor.Thepossibilities,itseems,areendless.

TakeGrabforexample.Grabisaride-hailing（叫车月艮务）companyinsoutheastAsiathatusesfacial

recognitiontechnologytoensurepassengersafety.Thetechnologyworksbyscanningthefacesofboththedriver

andthepassenger,allowingpassengerstomakesurethattheyhavebeenmatchedupwiththecorrectdriver.

Retailers（零售商）arealsolookingtofacialrecognitiontechnologytodrivebusinessbypersonalizing（个性

4七定制」）theshoppingexperienceforcustomers.Facialrecognitioncanallowretailersto"see”whattheirshoppers

areactuallylookingatinstores.Later,theyusethisinformationtoprovidesuggestionsforfuturepurchases（购

买）.，，，，

1.Whatfunctionoffacialrecognitioninmovieshasbecomereality?

A.Readingpeople'semotions.

B.Identifyingcriminals.

C.Callingtaxis.

D.Unlockingphones.

2.TheexampleinParagraph5showsusthat.

A.facialrecognitionisusedinmanyareas

B.peoplecancalltaxisbyscanningtheirface

C.facialrecognitioncankeeppeoplesafe

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D.securityinsoutheastAsiaispoor

3.WhichofthefollowingfactsaboutfacialrecognitionisNOTmentionedinthestory?

A.Itisdangeroussometimes.B.Itisusedfbrsecurityreasons.

C.Itcanhelpcatchcriminals.D.Itcanhelpwithbusiness.

【答案】ACA

【解析】1.细节理解题。从apowerfulAl-controlledcomputercalledHAL9000isableto“read”theemotions（情

绪）ofhumanastronautsbyscanning（扫描）theirfaces.一台功能强大的人工智能控制计算机HAL9000能够

通过扫描人类宇航员的面部来“读取”他们的情绪。.故答案选入

2.C第五段介绍人脸识别在出租车方面的应用，能确保安全。

3.A理解判断题」第四段提及人脸识别应用于识别和抓捕罪犯。第五段介绍人脸识别用于出租车方面保证

人身安全。第六段介绍人脸识别用于商业方面的应用。故没有提及A。

七、阅读理解

WithCOVID-19threatening（威胁）theworld,researchershaveworkedontechnologythatcanprotectour

environment,improvethequalityofmedicalcare,orsimplymakeourlivesmoreconvenient.ScientificAmerican

haschosen10newtechnologiesthatmightchangeourfuture.We'lltakealookatthreeofthem.

Greenhydrogen绿色氢

Whenwebumhydrogenforenergy,theonlyby-product（副产品）iswater.It'ssafefbrtheenvironment.But

theprocessofproducinghydrogenisbadfbrtheenvironment.“Green“hydrogenmightbethesolution.

Greenhydrogenisproducedbyusingmachinestosplit（分开）waterintoitstwomostbasicelements一

hydrogenandoxygen（氧气）.Inthepast,thisprocesstooksomuchelectricitythatitdidn'tmakesensetodoit.

Butnow,wehavemoreefficient（有效率的）machines.Thismeanswecanproducehydrogeninacleanerand

moreenvironmentally-friendlyway.

Spatialcomputing空间计算

Someofyoumightbefamiliarwithaugmentedreality（增强现实），orAR.ComputersuseARtoputavirtual（虚

拟的）“layer（层次）“ontopoftherealworld,suchaswhenyouuseanapptocontrolthelightsinyourhome.Anew

kindofcomputingcalledspatialcomputingwillcombineARwiththeinternetofthingstomakedailylifeevenmore

automated（自动的）.

Withspatialcomputing,itispossibletomakeadigital（数字的）"map"ofanenvironment,suchasyourhomeor

ahospital.Usingthismap,computerscan"see"what'shappeningintherealenvironmentandchangeitaccordingly.

Forexample,yourhome'scomputercouldturnuptheheatifitseesthatyourbodytemperatureislow.

Whole-genomesynthesis全基因组合

SoonaftertheCOVID-19epidemicbegan,Chinesescientistsanalyzed（分析）thevirus'sgenes（基因）and

uploadedthemtoglobaldatabases（数据库）.Swissscientiststhenusedthisgeneticdatato