人教新课标选修八Unit 2 Cloning 单元测试（含答案）
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Unit 2 Cloning 基础夯实—2022-2023学年高二英语人教版选修八单元测试
满分：120分
第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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。
A
When the young donkey Daisy May came to us, she was pregnant. With no donkey experience I was unprepared for what might come next.
After some difficulty, Daisy’s baby was born. I thought the poor thing was dead. I planned to put the loss behind us and make sure she never got pregnant again. Just then, I heard a little noise. I couldn’t believe that baby was breathing and looking at me! We called him Samson, and of course I became his mother as much as Daisy was.
When Samson was nine months old, I had to separate Daisy and Samson for a few hours a day to wean (使断奶) him, but otherwise he went wherever she did. I think she would be lost without him. His donkey stepdad Bernard taught him to always be ready to have fun. They enjoy playing football together and going for a roll on a hot summer day.
I asked a worker to make a harness (马具) for my three little donkeys. When I brought it home I taught them one by one how to pull a cart. Samson watched and freely followed Daisy. When he was three, I put the harness on him and he knew exactly what to do.
That was 15 years ago. Now, the most exciting thing about Samson is that he has become a little renowned. People come from all over to see him perform. The neighbors bring their grandchildren, and my sons bring their friends.
Samson shakes hands, unties my shoe, picks up a hat and more. And when I ask him if he has any bad habits, he tries to pick my pocket! He surprisingly learned these tricks himself. I just ask him to do them and he understands.
The relationship I have with my “baby” Samson has been an amazing experience. Every day is a fun day with this superstar donkey.
1. Why was the author at a loss for what might happen next at first
A. She wasn’t ready to be a mother. B. She never raised a donkey before.
C. The donkey was pregnant by accident. D. The donkey gave birth to a dead baby
2. What can we learn about Samson when he was little
A. He was surrounded by love. B. He was separated from his family.
C. He was unwelcome to the neighbors. D. He was skilled in entertaining people.
3. What does the underlined word “renowned” in Paragraph 5 probably refer to
A. Strange. B. Proud. C. Humorous. D. Famous.
B
On a September night almost anywhere in southern Europe, you might see beech trees rustle (发出沙沙声) with activity. If you shine a light into the branches，you may see animals with large eyes and bushy tails.
They are called fat dormice. Despite their name, all types of dormice are more closely related to squirrels than mice. That explains their bushy tails and why they hang out in trees and bushes. But most squirrels are active during the day. Like other dormice, fat dormice come out at night.
Once the sun sets, fat dormice go to work filling themselves with beech seeds until they grow fat. These animals add at least half their body weight in just a few weeks. They’re preparing for a winter sleep. Lots of animals hibernate (冬眠),but fat dormice do so for seven or eight months. After putting on plenty of eight, a fat dormouse makes a nest. There it will spend the winter. Its body uses the stored fat for energy while it hibernates. But seven months is a long time, so the dormouse needs to use its energy slowly.
Everything in a fat dormouse’s body slows down when it hibernates. That’s true of all hibernating animals. They breathe more slowly and their hearts beat less often. Those changes help the animals survive several months without eating. But in fat dormice, the bodies slow down even more than the bodies of other hibernating animals that live in similar environments. At temperatures well above freezing (15℃), hibernating fat dormice may breathe only once every 10 minutes. During a midwinter freeze, they breathe only once an hour. Hibernators such as little brown bats and squirrels breathe more often. Their hearts beat more often, too. But those animals hibernate for only five or six months. Fat dormice have to stretch their energy supply for two or three months longer.
Over seven or eight months, the fat dormouse slowly uses up the fat it stored in the fall. In May, it finally wakes up. It is much thinner, very hungry, and ready to make the most of its short summer before it is time to hibernate again.
4. What is a characteristic of fat dormice
A. They feed on insects. B. They look the same as mice.
C. They enjoy staying underground. D. They are active during the night.
5. Why do fat dormice add half their body weight quickly
A. To fight against enemies. B. To protect their families.
C. To survive during the winter. D. To feed baby fat dormice.
6. What can we infer from the figures in Paragraph 4
A. Fat dormice are super energy savers.
B. Fat dormice are good food searchers.
C. Fat dormice store more energy than other hibernators.
D. Fat dormice breathe more quickly in midwinter than in summer.
7. What is the purpose of the text
A. To compare several kinds of animals.
B. To introduce a champion of hibernation.
C. To explain how fat dormice earned their name.
D. To show how hibernating animals spend the winter.
C
The possibility of self-driving robot cars has often seemed like a futurist's dream, years away from materializing in the real world. Well, the future is apparently now. The California Department of Motor Vehicles began giving permits in April for companies to test truly self-driving cars on public roads. The state also cleared the way for companies to sell or rent out self-driving cars, and for companies to operate driverless taxi services. California, it should be noted, isn't leading the way panies have been testing their vehicles in cities across the country. It's hard to predict when driverless cars will be everywhere on our roads. But however long it takes, the technology has the potential to change our transportation systems and our cities, for better or for worse, depending on how the transformation is regulated.
