36. If you hope to squeeze some time out of your work schedule for your family, you may be interested in the chapter of （ ）. ABalancing Act BDiving With Sharks in the Bahamas CUsing Your Downtime Wisely DProtecting Yourself from Cyber Crooks 37. From the passage, we can identify the author as______. Aa productive naturalist Ban expert on family education Ca professional scuba diver Dan editor of a monthly magazine 分值: 4分 查看题目解析 > 简答题（综合题） 本大题共26分。简答应写出文字说明、证明过程或演算步骤。 18 B The western obsession (迷恋) with rights makes it difficult to see their limitations. We speak about rights as if they were the only moral value with meaning, ignoring other important moral values like responsibilities or duties. In fact, responsibilities are the counterparts to rights. Philosopher Carl Cohen writes that, “If animals have any rights, they must have the right not to be killed to advance the interest of others.” Another way of putting this is that those who assert (坚持) the rights of animals are in effect asserting—first and foremost—a right to life for all animals. But for an animal to realize its right to life, farmers, hunters and researchers must collectively accept a duty not to kill them. Similarly, citizens, consumers and patients must refuse to eat, wear or use food, clothes and medicine that require an animal to die. But the assertion of an animal right to life makes no sense. It would require us—just as one example—to stop animals from hunting one another, just like we stop humans from killing one another. But more importantly, it is unnecessary to achieve what is required to improve the lot of animals. Even Peter Singer, one of the fathers of the animal rights movement, doesn’t believe animals have a right to life. He says we must refuse to contribute to—and act to stop—the unnecessary suffering of animals. But he does not claim that animals have a right to life or that they suffer by having their life taken from them. Instead, what he claims is that animals farmed on a large scale suffer because of the cruel ways they are made to live and are butchered. We have a duty to do what we can to stop this by boycotting businesses that treat animals cruelly. We can go without wearing make-up and without eating or wearing animal flesh that required the torture (折磨) of animals, or we can source and buy cruelty-free make-ups and eat and wear ethically-farmed animal products. In other words, while it might have been true that when Animal Liberation was written in the 1970s, the result of a boycott was a vegetarian lifestyle, this is no longer the case. Today, there is more than one way to achieve our duties to get rid of the unnecessary suffering of animals. 38. We can infer from the first paragraph （ ）. Arights can contribute to responsibilities Bresponsibilities are contradictory to rights Cresponsibilities are more important than rights Drights can’t be secured without responsibilities 39. Carl Cohen might agree that（ ）. Aanimals can enjoy a variety of rights for the time being Banimals have the right to advance the interest of others Canimals can be conditionally used for clothes or medicine Danimals have the right to survive by hunting one another 40. Why do some people think it makes no sense to assert an animal right to life（）？ APeople may find it possible to stop animals killing each other. BThe balance of the animal world should not be interfered with. CIt is hard to assert a right to life for the animals on the earth. DHumans can’t refuse the contribution to suffering of animals. 41. How can we boycott businesses that treat animals cruelly? （ ） AWe should maintain a vegetarian lifestyle. BWe should protect animals from suffering. CWe should turn to cruelty-free animal products. DWe should stop wearing make-ups in daily life. 分值: 8分 查看题目解析 > 19 C Before boarding the virtual reality roller coaster, riders put on a VR headset across their face. They won’t see where the steel track is going, or what’s coming up next. As the ride launches into a series of steep drops, banks and loops (环形), riders are involved in high-definition imagery and 360-degree virtual views. There’s even a story lineto follow as they’re screaming their heads off. In the competitive world of who can go higher, faster and deliver more G-forces (离心力), this new kid on the block is making a splash at amusement parks across North America. Next spring, Six Flags will present nine virtual reality roller coasters at its parks in Texas, California, Maryland, and New York. “It’s perfect to have this virtual reality technology that gives you the thrilling feeling of being in a different world,” said Thomas Wagner, CEO of VR Coaster, which developed the system for Six Flags, “and to combine it with a coaster that delivers motion (运动), G-forces, zero-gravity moments—it’s a totally new kind of attraction.” What makes the experience different from 3-D motion simulator (模拟器) rides is that the imagery playing inside the headsets is completely in sync (同步) with what the physical roller coaster is doing on the track. So while riders are flying amid (在...之间) high-rise buildings in the virtual world, they’re barreling through a corkscrew (拔塞钻) in real life. At Six Flags Magic Mountain outside Los Angeles, VR technology was added to longtime favorite “Revolution” and rebranded as “The New Revolution.” Built in 1976, it was the first looping roller coaster in the world. Today, riders no longer experience a twisting journey through green trees and hills. Instead, they’re knee-deep in a mankind vs. aliens story line. At Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, thrill seekers who board the new “Superman: Krypton Coaster Virtual Reality Coaster” are fully involved in the comic-book world of Metropolis. Some skeptical park-goers have questioned whether the VR effects cause motion sickness. “It’s crucial to have the virtual reality ride precisely synced to the real ride,” Wagner said, “because otherwise, you would get dizzy and have motion sickness.” “The entire VR industry, especially gaming developers, are fighting with this motion sickness problem. If you’re sitting at home in a chair and you’re watching this convincing 3-D movement, you get dizzy. But when you’re on the coaster, and you actually feel the same movements that you are watching and seeing, you don’t.” Of course, “It’s still a roller coaster, and it’s still kind of fierce.” So far, Wagner said, the VR roller coasters have attracted every type of daredevil. “People who are even afraid of coasters like it better in VR, because they feel a little bit safer,” he said, “They don’t think a video game environment can harm them in any way.” 42. Which helps create a special story line? （ ） Aroller coaster.BA VR headset.CHigh buildings.DZero-gravity. 