贵州省息烽县2017高考英语一轮复习语法填空和阅理训练(四)

贵州息烽县 2017 高考英语一轮语法填空和阅读练习(2016·福建省五校高中毕业班统一考试)According to a recent survey，violence did exist in schools.Students showed their fear and parents and teachers also 1 (express) their great concern about it.Experts hope 2 whole society pays more attention to the mental health of adolescents. Nowadays，school violence is a hot issue.I think this is a phenomenon，which 3 (call) for our great concern.We should make every effort 4 (prevent) school violence happening at school，for more and more students would drop out of school if their personal 5 (safe) could not be guaranteed.In fact，violence can be learned. 6 (actual)，children learn violence behavior from adults or from 7 they see on television or on the Internet.If I meet with school violence，I will not answer violence with violence，for it will result in 8 (much) fighting.I will tell my teachers or parents about it.I think they will help me deal with it well and they will protect me from the bad guys.All in all，we students should behave 9 (we) and keep away 10 violence.【语篇导读】校园暴力这一现象引起了老师和家长的关注。

综合模拟预测卷(四)本试卷分第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分。

第Ⅰ卷第一部分听力(共两节,满分30分）第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分,满分7.5分）听下面5段对话.每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍.1．How will Mary go to school today?A．By bike.B．By car。

C．On foot。

2．When can the woman get the computers?A．On Tuesday.B．On Wednesday.C．On Thursday.3．Where are the two speakers？A．At the cinema.B．At the airport。

C．At the railway station。

4．What time is it now?A．It’s 5:35. B．It’s 6:15. C．It’s 6：40。

5．Why doesn’t the woman like her job？A．Because it's difficult.B．Because it’s dirty.C．Because it's dull.第二节（共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22。

5分)听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题.6．Why is the woman worried about her sister？A．She isn't talented in art。

B．She will have a poor life in the future。

第一部分必修四Module 6Ⅰ.阅读理解导学号02280582“It is one of the few bright spots in the Chinese economy，” says Zeng Ming. He is talking about e-commerce. Mr. Zeng, the chief strategy officer of Alibaba, a giant Chinese Internet firm, predicts that digital transactions on his firm's platforms will top 1 trillion yuan ($ 159 billion) this year—more than Amazon's and eBay's combined. That is a bold claim; but consider what happened on Singles Sunday.Invented a few years ago by students and seized upon by digital marketers, this festival for lonely hearts falls annually on the 11th day of the 11th month (since 1 is the loneliest number). It is like St Valentine's Day, only worse. Singletons shower each other with tender gifts: a barrage of pearls; a storm of sweets.This November 11th they spent a surprising 19 billion yuan on Alibaba's online platforms—a fourfold increase from a year ago, and more than double what Americans spent online last Cyber Monday (the Monday after Thanksgiving, when retailers urge Americans to shop online). About 100 million purchases were logged, accounting for 80% of the packages shipped that day. Couriers(快递员) were buried in parcels.So life is good for China's e-tailers, then? Not exactly. The number of digital marketers is increasing and online sales are booming. Consumers are enjoying lower prices, better service and more varieties. The problem? The pressure on profits in Chinese e-commerce is worse than that in America, reckons Elinor Leung of CLSA, a broker. “Almost no one makes money，” she says.The fiercest battles are being fought between online retailers and their bricks-and-mortar (传统的实体企业) rivals. Dangdang, a firm that resembles Amazon, and 360buy, another online retailer, have cut prices fiercely. Tencent, a cash-rich online giant known for its instant messaging software, is splashing out to win market share. 360buy has also just raised $ 400 million from investors to do the same. But it is unclear how much longer such firms can burn through capital.语篇解读：本文从阿里巴巴网络销售说起，主要介绍了迅速发展的中国电子商务。

