安徽省合肥市第一六八中学自主招生考试英语试题附答案844188.docx

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安徽省合肥市第一六八中学自主招生考试英语试题附答案844188

合肥168中学2017年面向全省自主招生考试《科学素养》

测试英语试卷

第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）

第一节阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳答案，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑．

A

Ajoblessmanwantedverymuchtobean“officeboy”atMicrosoft．TheHRmanagerinterviewedhimandthenwatchedhimcleaningthefloorasatest.“Youhavepassedthetest.”hesaid.“Givemeyoure-mail addressandI'llsendyoutheformtofillinandthedatewhenyoumaystart.”Themananswered.“ButIdon'thaveacomputer,neitherane-mail.”“I'msorry,”saidtheHRmanager.“Ifyoudon'thaveane-mail,thatmeansyouarenotliving.Andanyonewhoisn'tlivingcan’thavethejob.”

Themanleftwithnohopeatall.Hedidn'tknowwhattodowithonly$10inhispocket.Hethoughtand thought.Thenhewenttothesupermarketandbought10kilosoftomatoes.Hesoldthetomatoesfromdoortodoor.Inlessthantwohours,hehad20dollars.Herepeatedtheoperationthreetimes,startedtogoearlyeveryday,andreturnedhomelate.Shortly,heboughtatruck,thenhehadhisownfleetofdeliveryvehicles（运货车队）.Fiveyearslater,themanwasoneofthebiggestfoodretailers（零售商）intheUS．

Oneday,oneofhisfriendsaskedhimforhise-mail.Hesaid,“Ihaven'tgotone.”Hisfriendcouldn't believehisears.“Canyouimaginewhatyoucouldhavebeenifyouhadane-mail?

”Themanthoughtforawhileandreplied,“Yes,IwouldhavebeenanofficeboyatMicrosoft!

”

1．Whatdidthemandoforthetest?

A．Hesente-mails．B．Hedidthecleaning．

C．Hesoldcomputers．D．Hefilledinforms．

2．Themanwasrefusedtogetthejobbecausehe．

A．dislikedsuchajobB．didn'tpassthetest

C．didn'thaveane-mailD．knewnothingaboutcomputers

3．ThemanafterheleftMicrosoft．

A．wenttolookforanotherjobB．askedforfoodfromdoortodoor

C．thoughtofanideatomakemoneyD．boughtacomputerandgotane-mail

4．Whatdoesthestorywanttotellus?

A．Computersareveryimportantinourdailylife．

B．Everyonecanmakealotofmoneywithonly$10．

C．TheHRmanagerdidn'tfindtheabilityoftheman．

D．Nothingintheworldisimpossibleifweworkhard．

B

Mostpeoplemaynotthinkthatthereareanyproblemswithwatermelons（西瓜），butsomeJapanesesellersdo．Thereisoftenwastedspacewhentheystorewatermelons,becauseroundwatermelonsdonotsitnicelyonshelves．Butsomecleverfarmershavesolvedthewatermelonproblem．Theymaketheirwatermelonsgrowinsquareglassboxeswithfourfeetsothewatermelonsbecomesquareratherthanround．Theonlyproblemnowistheprice．Thesquarewatermelonscostabout80dollarseach．

Manypeopleknowthesaying,“Rosesarered,violetsareblue,sugarissweetandsoareyou．”Well,todaythepoemneedstobechangedto“Rosesarered,rosesareblue!

”Australianscientistshavejustrecentlydiscoveredthatwhentheyputachemicalfromablueflowerintoarose,theycancreateanearly100%bluerose．Someofscientificinventionsarebeautiful,notjustuseful!

Sincethemid-1990s,manyChinesefarmershavehadwonderfulriceharvests.Formanyyears,Chinesescientistshavebeenworkingondevelopingnewkindsofstrongerriceandnowtheyhaveproducedanew kind,calledsuperrice.Superricenotonlycanprotectitselfagainstinsects（昆虫）anddiseases,butitalsoproducesmorethananyotherkindofrice．Todayfarmerscangrowalmostoneandahalftimesmorericethantheycouldgrowinthepast．

Doctorsmightbeabletousevegetablestofightcancernow．USscientistshavediscoveredawaytoputachemicalintotomatoplantswhiletheyaregrowing．Whencancerpatientseatthetomatoes,thetomatoes willfightthecancerintheirbodies．Thesecancer-fightingvegetablesarenotyetforsale,becausescientistshavenotfinishedtestingthem．Ifstudyfindsnoproblemswiththetomatoes,thenpatientscanbegintousethiseasyanddeliciousnewtreatment．

5．Thesquarewatermelonslooklike________.

A．B．C．D．

6．Whofindawaytomakeblueroses?

A．ChinesescientistsB．Australianscientists

C．AmericanscientistsD．Japanesefarmers

7．Whichofthefollowingistrue?

A．Superricecanstaysafefrominsects．

B．Bluerosesaremorebeautifulthanredones．

C．Thetomatoescanfightmanykindsofdiseases．

D．Thesquarewatermelonscostlessthanordinaryones．

8．Themainideaofthispassageis_______.

A．howscientistsdiscovernewplants

B．howsciencemakesplantsproducemore

C．howsciencehaschangedplantsandpeople'slives

D．howtechnologymakesourworldmorebeautiful

C

I’vebeenlivinginChinaforawhile—longenoughtofeelthelong-termdeterioration（退化）ofmyownnativelanguageability,aswellasthoseofmyfellowEnglishspeakers.Thisdeteriorationcantakedifferentforms,oneofwhichisthenon-standarduseofthewords.BelowIgivesomeofthecommonwaystoshowhowChineseenvironmentbadlyinfluencesthenativespeaker’slanguageabil