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Ⅲ. 阅读理解（每题2分，满分20分）
A
My name is Birgitte Andersen. I'm the CEO of the Big Innovation Centre. Our company provides consulting（咨询） services for our customers. Recently, European airline easyJet（易捷航空） asked us, “What will travel be like in 2070?” And here are parts of our answers.
Packing clothes before a trip is often tiring. In 2070, with 3D printers, you won't need to pack your clothes. Before you set off, you will use a machine to scan（扫描） your body. This information will be sent to your destination（目的地）. Upon arrival, you will find a wardrobe full of clothes in your size. When you leave, they will be recycled and re-printed for the next tourist.
Today, we often take taxis to the airport. But in the future, we will take e-VTOLs instead. The air taxis will take off and land vertically（垂直地）. They can take us to the airport very quickly. In fact, about 250 companies are already developing them.
Do you often have trouble deciding where to go on vacation? Don't worry. AI will match you with the right destinations and activities. It will even find good travel partners for you.
When you visit a historical place of interest, you will use mixed reality（混合现实） technology. The special glasses you wear will overlay images（叠加图像） on the site. This will allow you to “see” what happened there. When you travel to Greece, for example, you will be able to “experience” the very first Olympic Games there.
Do these predictions（预测） seem far-fetched to you? If so, you can look back at how the world has changed in the last 50 years. Then you will realize that they are all possible!
26. What is an e-VTOL?
A. A kind of private plane.
B. A new type of driverless car.
C. A public flying machine.
D. A popular way to travel around.
27. Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?
A. Your clothes will arrive at the destination earlier than you.
B. AI will send your good travel partner to you safely.
C. Greeks will put on an Olympic show for you.
D. The cars will take off and land vertically.
28. What's the probable meaning of the underlined word “far-fetched”?
A. Unchangeable.
B. Unrecognizable（无法辨认的）.
C. Unaffordable.
D. Unbelievable.
29. What is the function of the last sentence in Paragraph 3?
A. To show the popularity of the machine.
B. To explain the prediction carefully.
C. To make the readers believe the prediction.
D. To get people to pre-order the product.
30. What is the article mainly about?
A. Advertisements of airline easyJet.
B. Predictions of the future travel.
C. The business of the Big Innovation Centre.
D. The development of technology.
A
My name is Birgitte Andersen. I'm the CEO of the Big Innovation Centre. Our company provides consulting（咨询） services for our customers. Recently, European airline easyJet（易捷航空） asked us, “What will travel be like in 2070?” And here are parts of our answers.
Packing clothes before a trip is often tiring. In 2070, with 3D printers, you won't need to pack your clothes. Before you set off, you will use a machine to scan（扫描） your body. This information will be sent to your destination（目的地）. Upon arrival, you will find a wardrobe full of clothes in your size. When you leave, they will be recycled and re-printed for the next tourist.
Today, we often take taxis to the airport. But in the future, we will take e-VTOLs instead. The air taxis will take off and land vertically（垂直地）. They can take us to the airport very quickly. In fact, about 250 companies are already developing them.
Do you often have trouble deciding where to go on vacation? Don't worry. AI will match you with the right destinations and activities. It will even find good travel partners for you.
When you visit a historical place of interest, you will use mixed reality（混合现实） technology. The special glasses you wear will overlay images（叠加图像） on the site. This will allow you to “see” what happened there. When you travel to Greece, for example, you will be able to “experience” the very first Olympic Games there.
Do these predictions（预测） seem far-fetched to you? If so, you can look back at how the world has changed in the last 50 years. Then you will realize that they are all possible!
26. What is an e-VTOL?
A. A kind of private plane.
B. A new type of driverless car.
C. A public flying machine.
D. A popular way to travel around.
27. Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?
