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The idea of the genome as a book is not, strictly speaking, even a metaphor (比喻), It is true to a great extent. A book is a piece of digital information, written in one-directional form and defined by a code that translates a small alphabet of letters into a large dictionary of meanings through the order of their groupings. So is a genome. The only complication is that all English books read from left to right, while some parts of the genome read from left to right, and some from right to left, though never both at the same time.
While English books are written in words of different lengths using twenty-six letters. Genomes are written entirely in three-letter words, using only four letters, And instead of being written on flat pages, they are written on long chains of DNA molecules (分子), The genome is a very clever book, because in the right conditions it can both photocopy itself and read itself.
小题1:How do human genomes read according to the passage?
A.Only from left to right. | B.Only from right to left. |
C.From both directions at the same time | D.From one direction at a time |
A.is as long as the River Danube |
B.can be easily placed on the head of a pin |
C.is coded with and alphabet of four letters |
D.is smart enough to read and take photos of itself |
A.specialists in the field | B.general readers |
C.natural scientists | D.readers with academic background |
A.to focus on the differences between the two |
B.to lay emphasis on the similarities between the two |
C.to simplify the concept of the human genome |
D.to give an exact description of the human genome |
答案
小题1:D
小题1:C
小题1:B
小题1:C
解析
核心考点
试题【Imagine that the genome (基因组) is a book. The book consists of 23 chapters with t】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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David Sampson, a sports sociologist, says, “These are often celebratory riots— a large number of very happy people mixed in with large amounts of alcohol. They don’t often seem dangerous in the beginning, but things get violent quickly. ”
Another reason for violence at sports events is the crowd. When individuals are in a large group of people, they can lose their sense of personal responsibility. Edward Hirt, a social Psychologist, says that research shows that people do things in crowds that they would never do alone. People in crowds feel anonymous — no one knows who they are. Crowds also make people feel powerful. They stop making personal decisions. They just follow the crowd. Social psychologists call this a “mob mentality.”
Dave Zarifis, head of public safety says, “Some people don’t even come to celebrate. They want to drink hard and make trouble. Someone does something stupid, and it grows from there. You get a mob mentality. People think it’s OK to do almost anything. They think, ‘There are so many of us and not enough of them. ’ ”
Social psychologist Dr. Sharon Kennedy says that there are some things officials can do to prevent violence. Making sure that an area is not overcrowded is very important. Officials should also think of games as “big parties.” Then they will prepare differently. Kennedy says that in Great Britain they are controlling the problem with cameras in all the stadiums. “When you know someone is watching, you are much less likely to behave badly. ”
小题1:Which of the following best gives the main idea of the first two paragraphs?
A.There’s a connection between violence and sports |
B.One cause of violence at sports events is alcohol. |
C.There are many reasons for violence at sports events. |
D.David Sampson and Dennis Brock have the same opinion. |
A.“I must drink some alcohol to stop myself feeling shy. ” |
B.“ It’s safe to do what many people are doing. ” |
C.“There are so many of us and not enough of them. ” |
D.“ No one knows I’m doing this. ” |
A.Two. | B.Four. | C.Three. | D.Five. |
A.how to turn games into big parties |
B.why to install cameras in stadiums |
C.how to prevent violence at sports events |
D.how to avoid oneself behaving badly |
A.Never drink any alcohol no matter where you are. |
B.Whenever you are watching a game, you should keep quiet. |
C.Never follow blindly no matter how many people are doing something. |
D.Be careful when you are at a stadium because there are cameras there. |
There lived many mice in the house. The woman in the moonlight saw a mouse crawl(爬行) into the house. “Look! In comes one,” she said to the man in the house. The thief was so frightened that he hurriedly crawled out of the house and said to the one waiting outside, “She found me when I was just in.” But the thief outside didn’t believe him, so he said, “Let us try to crawl into the house together.” At that time two mice happened to crawl into the house, too. The woman saw the mice and shouted, “In come two, catch them!” The two thieves were terribly frightened. The man in the house said, “You saw them come in but where are they? I will catch them tonight.” The two thieves started running away at once.
The two thieves wanted to make it clear whether they had been found or not the night before. The next day they acted as men selling sweet potatoes and came before the house. The man and the woman were ploughing in their fields. The rope broke and the woman came home for a rope. She saw two men selling sweet potatoes and wanted to buy some. She picked out two which looked like mice. At the time the man couldn’t wait for her any longer in the fields and he ran back from the fields to hurry her up. The woman showed the sweet potatoes to the man and said, “How they look like the two of last night.” The man said, “I asked you to fetch a rope, why don’t you hurry for it?” The two thieves ran away very quickly without their sweet potatoes.
小题1:The two thieves failed to steal anything from the house because _____.
A.they were found out |
B.they were frightened by what they had heard in the house |
C.they didn’t work together well with each other |
D.mice stopped them from doing so |
A.the two thieves were famous selling sweet potatoes |
B.the woman recognized the two thieves |
C.the woman pretended to know nothing about the two thieves and made fun of them |
D.the two thieves didn’t know that they were not found at all |
A.she referred to the two thieves | B.she meant nothing |
C.she said it on purpose | D.she referred to the mice |
A.Two Clever Thieves | B.Terrible Mice |
C.Hit the Mark by a Fluke | D.A Clever Couple |
ABC means American-Born Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside and white inside. So, when a person is a banana, he or she is white inside—thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside—looking like a Chinese.
