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成都市
2015
级高三二诊英语试题
第二部分
阅读理解
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满分
40
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第一节
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共
15
小题
;
每小题
2
分,满分
30
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阅读下列短文,从每题
所给的四个选项
(A
、
B
、
C
和
D)
中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡
上将该项涂黑。
A
Teen Summer Camps Abroad
Adventure, Volunteer, Study & Travel Programs
Educational Travel for High School
Students and Groups
Celebrating 26 years of
community-service-based adventure travel programs
for high school
students
and
groups!
Choose
from
Community
Service,
Global
Action
and
Adventure
travel
opportunities.
Location: Worldwide
Dates
:
1
—
4 week programs; June
through August
Cost
:
$$ 1950 per
week (10% off book before May 10th) Tel.: 303
—
545
—
2202
French Summer Camp in the French Alps
High-quality
Teenage French Summer program in Morzine in the
French Alps, just one hour
from Geneva.
Combine language learning with great cultural and
outdoor activities in a fun, safe
mountain village environment.
Dates
:
July 8th
—
August 19th
Cost
:
$$ 2412 for 2
weeks Tel.: 450
—
790
—
0838
Adventures Cross-
Country
:
Meaningful Service.
Real Connections. True Adventure.
ARCC provides international
adventure programs in 20 countries and 4 western
states. With
over 30 years of
experience, ARCC has remained a pioneer of
adventure travel and teen summer
programs for young people.
Dates: 2
—
5 week
programs; June through August
Cost: $$1,900
—
$$
2,200 per week
Tel: To get more information or request
a catalog, call our headquarters at 415
—
332
—
5075.
Abbey Road High School Summer Program
in Florence, Italy
Spend this summer learning about
Italian art history, language, cuisine, film, and
fashion in
the beautiful and historic
city of Florence. Enjoy delicious authentic
pastas, and go on weekly trips
to
discover Italy.
Dates: 2
—
5 week
programs; June 1st
—
August
30th
Costs:
$$4,095 (2 weeks) | $$6,295 (3 weeks) | $$7,095 (4
weeks) Tel.: 888
—
462
< br>—
2239
21.
If you choose a two-week program in
June with the lowest cost, which number would you
call?
A. 450-790-0838
B. 888-462-2239.
C.
415
—
332
—
5075.
D. 303
—
545
—
2202.
22. What most probably makes Adventures
Cross-Country special?
A.
Its location.
B. Its cost.
C. Its provider.
D.
Its dates.
23. What do we know about
French Summer Camp in the French Alps?
A. It lasts the whole summer.
B. It provides different
week options.
C. It helps
participants learn French and have fun.
D. It offers chances to
learn the history of Geneva.
1
B
This is my son Matthew’s last night at
home before college. I know that this is good
news. I
feel proud that Matthew will go
to a great school. I know that this is his finest
hour. But looking at
the suitcases on
his bed sends me out of the room to a hidden
corner where I can stop crying.
Through
the
sorrow,
I
feel
a
rising
embarrassment.
“
Pull
yourself
togethe
r!”
I
tell
mysel
f.
There are parents sending their kids
off to battle zones. How dare I feel so shattered?
One of the
great gifts of my life has been having my
boys
,
Matthew and Johnowea.
Through
them,
I have
explored the mysterious, complicated bond between
fathers and sons. As my
wife
and
I
raised
them,
I
have
discovered
the
love
and
loss
between
my
father
and
me.
After
my
parents’ divorce, I spent
weekends with my dad in Ohio. By the time Sunday
rolled around, I was
unable to enjoy
the day
’
s activities because
I was already afraid of the goodbye of the
evening.
Now,
standing
among
Matthew’s
accumulation
of
possessions,
I
realize
it’s
me
who
has
become a
boy again. All my sadness and longing to hold on
to things are back, sweeping over me
as
they did when I was a child.
His bed is tidy and spare.
It already has the feel of a guest bed. In my mind
I replay wrapping
him in his favorite
blanket.
That was our nightly routine
until one evening he said, “Daddy, I don't
think I need a blanket tonight
”
. I think of all the times we lay
among the covers reading. I look at
the
bed and think of all the recent times I was
annoyed at how late he was sleeping. I'll never
have
to worry about that again, I
realize.
For
his part, Matthew has been a rock. He is treating
his leaving as just another day at the
office. And I'm glad. After all,
someone’s got to be strong. I' m proud that he is
charging into the
first chapter of his
adult life with such confidence.
24.
What is the probable meaning of underlined phrase
“Pull yourself together
A. Get up.
B.
Cheer up.
C.
Pull up.
D.
Wake up.
25. What can we infer about
Mathew from the text?
A. He
hates sleeping early.
B. He doesn’t get on well
with his father.
C. He is ready for the new life.
D. He
doesn
't value his father’s love for
him.
26. How does the writer
feel about his son's leaving for college?
A. Worried.
B. Proud
C. Bittersweet
D. Relieved
27. Which of the following can be the
best title of the text?
A.
Unavoidable Goodbye
B. Sweet Memories
C. Glorious Moment
D. Unconditional Love
2
C
Beethoven famously composed several
masterpieces while he was deaf,
but
surely even he
would be impressed with this piece of
research.