A. Your clothes will arrive at the destination earlier than you.
B. AI will send your good travel partner to you safely.
C. Greeks will put on an Olympic show for you.
D. The cars will take off and land vertically.
28. What's the probable meaning of the underlined word “far-fetched”?
A. Unchangeable.
B. Unrecognizable（无法辨认的）.
C. Unaffordable.
D. Unbelievable.
29. What is the function of the last sentence in Paragraph 3?
A. To show the popularity of the machine.
B. To explain the prediction carefully.
C. To make the readers believe the prediction.
D. To get people to pre-order the product.
30. What is the article mainly about?
A. Advertisements of airline easyJet.
B. Predictions of the future travel.
C. The business of the Big Innovation Centre.
D. The development of technology.
答案
26~30 CADCB
A
[文章大意]本文是一篇说明文,主要介绍了作者的公司对2070年旅游业的预测。
26. C 细节理解题。根据“The air taxis will take off and land vertically. They can take us to the airport very quickly.”可知,空中出租车将垂直起降。它们可以很快把我们送到机场。所以e - VTOL是一种公共飞行器,故选C。
27. A 判断正误题。根据“Upon arrival, you will find a wardrobe full of clothes in your size.”可知,当你抵达目的地后,你会发现衣柜里摆满了符合你尺码的衣服,所以衣服会先于你到达目的地,A项表述正确,故选A。
28. D 词义猜测题。根据“If so, you can look back at how the world has changed in the last 50 years. Then you will realize that they are all possible!”可知,如果是这样的话,你可以回顾一下过去50年世界是如何变化的,然后你会意识到这些预测都是可能的！因此推断far - fetched意为“难以置信的”,与unbelievable同义，故选D。
29. C 推理判断题。根据“In fact, about 250 companies are already developing them.”可知,事实上,大约有250家公司已经在开发它们。由此推断此句话目的是使读者相信这个预测,故选C。
30. B 主旨大意题。根据“‘What will travel be like in 2070?’ And here are parts of our answers.”可知,此处提出问题“2070年的旅行会是什么样子？”,下文并给出对该问题的部分回答。所以本文主要是关于对于未来旅游业的预测,故选B。
A
[文章大意]本文是一篇说明文,主要介绍了作者的公司对2070年旅游业的预测。
26. C 细节理解题。根据“The air taxis will take off and land vertically. They can take us to the airport very quickly.”可知,空中出租车将垂直起降。它们可以很快把我们送到机场。所以e - VTOL是一种公共飞行器,故选C。
27. A 判断正误题。根据“Upon arrival, you will find a wardrobe full of clothes in your size.”可知,当你抵达目的地后,你会发现衣柜里摆满了符合你尺码的衣服,所以衣服会先于你到达目的地,A项表述正确,故选A。
28. D 词义猜测题。根据“If so, you can look back at how the world has changed in the last 50 years. Then you will realize that they are all possible!”可知,如果是这样的话,你可以回顾一下过去50年世界是如何变化的,然后你会意识到这些预测都是可能的！因此推断far - fetched意为“难以置信的”,与unbelievable同义，故选D。
29. C 推理判断题。根据“In fact, about 250 companies are already developing them.”可知,事实上,大约有250家公司已经在开发它们。由此推断此句话目的是使读者相信这个预测,故选C。
30. B 主旨大意题。根据“‘What will travel be like in 2070?’ And here are parts of our answers.”可知,此处提出问题“2070年的旅行会是什么样子？”,下文并给出对该问题的部分回答。所以本文主要是关于对于未来旅游业的预测,故选B。
（2024·武汉期末改编）B
逐题讲解 It took a thunderstorm for Gordon Hempton to truly enjoy quiet. After visiting home in Seattle, Washington in 1980, the graduate student was tired from the 3, 000 km way back to his university in Wisconsin.
The August temperature was high and it was unnecessary to live in a hotel. Hempton got out of the car and lay down in a field. Suddenly, a thunderstorm sounded overhead. Too tired to move, he decided to stay right there. What he did next led to an awakening（顿悟）: he listened.
“I heard all: the movement of the air, the insect activity, the drops of the rain, the echo of the thunder,” he says. “My eyes were closed, but it was as if I could see all the creatures（生物） that I had been living with but never known.” Hempton's awakening was so lively that he quickly dropped out of university, giving up a degree in Economics（经济学学位）, and changed his life.
After that, Hempton travelled within Olympic National Park with microphone and recorder, where he caught the wonderful sounds from the wildlife in quiet. Quiet, in this sense, does not mean complete silence. He says, “We might say that quiet offers a chance to realize our surroundings（环境）.”
Although he has these ear-attracting experiences（经历）, Hempton realized that quiet places were disappearing, with noise pollution making it more difficult to listen to the quiet sounds of nature.
In 1998, Hempton went to Hawaii to collect sounds of endangered animals and plants, which were played at a photography exhibition later.
Now, over 60 years old, he is a famous acoustic ecologist（声学生态学家） and co-founder of Quiet Parks International（QPI）, an organization that protects natural sounds by testing sound levels and encouraging visitors to understand the importance of quiet.
31. What did Gordon Hempton hear during the awakening?
①air moving ②rain dropping
③people whispering ④wind blowing
⑤echo of thunder
A. ①②④ B. ②③⑤
C. ①②⑤ D. ②④⑤
32. What made Gordon Hempton leave the university?
A. His worries about future.
B. His tiredness of school work.
C. An experience on his way to university.
D. The long distance from the university to his home.
33. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 mean?
A. Quiet doesn't mean no sound.
B. Quiet helps one hear sounds of nature.
C. Quiet can awake one's sense.
D. Quiet places are missing because of human beings.
34. What's the best title for the passage?
A. Environment Protection
B. A Science Research About Sound
C. A Man with Great Achievements
D. A Story About Fighting for Quiet
35. What's the genre（体裁） of this passage?
A. A narrative（记叙文） which tells a person's life experiences.
B. A comedy which makes people laugh.
C. A report which tells science phenomena.
D. An opera which has some kind of performance（表演）.
逐题讲解 It took a thunderstorm for Gordon Hempton to truly enjoy quiet. After visiting home in Seattle, Washington in 1980, the graduate student was tired from the 3, 000 km way back to his university in Wisconsin.
