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届甘肃省天水市第三中学高三上学期第一次阶段检测考试英语试题
天水市三中2018届高三级第一次阶段检测考试
英语试题
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第一部分:
阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)
第一节(共15小题:
每小题2分,满分30分)
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。
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HumanCloning(克隆)isWrong
I’msuremanyofyouhaves
eenStarWars,JurassicPark,Multiplicity,ormanyoftheothermoviesthatdescribecloning.Mostofwhatyouseeinthesemoviesisfalse.Whatyoudon’tknowisthatcloningcouldbedangerous,tothecloneandtooursocietyasawhole.It’simmoraltohaveahumanclone.
Whataboutidentity(身份)?
Humansarepromisedtherighttotheirownpersonality.Whatwouldhappenifweignorethoserightsbygivingthemsomeoneelse’sgeneticidentity?
True,personalityisnotfixedinsomeone’sgenes(基因),buttheclonewouldshareanyphysicalappearanceorgeneticfaultofthecloned.
Also,thereislargepowerstrugglehere.Cloningmeansadegreeofpowerandcontroloveranotherperson’sphysicalidentityandthatignorestheirrightsandtheironlypersonality.Thepersondoingthecloningwouldhavemorepowerthananyparentwouldhave.
Cloningwouldalsodealwithkillingembryos(胚胎).Youmightnothaveknown,butDolly,thesheepthatwasclonedin1996,wasoneofover200sheepembryosandherswastheonlyembryothatsurvived.Therestdiedorwerethrownaway.Imagineifthefailureratewast
hathighwhenwestartedtoclonehumans.Morethan200embryos,thestartof200humanbeings,woulddieforthesakeofjustoneembryothatwouldhavethesameDNAassomeoneelse.
Cloningsomeone,atthispresenttime,wouldbeextremelydangeroustothebirthmotherandtheclone.Instudiesdoneoncows,4outof12birthmothersdied.Thereisveryhighfailurerate,whichisshowninthecloningofDolly.Evenifyouhadafewgoodembryos,failureshavebeennoticeableinanimaltests.
So,shouldweworkaheadintheworldofcloning?
Isayno.Therisksaregreaterthanthebenefits.It’sdangeroustothecloneandtothebirthmother.Wewouldbekillinghumanlivesintheprocess.Itwouldalsobeaviolation(侵害)oftheclonesrighttoitsowngeneticidentityandpersonality.
5.Theauthorthinkshumancloningiswrongmainlyfor___________reasons.
A.2 B.3 C.4 D.5
6.Accordingtothearticle,whatistheauthor’sopinionaboutidentity?
A.Cloningitselfgivesparentsgreatpoweroveridentity.
B.People’sidentityiscompletelydeterminedbytheirgenes.
C.Governmenthavetherightstoconfirmpeople’sidentities.
D.Cloningmaypreventpeoplefrompossessingtheiridentities.
7.FromParagraph4wecaninferthat_______________.
A.humancloningismuchdifficultthananimalcloning
B.Dollyisthemostsuccessfuloneamong200sheepembryos
C.cloningmeansrunningtheriskofwastingtoomucheffort
D.numbersofbabyanimalsarelikelytobecreatedbycloning
C
ThewriterMargaretMitchellisbestknownforwritingGonewiththeWind,firstpublishedin1936.Herbookandthemoviebasedonit,tellastoryofloveandsurvivalduringtheAmericanCivilWar.VisitorstotheMargaretMitchellHouseinAtlanta,Georgia,cangowhereshelivedwhenshestartedcomposingthestoryandlearnmoreaboutherlife.
OurfirststopattheMargaretMitchellHouseisanexhibitareatellingaboutthewriter’slife.ShewasborninAtlantain1900.Shestartedwritingstorieswhenshewasachild.ShestartedworkingasareporterfortheAtlantaJournalnewspaperin1922.OnephotographofMs.Mitchell,calledPeggy,showshertalkingtoagroupofyoungcollegeboys.Shewasonlyaboutoneandahalfmeterstall.Theyoungmentoweroverher,butsheseemsveryhappyandsureofherself.Thetourguideexplains:
“NowinthispicturePeggyisinterviewingsomeboysfromGeorgiaTech,askingthemsuchquestionsas“Wouldyoureallymarryawomanwhoworks?
”Andtodayit’dbe“Wouldyoumarryonewhodoesn’t?
”
TheMargaretMitchellHouseisabuildingthatoncecontainedseveralapartments.NowweenterthefirstfloorapartmentwhereMs.Mitchelllivedwithherhusband,JohnMarsh.Theymadefunofthesmallapartmentbycallingit“TheDump”.
Around1926,MargaretMitchellhadstoppedworkingasareporterandwasathomehealingafteraninjury.Herhusbandbroughtherbookstoreadfromthelibrary.Shereadsomanybooksthatheboughtheratypewriterandsaiditwastimeforhertowriteherownbook.OurguidesaysGonewiththeWindbecameahugesuccess.MargaretMitchellreceivedthePulitzerPrizeforthebook.In1939thefilmversionwasreleased.I
twontenAcademyAwards,includingBestPicture.
8.ThebookGonewiththeWindwas______.
A.firstpublishedonanewspaperB.awardedtenAcademyAwards
C.writtenin“TheDump”D.adaptedfromamovie
9.Theunderlinedphrase“towerover”inParagraph2isclosestinmeaningto______.
A.beverypleasedwithB.bemuchtallerthanC.showgreatrespectforD.showlittleinterestin
10.WecanknowaboutMargaretMitchellfromthepassagethat______.
A.herheightmadehermarriageunhappyB.herinterestinwritingcontinuedasanadult
C.writingstoppedherworkingasareporterD.herlifewasfullofhardshipandsadness
11.Whichisthebesttitleforthepassage?
A.GonewiththeWind:
AHugeSuccess.B.MargaretMitchell:
AGreatFemaleWriter.
C.AnIntroductionoftheMargaretMitchellHouse.D.ATriptoKnowMargaretMitchell.
D
Manyteenagersfeelthatthemostimportantpeopleintheirlivesaretheirfriends.Theybelievethattheirfamilymembers,especiallytheirparents,don’t
knowthemaswelltheirfriendsdo.Inlargefamilies,itisoftenforbrothersandsisterstofightwitheachotherandthentheycanonlygototheirfriendsforadvice.Itisveryimportantforteenagerstohaveonegoodfriendormanyfriends.Evenwhentheyarenotwiththeirfriends,theyusuallyspendalotoftimetalkingamongthemselvesonthephone.This
communicationisveryimportantinchildren’sgrowingup,becausefriendcandiscusssomethingdifficulttosaytotheirfamily
members.
However,parentsoftentrytochoosetheirchildren’sfriendsforthem.Someparentsmayevenstoptheirchildrenfrommeetingtheirgoodfriends.Thequestionof“choice”isaninterestingone.Haveyoueverthoughtofthefollowingquestions?
Whochooseyourfriends?
Doyouchooseyourfriendsoryourfriendschooseyou?
Haveyougotagoodfriendyourparentsdon’tlike?
12Manyteenagersthinktheir_______knowthembetterthantheirparentsdo.
A.friendsB.teachersC.brothersandsistersD.classmates
13.Whenteenagersstayalone,theusualwayofcommunicationisto_________.
A.gototheirfriendsB.talkwiththeirparents
C.haveadiscussionwiththeirfamily
D.talkwiththeirfriendsonthephone
14.Whichofthe
followingsentencesisTRUE?
A.Parentsshouldlikeeverythingtheirchildrenenjoy
B.Inallfamilies,