2017高考英语阅读理解一轮编练（四）2016高考训练题----阅读理解。

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。

Finally, I entered the university. Because of my careful saving s, I did not have to work during the school year. Then, summe r came and it was time to work harder than ever. I continued working as a waitress at night, instructed tennis camps severa l mornings a week and worked as a secretary for a few hours i n the afternoons. I even decided to take a class at a communi ty (社区) college. This class at the community college saved me $6 50. It was an extremely tiring summer and made me anxious t o return to my relatively easy life at the university.During my second and third years of undergraduate schooling , I decided to work about five hours per week in the campus (校园) admissions office answering phones. This provided a little spending money and kept me from drawing my savings out. I wanted to go to Israel to study for 3 weeks, but I hesitated in making this decision because it would cost me $1,600 more to get the credits in . About two weeks later my Mom called to t ell me that I had $1,600 in the bank that I had forgotten about! One of my concerns about this trip was not only the cost, but the loss of time to make money; however, I made as much th at summer in the ten weeks when I was at home as I had mad e during the fourteen weeks when I was at home the summer before. The way everything worked together to make this trip possible was one of the most exciting things that have ever h appened to me.This experience has shaped me in many important ways. The first thing that I learned was the importance of a strong work ethic (伦理). Working long hours did a lot to develop my character and helped me learn the value of a dollar. It also made me learn h ow to search for creative ways to settle difficult situations.1. Where did the writer probably work part-time before attending the university?A. In a restaurant.B. In the tennis cam ps.C. In a company.D. In the admissions of fice.2. The writer took a class at a community college mainly beca use _________.A. she wanted to save moneyB. life there was r elatively easyC. summer time was tiringD. it was required by the university3. The writer’s major concern about the trip to was that _____ ____.A. her mother would not agreeB. she would fail to ge t credits inC. a well-paid summer job would be lost D. $1,600 couldn’t be draw n out in time4. The passage is mainly about how the writer _________.A. made money on the college campusB. managed to make full use of her vacationC. was forced to support herself by her motherD. was shap ed by working part-time through collegeA. 细节推断题。

第一部分必修四Module 4Ⅰ.阅读理解(2015·河南八市重点高中质检) Around four years ago, I received a call from the principal of our school as to the “Parents View” talk the next morning. He asked me to speak to the group. After the call, my whole body became feverish and panicky. The time from his call to the next morning seemed like years. The whole night, I could not sleep with many ominous_apprehensions in mind. One of them was to call the principal with regret and tell him that I could not come. Finally, I gathered some co urage. I thought, “If I miss this opportunity, surely the school will never invite me again to any of their programs.”I reached the school in time. Before my turn came, my whole body was trembling. When my turn came and I started speaking, my heartbeat increased and my mouth went dry. I wasn't even able to read the written speech properly. I was not aware of where I was standing and what I was reading. That was the day when I realized my biggest weakness: Public Speaking.After my speech, I met with the principal and explained what happened to me. He told me that this happens to everyone. Even great speakers faced the same things when they started. He suggested that I come again next time.Around one month later，I was invited to refer to a topic on motivation. This time I was feeling comfortable. My speech was appreciated by the principal as well as the teachers, because I was able to get my idea across to them. They encouraged me and praised my efforts.After delivering it successfully, I became more confident. I said to myself，“If I can speak in front of such a learned audience, like the principal who educates others, I can now speak in front of others too.”I started delivering lectures on various topics like Self Motivation, Personality Development, Personal Excellence, Spoken English and Presentation Skills. This has become a passion for me. I have learned that everything is possible if we have the courage to take the first step.语篇解读：本文为记叙文。

2017年高考英语一轮复习阅读理解专项试题及答案阅读理解阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