While much of the debate so far has been focused on the safety of driverless cars (and rightfully so), policymakers also should be talking about how self-driving vehicles can help reduce traffic jams, cut emissions and offer more convenient, affordable mobility options. The arrival of driverless vehicles is a chance to make sure that those vehicles are environmentally friendly and more shared.
Do we want to copy—or even worsen-the traffic of today with driveress cars Imagine a future where most adults own individual self-driving vehicles. They tolerate long, slow journeys to and from work on packed highways because they can work, entertain themselves or sleep on the ride, which encourages urban spread. They take their driverless car to an appointment and set the empty vehicle to circle the building to avoid paying for parking. Instead of walking a few blocks to pick up a child or the dry cleaning, they send the self-driving minibus. The convenience even leads fewer people to take public transport---an unwelcome side effect researchers have already found in ride-hailing services.
A study from the University of California at Davis suggested that replacing petrol-powered private cars worldwide with electric, self-driving and shared systems could reduce carbon emissions from transportation 80% and cut the cost of transportation infrastructure and operations 40% by 2050. Fewer emissions and cheaper travel sound pretty appealing. The first commercially available driverless cars will almost certainly be fielded by ride-hailing services, considering the cost of self-driving technology as well as liability and maintenance issues. But driverless car ownership could increase as the prices drop and more people become comfortable with the technology.
Policymakers should start thinking now about how to make sure the appearance of driverless vehicles doesn't extend the worst aspects of the car-controlled transportation system we have today. The coming technological advancement presents a chance for cities and states to develop transportation systems designed to move more people, and more affordably. The car of the future is coming. We just have to plan for it.
8. According to the author, attention should be paid to how driverless cars can ________.
A. help deal with transportation-related problems
B. provide better services to customers
C. cause damage to our environment
D. make some people lose jobs
9. As for driverless cars, what is the author's major concern
A. Safety. B. Side effects. C. Management. D. Affordability.
10. What does the underlined word "fielded” in Paragraph 4 probably mean
A. Replaced. B. Employed. C. Shared. D. Reduced.
11. What is the authors attitude to the future of self-driving cars
A. Doubtful. B. Negative. C. Disapproving. D. Positive.
D
Phil Wise’s heart raced as he opened one of the transport tubes. He and a team of scientists stepped back as a young Tasmanian devil (袋獾) named Oddity came out. Oddity took a cautious look around and then ran into the forest on Maria Island.
Wise is a wildlife biologist from the Save the Tasmanian Devil Program. The scientists working with this program study Tasmanian devils, monitor their health, and track the devils found in the wild. Because a rare disease is reducing the number of devils, Oddity and 14 others were raised on a preserve and then brought to Maria Island to be released into the wild.
Though they are raised in zoos all over the world, devils live wild only in Tasmania. They are important to the ecosystem because they eat dead animals they find, which helps clean up the environment. But a cancer called Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD) is killing devils on mainland Tasmania, endangering the species. The goal of the scientists who released Oddity and the others was to create a population of disease-free Tasmanian devils on Maria Island. Oddity is a part of this “insurance population” of devils raised in zoos and wildlife preserves.
The scientists chose Maria Island for the release because there is no DFTD there. It is separated from mainland Tasmania by the ocean. Devils from the rest of Tasmania can’t get there, which prevents the facial disease from spreading.
Wise and his fellow scientists monitored Oddity and the 14 other Tasmanian devils. The animals did so well that 13 more devils were released. The 28 original Tasmanian devils have reproduced; there are now around 80 devils. Scientists are now figuring out their next move. According to Wise, the focus will soon shift to moving some of the healthy devils back to mainland Tasmania.
Wise says he is “excited to know that animals are getting a chance to be free in the wild in an area that is free of DFTD. It is the ultimate aim of all who work to conserve threatened species.”
