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二、阅读与回答问题
Have you considered using plants when you want to make your rooms more beautiful?
Indoor（室内的）plants are great for adding interest to a room and are especially helpful when used for decorating（装饰）small rooms.
These plants can be either living or artificial（人造的）. You can choose either of them.
If you choose to decorate your house with living plants, then you should know that you have to take care of the plants. Living plants will need watering. You should keep them at proper room temperature or they may die. Clearing out the dead plants will cost you time and money. Please take good care of the living plants.
If you are a person that is very busy and yet want plants to make your work place brighter, then you can choose to decorate it with silk plants. These plants are made of soft silk. They look like real plants whether they are in a hanging basket or sitting on a desk in your work place. Silk plants need little care. But you should often clean them so they won't look dirty.
1. What should you do if you choose to use living plants?
2. What will happen to the plants if the room temperature isn't proper?
3. What are silk plants made of?
4. Why should you often clean the silk plants?
5. What is the passage mainly about?
Have you considered using plants when you want to make your rooms more beautiful?
Indoor（室内的）plants are great for adding interest to a room and are especially helpful when used for decorating（装饰）small rooms.
These plants can be either living or artificial（人造的）. You can choose either of them.
If you choose to decorate your house with living plants, then you should know that you have to take care of the plants. Living plants will need watering. You should keep them at proper room temperature or they may die. Clearing out the dead plants will cost you time and money. Please take good care of the living plants.
If you are a person that is very busy and yet want plants to make your work place brighter, then you can choose to decorate it with silk plants. These plants are made of soft silk. They look like real plants whether they are in a hanging basket or sitting on a desk in your work place. Silk plants need little care. But you should often clean them so they won't look dirty.
1. What should you do if you choose to use living plants?
2. What will happen to the plants if the room temperature isn't proper?
3. What are silk plants made of?
4. Why should you often clean the silk plants?
5. What is the passage mainly about?
答案
【解析】：本题为英语阅读简答题，可通过定位原文对应内容得出答案：
1. 定位文章第4段内容，可找到选择鲜活室内植物对应的要求。
2. 定位文章第4段中关于室温的描述，可直接得到温度不合适的后果。
3. 定位文章第5段关于丝质植物的介绍，可直接找到其制作材料。
4. 定位文章第5段最后一句，可直接找到需要经常清洁丝质植物的原因。
5. 通读全文可知，文章围绕用于装饰房间的两类室内植物展开，介绍了二者的特点和养护相关注意事项。
【答案】：1. We should take good care of the living plants, including watering them, keeping them at proper room temperature and clearing out the dead plants.
2. They may die.
3. They are made of soft silk.
4. Because we want to make sure they won't look dirty.
5. It is mainly about the two kinds of indoor plants (living plants and silk/artificial plants) for room decoration, and introduces their respective features and care notes.
1. 定位文章第4段内容，可找到选择鲜活室内植物对应的要求。
2. 定位文章第4段中关于室温的描述，可直接得到温度不合适的后果。
3. 定位文章第5段关于丝质植物的介绍，可直接找到其制作材料。
4. 定位文章第5段最后一句，可直接找到需要经常清洁丝质植物的原因。
5. 通读全文可知，文章围绕用于装饰房间的两类室内植物展开，介绍了二者的特点和养护相关注意事项。
【答案】：1. We should take good care of the living plants, including watering them, keeping them at proper room temperature and clearing out the dead plants.
2. They may die.
3. They are made of soft silk.
4. Because we want to make sure they won't look dirty.
5. It is mainly about the two kinds of indoor plants (living plants and silk/artificial plants) for room decoration, and introduces their respective features and care notes.
三、完形填空
Data storage has become easier. Thirty years ago, people had to 1 on
floppy disks and rewritable DVDs. These days, we only need to 2 the "Save" icon on our screens. The files will then be 3 in the "cloud". It seems that we will never run out of 4. Isn't this great?
