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模拟试题一

2014-2015学年迎二测模拟一英语试题

第I卷

第二部分阅读理解（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。

A

Mrs．ObamaspoketothegraduatesofMartinLutherKing,Jr．HighSchoolonSaturdayinheronlyhighschoolcommencement（毕业典礼）speechthisyear．TheceremonytookplaceinthegymnasiumofTennesseeStateUniversity.

Thefirstladytoldthe170graduatesthatshespenttoomuchofhertimeincollegefocusingonacademicachievements．Whilehersuccessincollegeandlawschoolledtoagoodjob,shesaid,sheendedupfocusingonpublicservice．“Mymessagetoyoutodayisthatdon'twasteaminutelivingsomeoneelse'sdream,”shesaid．“Ittakesalotofrealworktodiscoverwhatbringsyoujoyandyouwon'tfindwhatyoulovesimplybycheckingmailboxesorsurfingthenet.”

ShesaidMLKremindedherofherownhighschoolexperienceinChicago．“MyNo．1goalwastogotoahighschoolthatwouldpushmeandchallengeme,”shesaid．“Iwantedtogosomewherethatwouldcelebrateachievement．Unfortunately,schoolslikethisdon’texistforeverykid,”shesaid．“Youareblessed.”

Thefirstladytoldgraduatesthatfailuremaybeapartoftheircollegelivesandcareers,andthathowtheyresponddetermineswhattheywillbecome．“That’swhenyoufindoutwhatyou’rereallymadeofinthosehardtimes,”shesaid．“Butyoucanonlydothatifyou’rewillingtoputyourselfinapositionwhereyoumightfail.”Overcomingdifficultieshasbeenthemarkofmanygreatpeople,shesaid,“Oprahwasdemoted（使降职）fromherfirstjobasanewsreporter,andnowshedoesn’tevenneedalastname,”shesaidofmediagiantOprahWinfrey“Andthenthere’sthisguyBarackObama.Icouldtakeupawholeafternoontalkingabouthisfailures.HelosthisfirstraceforCongress”，thefirstladyJoked,“andnowhegetstocallhimselfmyhusband.”

21．Whenchoosingherhighschool,Mrs．Obama．

A．waswillingtomeetchallenges

B．waspushedtomakeachoice

C．failedtofindanidealschool

D．wantedtostudylaw

22．BymentioningOprah'sexample,Mrs．Obamawantedtotellgraduates．

A．tostartasanewsreporter

B．toworkhardtogetpromoted

C．tobebraveenoughtoriskfailing

D．nottowastetimedoingwhattheydislike

23．WhatdoweknowaboutMrs．Ohamafromthetext?

A．Thiswasthefirsttimeshegaveaspeechtograduates.

B．Shecomplainedaboutherschoollifeinherspeech.

C．SheisagraduateofTennesseeStateUniversity.

D．Sheisenthusiasticaboutpublicservice.

24．Wherecanyouprobablyfindthistext?

A．Inapoliticsbook

B．Onanewswebsite

C．Inagraduationpaper

D．OnMrs．Obama'sblog

B

SirJohn,aBritishscientistwhowonlastyear'sNobelprizeformedicine,saidhehadpredictedatthetimeofhisfrogexperimentsthatthesuccessfulcloningofamammalwouldhappenwithin50years,andthat"maybethesameanswerisappropriate"forthesteptohumancloning.Parentswholosechildreninaccidentsmaybeabletoclone"copies"toreplacethemthen．

Althoughanyattempttocloneanentirehumanwouldraisecomplexmoralissues,thebiologistclaimedpeoplewouldsoonovercometheirconcernsifthetechniquebecamemedicallyuseful．CloningwasregardedwithextremedoubtswhenitwasfirstdevelopedbutbecamewidelyacceptedafterthebirthofLouiseBrown,thefirst"testtubebaby".Hesaid,"Whenmyfirstfrogexperimentwasdone,anAmericanreporteraskedhowlongitwillbebeforethesethingscanhedoneinmammalsorhumans.Isaid,'Well,itcouldbeanywherebetween10yearsand100years-----howabout50years?

'Itturnedoutthatitwasn'tfaroffthemarkasfarasDollywasconcerned．Maybethesameanswerisappropriate．"SirJohnaddedthatcloningahumanbeingeffectivelymeansmakinganidenticaltwin,anddoctorswouldthereforesimplybe"copyingwhatnaturehasalreadyproduced"

Theaveragevoteonallowingparentsofdeceasedchildren,whoarenolongerfertile（能生育的）,tocreateanotherusingthemother'seggsandskincellsfromthefirstchild,thinkingthetechniquewassafeandeffective,is60percentinfavor．Thereasonsfor"no"areusuallythatthenewchildrenwouldfeeltheyweresomesortofareplacementforsomething．

25．SirJohnpredictedthehumancloningwouldbearealityinatmost．

A．100yearsB．60yearsC．50yearsD．10years

26．Accordingtothetext,whichstatementisNOTtrue?

A．LouiseBrownisthefirst"testtubebaby"．

B．Humancloningisstillacontroversialtopic．

C．SirJohnispositiveaboutthefutureofhumancloning．

D．Humancloningiscreatingsomethingthatdidn’texistbefore．

27．Theunderlinedword"identical"probablymeans．

A．sameB．specialC．newD．clear

28．Whatdoesthetextmainlytalkabout?

A．ThelifeofSirJohn.

