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1、. 阅读理解阅读理解(共两节，满分共两节，满分 40 分分) 第一节(共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分) 阅读下面短文，从各题 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳答案。A Many children do not go to school either because their parents want them at home as care takers for little sisters and brothers，or simply because their parents cannot be bothered to send them. Thousands mor
2、e are not registered at any school at all，because of their familiesunstable lives. Underlying this dreadful situation are two central truths. First of all，the problem of children not going to school often has more to do with their parents than with the children themselves. Secondly，once children go
3、to school，we need to make sure that the experience is a positive one so that they want to keep on going. In Britain，the Ministry of Education has introduced a complex package of sticks and carrots to persuade schools to bring truants (逃学者) back into the classroom. It is paying a sum of money so that
4、 a thousand schools can set up special units to help these children. Schools receive the money if they bring a target number of children back to school；if they do not meet the target，the money is withdrawn. Parents are the subject of this campaign，too the Home Office has introduced fines for parents
5、 who fail to send their children to school，and has given the police power to pick up truants on the streets. 46. From Paragraph 1，we know there are thousands of children who _. A. receive education at home B. stay at home doing housework C. live in rich and stable families D. are not registered at a
6、ny school 答案：D,细节题，由第一段可知，Thousands more are not registered at any school at all 47. One main cause of the problem is that _. A. there are police to pick up truants on the streets B. childrens experience at school is not positive C. children think education is a waste of time D. some parents are afr
7、aid of paying fines 答案：B,细节题，if they do not meet the target，the money is withdrawn. 由第二段可知，引 起失学原因有两点，包括家长的原因另一个原因就是在校经历是否是积极向上的，可用排 除法。48. According to the passage，the Ministry of Education will _. A. encourage parents to pay attention to their childrens diet B. take the money away if schools do no
8、t reach the goals C. give money to schools in need of financial support D. punish those children who escape from school 答案：B,细节题，if they do not meet the target，the money is withdrawn.这里的 take.away=withdraw.B The plan：turn the Mars into a blue world with streams and green fields，and then fill it with
9、 creatures from the earth. This idea may sound like something from science fiction，but it is actually being taken seriously by many researchers. This suggested future for the “red planet” will be the main topic for discussion at an international conference hosted by NASA this week. Leading researche
10、rs as well as science fiction writers will attend the event. “Turning the Mars into a little earth has long been a topic in science fiction， ”said Dr Michael Meyer，NASAs senior scientist for astrobiology (太空生物学). “Now，with scientists exploring the reality，we can ask what the real possibilities of ch
11、anging the Mars are. ”Most scientists agree the Mars could be turned into a little earth，although much time and money would be needed to achieve this goal. But many experts are shocked by the idea. “We are destroying our own world at an unbelievable speed and now we are talking about ruining another
12、 planet， ”said Paul Murdin，Cambridge，UK. Over the past months，scientists have become increasingly confident that they will find Martian life forms. Europe and Americas robot explorers have found proof that water，mixed with soil，exists in large amounts on the planet. In addition，two different groups
13、of scientists announced on April 28 that they had found signs of methane(甲烷)in the Martian atmosphere. The gas is a waste product of living creatures and could be produced by microbes(微生物)living in the red planets soil. But scientists such as Dr Lisa Pratt，a biologist at Indiana University，say that
14、these microbes will be put in danger by the little earth project. “Before we have even discovered if there is life on the Mars，we are talking about carrying out projects that would destroy all these native life forms，all the strange microbes that we hope to find buried in the soil， ”said Dr Pratt. T
15、his view is shared by Monica Grady，a planetary scientist at the Natural History Museum，London. “We cannot risk starting a global experiment that would wipe out the precious information we are looking for， ”she said， “and this is just wrong. ” 49. The passage is about _. A. a plan turning the Mars in
16、to a little earth B. the necessity of changing the Mars C. finding water on the Mars D. the Mars supporting life 答案：A,推理判断题，The plan：turn the Mars into a blue world with streams and green fields，and then fill it with creatures from the earth.50. What is Paul Murdins attitude towards the plan? A. He is in favor of it. B. He is satisfied with it. C. He doesnt care about it at all. D. He holds a negative
