1、考试结束后, 将试卷和答题卡一并交回.第二部分 阅读(共两节, 满分50分)第一节(共15小题;每小题2。5分, 满分37。5分)阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。ACommunity NoticeboardNew Forest Bike Project(NFBP)New Forest Bike Project is a notforprofit community and social organization which takes in unwanted bicycles and then repairs, restores and relocates t
2、hem。 Aiming to help people from all walks of life get out on two wheels and enjoy some exercise as well as the beautiful New Forest! If you would like to donate any unwanted bikes, please drop them off at Walkers Garage, Burley Rd, Bransgore BH23 8DF。Ringwoods International Festival of Street Perfor
3、mance Art (RIFSPA)Held annually on March 15th from 10: 30 a. m. 4: 30 p。m.WANTED: street performers, musicians, choirs, bands etc. to entertain the crowds in the streets of Ringwood!If you or your group are interested in taking part in this event, please contact Roger Bettle 01425 489350 as soon as
4、possible to ensure a place。Natural Wellbeing(NW)Weekly sessions using the natural environment to promote adult health and wellbeing。 Participants can be involved in cooking and sharing an outdoor lunch, bird watching and outdoor craft activities。Date: Every FridayTime:11:00 a.m。2:30 p. m.Booking: Tr
5、acy on 01425 472760 or BlashfordLakes hiwwt.org.ukLocation: Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve, Ellingham Drove, near Ringwood BH24 3PJEvent charge: 4 donationRingwood Health Walks (RHW)Guided by Volunteer Walk Leaders, Walks are FREE for anyone wishing to improve their fitness with one-hour walks.Start
6、 from the Medical Center on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday in each month at 10: 30 a。m. Meet outside the Medical Centre。Come along and join us: we are a friendly sociable group。 For more information contact Craig Daters on 01590 646 671.NO NEED TO BOOK21. What can you do through NFBP?A。 Give away old bikes
7、。B。 Purchase used bikes.C。 Hike in the New Forest。D。 Work at Walkers Garage.22. Which of the following is organized once a year? NFBP。 B。 RIFSPA. C. NW。 D。 RHW.23。 What do NW and RHW have in common? They each last a whole day。B. They are free of charge。C. Chances to exercise are provided.D. Advance
8、reservations are required.BJack Andraka was 15 when he came up with an idea for a new way to test for pancreatic (胰腺) cancer。 When Andraka was 14, a family friend died of the disease, and this affected him deeply. This kind of cancer is particularly serious because there is no test you can have done
9、 to find it in the early stages。 By the time standard tests determine you have the disease, it is often too late. Realizing that this was the case, Andraka decided to try to develop a test that might catch problems at the earliest stages.The road ahead looked difficult for Andraka。 He was still a hi
10、gh school student, and he wanted to create something that no one else had done. But Andraka read endlessly about the disease, wrote a proposal for his idea, and sent it out to 200 cancer researchers。Only one professor, Dr.Anirban Maitra, responded positively。 Dr。 Maitra agreed to work with Andraka o
11、n his idea, giving him guidance and access to a laboratory。The next big reward for Andrakas perseverance was winning the grand prize at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair。 This great award is given to young innovators who have developed a worldchanging idea. Developing the test is
12、likely to take many years, but Andraka hopes the test will eventually improve peoples lives and maybe save them.Jack Andraka is not alone as a young innovator. After all, there were 1, 499 other contestants for the Intel award, and all of them had groundbreaking ideas. For Andraka, having a family t
13、hat loves science and encourages creative thinking gave him an advantage。 But the key for Andraka is that reading, research, and discovery are just plain fun, and the chance to improve the world around him in the process makes it even better。 24. Why did Andraka decide to develop a test for pancreat
14、ic cancer?A. His friends encouragement。 An upsetting experience。 His extensive reading.D. An important test.25。 What difficulty did Andraka meet at the beginning of his research? Lack of positive replies from experts.B. Heavy pressure from his schoolwork. Little access to research equipment.D. Great
15、 need of money to develop a test。26。 Which of the following leads to Andrakas award winning? The competition with other contestants.B. His determination to improve the world。 The support from his family.D. His passion for discovery.27。 What can we learn from Andrakas story?A. Practice makes perfect。
16、B. Hard work leads to success。C. One good turn deserves another。 Failure is the mother of success。CAnyone wanting to help the poor may like this idea-recycling aluminum cans in a different way, which is apparently also good for the environment. So youre actually killing two birds with one stone。 It
