2023名校版高考英语阅读理解精读附答案48

2023名校版高考英语阅读理解精

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ThewayItreataclove（瓣）ofgarlicdoesnotjustchangeits

sizebutitschemistry;thedecisiontosliceorcrushitwillshape

theflavourofthemeal.Cookingcanshowusthis:ouractions

matter.Throughmyworkinthekitchen,IthoughtaboutwhatI

hadlearnedabouttime,aboutpeopleandtheworldbeyondme.

ThenIaskedmyself:WhatwouldIdiscoverifItreatedcooking

asthinking?

WhenIcookedformyselfasan18-year-old,Iattemptedto

improvetheflavorofadishbyaddingmorethingstothepot.

Butfrustratingly,thesedishestastedofless.Alogicofscale

failedhere:morewasnotmore.

ThenIcameacrossarecipefortomatosauce,throughwhich

Ilearnedhowsmallchangeswouldcauseabigdifference.The

firstfewtimesImadeit,Iwasrespectfultowardstheamazing

transformation.ButonceIcrushedthegarlicinsteadofcarefully

slicingit,andthesaucetasteddifferent.AnothertimeIreplaced

freshtomatoeswithcanned,whichresultedinawateryrrdxture.

WhenIdocumentedallthetimesIhadcookedit,Iwas

suddenlyabletoanswerquestionsthathadescapedmeinthe

libraryduringmystudies.Ihadbeenstudyingthebroken

relationshipbetweenlanguageandthelivedworldforyears.

Throughcooking,Isawhoweachtimearecipewastranslated

anewinthekitchen.Therefore,lifecouldbereturnedto

language,reinvigorating（使复兴）it.

WhenIcook,Fmusingtheknowledgeproducedthroughthe

workofgenerationsofcooksinkitchensallovertheworld.

Unliketheknowledgestoredinlibraries,thisisinformationthat

eachpersonwhousesitcanrewriteintheirownimage.People

whocookbecomepartofachorus.WhenIbegantopay

attention,Icouldheartheirvoicesinabubblingpan.Cookingis

thinking,andthereisknowledgeonanepic（史诗般的）scaleina

panofhotredsauce.

32.Whyisgarlicmentionedinparagraph1?

A.Toexplainarule.

B.Topresentastory.

C.Tointroduceatopic.

D.Tomakeacomparison.

33.Whatdidtheauthorlearnfromthecookingexperiences?

A.Crushedgarlictastesbetter.

B.Freshtomatoesworkbetter.

C.Slicedgarlicruinsthesauce.

D.Moreingredientsimproveflavour.

34.Whatdoesparagraph4mainlytellus?

A.Lifecanbringlanguagealiveagain.

B.Arecipecanberenewedbyeachuser.

C.Therelationshipbetweenlanguageandtheworldisbroken.

D.Theinspirationfromcookinghelpssolveacademicproblems.

35.Whatmightbethebesttitle?

A.Lessismore.

B.Ouractionsmatter.

C.Cookingisthinking.

D.Recipeshavesouls.

CBDC

（2022•山东聊城模拟）Facialrecognitiontechnologywasusedto

permitpassengerstogetonflightsatHartsfield-JacksonAtlanta

Internationalairportlastweek,makingitthefirstinthenationto

usethesystem.Thetechnologycanbeusedbyinternational

passengerstravelingthroughaspecialterminal,whichis

operatedbyDeltaAirlines.Deltasaiditisthefirstfullybiometric

（生物特征识别）airportterminaltooperateintheU.S.

Thegoalofthesystemistosimplifyandspeedupthe

processofpresentingdocumentstogetonaflight.Passengers

canbeginusingthefacialrecognitionsystemwhentheyfirst

arriveattheairport.Afterthefirstcheck-in,passengerscanalso

usefacerecognitiontopassthroughsecurityandtogetonthe

plane.Thesystempreventstheneedfortravelerstopresenttheir

passportuptofourtimesduringtheusualcheckin

process.Travelerslookintoacamerathatscanstheirface.This

imageisthencomparedagainstacollectionofpictureskeptby

theCBP（U.S.CustomsandBorderProtection）.Theagency

collectsfacescansfrompassportsandvisas.

Thesystem,however,hasraisedconcernsabout

privacyJeramieScott,alawyerwiththe日ectronicPrivacy

InformationCenter,hascalledtheuseoffacialrecognitionat

U.S.airportsa“massivethreat".Hesaidthatthegovernment

hascreated"adigitalIDofmillionsofAmericans"through

facialrecognition,andthegovernmentzsfacialrecognition

databaseofcitizenscouldbeusedforotherpurposeswithoutan

individuaTspermission.'Thegovernmentnowhasthepowerto

identifyyouwheneveritwants.Andtheydidthiswithoutapublic

discussionorconsenttakingphotoscollectedforonepurpose

andusingitforanother,"hesaid.

TheCBPtoldCBSNewsthatanyU.S.citizenwhohasprivacy

concernscanchoosenottotakepartinthefacialrecognition

system.Thiswouldpreventtheairlinefromcollectingafacescan

tocomparewithCBPrecords.Itspolicyistoremovephotosof

U.S.citizensfromitssystemoncetheiridentitieshavebeen

confirmed.

DeltasaysabouttwopercentofpassengersusingtheAtlanta

airportterminalhavechosennottousethefacialrecognition

system.Nextyear,theairlineplanstoexpanditsbiometric

systemforinternationaltravelersatDetroitMetropolitanAirport

inMichigan.

9.WhyisthefacialrecognitiontechnologyusedinAtlanta

InternationalAirport?

A.Toscanthetravelers*faces.

B.Toraiseconcernsaboutprivacy.

C.Tomakemorepeopleboardtheplanes.

D.Tomaketheboardingmoreconvenient.

10.What'sJeramieScott'sattitudetowardfacialrecognition

technology?

A.Critical.

B.Uncaring.

C.Doubtful.

D.Favorable.

11.Whatcanwelearnaboutthefacialrecognitionsystem?

A.Thesystemmaybepromoted.

B.Passeng