AIt is obvious that doctors recognize obesity as a health problem. So why is it so hard for them to talk to their patients about it?The results of two surveys, one of primary care physicians and the other of patients, found that while most doctors want to helppatients lose weight and think it is their responsibility to do so, they often don’t know what to say.“So while doctors may tell patients they are overweight, the convers ation often ends there,” said Christine C. Ferguson, director of the Stop Obesity Alliance. “Patients are not told about the possibility of diabetes (a kind of disease),” she said. “And doctors don’t feel they have good information to give. They felt that they didn’t have adequate tools to address this problem.The lack of dialogue hurts patients, too. The patient survey, of over 1,000 adults, found that most overweight patients don’t even know that they’re too heavy. Only 39 percent of overweight people surveyed had ever been told by a health care provider that they were overweight.Of those who were told they were obese, 90 percent were alsotold by their doctors to lose weight, the survey found. In fact most have tried to lose weight and may have been successful in the past—and many are still trying, the survey found. And many understand that losing even a small amount of weight can have a positive impact on their health and reduce their risk of obesity­related diseases like hypertension and diabetes.Dr. William Bestermann Jr., medical director of Holston Medical Group, in Kingsport, Tenn. , which ranks the 10th in obesity among metropolitan areas in the United States, said the dialogue had to be anongoing one and could not be dropped after just one mention of the problem. “If you’re to be successful with helping your patients lose weight, you have to talk to them at actually every visit about their progress, and find something to encourage them and coach them,” he said.He acknowledged that many doctors tend to be not optimistic.“Part of this is that there's this common belief, and doctors are burdened by it, too, that overweight people are weak-willed and just don’t have any willpower and are self­indulgent and all that business,” he said. “If you think that way, you’re not going to spend time having a productive conversation.”1. What is the Stop Obesity Alliance most probably in Paragraph 3?A. An organization of doctors specializing in obesity.B. An organization of patients suffering from obesity.C. A research group that conducts special surveys about overweight people.D. A research group dealing with doctor-patient relationship.2. How many of the patients surveyed have been advised by their doctors to lose weight?A. About 350.B. About 390.C. About 900.D. About 1,000.3. What can be inferred about obesity patients in Paragraph 5?A. They are not as hopeless as doctors think they are.B. Most of them have tried hard to lose weight, but in vain.C. Without their doct ors’ constant coaching, there is little chance of their succeeding in losing weight.D. Most of them have just given up their hope of becoming less heavy.4. According to the passage, which factor contributes to the lack of dialogue between doctors and patients?A. Most doctors just never think of warning their patients about their weight problem.B. Many doctors find it difficult to persuade overweight people to lose weight.C. Most patients are too weak-willed to do anything about their weight.D. Many patients tend not to trust their doctors about their weight problem.5. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?A. Obesity in the U. S.B. Trouble of overweight Americans.C. Talk more, help better.D. Doctors or patients-who to bear more blame?BThe cultural and natural values of Kakadu National Park were recognized internationally when the Park was placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. This is an international register of properties that are recognized as having outstanding cultural or natural values of international significance. Kakadu is the largest national park in Australia and is the second largest national park in the world. Kakaduis a biological wonderland, which is almost 8,000 square miles. The wildlife in Kakadu National Park includes over 280 kinds of birds, 60 kinds of native mammals, 55 kinds of freshwater fish, thousands of insects, and many reptiles, the most famous of which is the salt-water crocodile. All life in the park depends on water.Kakadu is not only home to the wildlife but the area is also famous for the longest continuous human culture that exists in the world. Aborigines have been living in this area for at least 40,000 years. The descendants(后裔) of these First Australians still live in Kakadu today. Kakadu contains one of the longest continuous records of rock art in the world, with around 5,000 paintings, with rock sites dating back 25,000 years. More than 1,000 sites have been recorded. Kakadu has been given double World Heritage status by the United Nations. It is one of only 17 of the 469 World heritage Areas listed for both natural and cultural values.It is Australia’s largest national park, but it isn’t just the size that surprises visitors—it is the sense of something very old and grand. Creation of the 500 km escarpment (悬崖) began 2,000 million years ago. Today those gorges are filled with rainforests, washed by waterfalls.Kakadu is one of the world’s special places. It is hard to pick the ideal time to visit Kakadu. In the wet season large areas of the park are closed to the public. It would not be possible to enter or exit from the park through the Kakadu Highway. Most of the people there agree that the best time to visit is at the end of the dry season. Some areas of Kakadu have restricted visiting times, and some are not open to the general public. Over 230 000 tourists visit Kakadu National Park every year. As you enter Kakadu National Park, you will be required to buy a permit. Part of this money is paid to the Traditional Owners of the land and the rest is given to the repairs of the park.6. Why does the author mention so much wildlife in Paragraph 1?A. To represent the scene of the nature.B. To attract readers’ attention.C. To take the wildlife for example.D. To show the value of the park.7. Kakadu is given double World Heritage status by the United Nations because of _____.A. the descendants of these First Australians still in Kakadu todayB. the particular environment and the unusual rock artC. the longest continuous human culture that exists in the worldD. Aborigines living in this area for at least 40,000 years8. The followings are mentioned in the passage except _____.A. living things in KakaduB. the escarpment and the gorgesC. the history of the parkD. the weather of the area9. The underlined word gorges in Paragraph 3 means _____.A. narrow valleys between hills or mountainsB. buildings where cases are determinedC. large and open structures for sports eventsD. places where something is located10. What does the author advise visitors to do when they go to Kakadu?A. To get more information about the special place.B. To make a better choice between the wet and dry season.C. Not to enter the national park without permission.D. Not to go there through the Kakadu Highway.C(London)—If it really is what’s on the inside that counts, then a lot of thin people might be in trouble.Some doctors now think that the internal fat surrounding important organs like the heart or liver could be as dangerous as the external fat which can be noticed more easily.