12. Why did Wise and his team release the Tasmanian devils
A. To prevent DFTD killing them out. B. To find out a treatment for DFTD.
C. To control the DFTD spread in zoos. D. To protect Maria Island from DFTD.
13. What probably made Maria Island chosen for the release
A. Its wildlife diversity. B. Its geographic location.
C. Its natural resources. D. Its improved ecosystem.
14. How was the released Tasmanian devils’ life
A. Their safety was uncertain. B. Their number was going up.
C. They hardly enjoyed freedom. D. They recovered from DFTD.
15. What does Wise think of the program
A. Fruitless. B. Risky. C. Successful. D. Demanding.
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Before bringing a dog into your family, it is important to know how to take care of it. __16___Caring for a dog is a big responsibility, and dog ownership is not something to enter into lightly, however, this work will help you to successfully build a bond of love and trust with an important new member of your family.
Knowing how to take care of a dog involves proper attention to your dog's diet. ___17__So it's strongly recommended that you feed your dog a high-quality, nutrient-rich dog food formula that is balanced enough to ensure proper digestion.
__18___. Dogs that are properly trained are much easier to manage, and can adapt more easily to new training programs. Proper dog training should ideally be started as soon as you bring a dog into your home.
Knowing how to take care of a dog also involves an adequate level of exercise. __19___. If you truly care about how to take care of dog, it's important that you incorporate exercise into your dog's' daily routine. Exercise can be a brisk 30-minute walk, or an extended session of playtime.
Proper veterinary(兽医的) care is extremely important when understanding how to take care of dog. It's best if you bring your dog in for veterinary checkups at least once year. __20___Pet insurance can cover some or all of your veterinary bills, and will usually also cover emergency procedures.
A. Dogs are very expensive to keep if you want them happy.
B. Inexpensive low-quality dog food can negatively affect your dog's health.
C. If you're worried about costs, you may want to invest in pet insurance for your dog.
D. Knowing how to take care of a dog involves knowing how to train a dog.
E. You need to provide for its needs, both physical and emotional.
F. You should know training is very important for a domestic animal.
G. Each year, thousands of dogs experience obesity-related health problems.
第二部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Once I took a taxi to a hotel in Palm Springs to give a speech. The 21 appeared to be in his 60s and I remember thinking how 22 he was to keep doing this boring job.
23 , it turned out that he was the retired CFO of a major Chicago-based company. He took a part-time job as a taxi driver, so he could 24 new people and stay in touch with the world. He even 25 giving some good advice to me, a financially inexperienced 26 .
I believe every person deserves 27 , and that I can always 28 something new from everyone else. Now, I make a point of listening to people about their 29 . From taxi drivers to cleaning women, each person gives me a chance to indirectly visit a place or do a thing I might never 30 myself. I find that most people are 31 if I show an interest in, and respect for what they say.
Respect doesn’t mean we have to 32 but that we disagree in a polite manner. My work is in high-speed electronic communications, where misunderstandings are common and can lead to 33 disagreements.
Whether it’s on the Internet or in person, when I meet new people, 34 I’m open, curious and polite, I can learn 35 things. I believe it’s important to treat every person with respect.
21. A. speaker B. driver C. customer D. waiter
22. A. sad B. happy C. strange D. curious
23. A. Therefore B. Moreover C. However D. Again
24. A. train B. meet C. change D. hire
25. A. cheered up B. got up C. ended up D. hurried up
26. A. painter B. doctor C. chemist D. engineer
27. A. success B. respect C. praise D. rest
28. A. learn B. take C. buy D. borrow
29. A. worries B. difficulties C. complaints D. stories
30. A. study B. explain C. experience D. doubt
31. A. polite B. bored C. angry D. popular
32. A. depend B. argue C. admit D. agree
33. A. political B. serious C. basic D. necessary
34. A. until B. unless C. if D. though
35. A. skillful B. personal C. new D. complex
第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Technophobes are people who hate modern technology, probably because they don’t understand it, ___36___ because they are afraid of doing something wrong and ___37___ (ruin) the equipment.
However, this is not a new phenomenon. At the turn of the 20th century, when electricity was set up in many homes, signs ___38___ (place) on the wall next to the light-switches advising people who were used to gas lighting not to light the electricity ___39___ a match!
There were many cases ___40___ people were unaware of how to use new machines, causing embarrassment in the would-be user and ___41___ (amuse) in the observer.
