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1、茂名市第十七中学2015-2016学年度第二学期期末考试高一级 英语学科试卷第一部分 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A，B，C，D项中选出最佳答案。 (A) Life is full of surprises and you never know how things will turn out. Sir John Gurdon is a good example of this. As a boy， he was told he was hopeless at science and finished bottom of
2、 his class. Now， aged 79， the very same Gurdon shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine with Japanese stem cell(干细胞) researcher Shinya Yamanaka. Like so many scientists， Gurdon shows us where the power of curiosity and perseverance( 坚持不懈 ) can lead. At the age of 15 in 1948， Gurdon ranked last out of
3、 the 250 boys at his high school in biology and every other science subject， Gurdons high school science teacher even said that his dream of becoming a scientist was “quite ridiculous”. In spite of his teachers criticisms， Gurdon followed his curiosity and kept working hard. He went to the lab early
4、 and left later than anyone else. He experienced thousands of failures. “My own belief is that we will， in the end， understand everything about how cells actually work，” Gurdon said. In 1962， Gurdon took a cell from an adult frog and moved its genetic( 基因的 ) information into an egg cell. The egg cel
5、l then grew into a clone(克隆) of the adult frog. This technique later helped to create Dolly the sheep in 1996， the first cloned mammal in the world. In 2006， Gurdons work has developed by Yamanaka to show that a sample(样本) of a persons skin can be used to create stem cells. Using this technique， doc
6、tors can repair a patients heart after a heart attack. “Luck favors the prepared mind，” Gurdon told the Nobel Prize Organization. “Ninety percent of the time things dont work， but when they do， you have to catch the chance.”1. Who won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine？ A. Sir John Gurdon B. Shinya Ya
7、manakaC. Sir John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka D. Gurdons science teacher2. In what order are the followings mentioned in the passage？ a. create the sheep Dolly b. take a cell from an adult frog c. use a persons skin to create stem cells d. move a frogs genetic information into an egg cell e. grow int
8、o a clone of a frog A. b-d-e-a-c B. b-a-c-d-e C. b-d-a-c-e D. b-e-d-a-c3. What does the underlined word “ridiculous” mean in Chinese？ A. 无知的 B. 荒废的 C.荒谬的 D.无畏的4. According to the passage， which statement is true？ A. As a boy， Gurdon was told he was hopeful. B. Gurdon ranked first at his high school
9、in biology. C. Its impossible for the doctors to repair a patients heart after a heart attack. D. In spite of his teachers criticisms， Gurdon kept working hard.5. Whats the main idea of the passage？ A. Ninety percent of the time things dont work. B. Luck favors the prepared mind. C. Life is full of
10、surprises. D. How to know cells actually work.(B) There was once a captain who loved money so much that he cheated his sailors at the end of every voyage and took their wages.On the last day of one voyage， the ship was in a small port. It was winter time， and the sea was very cold， so the captain sa
11、id to his sailors， If one of you stays in the water during the whole night， I will give him my ship. But if he comes out before the sun appears， I shall get his wages.The sailors had heard about the captains cheating， so they didnt trust him. But then one of them， who thought that he was cleverer th
12、an the captain， said that he would do it. He got into the water， and， though it was very cold， he stayed in it. When it was nearly morning， some fishermen lit a fire on the shore about half a mile away.You are cheating， the captain said to the sailor. The fires warming you.But its half a mile away！
13、said the sailor.A fires fire， answered the captain. I have won.The sailor came out of the water， and said， Perhaps you think that you are clever because you have won my wages， but you cant cook a chicken.I can， answered the captain.If you cook this chicken， said the sailor， I shall work for you with
14、out wages for seven years， but if you cant， you will give me your ship.The captain agreed， took the chicken and said， Wheres the fire？There it is， answered the sailor. On the shore.But its half a mile away， said the captain angrily. A fires fire， you said， answered the sailor. If it is enough to war
15、m me in the water， it is enough to cook your chicken.6. The captain got the sailors wages _.A. to buy a chicken for himselfB. and kept the money for future useC. by cheating themD. and said he would return the money soon7. Which of the following statements is TRUE？A. All the sailors refused to get into the water because it was too cold.B. The captain knew that the fire the fishermen made was enough to warm
