B

On June 26, 2000, two scientists, called Francis Collins and Craig Venter, told the world that they could now read the whole “map” of the human body: DNA. DNA is something that everybody has, and it tells the body what to do. DNA is the reason that we look like our mother and father, because we get some of their DNA to make our own.

People have been trying to understand the human body for a long time. In 1860, Gregor Mendel discovered a special reason why we look the same as other people in our family. It is because of small things named “genes” in our body. In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick made another discovery and found out that those small parts are real messages written in the DNA with a special language.

In 1961, Marshall Nirenberg and Johann Matthaei found a message in DNA showing how DNA tells the cell (细胞) to build its parts. Scientists have now found all the words in the DNA map, but we still do not understand what they all do. By understanding what just one “word” means, we can help save more people from several illnesses.

Most people hope that this will help make better medicine and help sick people. Other people worry that when people begin to know more words and find out lots of other information, we might use it in a wrong way, just to make people more attractive, or stop sick people from getting jobs. Man would have to meet a lot of trouble if DNA technic wasn’t limited in use.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。(每小题1分)

51. When did we first know why we look like other people in our family?

A. In 1860. B. In 1953. C. In 1961. D. In 2000.

52. What does the underlined word “gene” mean?

A. The “map” of DNA. B. A special language.

C. Small parts of DNA. D. DNA.

53. What did the two scientists first discover in 1961?

A. The “map” of DNA. B. A new illness.

C. The language of DNA. D. A message of DNA.

54. What can we do if we understand some “words” of the language inside the body?

A. Make people get new jobs. B. Make medicine for illnesses.

C. Make maps of human. D. Make people less attractive.

55. What do people think about this work?

A. It can cause good or bad results. B. It can cause only good results.

C. It can cause good results but won’t work. D. It can cause only bad results.

【任务型阅读】(每小题2分)

C

Twentieth Century Inventions

●●●1903—The first flight succeeded.

In 1900, Wilbur Wright said flight was possible for man. After much work he and his brother Orville Wright made this dream come true.

On December 17, 1903, the brothers made the first successful airplane flight on a windy beach at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The brothers’ plane flew 120 feet. Although the flight lasted only 12 seconds, it moved the course of history in a new direction.

●●●1935—Nylon was invented.

In 1928, a new chemical lab was opened to make a kind of man-made materials. Wallace Carothers took part in the team when he was 32 years old.

In 1934, he made fibers (纤维), but the fibers were quite weak. He didn’t give up. After many experiments, he produced the long and strong fibers in 1935. They named the fibers “nylon”. Carothers was very satisfied with his work.

Nylon hit the markets in 1939, and quickly became a replacement of silk. But it was a pity that he didn’t see the wide use of his invention. He died in April, 1937.

●●●1968—The computer mouse was first shown in public.

As a graduate student, Douglas Engelbart began to imagine ways in which all sorts of information could be on screens.

In 1964, Douglas Engelbart made the first computer mouse. The computer mouse had a wooden shell with two metal wheels.

In 1968, the first computer mouse appeared in public. It was named “mouse” because a tail came out at the end. In later years, the computer mouse became more and more important.

Douglas Engelbart changed the way that computers worked.

Now computer mice are becoming increasingly useful. And there are many different shapes of computer mice in the world.

根据文章内容，完成下列表格。

D

There is always something that we can never forget. And it can really change our life.

Time is important for everyone. It organizes our everyday moments. However, 1before I received a watch from my father, time never had any importance in my life. It organized my life and made me more responsible.

I received this gift on a Sunday. I had to go to the airport at 9:00 am to pick up Uncle Jim and take him to my father’s house. However, I was late because I hung out with my friends. Later on that day, around 11:00 am, I remembered my uncle and went to the airport to meet him, but I was too late. He had left the airport and taken a taxi to my father’s house.

I got to my father’s house at 2:00 pm that day. 2 Looking at my father’s face, I felt ashamed (羞愧的) at that moment. My father asked me to sit next to him and he handed me this watch as a gift. Then he said, “Bob, did you have fun with your friends today?” “Yes, Father, and I’m sorry about not picking up Uncle Jim,” I replied. He then said, “What you did was not very nice and you should be sorry for your actions. I think you should learn something from it, and this watch will be a reminder for you in your future life.” 3 The watch is very important to me, not because of its price, but because of the lesson that I learned from it.