The August temperature was high and it was unnecessary to live in a hotel. Hempton got out of the car and lay down in a field. Suddenly, a thunderstorm sounded overhead. Too tired to move, he decided to stay right there. What he did next led to an awakening（顿悟）: he listened.
“I heard all: the movement of the air, the insect activity, the drops of the rain, the echo of the thunder,” he says. “My eyes were closed, but it was as if I could see all the creatures（生物） that I had been living with but never known.” Hempton's awakening was so lively that he quickly dropped out of university, giving up a degree in Economics（经济学学位）, and changed his life.
After that, Hempton travelled within Olympic National Park with microphone and recorder, where he caught the wonderful sounds from the wildlife in quiet. Quiet, in this sense, does not mean complete silence. He says, “We might say that quiet offers a chance to realize our surroundings（环境）.”
Although he has these ear-attracting experiences（经历）, Hempton realized that quiet places were disappearing, with noise pollution making it more difficult to listen to the quiet sounds of nature.
In 1998, Hempton went to Hawaii to collect sounds of endangered animals and plants, which were played at a photography exhibition later.
Now, over 60 years old, he is a famous acoustic ecologist（声学生态学家） and co-founder of Quiet Parks International（QPI）, an organization that protects natural sounds by testing sound levels and encouraging visitors to understand the importance of quiet.
31. What did Gordon Hempton hear during the awakening?
①air moving ②rain dropping
③people whispering ④wind blowing
⑤echo of thunder
A. ①②④ B. ②③⑤
C. ①②⑤ D. ②④⑤
32. What made Gordon Hempton leave the university?
A. His worries about future.
B. His tiredness of school work.
C. An experience on his way to university.
D. The long distance from the university to his home.
33. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 mean?
A. Quiet doesn't mean no sound.
B. Quiet helps one hear sounds of nature.
C. Quiet can awake one's sense.
D. Quiet places are missing because of human beings.
34. What's the best title for the passage?
A. Environment Protection
B. A Science Research About Sound
C. A Man with Great Achievements
D. A Story About Fighting for Quiet
35. What's the genre（体裁） of this passage?
A. A narrative（记叙文） which tells a person's life experiences.
B. A comedy which makes people laugh.
C. A report which tells science phenomena.
D. An opera which has some kind of performance（表演）.
答案
31~35 CCBDA
B
[文章大意]本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了Gordon Hempton保护自然声音的故事。
31. C 细节理解题。根据“I heard all: the movement of the air, the insect activity, the drops of the rain, the echo of the thunder”可知,他听到了:空气的运动、昆虫的活动、雨滴、雷声的回声。故选C。
32. C 推理判断题。根据“Hempton’s awakening was so lively that he quickly dropped out of university, giving up a degree in Economics, and changed his life.”可知,Gordon Hempton在回学校的路上，因为一场雷暴雨而开始真正欣赏宁静,这个经历改变了他的生活,使他放弃了大学。故选C。
33. B 句意猜测题。根据“Quiet, in this sense, does not mean complete silence. He says, ‘We might say that quiet offers a chance to realize our surroundings.’”可知,宁静,并不意味着彻底的无声，宁静提供了一个机会,让我们意识到我们的周围环境,即宁静有助于捕捉大自然的声音。故选B。
34. D 标题归纳题。本文主要讲述了Gordon Hempton的故事，他认为噪音污染使人们更难听到大自然的安静声音，他收集濒危动植物的声音，创建了一个保护自然声音的组织，因此选项D“为宁静而战的故事”作为本文标题最为合适。故选D。
35. A 推理判断题。本文按照时间顺序讲述了Gordon Hempton的故事，因此这是一篇讲述个人经历的记叙文。故选A。
B
[文章大意]本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了Gordon Hempton保护自然声音的故事。
31. C 细节理解题。根据“I heard all: the movement of the air, the insect activity, the drops of the rain, the echo of the thunder”可知,他听到了:空气的运动、昆虫的活动、雨滴、雷声的回声。故选C。
32. C 推理判断题。根据“Hempton’s awakening was so lively that he quickly dropped out of university, giving up a degree in Economics, and changed his life.”可知,Gordon Hempton在回学校的路上，因为一场雷暴雨而开始真正欣赏宁静,这个经历改变了他的生活,使他放弃了大学。故选C。
33. B 句意猜测题。根据“Quiet, in this sense, does not mean complete silence. He says, ‘We might say that quiet offers a chance to realize our surroundings.’”可知,宁静,并不意味着彻底的无声，宁静提供了一个机会,让我们意识到我们的周围环境,即宁静有助于捕捉大自然的声音。故选B。
34. D 标题归纳题。本文主要讲述了Gordon Hempton的故事，他认为噪音污染使人们更难听到大自然的安静声音，他收集濒危动植物的声音，创建了一个保护自然声音的组织，因此选项D“为宁静而战的故事”作为本文标题最为合适。故选D。
35. A 推理判断题。本文按照时间顺序讲述了Gordon Hempton的故事，因此这是一篇讲述个人经历的记叙文。故选A。