“Being thin doesn’t surely mean you are not fat,” said Dr Jimmy Bell at Imperial College. Since 1994, Bell and his team have scanned nearly 800 people with MRI machines to create “fat maps” showing where people store fat.According to the result, people who keep their weight through diet rather than exercise are likely to have major deposits of internal fat, even if they are slim.Even people with normal Body Mass Index scores can have surprising levels of fat deposits inside. Of the women, as many as 45 percent of those with normal BMI scores (20 to 25) actually had too high levels of internal fat. Among men, the percentage was nearly 60 percent.According to Bell, people who are fat on the inside are actually on the edge of being fat. They eat too many fatty and sugary foods, but they are not eating enough to be fat. Scientists believe we naturallystore fat around the belly first, but at some point, the body may start storing it elsewhere.Doctors are unsure about the exact dangers of internal fat, but some think it has something to do with heart disease and diabetes. They want to prove that internal fat damages the body’s communication systems.The good news is that internal fat can be easily burned off through exercise or even by improving your diet. “If you want to be healthy, there is no short cut. Exercise has to be an important part of your lifestyle,” Bell said.11. What is this piece of news mainly about?A. Thin people may be fat inside.B. Internal fat is of no importance.C. Internal fat leads to many diseases.D. Thin people also have troubles.12. Doctors have found _____.A. the exact dangers of internal fatB. internal fat is the cause of heart disease and diabetesC. being slim is not dangerous at allD. being slim doesn’t mean you are not fat inside13. According to the passage, which of the following is WRONG?A. Exercise can help to reduce the internal fat.B. People can get rid of internal fat by improving diet.C. Men are more likely to have too much internal fat.D. People with heart disease all have internal fat.14. From the last paragraph, we can find that _____.A. whether internal fat can lead to disease has been provedB. exercise plays in important role in people’s life for keeping healthyC. thin people usually have internal fat even if they are slimD. it is easier to burn off internal fat than external fat15. The underlined part in the last paragraph means _____.A. a long roadB. an easy wayC. a clear differenceD. a short distanceDFor years, there has been a bias(偏见)against science among clinical psychologists. In a two-year analysis to be published in November in Perspectives on Psychological Science, psychologists led by Timothy B. Baker of the University of Wisconsin charge that manyclinical psychologists fail to “provide the treatments for which there is the strongest evidence of effectiveness” and “give more weight to thei r personal experiences than to science.” As a result, patients have no guarantee that their “treatment will be informed by …science.” Walter Mischel of Columbia University is even crueler in his judgment. “The disconnect between what clinical psychologists do and what science has discovered is an extreme embarrassment,” he told me, and “there is a widening gap between clinical practice and science.”The “widening” reflects the great progress that psychological research has made in identifying the most effective treatments. Thanks to strict clinical trials, we now know that teaching patients to think about their thoughts in new, healthier ways and to act on those new ways of thinking are effective against depression, panic disorder and other problems, with multiple trials showing that these treatments—the tools of psychology—bring more lasting benefits than drugs.You wouldn’t know this if you sought help from a typicalclinical psychologist. Although many treatments are effective,relatively few psychologists learn or practice them.Why in the world not? For one thing, says Baker, clinical psychologists are “very doubtful about the role of science” and “lack solid science training”. Also, one third of patients get better no matter what treatment (if any) they have, “and psychologists rememberthese successes, believing, wrongly, that they are the result of the treatment.”When faced with evidence that treatments they offer are not supported by science, clinical psychologists argue that they know better than some study that works. A 2008 study of 591 psychologists in private practice found that they rely more on their own and colleagues’ experience than on science when deciding how to treat a patient. If they keep on this path as insurance companies demand evidence-based medicine, warns Mischel, psychology will “discredit itself.”16. Many clinical psychologists fail to provide the most effective treatments because _____.A. they are unfamiliar with their patientsB. they believe in science and evidenceC. they depend on their colleagues’ helpD. they rely on their personal experiences17. The widening gap between clinical practice and science is due to _____.A. the cruel judgment by Walter MischelB. the fact that most patients get better after being treatedC. the great progress that has been made in psychological researchD. the fact that patients prefer to take drugs rather than have other treatments18. How do clinical psychologists respond when charged thattheir treatments are not supported by science?A. They feel embarrassed.B. They try to defend themselves.C. They are disappointed.D. They doubt their treatments.19. In Mischel’s opinion, psychology will ______.A. destroy its own reputation if no improvement is madeB. develop faster with the support of insurance companiesC. work together with insurance companies to provide better treatmentD. become more reliable if insurance companies won’t demand evidence-based medicine20. What is the purpose of this passage?A. To show the writer’s disapproval of clinical psychologists.B. To inform the readers of the risks of psychological treatments.C. To explain the effectiveness of treatments by clinical psychologists.D. To introduce the latest progress of medical treatment in clinical psychology.参考答案1—5 BAABC 6—10 DBCAB11—15 ADDBB 16—20 DCBAA。