When ___42___ (video) first came on the market, a woman, who had never seen a video-tape before, took one tape out of the box and began shaking it ___43___ (violent). Seeing this, her husband asked her what she ___44___ (do). She replied, “Shaking the tape. It says on the tape ‘Shake before use’”. Her husband told her the name of the film was “Shake Before Use”!
Whatever your phobias (恐惧), new technology is here to stay until someone comes along and invents something ___45___ (new) than before for us to use.
第三部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （满分15分）
假定你是李华，上周你校举办了以“Science lights up the future”为主题的校园科技节。请你为校报写一篇英文报道，内容包括：
1.活动目的；
2.活动内容；
3.活动感想。
注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.不得出现真实班级、学校、姓名；
3.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
第二节 （满分25分）
阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,构成一篇完整的短文。
"I don't want to see that cat in our yard again," my husband said as he drove the beautiful cat back into the neighbor's yard. "Cats aren't like dogs, honey. They are very independent and tend to move around wherever they please, especially if they are mousing, I said. Well, text our neighbor and let her know I don't appreciate her cat in our yard," he insisted. Sighing, I sent off a quick text to our sweet neighbor, Cheryl, informing her of my husband's dislike of cats. I'll do my best, she replied sometime later, "but it's kind of hard controlling where she goes when I let her outside." The following morning, John stood at the picture window in our bedroom. He’d installed it so that I could watch the birds visiting our feeders.
"You aren't going to believe this," he said. "Come look!" Slowly, I approached the window, praying Cheryl's cat wasn't in our yard. “0h, my God!” I cried. Seated side by side, right in the center of our yard, were two enormous groundhogs(土拨鼠). We'd observed groundhogs before, especially since our back yard backs, up to a wooded area, but never had they been as brave as these two. John raised the window, and the two raced into the woods. That evening, I happened to glance out the picture window. Then something caught my eye in the flowerbed beyond. "John, come quick!” Hurriedly, he entered the bedroom just in time to see one of the groundhogs chewing on the flowers we'd planted around the water fountain. "Why, it's eating every single blossom!"
Again, John lifted the window, and the groundhog fled into the woods. "Hmmm, I better look up groundhogs on the computer and see just how destructive they can be." Before he left the room, however, he saw something again. A groundhog was chewing our vegetables in the center of the garden. Across the yard, we'd planted a vegetable garden. We'd taken great pains to enclose the rows and rows of plants in chicken wire.
注意:
(1)续写词数应为150左右:
(2)请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:
"Something’s got to be done!" John shouted. _____________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:
I couldn’t help smiling to myself as I went to search for my cellphone. _________________
答案以及解析
第一部分 阅读理解
第一节
A
答案：1-3 BBD
B
答案：4-7 DCAB
C
答案：8-11 ACBD
D
答案：12-15 ABBC
第二节
答案：16-20EBDGC
第二部分 语言知识运用
第一节
答案：21.B; 22.A; 23.C; 24.B; 25.C; 26.D; 27.B;2 8.A; 29.D; 30.C; 31.A; 32.D; 33.B; 34.C; 35.C
第二节
答案：36or
37ruining
38were placed
39with
40where
41amusement
42videos
43violently
44was doing
45newer
第三部分 写作
第一节
答案：
Science lights up the future
Last week witnessed the 20th Science and Technology Festival of our school with the theme of “Science lights up the future”.
To enrich students' knowledge of modern science and technology, our school held varieties of exhibitions and lectures, which were both informative and inspiring. There were many hand-on activities as well, among which the most popular ones were water rockets and 3D printing.
The annual festival proved hugely rewarding, broadening our horizons and promoting our creativity.
第二节
答案：
"Something's got to be done!" John shouted. He went to start the computer in the other room. "It says here that groundhogs do not like cats...in fact, they hate the smell of soiled kitty litter." I thought about the absence of our neighbor's cat lately. "You know, I haven't seen Cheryl's cat mousing in our yard for some time. I wonder if that's the reason these groundhogs have gotten so brave." John glanced in my direction. "You might have something there. Why don't you text Cheryl and let her know the cat ban has been removed."
I couldn't help smiling to myself as I went to search for my cell phone. That evening, we spotted the sweet yellow cat moving around the border of our woods in search of mice. The groundhogs were nowhere in sight. "It's a beautiful evening, isn't " My husband smiled as we sat on the sofa. The sunset painted the sky pink, purple and gold. I couldn't help sighing contentedly. Cheryl's cat meowed in the distance. "You might say it's absolutely perfect!"