17、goes without saying that recycling aluminum cans can save resources, energy, time and money. People usually save and place aluminum cans in the dustbins, which are then collected and taken away by cleaners, who will finally recycle them in the recycling center。 But if you save the aluminum cans, and
18、 skip the cleaners, you can save these same cans for something more importanthelping the poor。 In other words, by doing less, you are giving the environmental cause some new significance。Here is how to put this idea into action。 Take your aluminum cans and place them in a plastic bag. For the dirty
19、ones, rinse them out first. Store the bag of clean aluminum cans. Once you collect about one hundred cans or more, take the cans to the recycle center yourself. There are about eighteen aluminum cans in a pound. And you can receive three to four dollars for one hundred cans。 Donate your three to fou
20、r dollars to the poor or any charity organization of your choice。By now, you may wonder if your few dollars have really made a difference to the poor. Consider this: Is there any individual or any specific event that is great enough to change the world or decide the direction that history takes? The
21、 answer is probably no。 What if there were a lot of people who would do the same thing? History shows nothing but the collective will of the whole community。 And that will surely be powerful enough to make a bigger difference.Go to your community or your school and spread your idea. Share your idea
22、and save your aluminum cans with other people。 One hundred people can speak louder than one。 And the money you make by saving cans can be multiplied by one hundred times。 And if more people join in the cause around the world, an even larger difference can be made, and more people in need will enjoy
23、the benefits。28. Whats special about the new idea?A. It makes profits.B. It saves resources. It benefits the poor. It involves cleaners.29。 What can we infer from paragraph 2? Dirty cans do not sell well。 You decide who receives the money.C. A hundred cans weigh about 3 pounds.D. The recycle center
24、is conveniently located。30。 What does the underlined word “that in paragraph 3 probably refer to?A. A great individual or event. The direction history takes。C. The collective will of people。 The neighbourhood you live in.31. Which of the following does the writer want to tell us? Many hands make lig
25、ht work.B. Kill two birds with one stone。 Dont put the cart before the horse。D. No man can do two things at once.DChinas historic 23day Change 5 mission has not only obtained precious rock and soil samples from the moon, but has also brought back a group of seeds that traveled the furthest in the na
26、tions agricultural and forestry histories. More than 30 kinds of seeds, including that of rice, oats etc., were placed inside the multimodule Change 5 spacecraft and orbited around the moon for about 15 days.Scientists wished to check what would happen to the seeds after being exposed to extraterres
27、trial (地外的) forces in lunar orbit and also hoped that they could develop beneficial mutations (突变)。 This mission offered good opportunities to scientists, which enabled them to deepen their studies on the effect of cosmic rays on the growth and evolution of life on Earth。Space-based mutation breedin
28、g refers to the process of exposing seeds to forces such as microgravity, vacuums and cosmic radiation during a spaceflight and then sending them back to Earth for further observation and planting. Researchers observe and examine several generations of plants grown from spacebred seeds and investiga
29、te their mutations-some are positive and desirable while others are negative。 Those with positive mutations will be kept and analyzed, and will be introduced to farmers after their certification and approval.Space breeding can generate mutations faster and more conveniently than ground- based experi
30、ments and can bring about some desirable traits that are otherwise hard to introduce. Compared with natural or conventionally bred types of plants, spacedeveloped versions with positive mutations usually feature higher nutritional content, greater annual yields, shorter growth periods and better res
31、istance to diseases and insect pests。China conducted its first space breeding experiment in 1987, using a satellite to carry seeds into space. Since then, hundreds of kinds of seeds and seedlings have traveled with dozens of Chinese spaceships. Space breeding has helped to produce more than 200 new types of mutated plants in China that have been approved for large-scale culti
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