【正文】 ited States has about six hundred animal clones. Clones are costly， which is why most are used for breeding(繁殖 )． The Agriculture Department says few clones will ever bee traditionally bred offspring would enter the food supply instead. The first mammal cloned from an adult cell was Dolly the sheep， born in Scotland in the FDA says it could not decide about the safety of food from clones of sheep or other animals besides cattle， pigs and goats. 【解題導(dǎo)語(yǔ)】 這是一篇關(guān)于美國(guó)食品藥品監(jiān)督管理局在宣布一些克隆動(dòng)物可以作為食品后引發(fā)的爭(zhēng)論。文中兩處出現(xiàn) 24/7這個(gè)數(shù)字，根據(jù)第三段該數(shù)字后半句no matter what time their blogs are accessed，以及第二處講到約會(huì)網(wǎng)站使用這個(gè)軟件的情況，可以猜測(cè)到這個(gè)數(shù)字是指一周里面每天工作 24 小時(shí)連續(xù)工作 7天 ——即每時(shí)每刻都在運(yùn)作之意。認(rèn)真看最后三段可以看出該女士的用意是推廣產(chǎn)品。 答案 B 29． Which is the purpose of Ms. Capper39。 答案 A 28． Which of the following is NOT the function of MyCyberTwins? A． Through the software people can learn about visitors to their site or blog. B． They can help people do housework. C． They can be available to answer questions of customers as virtual sales assistants. D． They can gather information while they are chatting to visitors to a blog. 解析 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。 答案 D 27． Which of the following can best replace the underlined word “vulnerable” in ? A． Weak and easily hurt. B． Dangerous. C． Well equipped. D． Influential. 解析 詞義猜測(cè)題。做這種題時(shí)可以找到原文，然后向 上搜索，一般它所指代的內(nèi)容應(yīng)該在上文可以找到。s D． that site39。s B． MyCyberTwin39。s friends are going on the weekend.” 【解題導(dǎo)語(yǔ)】 本文介紹了澳大利亞一家公司研發(fā)的一種叫做 “MyCyberTwin”的軟件，它可以被訓(xùn)練為代替該軟件使用者在網(wǎng)上和來(lái)訪(fǎng)者交流的一個(gè)工具。s still not possible to do it in the physical world， a new startup pany claims they can enable people to put a cyber(網(wǎng)絡(luò)的 ) clone to work on the using new smart AI technology. MyCyberTwin， from an Australian pany， is an intelligent software clone of a real person with the ability to conduct life like conversations while its human twin is offline. According to the pany， MyCyberTwin users can easily create a personal online clone that can chat on their behalf through social works such as My Space，blogs， dating sites and MSN instant technology may give bloggers a 24/7 online presence and a unique opportunity to interact with their readers no matter what time their blogs are accessed. MyCyberTwin CEO， Liesl Capper， said that the real business impact(影響 )of MyCyberTwin would be the fact that it gives social works defensible technology. “ The features on existing social works can all be copied by petitors and because of this， social works are vulnerable—they could die in a moment， ” Ms. Capper said. “ MyCyberTwin offers a deep interactive tool for both users and advertisers，that is dead easy for users to ‘ plug and play39。 A Ever wanted to clone yourself so that while you39。 Many Chinese believe __16__(eat) pig brains will increase their intelligence and some Americans regularly eat __17__(cook) eggs to keep their minds ， doctors don39。 答案 A 15． B． special C． lucky D． wonderful 解析 孩子對(duì)能獲得一大束花非常感動(dòng)，覺(jué)得今天是個(gè)非常美好的日子。 答案 D 14． B． proves C． sounds D． matches 解析 作者認(rèn)為這么偉大的祖母配得上 (deserve)最好的鮮花。 答案 B 12． B． bouquet C． collection D． chain 解析 一大束花 a bouquet of flowers。 unload 卸貨， unwrap打開(kāi)包裹。s heart發(fā)自?xún)?nèi)心。 答案 B 9． B． back C． bottom D． corner 解析 the depths of one39。 答案 A 7． B． adopting C． supporting D． loving 解析 孩子要送花給慈愛(ài)的祖母，感激她的愛(ài) (love)， adopt(收 養(yǎng) )不符合祖母和孫子間的關(guān)系。 答案 D 5． B． just C． ever D． already 解析 孩子請(qǐng)求作者如果花沒(méi)有其他用途，過(guò)后 僅僅 (just)是扔掉，就把花給他吧。 答案 C 3． B． stopped C． interrupted D． followed 解析 這孩子想要作者的花，當(dāng)然是走上來(lái)，故選 A。 答案 B 2． B． useless C． ordinary D． normal 解析 與后面的 special 相對(duì)比，應(yīng)選 C。 1． B． think C． remind D． care 解析 文章一開(kāi)始作者首先說(shuō)明花對(duì)自己并不重要，為下文孩子喜歡他的花做好鋪墊。原來(lái)他父母離異，他跟祖母一塊生活，他要把花送給祖母以表示對(duì)祖母的感激。t been touched enough already， he made one last statement and I will always treasure said， “ What a __15__ day！ I asked for one flower but got a beautiful bouquet.” 【解題導(dǎo)語(yǔ)】 作者對(duì)每次去教堂由別人在自己的衣服上別上一朵花的做法已習(xí)以為常。ll look in front of the platform， you39。t have this flower because it39。ve had a church member provide me with a rose to pin on my suit every I always got a flower on Sunday morning， I really did not __1__ much of was a nice gesture that became a Sunday，however， what I considered __2__ became very special. As I was leaving the Sunday service， a little boy __3__ and said， “ Sir， what are you going to do with your flower？ ”“ Do you __4__ this？ ” I said， pointing to the rose pinned to my said， “ Yes， would like it if you are __5__ going to throw it away.” The little boy said， “ Sir， I39。 Unit 23 Conflict 第一部分 語(yǔ)言知識(shí)及運(yùn)用 (共兩節(jié)，滿(mǎn)分 45分 ) 第一節(jié) 完形填空 (共 15 小題；每小題 2分，滿(mǎn)分 30分 ) 閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從 1～ 15 各題所給的 A、 B、 C 和 D 項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 For some time I39。m going to give it to my mother and father got __6__ last was living with my mother， but I could not stay， so she sent me to live with my has been so good to me that I want to give that pretty flower to her for __7__ me.” When the little boy finished I could hardly eyes were filled with tears and I knew I had been touched in the __9__ of my reached up and __10__ my the flower in my hand， I looked at the boy and said， “ Son， that is the __11__ thing I have ever heard， but you can39。s not you39。ll see a big __12__ of families buy them for the __13__ each take those flowers to your granny because she __14__ the very best.” If I hadn39。但有一天在離開(kāi)教堂的時(shí)候，一個(gè)小孩問(wèn)他能否把他衣服上的花送給他。作者非常感動(dòng)，建議他到教堂的講臺(tái)前去拿一束鮮花送給祖母，因?yàn)橐欢浠o(wú)法 表達(dá)對(duì)祖母的愛(ài)。 think much of“ 看重 ” ，符合題意。 normal“ 正常的 ” ，不能與 special構(gòu)成對(duì)比關(guān)系。 答案 A 4． B． see C． like D． mean 解析 根據(jù)語(yǔ)境，作者不敢確定孩子是想要這花，他指著花，以此證實(shí)孩子