【正文】 closer to cloning humans. They thought this work is not a stepping stone to establishing methods for obtaining live born human clones. Instead, this clearly remains a very foolish thing to attempt, it would be far too inefficient, far too unsafe, and it is also pointless. they absolutely have no intention, and society will not permit this work to be extended to humans. Despite limitations, they treat this breakthrough a novel model system for scientists studying human biology and disease.（1）What do we know about the technology called SCNT? A.B.It can divide an earlystage embryo into several cells.It produced two cloned monkeys with different genes.（2）What does the author mean by “pouring water on the idea” in paragraph 2? A.B.Attaching no importance to it.D. purpose to clone these monkeys? A.B.To prepare for their research on human cloning.To raise money for holding an exhibition of novels.（4）What can we infer from the passage? A.B.Society won39。D.(1)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。故選B。根據(jù)第二段中的“Still, the research process proved difficult, and many attempts by the team failed. Just two healthy baby monkeys born from more than 60 tested mothers. This leads to many researchers39。s results bring scientists closer to cloning humans.”可知在第二段中“pouring water on the idea”的意思是“對它的評價很低。(3)考查推理判斷。 they absolutely have no intention, and society will not permit this work to be extended to humans.”可知，科學(xué)家們克隆這些猴子的目的是幫助研究人類疾病。(4)考查推理判斷。故選D。6．閱讀理解 I began my new life on a February morning. I sat down at my kitchen table at 7:30 am and made a resolution. Every day I would write until lunchtime. Then I would lie down on the floor for 20 minutes to rest my mind. After that, I would return to work for a few more hours.t good enough, so I ended up putting it in a drawer. My second novel, Billy Lynn39。 My success sounds like a familiar story, but actually it was far from sudden. I quit my job, and for every story I published in those years, I had at least 30 rejections. The novel that I put away in the drawer took my four years. My breakthrough came in 2006, 18 years after I first sat down to write at my kitchen table.When he was tired from his work.B.On being informed his lawreview article came out.When his hobby was disturbed by his work.（2）We can infer from the second paragraph that the author . A.arranged his life reasonablyC.D.Failure is the mother of success.A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.C.It is the first step that costs troublesome.（4）Why did the author give the example of Orson Welles and T. S. Eliot? A.B.To persuade the readers of their great talents.To remend their two masterpieces.【答案】（1）D（2）B（3）A（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，作者通過講述自己成功的經(jīng)歷，進一步證實了“失敗是成功之母”的道理。根據(jù)第一段中的“I had made great efforts to write when I came home at night after work, but I was too tired. I decided to quit my job.”可知，當(dāng)他的愛好被他的工作打擾時，作者決定投身于寫作小說。(2)考查推理判斷。故選B。根據(jù)第四段中的“My success sounds like a familiar story, but actually it was far from sudden. I quit my job, and for every story I published in those years, I had at least 30 rejections. The novel that I put away in the drawer took my four years. My breakthrough came in 2006, 18 years after I first sat down to write at my kitchen table.”可推知，失敗是成功之母。(4)考查推理判斷。故選B。7．閱讀理解 Gardening is always an excellent and environmentally friendly idea. If you can go for sustainable gardening, then it will be even more useful for all. Gardening is a favorite hobby for many. It is time to channelize your hobby towards a more meaningful motivation. try to store rainwater so that you can use them for gardening。 avoid using plastics in any form while gardening。 In today39。t get much time to spend on our environment. Gardening gives us a chance to do so. We can also have some pesticidefree and fresh food if we grow them in our garden. This is the right time to do some good to protect our own environment and gardening is one of the easiest ways. Do you want to start gardening, but you39。Cause.B.Direct.D.Using advanced electrical machines.B.Watering plants with collected rainwater.D.It requires little water.It needs no fertilizer.C.It doesn39。A newspaper.The Internet.A guidebook.A science report.【答案】（1）C（2）C（3）D（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹怎樣合理利用資源發(fā)展園藝，不浪費資源，不產(chǎn)生對環(huán)境有害的物質(zhì)以保護地球。本句中channelize來源于channel“渠道，頻道”，根據(jù)已有的意思于選項相結(jié)合可知，channelize為指導(dǎo)，導(dǎo)向的意思，故選C。根據(jù)第三段中的“try to store rainwater so that you can use them for gardening”可知，使用存儲的雨水來澆灌植物，是屬于可持續(xù)發(fā)展的措施，故選C。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段中的“To do so we need to have proper knowledge about gardening and its requirements so that we can use proper resources without wasting any of them.”可知，用這樣的方法，可以合理利用資源，不浪費資源，故選D。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Click here: ://. garden how .”可知，本文來源于網(wǎng)站，故選B。8．閱讀理解 Teachers at Oak Park High School in Kansas City, Missouri, did just that this September, when they pulled individual students out of class to tell them just how much they appreciated them. reactions, which were captured (捕捉) on video and shared on YouTube in a nowviral video, ranged from shy thanks to hugs and tears.s you.”s academy program for atrisk sophomores （二年級學(xué)生）and juniors, posed the challenge, writes ABC News.re a good kid or a trouble maker or anything, they always thought they were in trouble,” she says. “I like the idea of letting students know they are appreciated, because we do appreciate them, I just don39。 It39。 “I feel special,” said one of the boys in the video. “You should,” said his teacher. “You are special.” （1）What does the underlined word “posed” in Paragraph 5 mean? A.B.C.D.Nervous.Thrilled.Curious.Encouraged.（3）What inspired McSparin to challenge the project? A.B.A seminar named the po