2023名校版高考英语阅读理解精读含答案7

2023名校版高考英语阅读理解精

读含答案

AccordingtotheSolarEnergyIndustryAssociation,the

numberofsolarpanelsinstalled(安装)hasgrownrapidlyinthe

pastdecade,andithastogrowevenfastertomeetclimategoals.

Butallofthatgrowthwilltakeupalotofspace,andthough

moreandmorepeopleaccepttheconceptofsolarenergy,few

likelargesolarpanelstobeinstallednearthem.

Solardeveloperswanttoputuppanelsasquicklyand

cheaplyaspossible,sotheyhaven/tgivenmuchthoughtto

whattheyputunderthem.Often,they'IIendupfillingthearea

withsmallstonesandusingchemicalstocontrolweeds.The

resultisthatmanycommunities,especiallyinfarmingregions,

seesolarfarmsasdestroyersofthesoil.

“Solarprojectsneedtobegoodneighbors,saysJordan

Macknick,theheadoftheInnovativeSitePreparationand

ImpactReductionsontheEnvironment(InSPIRE)project."They

needtobeprotectorsofthelandandcontributetothe

agriculturaleconomy."InSPIREisinvestigatingpractical

approachesto“low-impact"solardevelopment,whichfocuses

onestablishingandoperatingsolarfarmsinawaythatiskinder

totheland.Oneoftheeasiestlow-impactsolarstrategiesis

providinghabitatforpollinators（传粉昆虫）.

Habitatloss,pesticideuse,andclimatechangehave

causeddramaticdeclinesinpollinatorpopulationsoverthepast

coupleofdecades,whichhasdamagedtheU.S.agricultural

economy.Over28stateshavepassedlawsrelatedtopollinator

habitatprotectionandpesticideuse.Conservation

organizationsputoutpollinator-friendlinessguidelinesfor

homegardens,businesses,schools,cities—andnowthere

areguidelinesforsolarfarms.

Overthepastfewyears,manysolarfarmdevelopershave

transformedthespaceundertheirsolarpanelsintoashelterfor

variouskindsofpollinators,resultinginsoilimprovement

andcarbonreduction."Thesepollinator-friendlysolarfarmscan

haveavaluableimpactoneverythingthat*sgoingonin

thelandscape/7saysMacknick.

32.Whatdosolardevelopersoftenignore?

A.Thedeclineinthedemandforsolarenergy.

B.Thenegativeimpactofinstallingsolarpanels.

C.Therisinglaborcostofbuildingsolarfarms.

D.Themostrecentadvancesinsolartechnology.

33.WhatdoesInSPIREaimtodo?

A.Improvetheproductivityoflocalfarms.

B.Inventnewmethodsforcontrollingweeds.

C.Makesolarprojectsenvironmentallyfriendly.

D.Promotetheuseofsolarenergyinruralareas.

34.Whatisthepurposeofthelawsmentionedinparagraph4?

A.Toconservepollinators.

B.Torestrictsolardevelopment.

C.Todiversifytheeconomy.

D.Toensurethesupplyofenergy.

35.Whichofthefollowingisthebesttitleforthetext?

A.Pollinators:ToLeaveortoStay

B.SolarEnergy:HopefortheFuture

C.InSPIRE:ALeaderinAgriculture

D.SolarFarms:ANewDevelopment

BcAD

Amachinecannownotonlybeatyouatchess,itcan

alsooutperformyouindebate.Lastweek,inapublicdebatein

SanFrancisco,asoftwareprogramcalledProjectDebaterbeatits

humanopponents,includingNoaOvadia,Israel*sformer

nationaldebatingchampion.

Brilliantthoughitis,ProjectDebaterhassomeweaknesses.It

takessentencesfromitslibraryofdocuments

andprebuiltargumentsandstringsthemtogether.Thiscanlead

tothekindsoferrorsnohumanwouldmake.Suchwrinkleswill

nodoubtbeironedout,yettheyalsopointto

afundamentalproblem.AsKristianHammond,professorof

electricalengineeringandcomputerscienceatNorthwestern

University,putit:"There*sneverastageatwhichthesystem

knowswhatit'stalkingabout."

WhatHammondisreferringtoisthequestionofmeaning,

andmeaningiscentraltowhatdistinguishesthe

leastintelligentofhumansfromthemostintelligentofmachines.

Acomputerworkswithsymbols.Itsprogramspecifiesasetof

rulestotransformonestringofsymbolsintoanother.Butitdoes

notspecifywhatthosesymbolsmean.Indeed,toacomputer,

meaningisirrelevant.Humans,inthinking,talking,readingand

writing,alsoworkwithsymbols.Butforhumans,meaningis

everything.Whenwecommunicate,wecommunicate

meaning.Whatmattersisnotjusttheoutsideofastringof

symbols,buttheinsidetoo,notjusthowtheyarearranged

butwhattheymean.

Meaningemergesthroughaprocessofsocialinteraction,

notofcomputation,interactionthatshapesthecontentofthe

symbolsinourheads.Therulesthatassignmeaninglienotjust

insideourheads,butalsooutside,insociety,insocial

memory,socialconventionsandsocialrelations.Itisthisthat

distinguisheshumansfrommachines.Andthat'swhy,

howeverastonishingProjectDebatermayseem,thetradition

thatbeganwithSocratesandConfuciuswillnotend

withartificialintelligence.

28.WhydoestheauthormentionNoaOvadiainthefirst

paragraph?

A.Toexplaintheuseofasoftwareprogram.

B.ToshowtheclevernessofProjectDebater.

C.TointroducethedesignerofProjectDebater.

D.Toemphasizethefairnessofthecompetition.

29.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"wrinkles"inparagraph2

referto?

A.Arguments.

B.Doubts.

C.Errors.

D.Differences.

30.WhatisProjectDebaterunabletodoaccordingto

Hammond?

A.Createrules.

B.Comprehendmeaning.

C.Talkfluently.

D.Identifydifficultwords.

31.Wh