15．A wood fire can be handy when you're camping．You can roast marshmallows or stay warm，for example．Forest fires that rage out of control，however，are a big problem．
Wildfires cause hundreds of millions of dollars in damage every year．And the amount of destruction has grown over the last 2 decades，especially in the western United States．
To understand better why the northern Rocky Mountains region has been hit especially hard by wildfires，scientists from the University of Arizona in Tucson looked at weather，snow，and fire records from 1970 to 2003．^
Their study showed that，between 1987 and 2003，fires burned an area 6.5 times larger than the area burned between 1970 and 1986．The fire season also started earlier-，and its average length increased by 78 days．
Warmer spring and summer temperatures appear to be part of the explanation for this change．The average temperature in the study's more recent period was 0.871 higher than it was in the earlier period．And this trend is likely to continue．Experts predict that average summer temperatures may rise between 2¾and 5¾by the year 2050 in western North America．‘
Hie timing of snowmelt appears to be another cause of the fire boom．When snow melts early in the season，forests become drier through the summer and catch fire and burn more easily．Western snow packs now typically melt a week to a month earlier than they did 50 years ago，according to recent studies．
Some people have blamed the growing fire risk on policies that allow bush and branches to build up on forest floors．But clearing bush by itself won't help much if changes in climate are largely responsible for increasingly severe forest fires．
43．The main purpose of studying the records from 1970 to 2003 was toD．
A．find out solutions to forest fires
B．prevent wildfires from happening frequently-
C．know more about the climate changes in the past decades
D．find out the causes of wildfires in the northern Rocky Mountains region
44．Scientists fix＞m the University of Arizona found out the following EXCEPTD
A．western snow packs melt earlier than they did 50 years ago
B．fires burned larger area between 1987．a(chǎn)nd 2003 than between 1970 and 1986
C．the fire season between 1987 and 2003 was longer than that between 1970 and 1986
D．the average summer temperature will be I9C and 5¾higher by 2050 than it is now
45．Which of the following statements will Scientists from the University of Arizona agree to？C
A．More wildfires lead to the trend of global warming．
B．Hot summers have nothing to do with the increasing wildfires．
C．The earlier snow melts，the more probably forest fires will happen．
46．Clearing bush will help control the increasingly severe forest fires．What is the main idea the author aims to express in the passage？C
A．The damages caused by wildfires．
B．The results of a study on wild fires．
C．The causes of fires in the United States．
D．The changes in climate in the western United States．

分析 本文是一篇科教類閱讀，主要介紹了通過研究1970-2003年美國的天氣、雪及火災(zāi)記錄解釋了美國洛基山地區(qū)成為火災(zāi)重創(chuàng)區(qū)的一些原因．

解答 43-46．DDCC
43題答案：D考查細(xì)節(jié)推理，根據(jù)第二段的To understand better why the northern Rocky Mountains region has been hit especially hard by wildfires…"為了更好地理解為什么洛基山北部尤其受到火災(zāi)的重創(chuàng)…"可知本題答案為D選項(xiàng)．
44題答案：D考查細(xì)節(jié)推理，根據(jù)原文第三段的Experts predict that average summer temperatures may rise between 2¾and 5¾by the year 2050 in western North America．"專家預(yù)測(cè)北美西部夏季的平均溫度在2050年會(huì)上升2%至5%"可知這只是專家的預(yù)測(cè)，而并非發(fā)現(xiàn)；故本題答案為D選項(xiàng)．
45題答案：C考查細(xì)節(jié)推理，根據(jù)原文倒數(shù)第二段的When snow melts early in the season，forests become drier through the summer and catch fire and burn more easily．雪融化得越早，森林在整個(gè)夏季變得更加干燥而且更容易著火燃燒．可知本題答案為C選項(xiàng)．
46題答案：C考查主旨大意，本文主要介紹了通過研究1970-2003年美國的天氣、雪及火災(zāi)記錄解釋了美國洛基山地區(qū)成為火災(zāi)重創(chuàng)區(qū)的一些原因；故本題答案為C選項(xiàng)．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文是一篇科教類閱讀，題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題，做題時(shí)結(jié)合原文和題目有針對(duì) 性找出相關(guān)語句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)選出正確答案．推理判斷也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確的答案．