贵州息烽县2017高考英语语法填空和阅理一轮训练(2016·四川绵阳市高三二诊考试)Many teachers believe that hands－on experience is the __1__(good) way to learn. A group of students in the United States are putting that belief to the test. They __2__ (success) designed and built a robot for discovering unexplored mines __3__ the bottom of the sea. Students made the robot __4__(answer) a challenge from the U．S. Department of Defense.The students recently tested the underwater vehicle __5__(call) PerseusⅡ in a 95－meter－long tank of water at the Stevens Institute of Technology.The robot costs about $15，000 to build. The students use a video game control to direct __6__(it) movements in the tank. What’s more，devices known as Japters __7__ (able) the robot to go up，down and toward its target in the water. Video cameras on the robot send images back to a computer through a 13－meter－long cable. Perseus Ⅱ also has __8__ set of lasers (激光)，which are used to measure the size of an object.The robot is the creation of five undergraduate students. For over six months，they worked up __9__ 20 hours a week to design and build Perseus Ⅱ.DeLorme supervised the project from __10__(begin) to end. He says the specialized requirements of robots were demanding.【语篇导读】本文通过事实证明：亲身的实践经验是学习的最好方法。

高考英语一轮复习专训四阅读与语法填空AAs a Chinese, you sing or hear the national anthem March of the Volunteers (《义勇军进行曲》) many times. You know it was produced by lyricist Tian Han and composer Nie Er. But do you really know its origin and influences?During this year’s National Day holiday, the animated short documentary The Song of New China (《新中国之歌》) became a hot topic online. It tells the behind-the-scenes stories prior to and after the birth of the anthem and how it spread to the entire world in the last century.It was a collaboration of Turkmenistan director Kristina Grigoryan and Chinese producer Tian Hongmin. Both of them are from Shanghai University. “We were really interested in the birth of March of the Volunteers,” Tian said. “But we were wondering how to give such an in-depth and grand topic a sense of novelty.”The group spent almost three weeks on the project. They devoted themselves to searching through and reading over 100,000 words of written historical records. To gain more useful information, they visited the National Anthem Gallery and many historical sites in Shanghai.Grigoryan was not so familiar with the development of Chinese history in modern times. “So we compiled all materials chronologically (按时间顺序),” Tian said. “I would exp lain the historical background to Kristina.”With all the detailed materials, Grigoryan and Tian decided to focus on how the anthem was created and sung worldwide.“Honestly, as a Chinese, I had no idea about the international influence of our anthem,” Tian said. It was originally the main theme song of the movie Children of Troubled Times (《风云儿女》, 1935).Thanks to patriot Liu Liangmo, the song was shared with the world. Liu went to the United States, where he met American singer and political activist Paul Robeson. He then shared the song with Robeson. You can see a clip in the documentary in which Robeson sang March of the Volunteers in Mandarin to call for support against Japanese aggression. Later, it was sung in all the battlefields against fascism (法西斯主义) around the world.“After learning the story, I was overwhelmed by a strong sense of patriotic enthusiasm,” Tian said. To promote the story to the public, they used the creative method of stop motion animation (定格动画). Grigoryan had to take thousands of photos and play back the individual images consecutively, giving the illusion of movement.The process was time-consuming. But Grigoryan thought it was worthwhile. “I want to tell a Chinese story in an innovative and funny way and s pread it all over the world,” she told Shanghai Media Group.1. What do we know about The Song of New China?A. It’s an animation made by Chinese students.B. It was inspired by A Poem of The Great Wall.C. It focuses on Chinese history in the last century.D. It creatively shows the birth of the national anthem.2. What are paragraphs 4-5 mainly about?A. The novelty of the documentary.B. The efforts behind the documentary.C. The process of making the animation.D. The difficulties the group encountered.3. Who played a key role in promoting March of the Volunteers?A. Nie Er.B. Liu Liangmo.C. Paul Robeson.D. Kristina Grigoryan.4. What’s the main purpose of the article?A. To recommend an animated short documentary.B. To explain the popularity of the national anthem.C. To tell the story behind The Song of New China.D. To introduce the origin of March of the Volunteers.BWriting a book is a long and challenging process, but new technology is increasingly making it easier for authors to finish their books.Michael Green, a US data scientist-turned-novelist, felt that technology could help him simplify the writing process when he was in the middle of writing his debut (首部) book.He said that the process had become difficult to manage: “In the midst of editing (编辑), I got to the point where I started feeling like I had a lot of plots and characters,” he told the BBC.