合肥168中学2017年面向全自主招生测验《科学素养》测试英语试卷

合肥168中学2０1７年面向全自主招生测验《科学素养》测试英语试卷

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合肥１6８中学2017年面向全省自主招生考试

《科学素养》测试英语试卷

第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分)

第一节阅读理解（共1５小题;每小题2分,满分30分）

阅读下面短文,从每小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D)中选出最佳答案,并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。

A

A ｊobｌeｓｓman wanteｄvery mｕch ｔo be an “ｏfｆｉcｅboy” ａt Micｒｏs ｏft.The manａger iｎterｖiewed ｈｉｍanｄthen waｔched hｉm cｌeａnｉnｇ

the ｆｌoｏｒas ａtest．“You have passeｄtｈｅtｅst．” ｈe ｓaｉd. “Give me your e-mａiｌaddresｓand I'ｌl send you tｈｅform(表格) ｔｏfill in ａnd the date wｈe ｎyou may ｓｔart.” The mａn rｅplｉｅd．“Ｂut I don'ｔhave a cｏmputeｒ, ｎei ｔher an e-mail.” “I'm sorry，” said ｔhｅmanager. “Ｉf yｏu don't hａve an e-maｉl, that ｍeans ｙoｕarｅnoｔlｉviｎg.And anｙonｅwhｏiｓｎ't livｉｎg cannot haveｔhe job．”ﻫTｈe ｍanｌeft wｉｔｈnｏｈopｅat ａｌｌ. He ｄidn't ｋｎｏw what tｏdo wｉth onlｙ＄10in hiｓpockｅｔ．Hｅthought and thoｕｇhｔ. Tｈe ｎhe went tｏｔhe superｍarｋet ａnd bougｈｔ10 kilos ｏf ｔｏmａtｏes．He soｌd theｔomatoes ｆｒoｍｄoor ｔo dｏor. Ｉｎlｅss thａn two hours, ｈｅhad20 dollaｒs．Hｅdｉd thｉs ａgａｉn and aｇain for tｈｒee times, aｎd stａrteｄｔo go earｌｙevery ｄａｙ, and ｒｅturneｄhomｅlate．At last,he had ｈis own flee ｔｏf dｅliveryｖehicles(运货车队).Ｆive yearｓlａter，ｔhe man was ｏｎe oｆ

the ｂｉｇgest food rｅｔａilｅｒs (零售商)in tｈｅUS.ﻫOｎｅday, ｏne oｆhis friｅｎds asｋｅd him for hiｓe-maｉl. He said, “I haven＇t got oｎe.” Ｈis frienｄcouldn'ｔbelieveｈis eａｒs. “Cａn yoｕimａｇine ｗhａｔyou ｃould have bｅen iｆyou had an e-mail？”The maｎthouｇht foｒa whｉle anｄreplｉed，“Yｅs, I'ｄｂe an oｆfice boｙaｔMｉcrｏsoｆｔ!”

１. What dｉd the mａｎdo for the teｓt?

Ａ.He sent ｅ-ｍaｉｌｓ． B.Ｈe diｄthe cｌｅaning

C.Hｅsoｌd compuｔers. D．He ｆilled in forms．

2．Tｈe man didn'ｔｇet ｔhe ｊobｂecause he .

A.disｌiked ｓuch a job

B.dｉｄn't ｐass ｔhｅtest

C.didｎ'ｔhave aｎe-ｍail

D.knｅｗnothｉng aｂoｕｔcomputerｓ3．Tｈe mａn ａｆter he leｆｔMicrosoft．

A.ｗeｎt ｈome ｄireｃtly

B.ａskｅd for foｏd ｆromｄｏｏr to doｏr C．tｈoｕgｈt uｐan idea to makeｍonｅy Ｄ.bougｈt a comｐuｔer aｎd got ａn e-mail

４.What does ｔｈe stoｒy waｎｔto tｅｌｌuｓ?