A
group led by BCI expert Gemot Mullei Putz shows
that experiences of quite a different
tone can be sounded from BCI. Adapting
from an established BCI method which mainly
enables
disabled
people
to
write,
the
team
has
developed
a
new
application
by
which
music
can
be
composed and transferred
(
转录
) onto a musical score (<
/p>
乐谱
)
,
jus
t through the power of thought.
All
you
need
is
a
special
cap
which
measures
brain
waves,
the
adapted
BCI,
a
software
for
composing music, and of course a bit of
musical knowledge.
The basic principle of the BCI method
used can be briefly
described
:
various options,
such as
letters or notes, pauses,
chords, etc. flash by one after another in a
table. If you
’
ve received
some
training and can focus on the
desired option while it lights up on a screen in
front of
you,
you
cause
a
minute
change
in
your
brain
waves.
The
BCI
recognises
this
change
and
draws
conclusions about the
chosen option.
Eighteen test persons had to “think”
melodies onto a musical score. All test subjects
were of
sound bodily health during the
study and had a certain degree of basic musical
and compositional
knowledge. Following
user-centered design guidelines, researchers
investigated the efficiency, the
effectiveness
and
subjective
criteria.
The
subjective
criteria
evaluation
revealed
that
users
were
highly
satisfied
with
the
application.
“The
results
of
the
BCI
compositions
can
really
be
heard.
And what is more
important
:
the test persons
enjoyed
it
. The very
positive results of the study
with
bodily healthy test persons are the first step in
a possible expansion of the BCI composition
to patients,
“Twenty years ago, the idea of
composing a piece of music using the power of the
mind was
unimaginable. Now we can do
it, but we still need a bit more time before BCI
is mature enough
for daily
applications. ”
28. What do we know about the new
application?
A. It consists
of four parts.
B. It's impractical for
daily use.
C. It's based on
a new method.
D. It's hard for users to handle.
29. What should the test subjects do
during the test?
A. Watch a
screen attentively.
B. Listen to the composed
melodies.
C. Make options
by moving their eyes.
D.
Record their feelings while composing.
30. What does the underlined word
“
it
” in Paragraph 4 refer
to?
A. The test.
B.
The musical score.
C. The
study.
D. The BCI application.
31.
Who will benefit most from the new application?
A. BCI experts.
B. Disabled musicians
C. Music studios.
D. Learners of
music.
3
D
Many years ago in a
zoo
,
I was shocked by finding
that chimpanzees (
大猩猩
) could
behave
in a more civil manner than
youths while youths could behave worse than them.
Great apes (
类人
猿
)
are always one of the favourite attractions in any
zoo. The main reason for this is that they are
so similar to us.
This similarity has
persuaded a group called the Great Ape Project
(GAP) to campaign for
these animals to
be afforded “human rights”.
This
has
resulted
in
legislation
in
New
Zealand,
which
could
mean
that
great
apes
would
become the first
animals in the world with basic rights protected
by the law.
Not
everybody
is
happy
with
this
idea,
however.
Scientists
using
animals
for
scientific
research fear
that this is just the first stage in a process
that will lead to a ban on using all animals
for research.
The GAP declaration claims great apes
should have “human” rights due to scientific
evidence
about their abilities. But if
we compare the abilities of humans and great apes,
then why not the
abilities
of
great
apes
and
monkeys,
monkeys
and
lemurs,
and
so
on
until
insects
are
granted
“
human
rights
This
is
not
foolish.
There
are people without
fundamental
human
rights.
How
long
ago, for example, did women not have the right to
vote?
Yet
another argument by those who
don
’
t support GAP is that
the human-like qualities of the
great
apes have been exaggerated for certain reasons,
and that this has led people to exaggerate the
similarities but ignore the differences
between humans and other great apes.
In a fascinating article
entitled “What It Really Means To Be 99%
Chimpanzee”
,
Jonathan
Marks points out that, although a human
and a daffodil (
水仙花
) share
common ancestry and their
DNA matches
more than 25% of the time, it is plainly
ridiculous to claim that we are one-quarter
daffodils.
He
goes
on
to
demonstrate
that,
if
looked
at
from
one
angle
,
it
is
true
that
we
are
phylogenetically
(
动植物演化史
)
apes.
But
also
fish
from
phylogenetically
another
angle!
“Doesn’t sound quite
so profound now, does it?”
32. What does Paragraph 1 mainly talk
about?
A. The experience
was unforgettable.
B. Chimpanzees are similar
to humans.
C. Chimpanzees
are very popular in the zoo.
D. Animals
could behave better than humans.
33.
Which of the following would the Great Ape Project
most probably agree with?
A. Animals should be free from any
scientific research.
B. New
Zealand should do more to protect the rights of
apes.
C. The differences
between humans and apes have been ignored.
D. Apes have adequate
characteristics to be included as our equals.
34. How does the author develop his
idea mainly in Paragraph 5?
A. By reasoning.
B. By giving examples.
C. By making a comparison.
D. By providing
scientific evidence.
35. What point
does Jonathon Marks try to make in his article?
A. Humans are more than
one-quarter daffodil.
B.
Great apes and fish are phylogenetically similar.
C. Humans are as similar to
fish as they are to great apes.
D. Being 99% genetically identical
matters less than thought.
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