“I had all these documents on the deeper aspects of the world I was creating. I was worried about being abl e to keep track of it all. That’s when I switched into my more data science-minded approach to solving a complex problem with a lot of different pieces.”Green went on to create Lynit, a digital platform (平台) to help authors plan and weave (编织) together the many elements that form a story, such as themes, characters, and major events.“As the author gets a new idea that they want to bring into the story, they are able to input it into a natural framework (框架),” he told the BBC. “Piece by piece, they’re adding to the story. As new ideas come in, they change, maybe by creating new nodes (节点) [or interactions], new relationships.”Once the book has been published, technology is also playing an ever-increasing role in publicity and connecting with readers. Websites and apps from specialist firms allow authors to participate in live question-and-answer sessions with their audience.Another tech firm, Crazy Maple Studios in California, US, offers authors four apps that can add music, animation, sound effects and in some cases, gameplay.Michael Green believes technology will become even more important as a new generation of tech-savvy (精通技术的) writers becomes more well-known.“What I’m finding with the Generation Z and even younger writers is that they’re looking for technology to give them guidance,” he told the BBC. “They see it as a tool to learn and grow with,rather than extra work.”1. What difficulty did Green face in writing his debut book?A. He often felt that he was not creative enough.B. He would leave out important plots.C. He had trouble organizing his thoughts.D. He was afraid the characters wouldn’t appeal to readers.2. What is an advantage of technology according to the text?A. It creates new relationships for authors.B. It can generate images based on words.C. It can translate thoughts into sentences.D. It brings authors closer to their readers.3. Which of the following would Green most probably agree with?A. Young writers rely too heavily on technology.B. New technology gets in the way of creativity.C. Technology adds to the burden of authors.D. New technology matters to growing authors.4. What’s the main purpose of the article?A. To give advice on how to write a book.B. To encourage the use of technology in writing.C. To share how new technology benefits authors.D. To show the popularity of new tools among authors.COn Sept 25, a team of doctors made medical history. In a two-hour procedure, led by Dr Robert Montgomery at New York University (NYU) Langone Health in the US, surgeons successfully attached a kidney (肾) from a genetically-engineered (转基因的) pig to a human. The kidney functioned normally and wasn’t rejected by the person’s immune system.Montgomery said that the success of th e procedure was a “transformative (变革的) moment”. “It was a kidney that was immediately functioning,” Montgomery told CBS News.The recipient (接受者) was a brain-dead patient with signs of kidney dysfunction (功能障碍) whose family agreed to the experiment before she was due to be taken off life support, researchers told Reuters.For three days, the kidney was attached to the patient’s blood vessels (血管) by the upper leg and maintained outside her body to give researchers access.This kidney was never meant to serve as a permanently functioning organ for the patient. Instead, the point of the surgery was to test whether the body would reject the organ. Researchers have been working toward the possibility of using animal organs, namely pigs’, for tran splants (移植) for years. The problem lies in how to prevent the body from rejecting the organ.This is where the idea of using an organ from a genetically-engineered pig came into play.According to Popular Science, pig cells contain