A．Cｏmpｕtｅrs are ｖeryｉmportaｎt ｉn our daｉly lｉfe.

B.Ｅveｒｙonｅcaｎmake a lotｏf moｎey with ｏnly $10.

C．The managｅr dｉdn't likｅｔhe man.

B

Most peｏpｌｅmay not think ｔｈａt thｅｒe ａre anｙpｒoblｅms witｈwaｔe ｒmeｌons (西瓜)，ｂut sｏme Japanｅse sｅｌlerｓdｏ. Tｈere ｉｓｏｆｔｅｎｗa ｓted ｓｐacｅwhｅn theｙstｏrｅ(贮存) ｗaｔermelons, becａuse rounｄwatermelｏns ｄｏｎｏt sｉt nicely on shelves. So somｅｃｌeｖer farmｅrｓｈave solved thｅ

waｔｅrｍeｌoｎproblｅｍ.Theｙｍａkｅtheiｒwateｒｍｅlonｓgroｗｉn ｓqｕarｅgｌａss ｂoxeｓｓo ｔhｅwatermelｏns becｏme ｓquare. The only probｌｅm noｗiｓthe pｒｉce.Ｔｈe ｓquarｅwａｔermeloｎs cosｔaboｕt 8０ｄｏllars each.

Many peoｐle know the sayｉｎg"Ｒosesａreｒed,ｖiolｅts are blue,ｓu ｇar iｓsｗeet ａnd so arｅｙou"．Ｗeｌｌ, todａy tｈe poeｍneedｓｔｏｃｈangｅto＂Roses are rｅd, roｓes ａre blue＂！Ａｕstｒaliａn scieｎｔisｔs havｅjust recentｌy discoｖereｄｔhat when tｈey pｕｔ a cheｍical from a blｕｅｆlower inｔｏa rｏsｅ,thｅy can create ａneａrlｙ１００% bｌue rｏse. Ｓome of ｓcience'ｓinvenｔions are ｂeautiｆｕｌ，not just useｆul!

Ｓiｎce ｔhe mid-1990s, manｙChinese fａｒmers ｈaｖeｈad aｍaziｎｇrｉce harveｓｔｓ．Fｏr maｎｙyears Chｉｎesｅsｃientists hａvｅbeen wｏrkinｇoｎdｅｖelopinｇｎeｗｋiｎds of stronger rｉce aｎd noｗｔhey hａvｅproduced a new kiｎｄ，called sｕpeｒrｉｃｅ．Ｓuper ricｅnｏt only cａn ｐrotect itsｅlf against ｉnsecｔs (昆虫）ａnｄdiseasｅs, buｔit alｓo pｒoｄuces ｍoｒeｔhaｎany other kind ｏf rｉcｅ.Today ｆａｒmers cａn grow alｍost ｏne and ａｈalfｔimes moｒe rice tｈan thｅy ｃｏuld ｇrｏw iｎthe past.

Doctorｓmiｇht be able to uｓe veｇeｔaｂleｓｔo fiｇhｔcancer ｎow．ＵS ｓc ｉentistｓhａｖｅdisｃｏverｅｄ a way to put a chｅmｉｃal intｏtomato pｌants ｗｈｉlｅｔhey are growｉng. When canｃｅｒpatientｓeat tｈｅｔomａtoｅｓ, the tomatoes wilｌfight thｅcaｎcer in theｉr bｏdiｅs.Ｔｈese canｃｅｒ-fighｔing vegeta ｂlｅｓare ｎot yｅt for salｅ, becａｕｓｅscientｉsｔs have nｏt fiｎiｓhｅd testing

tｈeｍ．Ifｓtudy findsｎo problems with ｔheｔｏmatoes,thｅｎｐatieｎts cａn begin toｕse this easy anｄｄelｉcioｕs ｎew tｒeatment．

5 Thｅsqｕare watermeｌoｎs ｌｏok like _＿___＿_____＿.

A.Ｂ. C. D.