第34讲 科学技术、教育创新类文章(解析版+原卷版)

第34讲 科学技术、教育创新类文章(原卷版) ＂科学技术、教育创新类＂是高中英语新课标重要考查的阅读话题之一，也是英语核心素养的体现。高考对科学技术、教育创新类的考查多为科普说明文，它是阅读理解重要内容，也是高考考查难点。科学技术、教育创新类“阅读理解”题愈来愈受到命题者的青睐?而科学技术、教育创新类文章往往具有跨学科?行文逻辑性强等特点,要求考生能从文章的整体逻辑以及重要细节上全面把握? 【试题特点】 　　① 注重学科渗透,行文逻辑性强,内容抽象? 　　② 贴近学生的学习?生活实际,有利于激发学生的思维,对选拔优秀考生有一定的作用? ③ 能全面地考查学生的综合阅读能力和运用所学知识去分析?解决实际问题的能力? 科学技术、教育创新类文章往往具有跨学科、行文逻辑性强等特点:要求考生能从文章的整体逻辑以及重要细节上全面把握。 一、真题链接 【2018·全国I 卷D篇】 We may think we're a culture that gets rid of our worn technology at the first sight of something shiny and new, but a new study shows that we keep using our old devices(装置) well after they go out of style. That’s bad news for the environment — and our wallets — as these outdated devices consume much more energy than the newer ones that do the same things. To figure out how much power these devices are using, Callie Babbitt and her colleagues at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York tracked the environmental costs for each product throughout its life — from when its minerals are mined to when we stop using the device. This method provided a readout for how home energy use has evolved since the early 1990s. Devices were grouped by generation — Desktop computers, basic mobile phones, and box-set TVs defined 1992. Digital cameras arrived on the scene in 1997. And MP3 players, smart phones, and LCD TVs entered homes in 2002, before tablets and e-readers showed up in 2007. As we accumulated more devices, however, we didn't throw out our old ones. "The living-room television is replaced and gets planted in the kids' room, and suddenly one day, you have a TV in every room of the house," said one researcher. The average number of electronic devices rose from four per household in 1992 to 13 in 2007. We're not just keeping these old devices — we continue to use them. According to the analysis of Babbitt's team, old desktop monitors and box TVs with cathode ray tubes are the worst devices with their energy consumption and contribution to greenhouse gas emissions（排放）more than doubling during the 1992 to 2007 window. So what's the solution（解决方案）? The team's data only went up to 2007, but the researchers also explored what would happen if consumers replaced old products with new electronics that serve more than one function, such as a tablet for word processing and TV viewing. They found that more on-demand entertainment viewing on tablets instead of TVs and desktop computers could cut energy consumption by 44%. 32. What does the author think of new devices? A. They are environment-friendly. B. They are no better than the old. C. They cost more to use at home. D. They go out of style quickly. 33. Why did ... ...