B．Predictiononhumancloning．

C．Viewsonhumancloning

D．Achievementsinhumancloning．

C

Sittingformorethanthreehoursadaycandecreaseaperson'slifeexpectancy（预期寿命）bytwoyears,evenifheorsheisphysicallyactiveandgetsridofdangeroushabitslikesmoking,accordingtoastudy．WatchingTVformorethantwohoursadaycanworsenthatproblem,decreasinglifeexpectancybyanotherl.4years．

TheanalysiscomesjusttwoyearsafterAustralianresearchersfoundthatpeoplewhosaidtheywatchedTVformorethanfourhoursadaywere46%morelikelytodieofanycausethanpeoplewhosaidtheyspentlessthantwohoursadaywatchingTV．ThosewatchingTVmorethanfourhoursadaywerealso80%morelikelytodieofcardiovascular（心血管的）disease．"Sedentary（久坐的）behaviorissomethingweneedtopayattentionto,beyondtellingpeopletoget30minutesofactivityaday,”saidPeterT．Katzmaezyk,oneoftheleadresearchers．Butwhiletheevidenceofillnessesisincreasing,itremainsdifficultformanypeopletofindtimetogetontheirfeet,especiallyiftheydodeskjobs．

"Trytostandasmuchasyoucan,"Dr．Katzmarzyksaid．"Typicallywhenyou'reonthetelephoneyoucanstandandusethespeakerphone.Insteadofemailingsomeoneintheoffice,justgetupandgototalktothem．"However,Dr．Katzmarzykadded,standingshouldn'tbeanalternativetoexercising,butanalternativetositting."Severalstudiesshowthatwhenyou'resitting,yourlegmusclesarecompletelyinactive,"hesaid．"Whenyou'resittingandcompletelyinactive,thisiswhenyourunintotroublemanagingbloodglucose（血糖）．"

29．Whatisthemainideaofthefirstparagraph?

A．WatchingTVtoolongcanworsenourmentalhealth．

B．Weshouldheactiveandgiveupsmoking．

C．Sittingfortoolongadaycanshortenone'slife．

D．Smokingtoomuchcanbeharmfultohealth．

30．Theresearchersdrawtheconclusionontheeffectofsedentarybehaviorby．

A．makingcomparisons

B．listingfigures

C．givingexamples

D．classifyingfacts

31．WhatdoesDr．Katzmarzykthinkofsedentarybehavior?

A．Itwarnspeopletoexercise30minutesaday．

B．It'sabadbehaviorworthconsideringseriously．

C．Sedentarybehaviorcanleadtodeathatonce．

D．Sedentarybehaviorisgoodfordeskjobworkers．

32．AccordingtoDr．Katzmarzyk,ifyouaresittingallthetime,youmay_．

A．phoneyourfriendsandtalkaboutyourproblem

B．putonweightquicklyandbecomemoreinactive

C．wanttohavemoresugarforyourmeals

D．findithardtokeepyourbloodglucoseproper

D

NewZealandhaslongbeenmountainbikemad．Overthelast25yearsanincreasingnumberofdedicated（专用）cycletracksandparkshavesprungupinbothtownandcountry,manydevelopedbybikeclubsandothercommunitygroups．

Recreationalcyclingwasalreadyonaroll,whenin2009a50millionNewZealanddollargovernmentfundwasestablishedtocreateacontinuoustouringrouterunningthelengthofthecountry,supportedalagrassrootslevelbyanadditional50millionNewZealanddollarsofferedupbycouncilsandlocalorganizations．

Itsoonbecameapparent,however,thatbuildingonecontinuousrouteacrossthetwoislandswasnotonlytooambitious,hutitalsowouldbypassmanyofthemostremoteandinterestingcornersofthecountry．Restoringandextendinghistoricpathwaysmademoresense,enablingcycliststovisitfascinatinghistoricandculturalsiteswhileseeingnaturalwondersalongtheway,andinspiringbothlocalsandpeoplefromoverseastoridethem．

Thefirstsod（草皮）ofthenewtrailswasturnedbyPrimeMinisterJohnKeyinlate2009.Sincethen,armedwithmachetes,shovelsanddiggers,someoftheworld'sbestsingle-trackdesignersandbuildershavebush-bashed,benched,sidledandswitch-hackedtheirwaythroughadiverserangeofterrain（地形）．

Bytheendof2012,100fthe20trailswereopentoriders,withtheremainderscheduledforcompletionbytheendof2013.The2,340kmnetworkwillbeevenfurtherextendedbyalready-establishedtrails,suchasthefamous71kmQueenCharlotteTrackthatgoesthroughtheMarlboroughSoundsatthetopoftheSouthIsland．

33．Restoringandextendinghistoricpathwayswould_．

A．worknaturalwondersalongthehistoricpathways

B．allowcycliststoenjoylocalhistoryandculture

C．discouragelocalsandforeignersfromridingthem

D．avoidallremoteandinterestingcornersofthecountry

34．Whofirststartedthebuildingworkofthenewtrails?

A．PrimeMinisterJohnKey．

B．Localsandpeoplefromoverseas．

C．Someofthesingle-trackdesigners．

D．Bikeclubsandothercommunitygroups．

35．Whatcanbethebesttitleforthetext?

A．MountainBikeHoliday．

B．RecreationalCycling．

C．NewCycleTrailsforEasyRiding．

D．QueenCharlotteTrack．

第二节（共5小题：

每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

（注意：

任务型阅读涂卡：

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