满分：120分
第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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。
A
When the young donkey Daisy May came to us, she was pregnant. With no donkey experience I was unprepared for what might come next.
After some difficulty, Daisy’s baby was born. I thought the poor thing was dead. I planned to put the loss behind us and make sure she never got pregnant again. Just then, I heard a little noise. I couldn’t believe that baby was breathing and looking at me! We called him Samson, and of course I became his mother as much as Daisy was.
When Samson was nine months old, I had to separate Daisy and Samson for a few hours a day to wean (使断奶) him, but otherwise he went wherever she did. I think she would be lost without him. His donkey stepdad Bernard taught him to always be ready to have fun. They enjoy playing football together and going for a roll on a hot summer day.
I asked a worker to make a harness (马具) for my three little donkeys. When I brought it home I taught them one by one how to pull a cart. Samson watched and freely followed Daisy. When he was three, I put the harness on him and he knew exactly what to do.
That was 15 years ago. Now, the most exciting thing about Samson is that he has become a little renowned. People come from all over to see him perform. The neighbors bring their grandchildren, and my sons bring their friends.
Samson shakes hands, unties my shoe, picks up a hat and more. And when I ask him if he has any bad habits, he tries to pick my pocket! He surprisingly learned these tricks himself. I just ask him to do them and he understands.
The relationship I have with my “baby” Samson has been an amazing experience. Every day is a fun day with this superstar donkey.
1. Why was the author at a loss for what might happen next at first
A. She wasn’t ready to be a mother. B. She never raised a donkey before.
C. The donkey was pregnant by accident. D. The donkey gave birth to a dead baby
2. What can we learn about Samson when he was little
A. He was surrounded by love. B. He was separated from his family.
C. He was unwelcome to the neighbors. D. He was skilled in entertaining people.
3. What does the underlined word “renowned” in Paragraph 5 probably refer to
A. Strange. B. Proud. C. Humorous. D. Famous.
B
On a September night almost anywhere in southern Europe, you might see beech trees rustle (发出沙沙声) with activity. If you shine a light into the branches，you may see animals with large eyes and bushy tails.
They are called fat dormice. Despite their name, all types of dormice are more closely related to squirrels than mice. That explains their bushy tails and why they hang out in trees and bushes. But most squirrels are active during the day. Like other dormice, fat dormice come out at night.
Once the sun sets, fat dormice go to work filling themselves with beech seeds until they grow fat. These animals add at least half their body weight in just a few weeks. They’re preparing for a winter sleep. Lots of animals hibernate (冬眠),but fat dormice do so for seven or eight months. After putting on plenty of eight, a fat dormouse makes a nest. There it will spend the winter. Its body uses the stored fat for energy while it hibernates. But seven months is a long time, so the dormouse needs to use its energy slowly.
Everything in a fat dormouse’s body slows down when it hibernates. That’s true of all hibernating animals. They breathe more slowly and their hearts beat less often. Those changes help the animals survive several months without eating. But in fat dormice, the bodies slow down even more than the bodies of other hibernating animals that live in similar environments. At temperatures well above freezing (15℃), hibernating fat dormice may breathe only once every 10 minutes. During a midwinter freeze, they breathe only once an hour. Hibernators such as little brown bats and squirrels breathe more often. Their hearts beat more often, too. But those animals hibernate for only five or six months. Fat dormice have to stretch their energy supply for two or three months longer.
Over seven or eight months, the fat dormouse slowly uses up the fat it stored in the fall. In May, it finally wakes up. It is much thinner, very hungry, and ready to make the most of its short summer before it is time to hibernate again.
4. What is a characteristic of fat dormice
A. They feed on insects. B. They look the same as mice.
C. They enjoy staying underground. D. They are active during the night.
5. Why do fat dormice add half their body weight quickly
A. To fight against enemies. B. To protect their families.
C. To survive during the winter. D. To feed baby fat dormice.
6. What can we infer from the figures in Paragraph 4
A. Fat dormice are super energy savers.
B. Fat dormice are good food searchers.
C. Fat dormice store more energy than other hibernators.
D. Fat dormice breathe more quickly in midwinter than in summer.
7. What is the purpose of the text
A. To compare several kinds of animals.
B. To introduce a champion of hibernation.
C. To explain how fat dormice earned their name.
D. To show how hibernating animals spend the winter.
C
The possibility of self-driving robot cars has often seemed like a futurist's dream, years away from materializing in the real world. Well, the future is apparently now. The California Department of Motor Vehicles began giving permits in April for companies to test truly self-driving cars on public roads. The state also cleared the way for companies to sell or rent out self-driving cars, and for companies to operate driverless taxi services. California, it should be noted, isn't leading the way panies have been testing their vehicles in cities across the country. It's hard to predict when driverless cars will be everywhere on our roads. But however long it takes, the technology has the potential to change our transportation systems and our cities, for better or for worse, depending on how the transformation is regulated.
