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会宁县第一中学2019届高三上学期第二次月考
英语试题
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
The best bies for the beginners
When it comes to purchasing your first bie, the choice is endless, maing it tough to now what to go for. Here are the best buys on the maret right now. Boardman C Comp
This is a cross-country bie, and it’s so versatile(多用途的)that you can handle any terrain(地势)on it, maing it a great choice for those wanting to try various cycling subjects. If you leave on the thic tires it comes with, it can ride on various paths and can even handle some less demanding mountain bie routes. Alternatively, put on thin, slic tires and treat it as a road bie. It has baset and comes with Shimano Sora gears, which are outstanding for its price. ￡650, Halfords. Planet RT-58 v2
Planet is based in Yorshire, which means you'd probably have to buy this bie without seeing it. But it’s worth it, because this is an ecellent machine at a lower price. Planet is a highly rated manufacture and this model comes with Shimano Sora gears. ￡439, Planet Specialied Alle ES
Specialied is one of the biggest and most popular brands in cycling, and this is its hugely popular primary road bie. It comes with solid components from front to bac and you'll loo great out on the road. ￡575, Evans Cycles Boardman Road Team Carbon
If you can push your budget further still, this bie is worth the etra investment. The frame is made entirely from carbon, which is lighter, faster and more comfortable than the composition metal models above and gives you an all-round more enjoyable ride. It also means that if you get really serious about cycling, you don't have to upgrade as quicly as you would with a cheaper bie ￡800, Halfords
21pared with other bies, what is the strength of the Boardman C Comp? A. Its outstanding price B. Its Shimano Sora gears C. Dealing with any terrain D. Putting on very firm tires
22. Which is suitable for you if you want to buy at an economical price but with Shimano Sora gears?
A. Planet RT-58 v2 B. Specialied Alle ES C. Boardman C Comp D. Boardman Road Team Carbon 23. What can we now about the bies mentioned in the tet? A. The second has sold out so fast.
B. You should be careful when riding the third.
C. The forth is very epensive but with special material. D. You can only ride the first on the mountainous road。
B
With rapid advances in medical science, cloning is slowly but surely looing lie it could be in our near future. However, is it really an option that should be considered as a way to etend human life?
Reproductive cloning may help human families gain children, but there's also a benefit for the animal world. It brings hope to people eager for children but unable to have their own or adopt. It can also bring about the recreation of species that have long since died, allowing scientists to fully study the species as a living creature instead of simply looing at images or bones.
Many believe that cloning can be used to replace failing organs. This will reduce the waiting list for organ donations and allow more people to be saved. Not only that, but because the organ is, in fact, your own organ, there would be less chance of rejection.
Cloning could prove helpful in genetic research. Using cloning technologies, genetic researchers would have a better understanding of the composition of genes and the effects of genetic constituents (成分) on human characters. There's also the possibility of changing genetic constituents in cloned humans, and cloning could help fight genetic diseases.
While the cloning of body organs can help etend human life, it could also cause a lot of malpractice (玩忽职守). Along with the ability to clone desired characters, there could be the possibility of people deliberately reproducing undesired characters. This could lead to a rise in malpractices within society.
Cloning involves a process of creating identical genes. As such, there would be a lac of diversity in humanind. Scientists believe this lac of diversity will lower the human race's ability to adapt.
Whatever your view on cloning may be, studies show that the clone would in fact not be completely identical to the original just as twins are not completely identical. Though they might loo alie, twins have different personalities and enjoy different things. The same could be said of clones. Even if technology were created in which your memories and thoughts could be transmitted (传送) to the clone, your clone would still be a different person.
24. What good might reproductive cloning bring? A. It may help improve human well-being. B. It could contribute to the rising birthrate.
C. It could help animals survive deadly diseases.
D. It may enable scientists to better study etinct species.
25. According to the tet, cloning can also be used for . A. organ transplant
B. solving the aging problem C. infectious disease treatment D. constructing a gene database
26. What's one problem cloning may cause? A. Great diversity. B. Individual security ris. C. Increased improper conduct. D. Serious personality disorder.
27. Why are twins mentioned in the last paragraph? A. To stress twins' similarities. B. To show twins are quite common. C. To carry out deeper research on twins. D. To better illustrate what a clone will be lie.
C
My parents both left school at 14. They could read and write, but ecept for a quic loo at the daily newspaper, reading and writing didn't play a big part in their lives. There were very few boos in the house. When I was only 14 years old my father gave me an important letter that he'd written to the ban and ased me to chec it for grammar and spelling mistaes. And there were quite a lot. He never wrote letters or postcards or even Christmas cards. So when he had to write he wasn't comfortable or confident. Does that mean that my father had a ‘low level of literacy (读写能力)’? I don't thin so.
There are lots of different definitions (定义) of literacy. Some eperts define it as having the reading and writing sills that you need to be independent in your everyday life. So, for eample, if you can read instructions, write a cheque, fill in a form — anything
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