In fact, however, the storage space we now have is not even close to being 5. Every day, 4.5 billion Internet users create a large amount of data. By 2025, the amount of data worldwide will have 6 175 zettabytes (1 ZB = 1024 EB). Clearly, we can't cover every piece of land on the Earth with 7 centres. So where can we store all the data?
8, some researchers have been working on new storage technologies. One of these technologies is DNA storage. Yes, you read it 9. DNA storage sounds futuristic, but in some ways, it's just the opposite. A long time 10 computers were invented, nature had been using DNA to store information.
In 2012, researchers at Harvard University 11 a book, 11 pictures and a computer programme into human DNA. Each gram of DNA can 12 2.2 petabytes (PB) of information(1 ZB = 1,048,576 PB). If DNA is kept in the right 13, it can keep the stored information safe for a million years.
There are still 14 with using DNA for data storage. It takes lots of time to write into and read from DNA, for example. Scientists are trying to 15 this technology. We will wait to see how their efforts play out in the future.
()1. A. live B. depend C. work D. carry
()2. A. find B. meet C. click D. kick
()3. A. seen B. hidden C. saved D. cleared
()4. A. time B. space C. money D. oil
()5. A. old B. enough C. perfect D. modern
()6. A. grown B. lost C. reduced D. reached
()7. A. data B. game C. computer D. tourist
()8. A. Luckily B. Otherwise C. Moreover D. However
()9. A. carefully B. quickly C. correctly D. politely
()10. A. since B. after C. before D. as
()11. A. read B. wrote C. translated D. threw
()12. A. beat B. create C. hold D. get
()13. A. room B. condition C. time D. information
()14. A. programmes B. problems C. agreements D. fun
()15. A. improve B. invent C. discover D. explain
Data storage has become easier. Thirty years ago, people had to 1 on
floppy disks and rewritable DVDs. These days, we only need to 2 the "Save" icon on our screens. The files will then be 3 in the "cloud". It seems that we will never run out of 4. Isn't this great?
In fact, however, the storage space we now have is not even close to being 5. Every day, 4.5 billion Internet users create a large amount of data. By 2025, the amount of data worldwide will have 6 175 zettabytes (1 ZB = 1024 EB). Clearly, we can't cover every piece of land on the Earth with 7 centres. So where can we store all the data?
8, some researchers have been working on new storage technologies. One of these technologies is DNA storage. Yes, you read it 9. DNA storage sounds futuristic, but in some ways, it's just the opposite. A long time 10 computers were invented, nature had been using DNA to store information.
In 2012, researchers at Harvard University 11 a book, 11 pictures and a computer programme into human DNA. Each gram of DNA can 12 2.2 petabytes (PB) of information(1 ZB = 1,048,576 PB). If DNA is kept in the right 13, it can keep the stored information safe for a million years.
There are still 14 with using DNA for data storage. It takes lots of time to write into and read from DNA, for example. Scientists are trying to 15 this technology. We will wait to see how their efforts play out in the future.