While much of the debate so far has been focused on the safety of driverless cars (and rightfully so), policymakers also should be talking about how self-driving vehicles can help reduce traffic jams, cut emissions and offer more convenient, affordable mobility options. The arrival of driverless vehicles is a chance to make sure that those vehicles are environmentally friendly and more shared.
Do we want to copy—or even worsen-the traffic of today with driveress cars Imagine a future where most adults own individual self-driving vehicles. They tolerate long, slow journeys to and from work on packed highways because they can work, entertain themselves or sleep on the ride, which encourages urban spread. They take their driverless car to an appointment and set the empty vehicle to circle the building to avoid paying for parking. Instead of walking a few blocks to pick up a child or the dry cleaning, they send the self-driving minibus. The convenience even leads fewer people to take public transport---an unwelcome side effect researchers have already found in ride-hailing services.
A study from the University of California at Davis suggested that replacing petrol-powered private cars worldwide with electric, self-driving and shared systems could reduce carbon emissions from transportation 80% and cut the cost of transportation infrastructure and operations 40% by 2050. Fewer emissions and cheaper travel sound pretty appealing. The first commercially available driverless cars will almost certainly be fielded by ride-hailing services, considering the cost of self-driving technology as well as liability and maintenance issues. But driverless car ownership could increase as the prices drop and more people become comfortable with the technology.
Policymakers should start thinking now about how to make sure the appearance of driverless vehicles doesn't extend the worst aspects of the car-controlled transportation system we have today. The coming technological advancement presents a chance for cities and states to develop transportation systems designed to move more people, and more affordably. The car of the future is coming. We just have to plan for it.
8. According to the author, attention should be paid to how driverless cars can ________.
A. help deal with transportation-related problems
B. provide better services to customers
C. cause damage to our environment
D. make some people lose jobs
9. As for driverless cars, what is the author's major concern
A. Safety. B. Side effects. C. Management. D. Affordability.
10. What does the underlined word "fielded” in Paragraph 4 probably mean
A. Replaced. B. Employed. C. Shared. D. Reduced.
11. What is the authors attitude to the future of self-driving cars
A. Doubtful. B. Negative. C. Disapproving. D. Positive.
D
Phil Wise’s heart raced as he opened one of the transport tubes. He and a team of scientists stepped back as a young Tasmanian devil (袋獾) named Oddity came out. Oddity took a cautious look around and then ran into the forest on Maria Island.
Wise is a wildlife biologist from the Save the Tasmanian Devil Program. The scientists working with this program study Tasmanian devils, monitor their health, and track the devils found in the wild. Because a rare disease is reducing the number of devils, Oddity and 14 others were raised on a preserve and then brought to Maria Island to be released into the wild.
Though they are raised in zoos all over the world, devils live wild only in Tasmania. They are important to the ecosystem because they eat dead animals they find, which helps clean up the environment. But a cancer called Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD) is killing devils on mainland Tasmania, endangering the species. The goal of the scientists who released Oddity and the others was to create a population of disease-free Tasmanian devils on Maria Island. Oddity is a part of this “insurance population” of devils raised in zoos and wildlife preserves.
The scientists chose Maria Island for the release because there is no DFTD there. It is separated from mainland Tasmania by the ocean. Devils from the rest of Tasmania can’t get there, which prevents the facial disease from spreading.
Wise and his fellow scientists monitored Oddity and the 14 other Tasmanian devils. The animals did so well that 13 more devils were released. The 28 original Tasmanian devils have reproduced; there are now around 80 devils. Scientists are now figuring out their next move. According to Wise, the focus will soon shift to moving some of the healthy devils back to mainland Tasmania.
Wise says he is “excited to know that animals are getting a chance to be free in the wild in an area that is free of DFTD. It is the ultimate aim of all who work to conserve threatened species.”