Today I still remember my father’s words“Respect time and never be late for anything.”

根据短文内容，完成下列各题。

61. 请用“not…until… ”改写文中1处划线句子，使其句意不变。

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62. 请改写文中2处划线部分，使其句意不变。

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63. 请将文中3处划线句子翻译成汉语。

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请根据文章内容回答问题。

64. Why did Bob feel ashamed when he arrived at his father’s house?

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65. What lesson did Bob learn from his father?

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第 Ⅱ 卷（满分45分）

A. 根据句意和所给的中文提示，写出句子中的单词。

1. Everyone else in my class was invited _____________________(除了) me, and I don’t know why.

2. Doing lots of listening practice is one of the _____________________(秘诀) of becoming a good English learner.

3. Please come over to my office tomorrow morning to_____________________(讨论) our new plan.

4. Did you use to get_____________________(紧张的) when you see the school report from your

teacher?

5. Do you know what your _____________________(父母的) favorite colors are?

B. 根据句意，用所给单词的适当形式填空。

6. Can you tell me the _____________________ (long) of the new bridge?

7. The 3rd Asian Beach Games _____________________ (hold) in Haiyang on June 16, 2012.

8. My grandfather thinks that kids have too much _____________________(free) these days.

9. If you become rich, you will have a difficult time _____________________(realize) what your real happiness is.

10. The leader believes _____________________(strong) in the school volunteer project.

根据所给汉语将下列句子补充完整。（每空一词）

1. 据调查，许多学生都会为了实现自己的目标而努力学习。

______________ ______________the survey, many students were willing to work hard to achieve

their aims.

2. 我更喜欢歌词很棒的音乐。

I ______________ music that ______________ great lyrics.

3. 你们反对在城里建一个新的动物园吗？

Are you______________ ______________a new zoo in the town?

4. 我认为年轻人应该把更多的注意力集中在工作上。

I think young people should ______________more ______________their work.

5. 听到这坏消息，Robert默默地跟他的朋友一起走回了家。

When he heard the bad news, Robert walked home together with his friends______________

______________.

6. 制作香蕉奶昔的第二个步骤是将香蕉切碎。

The second step of making a banana milk shake is ______________ ______________the bananas.

7. 这部电影太乏味了, 以至于我看到一半就睡着了。

The movie was so boring that I ______________ ______________ half way through it.

8. 如果你弟弟未经允许拿走了你的衣服你会怎么办？

What would you do if your brother took away your clothes ______________ ______________?

9. 什么时候动身取决于天气条件。

When to start ______________ ______________the weather conditions.

10. 他在火车站偶然遇到了他的一位老校友。

He met with an old schoolmate of his ______________ ______________at the railway station.

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示补全文中所缺的单词, 答案写在题后的横线上。

As teenagers, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize, or they can be small. You may just want to become one of the top ten students in your c 1 .

Once you find a dream, what do you do w 2 it? Do you ever try to make your dream real?

Follow Your Heart by Australian writer Andrew Matthews tells us that m 3 our dreams real is life’s biggest challenge.

You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. These kinds of thoughts p 4 you from reaching your dream, the book says.

In f 5 , everyone can make his dream come true. The first thing you must do is to remember the dream in your mind.

D 6 let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want. Do this step by step and your dream will come true faster because a big dream is made up of many small o 7 . Please never give them up.

There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest comes from yourself. You need to d 8 which is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will l 9 to better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book. As you get c 10 to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn more skills and find new interests.

1. _____________ 2. _____________ 3. _____________ 4. _____________ 5. ______________

6. _____________ 7. _____________ 8. _____________ 9. _____________ 10. _____________

假如你们学校正在开展研究性学习(exploring learning strategies)，请你根据下表提供的信息，写一篇短文，让更多的学生了解你校开展研究性学习的一些情况。

注意：

1. 短文应包括表格提示的所有内容，可适当发挥；

2. 词数：100词左右。开头已给出，但不计入总词数。

Great changes have taken place in our studies since our school began to carry on exploring learning strategies.

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