a sugar molecule (分子) that is foreign to the human body and causes organ rejection. Montgomery’s team thought that using a modified (基因改良的) pig that wouldn’t produce this sugar molecule would overcome the issue of organ rejection. This could give hope to many down the road.Montgomery said that the NYU kidney transplant experiment should pave the way for trials in patients with end-stage kidney failure, possibly in the next year or two, CNN reported.While there is still much to be done before entire pig organs are regularly used in people, the prospect itself is encouraging. Amy Friedman, a former transplant surgeon, told The New York Times that she hopes that in the future, it will be possible to use other organs grown in pigs as well.“It’s truly mind-boggling (难以置信的) to think of how many transplants we might be able to offer.”1. What was the aim of the surgery?A. To find out what causes kidney dysfunction.B. To study what causes the human body to reject an organ.C. To test if the animal organ would be rejected.D. To see what kinds of animal organs could work in humans.2. How did the researchers overcome the challenge?A. By enlarging the sugar molecule.B. By adding a sugar molecule to the organ.C. By using a genetically modified pig.D. By adjusting the position of the kidney.3. What’s the significance of the surgery?A. It is the first time a brain-dead patient has been healed.B. It developed a permanently functioning organ.C. It provides a solution to end-stage kidney failure.D. It marks a step toward using pig kidneys for transplants.4. What’s Friedman’s attitude toward the prospect of using entire pig organs for transplants?A. Optimistic.B. Worried.C. Doubtful.D. Uncertain.DAfter all the waiting, I finally received my first vaccine against COVID-19 in mid-April. So what did I do? I turned up the music and danced – with abandon, with joy and with relief. What is a 66-year-old woman doing dancing by herself? This is what I have been doing my entire life.There was no real structure to my dancing: no lessons, competitions or prizes. As an only child, I spent hours dancing alone, when not reading on my bed. I would turn up the Telefunken console(控制台) that my dad had brought back from Germany and played and replayed my favorite songs.At Chatelard School, my strict British all-girls boarding school in the Swiss mountains, we teenagers threw off our uniforms and danced our little hearts out, barefoot in our nighties (睡衣). Being against every rule, I was then sent to stare at a spot in the dark hallway, shivering (颤抖) in the same white nightie.I have danced in moments of joy, but also of stress and anxiety. For me, it is a ritual. For me, dance is a release, a liberation, a joy, self-medication, and self-expression. For me, dance is always about losing myself in a feeling of liberation.I look back on the role that Zumba played in helping me through sad times. It gave me the strength and courage to leave a marriage. When my father was dying of cancer, I cried through the classes, barely able to follow the instructor. During those last few years in my job, I turned up my Zumba activity that prepared me for those final days before early retirement.But there was also joy: My Jimmy Choos danced with me at my daughter’s wedding. I danced to live music with my partner Ted at his birthday party, and there was that New Year’s Eve in Paris, where we danced on the tables.English writer Virginia Woolf wrote: “Dance music stirs some barbaric (原始的) instinct (本能) – you forget centuries of civilization (文明) in a second, and yield to (屈服于) that strange passion which sends you madly spinning around the room … It is as though some current of water swept you along with it.”1. What do we know about the author?A. She developed a love for dancing in childhood.B. She won first place in dancing in high school.C. She started to take dance lessons at Chatelard School.D. She decided to quit dancing after the vaccination.2. Why is Zumba mentioned in paragraph 5?A. I t was the author’s favorite type of dance.B. It encouraged the author to face difficulties.C. It reminded the author of her late father.D. It gave the author comfort after retirement.3. What is the author’s purpose in writing the article?A. To express her passion for dancing.B. To recall her golden teenage years in school.C. To describe the benefits of dancing.D. To introduce the joy and tears dance brought her.E阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

