总第648期高三IV版Quiz Time答案与解析
D1 1-3 ACB
D2 1-3 ACD
D3 1-3 CBC
D4 1-3 BCC
解析：
D1 1-3 ACB
1. A。根据第二段US who spent spring break in Puerto Rico helping rebuild the island, which is still reeling (骚乱) from a hurricane that struck six months ago可知学生们帮助遭受飓风的小岛重建家园，可知A正确。根据Each student had to raise at least $1,000 to cover travel and lodging (住宿) expenses.可知，学生们筹钱来支付路费和住宿费，并不是为了给灾区捐款或者给当地人提供住宿，B和C错误。D选项未提及。
2. C。根据They see this as an great opportunity to make a difference.”以及倒数第二段可知，Lou Ramos认为Puerto Rico之行让学生们帮助了他人。也同时提升了个人能力，并且改变了他们的生活，故C正确。
3. B。本题考查文章主旨。本篇文章开头作者表示，对于年轻人敢于行动去改变世界让他很受鼓舞，之后便主要讲述了几名美国高中生和老师前往受灾小岛Puerto Rico进行志愿服务，帮助小岛重建家园的故事。故答案为B。
D2 1-3 ACD
1. A。根据第一段But there’s one quality that allows Miquela to stand out – she isn’t real. In fact, Miquela is a computer-generated character.可知，Miquela是电脑制作出来的虚拟人物，后文又提到her debut (首秀) single Not Mine – yes, she “sings” too – also reached No 8 on music streaming (流媒体) platform Spotify last August，说明Miquela也拥有音乐方面的天分。life-like意为“栩栩如生的，像有生命一般的”，故答案为A。
2. C。根据第四段perhaps the reason for Miquela’s popularity lies behind the fame of another such star, Hatsune Miku.可知，作者通过举了Hatsune Miku的例子来解释Miquela受欢迎的原因，故C正确。文章并没有将Hatsune Miku和Miquela Sousa进行比较，故A和B错误。D选项尽管文章提到Miquela Sousa超越了人类的极限，但并没有阐释是如何超越的。
3. D。根据倒数第二段可知，很多人也会在互联网上把自己的形象美化，其实也并不比3D明星真实多少，故D正确。根据Critics may say that 3-D stars could never replace the authenticity of humans可知，一些评论家认为3D明星或许不如人类真实，但也并不绝对，并且最后一段也表明3D明星打破了真与假的界限，让人真假难分，故A错误，B和C选项文章未提及。
D3 1-3 CBC
1. C。从下文“According to the study, the patch, which is located off the coast of California, US, is made up of 79,000 tons of discarded plastic. At 1.6 million square kilometers, it’s over four times the size of Japan, or almost 100 times the size of Beijing.”可推知塑料垃圾的数量非常惊人，所以其造成的结果应该是“令人震撼的，使人惊慌的”，所以选项C为最佳选项。
2. B。根据文中“This causes problems not only for sea creatures but also for humans.”可推知B为正确答案。根据“According to the study, the patch, which is located off the coast of California, US, is made up of 79,000 tons of discarded plastic. At 1.6 million square kilometers, it’s over four times the size of Japan, or almost 100 times the size of Beijing.”可知A、C不对，由“The swirling ocean currents eventually break down some of the plastic”可知D不对，swirling ocean currents帮助塑料分解，而不是形成。
3. C。根据最后两段可推知Lebreton认为塑料本身还是很有用的，所以他没有劝阻人们不用垃圾，而是提醒人们注意使用塑料的方式，所以C为正确答案。
D4 1-3 BCC
1. B。根据文章前四段可知，兰花的花瓣落了之后，作者希望能够保留长久，于是尝试继续种植它们，但都无济于事，因此答案为B。从“I can’t stand just throwing out orchids”一句可排除A项；C项作者尝试种植，并非耐心等待它们开花；D项是作者妻子的做法。
2. C。根据文章“Tiny new stems grew from the old ones that she wouldn’t let me cut off, and now, nearly all of them are flowering”可知答案为C。A、D两项文章未提及；B项与文章信息相反。
3. C。由文章“as long as you are alive, you can find new life within the one you thought was never going to bloom again”可知，作者通过分享自己种植兰花的经历告诉读者任何时候都不要放弃寻找新的生命和希望，因此答案为C。A、D两项与作者想表达的中心意思不符；B项文中未提及。
