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: Michael De Luca, a threetime Oscar nominee(someone who has been officially suggested for the prize of Oscar) for producing films like The Social Network. Adam39。s energy, enthusiasm and fearlessness are infectious, Mr. De Luca wrote in an . I wish I had done this at my high school! Adam got a local newspaper to write an article about Mr. De Luca39。s involvement, and that started a sponsorship and submission(贊助和作品提交)wildfire. The Loyola Film Festival is set for Saturday and advertised as the best in student filmmaking. It will feature 72 films in four categories. But Adam is already focused on his next plan. In an to a reporter, he wrote, Could you mention that I39。m still looking for a summer internship(實(shí)習(xí))?1. Adam hoped that his high school could A. make some new filmsB. get involved in film activitiesC. encourage students to watch filmsD. allow students to enter film festivals2. What was Lance Ochsner39。s attitude towards Adam39。s plan? A. Curious. B. Surprised. C. Doubtful. D. Satisfied.3. How did Adam know of Michael De Luca? A. From a letter.B. From a telephone call.C. From the father of a friend.D. From a donation list of Loyola39。s.4. What is the text mainly about? A. How a teen organized a film festival.B. Why the Loyola Film Festival is held.C. A special high school in Los Angeles.D. The personal life of a 16yearold teen.BGrowing up, family meant something very different to Bianca Jones Marlin. Her biological parents provided attendance to multiple children, giving Marlin the joy of having many brothers and sisters from different backgrounds. On occasions, she would stay up late listening to the stories from their past homesstories filled with suffering and sadness. These stories had a lasting impact on Marlin. There were stories of abuse, of not getting the proper nutrition or proper care that a child would need, Marlin says. Taking my passion for science and what I39。ve learned from the stories, and putting them together is what I really want to do. Today as a neurobiologist, Marlin researches how suffering can be passed down from generation to generation. At Columbia University39。s Zuckerman Institute, she studies the molecular mechanisms of stresses in parents that can affect the brain structure and sensory experiences of their future generations. Marlin39。s investigations examine a process known as epigenetic inheritance, in which biochemical markers acquired from experiences or environmental conditions can change how our genes are expressed inside of cells. In the case of the mice she works with, Marlin creates a stressful association with a particular smell, which in turn increases the number of olfactory cells inside the mice39。s brains used to detect that specific smell. She then looks at whether or not the children are born with more of these olfactory cells as a result of their parent39。s suffering. If that proves to be true, Marlin plans to find and potentially even affect the epigenetic switches responsible for changing the children39。s biology or behavioreventually improving the outes for the children. The passion of my work stems from my desire to apply neurobiology and the science of learning to understanding how both positive and negative experiences in life influence brain health. says Marlin.5. What is the main idea of Paragraph 1? A. Marlin39。s interest in science.B. Marlin39。s suffering in children.C. The influence of the stories on Marlin.D. The brief introduction to Marlin39。s family.6. What is the function of olfactory cells? A. To sense specific stress.B. To lessen the mice39。s suffering.C. To change epigenetic inheritance.D. To discover some particular smell.7. What can be learned from Paragraph 3? A. Olfactory cells decrease in the mice in the test.B. Marlin has improved the outes for the children.C. Biochemical markers are likely to change gene expression.D. Parents39。 suffering can39。t be passed down to their children.8. Where is the text probably from? A. A science magazine. B. A travel journal.C. An exhibition guidebook. D. A literature review.Ⅱ. 語(yǔ)法填空閱讀下面短文,在空白處填入1個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。A Yuan Longping realized that larger fields were not the solution. Instead, farmers needed to boost yields in the fields they had. How this could be done was a challenging question at the time. Yuan (convince) that the answer could be found in the creation of hybrid rice. However, whether it was possible to develop a hybrid of selfpollinating plants such as rice was a matter of great debate. The mon 2. ______ (assume) then was that it could not be done. Thro