贵州息烽县2017高考英语语法填空和阅理一轮训练（五）(2016·湖北省八校高三第一次联考)China will allow all couples to have two children，__1__(give) up its decades－long one－child policy，the Communist Party of China (CPC) __2__(announce) after a key meeting on Thursday.The change of policy is intended to balance population development and meet the challenge of an aging population，according to a communique (公报) __3__(issue) after the Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held from Monday to Thursday.The proposal must be approved by the top legislature (立法机关) __4__ it comes into force. China’s family planning policy was first introduced in the late 1970s __5__(control) the rapid __6__(grow) of the population by limiting most urban couples __7__ one child，and as to rural couples，they can have two children on condition that their firstborn child was a girl.The policy was later relaxed.Parents __8__ were both only children in their family could have __9__ second child. The one－child policy was __10__(far) loosened in November 2013 after the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee，and couples are allowed to have two children if one of them is an only child.【语篇导读】本文讲述了中国的二孩政策。

入舵市安恙阳光实验学校贵州息烽县2017高考英语一轮语法填空和阅读练习（一）(2016·广东高三第一次模拟)Although Socrates (苏格拉底) was poor all his life，he never asked his pupils to pay for their lessons.He taught __1__ the love of wisdom，not for money.And __2__ he had to say was always new and worth hearing.All his pupils loved him.But his unusual ways of teaching and his demand that students always ask questions made him some __3__(danger) enemies.The rulers did not want to be questioned.So they __4__(false) accused Socrates of teaching young men bad things and __5__(lead) them to ignore religion.In fact Socrates was a very religious man.His enemies had him __6__(arrest)，and he was sentenced to death by poisoning.During the 30 days before he was put to death，his friends and pupils __7__(allow) to visit him in his prison.They were astonished to find that __8__ was calm and cheerful.He had no fear of dying.When the deadly poison was finally brought to Socrates，his friends were in__9__(tear)，but Socrates seemed to be the __10__(brave) man in the room.He raised the cup and drank it as if it were a glass of banquet wine.【语篇导读】文章主要记叙了伟大的哲学家苏格拉底，讲了他免费给学生上课，学生都喜欢他，他与众不同的教学方式也招来了许多敌人，导致他被捕入狱，但是他直到死前的最后一刻都十分淡定从容的故事。