37. What can we learn from Alice Moore’s story?
C
2019_北京卷 (英语)
37. What can we learn from Alice Moore’s story?
C
【分析】 本文是一篇记叙文.文章主要讲了摩尔在爸爸警告她糖果对牙齿有害时她想到 :“为
什么我不能做一个对我的牙齿有益的健康糖果,这样我的父母就不能拒绝?"后来她花了两
年的时间在网上研究,并进行试验,成功地制作了一种对牙齿有益的糖果.这个故事告诉我
们善于思考就会成功.
【解答】34. B 35. A 36. B 37. C
34.B 细节理解.根据第二段"But Moore was sick of missing out on candies. So she desired to
get round the warning, "Why can't I make a healthy candy that's good for my teeth so that my
parents can't say no to it?"但是摩尔厌倦了错过糖果.所以她想避开这个警告:"为什么我不能
做一个对我的牙齿有益的健康糖果,这样我的父母就不能拒绝?"可知当她父亲警告她糖果
对牙齿有害时,她想找出一种有益牙齿的糖果.故选B.
35.A 细节理解. 根据第三段"Consequently, she succeeded in making a kind of candy only using
natural sweeteners, which can reduce oral bacteria.因此,她成功地制作了一种糖果,只使用
天然甜味剂,可以减少口腔细菌."可知这种糖果使用天然甜味剂,所以B"不含甜味剂"错
误;根据"可以减少口腔细菌"说明对牙齿有益,所以A正确.C、D文章没有提到.故选
A.
36.B 推理判断. 根据倒数第一段"Although she founded her company early on ill life, she wasn't
driven primarily by profit. Moore wants to use her unique talent to help others find their smiles. 虽
然她早年在病态的生活中创立了公司,但她并不是主要靠利润驱动的.摩尔想利用自己独特
的才能帮助别人找到他们的笑容"可知她不是为了钱,而是想帮别人找到微笑.故选B.
【答案】C
【解析】推理判断.阅读全文可知,A项关于名声文中没有提到;B项"尊重青年"文中没有提
到;根据最后一段"she wasn't driven primarily by profit. 但她并不是主要靠利润驱动的"可知D
错误;阅读全文可知摩尔在爸爸警告她糖果对牙齿有害时她想到:"为什么我不能做一个对
我的牙齿有益的健康糖果, 这样我的父母就不能拒绝?"后来她花了两年的时间在网上研究,
并进行试验,以获得既美味又对牙齿友好的食谱.她还联系牙医了解更多关于牙齿清洁的知
识.因此,她成功地制作了一种糖果,只使用天然甜味剂,可以减少口腔细菌,和C项"积
极的思考和行动会带来成功."相符合.故选C.
【点评】1.直接信息题:直接信息题是指能够直接从原文中找到信息,选项在语言表达上
与原文基本一致的题目.
2.间接信息题:间接信息题是能够从原文中找到信息,但在语言表达上与原文有差异,做
题时需要对原文信息进行转换.
3.综合信息题:综合信息题是指这类题目所涉及的信息不是原文的某一句话,可能是原文
的几句话,或者是散落在文章不同的地方,要求学生把原文所提供的信息综合起来分析,而
不能断章取义.
C
The problem of robocalls has gotten so bad that many people now refuse to pick up calls from
numbers they don’t know. By next year, half of the calls we receive will be scams(欺诈). We are
finally waking up to the severity of the problem by supporting and developing a group of tools, apps
and approaches intended to prevent scammers from getting through. Unfortunately, it’s too little,
too late. By the time these “solutions”(解决方案)become widely available, scammers will have
moved onto cleverer means. In the near future, it’s not just going to be the number you see on your
screen that will be in doubt. Soon you will also question whether the voice you’re hearing is actually
real.
That’s because there are a number of powerful voice manipulation (处理) and automation
technologies that are about to become widely available for anyone to use. At this year’s I/O
Conference, a company showed a new voice technology able to produce such a convincing
human–sounding voice that it was able to speak to a receptionist and book a reservation without
detection.
These developments are likely to make our current problems with robocalls much worse. The
reason that robocalls are a headache has less to do with amount than precision. A decade of data
breaches(数据侵入)of personal information has led to a situation where scammers can easily learn
your mother’s name, and far more. Armed with this knowledge, they’re able to carry out
individually targeted campaigns to cheat people. This means, for example, that a scammer could
call you from what looks to be a familiar number and talk to you using a voice that sounds exactly
like your bank teller’s, ricking you into “confirming” your address, mother’s name, and card
number. Scammers follow money, so companies will be the worst hit. A lot of business is still done
over the phone, and much of it is based on trust and existing relationships. Voice manipulation
technologies may weaken that gradually.
We need to deal with the insecure nature of our telecom networks. Phone carriers and
consumers need to work together to find ways of determining and communicating what is real. That
might mean either developing a uniform way to mark videos and images, showing when and who
they were made by, or abandoning phone calls altogether and moving towards data-based
communications—using apps like Face Time or WhatsApp, which can be tied to your identity.
Credibility is hard to earn but easy to lose, and the problem is only going to harder from here on
out.