43. When you ride a VR roller coaster, you （ ）. Acan clearly see where the steel track is going Bwill experience a series of story-based views Cwill suffer from serious motion sickness Dcan compose a story line of your own 44. What do the underlined words “making a splash” in Paragraph 2 probably mean（ ） Aattracting much attention Btaking the lead Cfollowing one’s example Dstruggling to exist 45.People won’t feel motion sickness because（ ） Athey know it is safe to ride VR roller coasters Ba VR ride is not so fierce as a traditional one Cwhat they feel keeps pace with what they see Dthey are concentrating on a game environment 分值: 8分 查看题目解析 > 20 D On a warm November day, as a skydiving instructor, I, Sheldon McFarlane, arrived at Perth’s Jandakot Airport at 7.30am, as I do every morning. I’d been really busy doing tandem (串联) jumps—where the student is attached to me with a harness (安全带)—as well as teaching students to jump by themselves. I hadn’t taken much notice of the 22-year-old Christopher Jones, though this was my first jump with him. Christopher was lucky to have the opportunity to do three jumps in one day. Students can get stressed when there are long gaps between their jumps. Sometimes they are more nervous on their second jump than their first. I think the more jumps you do in a day the easier it is. I have been skydiving for 25 years and I still love it. It’s a very dynamic sport and there are a lot of challenges. I still learn something new every day. Christopher was going to do his fifth jump, which is the first solo jump. He climbed out of the plane fine and did a reasonable exit. Then he over-rotated and became unstable for a second, but he quickly moved himself back into the stable position again. Then when he was stable and level, he turned himself so he was facing me and waited for my signals. He started a left-hand turn—and then he suddenly stopped. We were 9,000 feet above the ground. Maybe, I thought, he’s misunderstood the technique for doing turns? I didn’t know what he was up to. It never entered my head that he might have been having a sudden violent attack of an illness. For the next 30 seconds or so, Christopher was free-falling at speeds up to 200 km an hour. I dived down but I was moving downwards too fast. I was worried about coming in over the top of him, as he might have pulled the rip cord (开降绳) and then I would be falling into an open parachute (降落伞). So I approached to the side of him to observe how his body was flying. He wasn’t just falling, he was spinning and moving repeatedly at the same time, and his head was pointing downwards. I realized then that Christopher was completely unresponsive and doing nothing to get himself facing the earth. We were at 5,000 feet and I needed to reach him and get his parachute above his head. Even though our students are fitted with two automatic parachutes, the first wouldn’t have opened until 2,000 feet above the drop zone. That wouldn’t have given him much time to sort himself out before hitting the ground. He could have flown into a tree or a river and hurt himself. It had come to the point where he needed to get under that parachute sooner rather than later. I quickly moved my arms back and lifted my chin. It takes just a split second—it’s the position you get in when you want to direct your flight. Then I pointed my head down to build up speed and, as I came close, tried to slow down. It’ s possible to be 1,000 feet above somebody and still dive down and join them in a formation (队列). Within seconds, you can match their fall speed. At 4,500 feet I caught hold of him and pulled on his harness with one hand and rolled him sideways to angle his body so the parachute could open properly. The chute rushed out and swung him round. I believed everything would now be fine. I reached the ground about two minutes before him. After I picked up my parachute, I went over to Donna, our ground instructor. She then came behind me and said “he’s just had a seizure”. I couldn’t believe it. If I’d realized while we were up there that he was unconscious, I don’t know if I would have been that calm. A few months later, Christopher uploaded the training video taken from mine helmet camera to YouTube. In December last year, the Royal Life Saving Society, Western Australia, awarded me a Gold Cross for my courage. 46. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean（ ） AThe differences in students’ skills will make them nervous. BA higher altitude of the next dive will make them more worried. CJumping too frequently will put students under great pressure. DA wide interval before next attempt will make students stressed. 47. Which of the following statements about the writer is true（ ） AHe thinks there is nothing to learn any more from skydiving. BHe was aware that something was wrong with Christopher. CHe managed to open the parachute for Christopher at last. DHe instructed Christopher to correctly open the parachute, 48. Which is the correct order of the following events（ ） ①I caught hold of Christopher. ②I approached to the side of him. ③Christopher did a reasonable exit. ④The parachute swung him around. ⑤Christopher came down with an illness. A⑤③④②①B③⑤④①②C②③④①⑤D③⑤②①④ 49. What kind of instructor is Sheldon according to the passage（ ） ABrave and experienced. BShy and considerate. CCasual and easy-going. DCautious and determined. 50. What might be the best title for the passage（ ） AGold Cross for Courage BRescue at 4,500 Feet CUnforgettable Sky Diving DLucky Sky Diver 分值: 10分 查看题目解析 >
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