2023年高考英语阅读训练（一）The Australian accent
The Australian accent developed because so many early settlers were drunk. Dean Frenkel, a communications expert at Victoria University in Melbourne, said that the first British arrivals to the country were such big drinkers that the distortion（失真）to their speech caused a verbal change that persists to this day.
Academic Mr. Frenkel wrote in the Australian newspaper The Age, “Our forefathers regularly got drunk together, and through their frequent interactions added an alcoholic slur（模糊）to our national speech patterns. For the past two centuries, from generation to generation, the drunken Australian accent continues to be taught by parents to their children.”
Mr. Frenkel continued, “The average Australian speaks to just two-thirds capacity — with one-third of our speaking muscles always keep still as if lying on the couch. Missing consonants can include missing “t”s (Impordant), “l”s (Austraya) and “s”s (yesh), while many of our vowels are lazily transformed into other vowels, especially “a”s to “e”s (stending) and “i”s to “oi”s (noight).”
The Australian accent has historically lacked regional variation because although the communities began as isolated（孤立的）settlements, there was a great deal of internal migration, particularly from Sydney where the first accent began.
The most common fear people have about the Australian accent is that it’s becoming more Americanised. But Dr. Felicity Cox, an associate professor of linguistics at Macquarie University, said that accents are remarkably resistant to change from factors such as social media, and as long as people want to be known as Australian, they will keep the distinctive Australian sound. It will always remain a strong marker of national identity. 
1. What makes the Australian accent special? 
A. Verbal patterns of native speakers.                B. Frequent interactions with foreign countries.
C. Early residents’ custom of drinking alcohol.        D. The popularity of the British education system.
2. How may Australians pronounce the word “light”? 
A. Loight.                B. Leght.                C. Lighs.            D. Lighd.
3. What accounts for the lack of regional differences in Australian accents?
  A. Small numbers of populations.                    B. Isolated geographical locations.
  C. Similar lifestyle among residents.                D. Large migrations within the country.
4. What can we learn about the Australian accent according to Dr Felicity Cox? 
  A. It has become more diverse than ever.            B. It is a unique symbol of Australian identity.
  C. It has been greatly influenced by social media.        D. It changes a lot based on American pronunciation rules.
答案：CADB           
2023年高考英语阅读训练（二）Wearable Electronic Skin
A team of Chinese researchers have recently developed a new type of self-powered flexible and transparent electronic skin to monitor subtle human activities, shedding light on the future of wearable electronics. This new e-skin integrates a flexible transparent supercapacitor（超级电容器）as an energy storage device with a stretchable transparent strain sensor. Thanks to its mechanical softness, the integrated e-skin can be directly attached to various parts on the body.
As the largest organ of human body, skin is responsible for multiple major functions such as protection, perspiration, regulation of body temperature, and sensory stimulation（感觉刺激）. It forms the basis of people’s physical interactions with the outside world.
The ideal e-skin should be highly sensitive, self-powered, and suitable for the human skin. “Inspired by sensory functions and performance of real human skin, we have made the new e-skin both flexible and transparent to serve multiple functions. After charging, it is capable of monitoring of people’s subtle physical signals and multi-scaled activities in real-ti
me. It can measure a person’s pulse, tell when they are swallowing, and detect other body movements,” said Lan Wei, a professor at the School of Physical Science and Technology of Lanzhou University and the leader of the research team.
E-skin is the core of future wearable electronic devices. The new invention can be applied in smart health care, human-machine interaction, virtual reality and artificial intelligence. For example, it could help surgeons control surgical robots more precisely, enable people to “touch” over long distances, and create more immersive gaming experiences.
Going ahead, the research team will focus on strengthening the sensory capacity and power supply of the e-skin, making it even more like human skin, which will in turn make it more adaptive to various future applications.
1. What is the purpose of the new wearable e-skin? 
  A. To monitor human activities.                      B. To regulate body temperature.
C. To slow down the aging of human skin.            D. To improve the flexibility of human skin.
2. What is special about the new e-skin according to Lan Wei? 
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