()1. A. live B. depend C. work D. carry
()2. A. find B. meet C. click D. kick
()3. A. seen B. hidden C. saved D. cleared
()4. A. time B. space C. money D. oil
()5. A. old B. enough C. perfect D. modern
()6. A. grown B. lost C. reduced D. reached
()7. A. data B. game C. computer D. tourist
()8. A. Luckily B. Otherwise C. Moreover D. However
()9. A. carefully B. quickly C. correctly D. politely
()10. A. since B. after C. before D. as
()11. A. read B. wrote C. translated D. threw
()12. A. beat B. create C. hold D. get
()13. A. room B. condition C. time D. information
()14. A. programmes B. problems C. agreements D. fun
()15. A. improve B. invent C. discover D. explain
答案
1-5 BCCBB 6-10 DAACC 11-15 BCBBA
解析
1. 第1题选B，depend on是固定搭配，意为“依靠、依赖”，符合三十年前人们依靠软盘和可重写DVD存储数据的语境。
2. 第2题选C，click the "Save" icon是常用操作表达，意为“点击‘保存’图标”，符合电脑操作的常识。
3. 第3题选C，点击保存后文件会被存储在云端，saved表示“被保存”，符合动作逻辑。
4. 第4题选B，前文围绕存储相关话题展开，此处指看起来我们永远不会用完存储空间，space意为“空间”，契合主题。
5. 第5题选B，前文看似存储空间充足，此处转折说明现有存储空间远远不够，enough意为“足够的”，对应后文全球数据量极大的语境。
6. 第6题选D，此处指到2025年全球数据总量将达到175泽字节，reach表示“达到（某一数值）”符合语义。
7. 第7题选A，data centres是固定表达，意为“数据中心”，符合全文数据存储的主题。
8. 第8题选A，前文提出没有足够空间建造数据中心的难题，此处引出研究人员已经在研发新存储技术，Luckily“幸运的是”符合逻辑衔接。
9. 第9题选C，此处是确认读者没有理解错DNA存储这个新奇概念，read it correctly意为“你没看错/理解正确”，符合语境。
10. 第10题选C，句意：早在电脑被发明之前很久，大自然就已经在用DNA存储信息了，before表示“在……之前”符合时间逻辑。
11. 第11题选B，此处指研究人员把书籍、图片、程序写入DNA，write...into...是固定搭配，意为“把……写入……”。
12. 第12题选C，此处指每克DNA可以容纳2.2拍字节的信息，hold表示“容纳、存储”符合语义。
13. 第13题选B，句意：如果DNA保存在合适的条件下，存储的信息可以安全留存一百万年，condition意为“条件”符合搭配。
14. 第14题选B，后文提到DNA读写耗时久的不足，说明目前DNA存储仍然存在问题，problems符合语境。
15. 第15题选A，前文提到DNA存储存在缺陷，科学家正努力改进这项技术，improve意为“改进、改善”符合语义。
2. 第2题选C，click the "Save" icon是常用操作表达，意为“点击‘保存’图标”，符合电脑操作的常识。
3. 第3题选C，点击保存后文件会被存储在云端，saved表示“被保存”，符合动作逻辑。
4. 第4题选B，前文围绕存储相关话题展开，此处指看起来我们永远不会用完存储空间，space意为“空间”，契合主题。
5. 第5题选B，前文看似存储空间充足，此处转折说明现有存储空间远远不够，enough意为“足够的”，对应后文全球数据量极大的语境。
6. 第6题选D，此处指到2025年全球数据总量将达到175泽字节，reach表示“达到（某一数值）”符合语义。
7. 第7题选A，data centres是固定表达，意为“数据中心”，符合全文数据存储的主题。
8. 第8题选A，前文提出没有足够空间建造数据中心的难题，此处引出研究人员已经在研发新存储技术，Luckily“幸运的是”符合逻辑衔接。
9. 第9题选C，此处是确认读者没有理解错DNA存储这个新奇概念，read it correctly意为“你没看错/理解正确”，符合语境。
10. 第10题选C，句意：早在电脑被发明之前很久，大自然就已经在用DNA存储信息了，before表示“在……之前”符合时间逻辑。
11. 第11题选B，此处指研究人员把书籍、图片、程序写入DNA，write...into...是固定搭配，意为“把……写入……”。
12. 第12题选C，此处指每克DNA可以容纳2.2拍字节的信息，hold表示“容纳、存储”符合语义。
13. 第13题选B，句意：如果DNA保存在合适的条件下，存储的信息可以安全留存一百万年，condition意为“条件”符合搭配。
14. 第14题选B，后文提到DNA读写耗时久的不足，说明目前DNA存储仍然存在问题，problems符合语境。
15. 第15题选A，前文提到DNA存储存在缺陷，科学家正努力改进这项技术，improve意为“改进、改善”符合语义。
