2022年全国新高考一卷英语试题及答案( 二 ) _生活百科

would have rotted in fields. And the strawberries? Volunteers will wash, cut, and freeze or dry them
for use in meals down the road.
Such methods seem obvious, yet so often we just don't think. Everyone can play a part in
reducing waste, whether by not purchasing more food than necessary in your weekly shopping or
by asking restaurants to not include the side dish you won't eat, Curtin says.
24. What does the author want to show by telling the arugula story?
A. We pay little attention to food waste.
B. We waste food unintentionally at times.
C. We waste more vegetables than meat.
D. We have good reasons for wasting food.
25. What is a consequence of food waste according to the test?
A. Moral decline.
B. Environmental harm.
C. Energy shortage.
D. Worldwide starvation.
26. What does Curtin's company do?
A. It produces kitchen equipment.
B. It turns rotten arugula into clean fuel.
C. It helps local farmers grow fruits
D. It makes meals out of unwanted food.
27. What does Curtin suggest people do?
A. Buy only what is needed.
B. Reduce food consumption.
C. Go shopping once a week.
D. Eat in restaurants less often.
C
The elderly residents(居民)in care homes in London are being given hens to look after to
stop them feeling lonely.
The project was dreamed up by a local charity(慈善组织)to reduce loneliness and improve
elderly people's wellbeing, It is also being used to help patients suffering dementia, a serious illness
of the mind. Staff in care homes have reported a reduction in the use of medicine where hens are inuse.
Among those taking part in the project is 80-year-old Ruth Xavier. She said: “I used to keep
hens when I was younger and had to prepare their breakfast each morning before I went to school.
I like the project a lot. I am down there in my wheelchair in the morning letting the hens out
and down there again at night to see they've gone to bed.
It's good to have a different focus. People have been bringing their children in to see the hens
and residents come and sit outside to watch them. I'm enjoying the creative activities, and it feels
great to have done something useful.
There are now 700 elderly people looking after hens in 20 care homes in the North East, and
the charity has been given financial support to roll it out countrywide.
Wendy Wilson, extra care manager at 60 Penfold Street, one of the first to embark on the
project, said: Residents really welcome the idea of the project and the creative sessions. We are
looking forward to the benefits and fun the project can bring to people here.
Lynn Lewis, director of Notting Hill Pathways, said: We are happy to be taking part in the
project. It will really help connect our residents through a shared interest and creative activities.
28. What is the purpose of the project?
A. To ensure harmony in care homes.
B. To provide part-time jobs for the aged.
C. To raise money for medical research.
D. To promote the elderly people's welfare.
29. How has the project affected Ruth Xavier?
A. She has learned new life skills.
B. She has gained a sense of achievement.
C. She has recovered her memory.
D. She has developed a strong personality.
30. What do the underlined words embark on mean in paragraph 7?
A. Improve.
B. Oppose.
C. Begin.
D. Evaluate.
31. What can we learn about the project from the last two paragraphs?
A. It is well received.
B. It needs to be more creative.
C. It is highly profitable.
D. It takes ages to see the results.
D
Human speech contains more than 2,000 different sounds, from the common m and a to
the rare clicks of some southern African languages. But why are certain sounds more common than
others? A ground-breaking, five-year study shows that diet-related changes in human bite led to
new speech sounds that are now found in half the world's languages.
More than 30 years ago, the scholar Charles Hockett noted that speech sounds called
labiodentals, such as f and v, were more common in the languages of societies that ate softer
foods. Now a team of researchers led by Damián Blasi at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, has
found how and why this trend arose.
They discovered that the upper and lower front teeth of ancient human adults were aligned(对
齐), making it hard to produce labiodentals, which are formed by touching the lower lip to the
upper teeth. Later, our jaws changed to an overbite structure(结构), making it easier to produce
such sounds.
The team showed that this change in bite was connected with the development of agriculture
in the Neolithic period. Food became easier to chew at this point. The jawbone didn't have to do as