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1、绝密绝密启用前启用前| |盂县三中试题命制中心盂县三中试题命制中心盂县三中 2017-2018 学年第二学期期中考试试题高二英语（考试时间：90 分钟 试卷满分：100 分）第一部分第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分阅读理解（共两节，满分 3030 分）分）第一节第一节 （共（共 1515 小题；每小题小题；每小题 1.51.5 分，满分分，满分 22.522.5 分）分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A AChinese researchers say they have come up with a simple way t
2、o find out a persons biological age how much the body has aged physically through a urine (尿) test.Their findings will help researchers conduct numbers of ageing studies and even predict a persons risk of age-related diseases, according to a paper published in the journal Frontiers in Ageing Neurosc
3、ience.Another paper by researchers at the Beijing Hospital and the West China Hospital in Chengdu, Sichuan province, said on Tuesday that people aged at different rates due to changes in their genetic make-up and their environment.Chronological age which is based on ones birth date was an inaccurate
4、 measure of biological age so a more accurate method was needed, the team said.Ageing is driven by the lifelong gradual accumulation of a broad variety of molecular (分子) faults in the bodys cells. The team said they had identified a matter 8-oxoGsn that indicated increases in oxidative (氧化性) damage
5、in urine as peoples bodies aged.Cai Jianping, a co-author at the Beijing Hospital, said: “As we age, we suffer increasing oxidative damage and so the levels of oxidative matters increase in our body.” The team tested the levels of 8-oxoGsn in urine samples from 1,228 Chinese people aged two to 90 an
6、d concluded the marker helped accurately determine the stage of biological ageing in adults.They had previously found that 8-oxoGsn levels also increased with age in the urine of animals such as mice.The team has also developed a rapid analysis technique called ultra-high-performance liquid chromato
7、graphy, which can process up to 10 urine samples an hour, according to the study.1. Scientifically speaking, by what does a doctor judge the stage of a person getting old? A. His condition.B. His biological age. C. His psychology.D. His chronological age.2. What are the outer factors the speed of on
8、es ageing physically depend on?A. Ones birth date.B. The increases in oxidative damage in urine.C. The changes in their genetic make-up and their environment.D. The accumulation of various molecular faults in the bodys cells.3. Which can take the place of the underlined word “marker” in the sixth pa
9、ragraph?A. 8-oxoGsn.B. Molecular faults.C. Oxidative damage.D. Stage of biological ageing in adults.4. What is the passage about?A. Why people are ageing.B. How to delay peoples ageing physically.C. What determines the stage of peoples ageing physically.D. A rapid method with which to judge how much
10、 people are aging physically.B BI was born in a poor family, 8 siblings, and life was hand-to-mouth. If I recall my family experience, I would say each day was a challenge to keep our stomachs filled.At 18, I gave up a chance to study at a local university. I started working as a salesman because I
11、knew it paid high returns if I could work harder. I worked for Olivetti selling manual and electric typewriters, themes-copiers and calculators.I put in a lot of time and efforts to learn the products so that I could demonstrate better. Every morning I carried a manual typewriter and shouldered an e
12、lectric one, from the office to my destination about 2 miles away. I have to carry them because it took very long to arrange a demo(演示) unit through the office protocol(协议), and I was motivated to sell with my sweat and tears.The next 20 years I worked harder than graduate workers because jobs for n
13、on-graduates were few and low with pays.I understand the reasons why I have to work so hard for extra miles. But no regret, and I cannot let this problem to happen to my children. I must ensure they get to pass the tertiary(高等的) education and at least reach the fundamental standards in their career.
14、 I then paid for their education fees.My children understood and saw the simple lifestyle that my wife and I are having. They say they will repay after they step into employment. They made their grades one by one, and all are working now.I told my children my past and let them know I gave them wings
15、, but they must know the root! I hope this conscious education will pass through the generations!5. What can we know from the first paragraph? A. The writer didnt have enough food to eat. B. The writers parents were dead in an accident. C. The writer wanted to earn money by himself. D. The writers p
16、arents didnt make him educated.6. Why did the writer choose to work as a salesman? A. He wanted to work near his house. B. He knew the typewriters very well. C. He could show his ability to work as a salesman. D. The harder he worked, the more he would earn.7. The writer got his children educated to _. A. satisfy his own ambition B. make his dream come true C. make his children live well D. encourage his children to work hard C CMov