Do you know why? Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don’t speak Chinese.
But if ABCs cannot speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are Chinese. They are overseas (海外) Chinese. These people may be citizens(公民) of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood. Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair.
But they are not Chinese citizens. They are not the people of the People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist C.N. Yang(杨振宁). He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. The Chinese love him, but he is an American citizen.
小题1:What’s the author’s purpose in writing this passage?
A.He wants to tell us something about “ABC”. |
B.He wants to show that Chinese are well respected in America. |
C.He wants to tell us some knowledge about the English language. |
D.He wants to introduce the American culture to us. |
A.their bodies are white inside but yellow outside |
B.they think like Westerners but look like Chinese |
C.they were born in China but go to study in America |
D.they like to eat bananas |
A. American Chinese are great. B. we love American Chinese
C. The Chinese can win Nobel Prizes D. American Chinese are not Chinese citizens
But today Austen’s books are in greater demand than ever. In the last ten years, five of the six novels have been made into Hollywood films, while her books continue to be bestsellers. So why is Austen still popular?
Richard Jenkyns, a professor of English at Oxford University, argues that her novels still appeal to people because they focus on issues that are as relevant today as they were when she wrote them. Her novels are about women trying to find a perfect husband, but also explore issues surrounding marriage, friendship and the family. “The plots are fairly timeless stories about human interaction which are familiar to us,” Jenkyns says.
The most famous book Austen wrote is Pride and Prejudice, a love story between Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy. At first the two characters do not get on. They finally fall in love, but still have to overcome opposition (反对) to their relationship from their families.
All of Austen’s books are easy to read, making them popular with children and adults, but they work on different levels so people can take what they need from them, author Kate Henry says.
Austen is often praised as the greatest romance writer in the English language, so it is surprising she remained unmarried. “Maybe she was too much of a romantic, waiting for a perfect man,” Henry says.
小题1:Which of the following can NOT explain why Austen is still popular?
A.Her novels are all about love and marriage. |
B.Her novels still make sense to today’s people. |
C.All her novels are easy to read. |
D.Her novels benefit people of different reading levels. |
A.strange | B.related | C.funny | D.unimportant |
A.she was used to the life of being single |
B.the perfect man didn’t appears in her life |
C.she was too busy to think of marriage |
D.she was afraid of marriage |
A.More and more people like reading Austen’s novels. |
B.Austen died when she was 42 years old. |
C.Pride and Prejudice is a novel about love. |
D.Austen is often regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. |
Strangely enough, some of this research was sponsored by fast food companies like McDonald’s and KFC.Pressured by animal rights groups , these companies felt they had to fund scientists researching the emotional and mental states of animals.
McDonald’s, for instance, funded studies on pig behavior at Purdue University, Indiana.This research found that pigs seek affection and easily become depressed if left alone or prevented from playing with each other.If they become depressed, they soon become physically ill.Because of this, and other similar studies, the European Union has banned the use of isolating pig stalls from 2010.In Germany, the government is encouraging pig farmers to give each pig 20 seconds of human contact a day, and to provide them with toys to prevent them from fighting
Other scientists have shown that animals think and behave like humans.Koko, the 300-pound gorilla at the Gorilla Foundation in Northern California, for instance, has been taught sign language.Koko can now understand several thousand English words, more than many humans who speak English as a second language.On human IQ tests, she scores between 70 and 95.
Before such experiments, humans thought language skills were absent from the animal kingdom.Other myths are also being overturned, like the belief that animals lack self-awareness.Studies have also shown that animals mourn their dead, and that they play for pleasure.
These striking similarities between animal and human behavior have led some to ask a question: “If you believe in evolution, how can’t you believe that animals have feelings that human beings have?”
Until recently, scientists believed that animals behaved by instinct and that what appeared to be learned behavior was merely genetically-programmed activity.But as Koko the Gorilla shows, this is not the case.In fact, learning is passed from parent to offspring far more often than not in the animal kingdom.
So what implications does this knowledge have for humans? Because of this, should we ban hunting and animal testing? Should we close zoos? Such questions are being raised by many academics and politicians.Harvard and 25 other American law schools have introduced courses on animal rights.Germany meanwhile, recently guaranteed animal rights in its constitution---the first country to do so.
小题1:McDonald’s and KFC give money to support scientist to do research on animals, because_____
A.they are international big companies. |
B.they love animals. |
C.they are pressured by animal right groups. |
D.they earn a large amount of money and want to do some good deeds. |
A.pigs love being alone. |
B.pigs easily become physically ill. |
C.pigs need affection. |
D.pigs don’t like to play with each other. |
A.Animals behave by instinct. |
B.Animals have self-awareness. |
C.Animals have feelings and love. |
D.Animals do not have language skills. |
A.Yes. |
B.No |
C.Not certain |
D.Not mentioned |
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