12. Why did Wise and his team release the Tasmanian devils
A. To prevent DFTD killing them out. B. To find out a treatment for DFTD.
C. To control the DFTD spread in zoos. D. To protect Maria Island from DFTD.
13. What probably made Maria Island chosen for the release
A. Its wildlife diversity. B. Its geographic location.
C. Its natural resources. D. Its improved ecosystem.
14. How was the released Tasmanian devils’ life
A. Their safety was uncertain. B. Their number was going up.
C. They hardly enjoyed freedom. D. They recovered from DFTD.
15. What does Wise think of the program
A. Fruitless. B. Risky. C. Successful. D. Demanding.
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Before bringing a dog into your family, it is important to know how to take care of it. __16___Caring for a dog is a big responsibility, and dog ownership is not something to enter into lightly, however, this work will help you to successfully build a bond of love and trust with an important new member of your family.
Knowing how to take care of a dog involves proper attention to your dog's diet. ___17__So it's strongly recommended that you feed your dog a high-quality, nutrient-rich dog food formula that is balanced enough to ensure proper digestion.
__18___. Dogs that are properly trained are much easier to manage, and can adapt more easily to new training programs. Proper dog training should ideally be started as soon as you bring a dog into your home.
Knowing how to take care of a dog also involves an adequate level of exercise. __19___. If you truly care about how to take care of dog, it's important that you incorporate exercise into your dog's' daily routine. Exercise can be a brisk 30-minute walk, or an extended session of playtime.
Proper veterinary(兽医的) care is extremely important when understanding how to take care of dog. It's best if you bring your dog in for veterinary checkups at least once year. __20___Pet insurance can cover some or all of your veterinary bills, and will usually also cover emergency procedures.
A. Dogs are very expensive to keep if you want them happy.
B. Inexpensive low-quality dog food can negatively affect your dog's health.
C. If you're worried about costs, you may want to invest in pet insurance for your dog.
D. Knowing how to take care of a dog involves knowing how to train a dog.
E. You need to provide for its needs, both physical and emotional.
F. You should know training is very important for a domestic animal.
G. Each year, thousands of dogs experience obesity-related health problems.
第二部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Once I took a taxi to a hotel in Palm Springs to give a speech. The 21 appeared to be in his 60s and I remember thinking how 22 he was to keep doing this boring job.
23 , it turned out that he was the retired CFO of a major Chicago-based company. He took a part-time job as a taxi driver, so he could 24 new people and stay in touch with the world. He even 25 giving some good advice to me, a financially inexperienced 26 .
I believe every person deserves 27 , and that I can always 28 something new from everyone else. Now, I make a point of listening to people about their 29 . From taxi drivers to cleaning women, each person gives me a chance to indirectly visit a place or do a thing I might never 30 myself. I find that most people are 31 if I show an interest in, and respect for what they say.
Respect doesn’t mean we have to 32 but that we disagree in a polite manner. My work is in high-speed electronic communications, where misunderstandings are common and can lead to 33 disagreements.
Whether it’s on the Internet or in person, when I meet new people, 34 I’m open, curious and polite, I can learn 35 things. I believe it’s important to treat every person with respect.
21. A. speaker B. driver C. customer D. waiter
22. A. sad B. happy C. strange D. curious
23. A. Therefore B. Moreover C. However D. Again
24. A. train B. meet C. change D. hire
25. A. cheered up B. got up C. ended up D. hurried up
26. A. painter B. doctor C. chemist D. engineer
27. A. success B. respect C. praise D. rest
28. A. learn B. take C. buy D. borrow
29. A. worries B. difficulties C. complaints D. stories
30. A. study B. explain C. experience D. doubt
31. A. polite B. bored C. angry D. popular
32. A. depend B. argue C. admit D. agree
33. A. political B. serious C. basic D. necessary
34. A. until B. unless C. if D. though
35. A. skillful B. personal C. new D. complex
第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Technophobes are people who hate modern technology, probably because they don’t understand it, ___36___ because they are afraid of doing something wrong and ___37___ (ruin) the equipment.
However, this is not a new phenomenon. At the turn of the 20th century, when electricity was set up in many homes, signs ___38___ (place) on the wall next to the light-switches advising people who were used to gas lighting not to light the electricity ___39___ a match!
There were many cases ___40___ people were unaware of how to use new machines, causing embarrassment in the would-be user and ___41___ (amuse) in the observer.
