2021年南宁二中高三英语月考试题及答案解析

2021年南宁二中高三英语月考试题及答案解析

第一部分 阅读（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四个选项中选出最佳选项

A

“Why do I feel cold when I have a fever?” “Why does the sun rise in the east?” I knew the day would come

when my little girl Sophie would learn to talk and inevitably (不可避免地) start askingthose questions. The

questions themselves weren’t worrying me. I was actually looking forward to seeing where her curiosity would lie.

What was bothering (烦恼) me was whether or not I would know the answers. In the age of the smartphone,

this may seem like a silly worry. The answers to almost everything would be just one Google away.

Still, I struggled with how I was going to prepare to become an all-knowing mother. Then one day, it struck

me: I didn’t need to have all the answers. What a great example I could set if I let my daughter know that I, too,

was still learning. And I realized how much more I could learn if I took another look at things I thought I already

knew the answer to with the curiosity of a child. My little girl’s mind is a beginner’s mind--- curious, open to new

ideas, eager to learn, and not based on knowledge that already exists. I decided that I would deal with her

questions with a beginner’s mind, too.

Once I decided to become more curious, I started noticing that curiosity was becoming more important in the

workplace, too. It seems that leaders don't need to have all the answers, but they do need to be curious.

Curious about curiosity, I searched for answers and found Albert Einstein’s famous words, “I have no special

talent. I am only passionately (热情地) curious.” We mightquibble overthe view that Einstein had no special talent,

but there is one thing for certain---he wouldn't have solved the puzzles of the universe without his passionate

curiosity. Then I came across another Einstein quote, “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has

its own reason or existence.”

1. The advantage of having a beginner’s mind is that ________.

A. people can learn much faster.

B. people won't be afraid to make mistakes.

C. people are willing to receive new things.

D. people won't be expected to answer all questions.

2. What does the example of Einstein’s words show?

A. Einstein was passionate about curiosity. B. Einstein’s quotes are very famous.

C. Curiosity is of great significance.

D. Curiosity is more necessary than talent.

3. What does the underlined phrase “quibble over” in the last paragraph probably mean?

A. Fight against. B. Argue about.

C. Work out. D. Agree with

B

A world in which extinct creatures could be brought back to life came a step closer yesterday. Australian

scientists have managed to extract a gene from a preserved sample of a Tasmanian tiger and make it active.

Thebreakthroughhas left them dreaming that one day they will be able to recreate the animal, which died out

more than 70 years ago. And if it can be done with the Tasmanian tiger, it may also be possible to resurrect (复活)

creatures that have been extinct for far longer.

“There used to be a time when extinction meant forever, but no more, ” said Professor Mike Archer. “We are

now able to seriously challenge whether those animals that have gone for ever. What has been achieved is a very

important step in bringing back those animals that are extinct. And while I think that technically it is still pretty

difficult at the moment, we can now see the possibilities. I’m personally convinced that the Tasmanian tiger will be

brought back to life in my lifetime.”

The breakthrough came after nine years of experiments by scientists at the University of Melbourne, who

extracted a gene from one of several tigers preserved in alcohol in a Melbourne museum. They removed the

equivalent gene from a mouse embryo implanted the tiger gene and then watched as the mouse continued to

grow normally, suggesting the tiger gene had been activated.

Team leader Dr. Andrew Pask said it was the first time DNA from an extinct species had been used to “induce

(引起) a functional response in another living organism”.

However, the animal’s entire gene structure would have to be revived in the same way to even begin the

possibility of bringing the Tasmanian tiger back from the dead.

Mick Mooney, a wildlife officer ofthe Tasmanian Government, was worried that such developments could

encourage people’s indifference to the protection of endangered species.

“If people think that we can bring animals back to life after they’ve gone, they will start saying that there is

nothing to worry about because we can fix it up later.”

4. What does the underlined word “breakthrough” in the l paragraph refer to?