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7．Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable，whether you are a booklover or merely go there to buy a book as a present．You may even have entered the shop just to find shelter from a sudden shower．
Whatever the reason，you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings．The desire to pick up a book with an attractive dust-jacketis irresistible，although this method of selection ought not to be followed，as you might end up with a rather dull book．You soon become absorbed in some book or other，and usually it is only much later that you realize you have spent far too much time there and must dash off to keep some forgotten appointment-without buying a book，of course．
     This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is，I think，the main attraction of a bookshop．There are not many places where it is possible to do this．A music shop is very much like a bookshop．You can wander round such places to your heart's content．If it is a good shop，no assistant will approach you with the unavoidable greeting："Can I help you，sir？"You needn't buy anything you don't want．In a bookshop an assistant should remain in the background until you have finis hed browsing．Then，and only then，are his services necessary．Of course，you may want to find out where a particular sec tion is，but when he has led you there，the assistant should retire considerately and look as if he is not interested in se lling a single book．
     You have to be careful not to be attracted by the variety of books in a bookshop．It is very easy to enter the shop looking for a book on，say ancient coins and to come out carrying a copy of the latest bestselling novel and perhaps a book about brass-rubbing--something which had only slightly interested you up till then．This volume on the subject，however，happened to be so well illustrated and the part of the text you read proved so interesting that you just had to buy it．This sort of thing can be very dangerous．Apart from running up a huge account，you can waste a great deal of time wandering from section to section．
51．The underlined phrase"dust jacket"meansB．
A．a(chǎn) kind of clothes           
B．a(chǎn) paper cover of a book
C．a(chǎn) dusty book               
D．a(chǎn) title of a book
52．You may spend too much time in a bookshop becauseB．
A．the dust jackets are very attractive 
B．you start reading one of the books
C．it is raining outside    
D．you have to make sure you won't buy a dull book as a present
53．It can be learned from the text that an assistant should offe r you helpD．
A．a(chǎn)s soon as you have entered the shop  
B．just before you finish browsing
C．only when you have finished reading  
D．when he leads you to a particular section
54．The author implies that it is very easy to enter a bookshop and buyD．
A．a(chǎn) book on ancient coins             
B．a(chǎn) best-selling novel on brass-rubbing
C．a(chǎn) book that only vaguely interests you    
D．a(chǎn) book that unexpectedly fascinates you
55．The best title for this passage may beA．
A．The Attraction of Bookshops    
B．How to Spend Your Time
C．Bookshops and Their Assistants 
D．How to Select Books．

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4．Whether in the home or the workplace，social robots are going to become a lot more common in the next few years．Social robots are about to bring technology to the everyday world in a more humanized way，said Cynthia Breazeal，chief scientist at the robot company Jibo．
While household robots today do the normal housework，social robots will be much more like companions than mere tools．For example，these robots will be able to distinguish when someone is happy or sad．This allows them to respond more appropriately to the user．
The Jibo robot，arranged to ship later this year，is designed to be a personalized assistant．You can talk to the robot，ask it questions，and make requests for it to perform different tasks．The robot doesn't just deliver general answers to questions； it responds based on what it learns about each individual in the household．It can do things such as reminding an elderly family member to take medicine or taking family photos．
Social robots are not just finding their way into the home．They have potential applications in everything from education to health care and are already finding their way into some of these spaces．
Fellow Robots is one company bringing social robots to the market．The company's"Oshbot"robot is built to assist customers in a store，which can help the customers find items and help guide them to the product's location in the store．It can also speak different languages and make recommendations for different items based on what the customer is shopping for．
The more interaction the robot has with humans，the more it learns．But Oshbot，like other social robots，is not intended to replace workers，but to work alongside other employees．"We have technologies to train social robots to do things not for us，but with us，"said Breazeal．

33．How are social robots different from household robots？B
A．They can control their emotions．
B．They are more like humans．
C．They do the normal housework．
D．They respond to users more slowly．
34．We can learn from the last paragraph that social robots willB．
A．train employees
B．be our workmates
C．improve technologies
D．take the place of workers
35．What does the passage mainly present？D
A．A new design idea of household robots．
B．Marketing strategies for social robots．
C．Information on household robots．
D．An introduction to social robots．

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3．Not a day goes by when we don't use the World Wide Web．Today it has become almost as important to every family as food and water!This year，the World Wide Web has turned 25years old．What many people don't know is that the web was at first created to improve communication between thousands of scientists in Switzerland．
In 1989，Tim Berners-Lee was a 34-year-old British physicist working as a software（軟件）engineer at CERN，the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Switzerland．Since CERE was a huge organization with thousands of scientists，communication between them was becoming increasingly difficult．
Berners-Lee wanted to develop a system to solve the problem．His paper suggested an information system，where a page on one computer could have a link to another page on another computer （ connected through the Internet） allowing scientists to read lots of information quickly．However，Berners-Lee's boss said that it sounded exciting but impossible．
Even though there were many difficulties and few supporters，Berners-Lee went on to develop the World Wide Web．He came up with ideas such as Hyper-text Transfer Protocol（超文本傳輸協(xié)議）to allow computers to talk to each other，Hyper-text Markup Language （HTML） to create the pages，a server to serve the pages，and a browser（瀏覽器）to see them．
In December 1990，the World Wide Web was demonstrated（展示）and in 1991，the WWW project was made public，so that other programmers could develop their own browsers．Berners-Lee believed that it could be used for more than scientific purposes．He wanted the Internet to be easy for anyone to use-a free open software．His wishes soon came true．
Although the World Wide Web has today turned into a completely different thing from what it meant at first，it has become necessary and important to our lives，powering our mobile technologies and the way we get information．

56．The World Wide Web was created toD．
A．help people get information easily and quickly
B．support the development of mobile technologies
C．make it easier for British scientists to communicate
D．improve communication between scientists at CERN
57．As for Berners-Lee's paper，his bossC．
A．felt puzzled about itB．was uncertain about it
C．had no confidence in it   D．showed no interest in it
58．According to the text，Berners-LeeA．
A．doesn't give up easily when in trouble
B．has worked at CERN for 25years
C．is a 55-year-old Swiss physicist
D．knows little about the Internet
59．The underlined word"it"in Paragraph 5refers toD．
A．a(chǎn) serverB．a(chǎn) browserC．HTMLD．the World Wide Web
60．What would be the best title for the text？B
A．The future of the webB．World Wide Web turns 25!
C．Tips on improving your website    D．Interview with Tim Berners-Lee．

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