When ___42___ (video) first came on the market, a woman, who had never seen a video-tape before, took one tape out of the box and began shaking it ___43___ (violent). Seeing this, her husband asked her what she ___44___ (do). She replied, “Shaking the tape. It says on the tape ‘Shake before use’”. Her husband told her the name of the film was “Shake Before Use”!
Whatever your phobias (恐惧), new technology is here to stay until someone comes along and invents something ___45___ (new) than before for us to use.
第三部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （满分15分）
假定你是李华，上周你校举办了以“Science lights up the future”为主题的校园科技节。请你为校报写一篇英文报道，内容包括：
1.活动目的；
2.活动内容；
3.活动感想。
注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.不得出现真实班级、学校、姓名；
3.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
第二节 （满分25分）
阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,构成一篇完整的短文。
"I don't want to see that cat in our yard again," my husband said as he drove the beautiful cat back into the neighbor's yard. "Cats aren't like dogs, honey. They are very independent and tend to move around wherever they please, especially if they are mousing, I said. Well, text our neighbor and let her know I don't appreciate her cat in our yard," he insisted. Sighing, I sent off a quick text to our sweet neighbor, Cheryl, informing her of my husband's dislike of cats. I'll do my best, she replied sometime later, "but it's kind of hard controlling where she goes when I let her outside." The following morning, John stood at the picture window in our bedroom. He’d installed it so that I could watch the birds visiting our feeders.
"You aren't going to believe this," he said. "Come look!" Slowly, I approached the window, praying Cheryl's cat wasn't in our yard. “0h, my God!” I cried. Seated side by side, right in the center of our yard, were two enormous groundhogs(土拨鼠). We'd observed groundhogs before, especially since our back yard backs, up to a wooded area, but never had they been as brave as these two. John raised the window, and the two raced into the woods. That evening, I happened to glance out the picture window. Then something caught my eye in the flowerbed beyond. "John, come quick!” Hurriedly, he entered the bedroom just in time to see one of the groundhogs chewing on the flowers we'd planted around the water fountain. "Why, it's eating every single blossom!"
Again, John lifted the window, and the groundhog fled into the woods. "Hmmm, I better look up groundhogs on the computer and see just how destructive they can be." Before he left the room, however, he saw something again. A groundhog was chewing our vegetables in the center of the garden. Across the yard, we'd planted a vegetable garden. We'd taken great pains to enclose the rows and rows of plants in chicken wire.
注意:
(1)续写词数应为150左右:
(2)请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:
"Something’s got to be done!" John shouted. _____________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:
I couldn’t help smiling to myself as I went to search for my cellphone. _________________
答案以及解析
第一部分 阅读理解
第一节
A
答案：1-3 BBD
B
答案：4-7 DCAB
C
答案：8-11 ACBD
D
答案：12-15 ABBC
第二节
答案：16-20EBDGC
第二部分 语言知识运用
第一节
答案：21.B; 22.A; 23.C; 24.B; 25.C; 26.D; 27.B;2 8.A; 29.D; 30.C; 31.A; 32.D; 33.B; 34.C; 35.C
第二节
答案：36or
37ruining
38were placed
39with
40where
41amusement
42videos
43violently
44was doing
45newer
第三部分 写作
第一节
答案：
Science lights up the future
Last week witnessed the 20th Science and Technology Festival of our school with the theme of “Science lights up the future”.
To enrich students' knowledge of modern science and technology, our school held varieties of exhibitions and lectures, which were both informative and inspiring. There were many hand-on activities as well, among which the most popular ones were water rockets and 3D printing.
The annual festival proved hugely rewarding, broadening our horizons and promoting our creativity.
第二节
答案：
"Something's got to be done!" John shouted. He went to start the computer in the other room. "It says here that groundhogs do not like cats...in fact, they hate the smell of soiled kitty litter." I thought about the absence of our neighbor's cat lately. "You know, I haven't seen Cheryl's cat mousing in our yard for some time. I wonder if that's the reason these groundhogs have gotten so brave." John glanced in my direction. "You might have something there. Why don't you text Cheryl and let her know the cat ban has been removed."
I couldn't help smiling to myself as I went to search for my cell phone. That evening, we spotted the sweet yellow cat moving around the border of our woods in search of mice. The groundhogs were nowhere in sight. "It's a beautiful evening, isn't " My husband smiled as we sat on the sofa. The sunset painted the sky pink, purple and gold. I couldn't help sighing contentedly. Cheryl's cat meowed in the distance. "You might say it's absolutely perfect!"
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