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-1-单元质量检测（二）时间：100分钟满分：120分Ⅰ.阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AResearchadvancesoverthepastdecadehavetoldusthat,withalittlework,wehumanscanclonejustanythingwewant,fromfrogstomonkeysandprobablyevenourselves!So,wecanclonethings,butwhywouldwewantto?Let'slookatsomeofthereasonspeoplegivetojustifycloning.1．CloningformedicalpurposesOfallthereasons,cloningformedicalpurposeshasthemostpotentialtobenefitalargenumberofpeople.Cloningtechnologiesmightreducethetimeneededtomakeatransgenicanimalmodel,andtheresultwouldbeapopulationofgeneticallyidenticalanimalsforstudy.2．CloningstemcellsforresearchStemcellsarethebody'sbuildingblockswhichmightbeusedtorepairdamagedordiseasedorgansandtissues.Researchersarecurrentlylookingoncloningasawaytocreategeneticallydefinedhumanstemcellsforresearchandmedicalpurposes.3．RevivingendangeredorextinctspeciesThedinosaurwasanextinctspecies.Couldwereallyclonedinosaurs?Intheory?Yes.Whatwouldyouneedtodothis?AwellpreservedsourceofDNAfromtheextinctdinosaur,andacloselyrelatedspecies,currentlyliving,thatcouldserveasasurrogate(代用的)mother.Inreality?Probablynot.It'snotlikelythatdinosaurDNAcouldsurviveundamagedforsuchalongtime.However,scientistshavetriedtoclonespeciesthatbecameextinctmorerecently,usingDNAfromwellpreservedtissuesamples.4．Cloninghumans?Whywouldanyonewanttoclonehumans?Somereasonsaretohelpinfertile_coupleshavechildrenortoreplaceadeceasedchild.However,therearetherisksinvolved.Forexample,howsurecanwebethataclonedbabywillbehealthyorwhatmightgowrong?语篇解读：人们认为通过克隆可以复制一切生物，并提出了几个理由来支持克隆，如出于医疗目的的克隆、克隆干细胞进行研究、拯救濒危的或灭绝的物种。有人甚至希望通过克-2-隆来使不能生育的夫妇实现拥有自己孩子的梦想。1．What'sthemainideaofthewholepassage?A．Whypeoplewanttousecloning.B．Howtocloneanimals.C．Cloningisofgreatuseforpeopleandanimals.D．Thedevelopmentofcloning.解析：选A主旨大意题。从第一段最后提出的问题及四个副标题可以看出，本文讲述的是人类想要使用克隆技术的原因，故选A项。2．WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?A．Cloningismainlyusedforcloninghumanbeings.B．Inthefarfuture,wewillhavethelivedinosaursonearth.C．Cloninghumanbeingsmaycausealotoftrouble.D．Geneticallyhumanstemcellsareusedforcloninghumanbeings.解析：选C细节理解题。A项中mainly的表述不准确，克隆技术也同样应用于植物和其他动物；B项信息与事实不符，根据第四段可知，恐龙将来很可能不会生活在地球上；根据第三段可知，D项表述错误。故选C。3．Theunderlinedphrase“infertilecouples”inthelastparagraphprobablymeans________.A．coupleswhojustmarriedB．coupleswhoareunabletobearchildrenC．coupleswhodon'tlikebearingchildrenD．coupleswhowanttobearmorechildren解析：选B词义猜测题。通读画线短语所在的句子可以推断出infertilecouples的意思是“不能生育的夫妇”。BDoyouhavelunchatschool?Doyoulikehavinglunchatschool?Schooldinners(thatmeans“lunch”)areahottopicintheUKthesedaysandtherearelotsofdifferentopinionsaboutwhatyoungpeopleeatatlunchtime.Somepeoplethinkthatschoolmealsareunhealthy;somepeoplesaythattheyaremuchbetterthaninthepastandotherssaythatmiddaymealsshouldbefreeforallschoolchildren.Atypicalschooldinnercostsabout2poundsadayforasecondarypupilintheUK.Thereisusuallyamaincourse,adessertandadrink.Parentsoftenpayinadvanceonline.Schooldinnersmustincludefoodgroupssuchasfruitand-3-vegetables,protein(forexamplemeat,fishorcheese)andcarbohydrate(forexamplericeorpasta).Therearerulesabouthowthefoodisprepared,forexampletherearelimitsonthequantityoffriedfood.MarthaPayne,fromScotland,startedablogcalledNeversecondsaboutherschooldinnerswhenshewasjustnineyearsold.Shepostsphotographsofherluncheverydayandgivesthefoodagradeoutoften.Thegradedependsonthequalityandquantityofthefoodandhowhealthyitis.Shedoesn'talwaysgivegoodgrades.Hercomplaintsincludetoomuchfriedfood,smallquantitiesandhairinthefood.ManypeoplereadherblogandyoungpeoplefromallovertheworldpostpicturesoftheirschoolmealsonNeverseconds.JamieOliver,thecelebrityBritishchef,isconcernedaboutschooldinners.Hethinksthattheyneedtobehealthierandtastier.JamiehelpedtopromoteMartha'sblogbytweeting(在推特上留言)aboutitandNeversecondsbecameverypopular,veryquicklyonsocialmediawebsites.Ontheblog,Marthaalsocollectsmoneyforcharity.Themoneyisusedtoprovidefoodformorethan600,000poorchildrenaroundtheworld.语篇解读：本文是一篇议论文。主要论述了学校午餐成为热门话题以及人们对此所持的观点。4．SchooldinnerscanbeahottopicintheUKthesedaysbecause________.A．parentscannotaffordtopayforthemB．theyhaveledtomanyhealthyproblemsC．peoplehavedifferentopinionsaboutthemD．therearenorulesabouthowthefoodisprepared解析：选C细节理解题。根据第一段第三句中的“therearelotsofdifferentopinionsaboutwhatyoungpeopleeatatlunchtime”可知，因为人们对学校午餐有不同的意见，所以这成了热门话题。故答案选C。5．Whatdoyouknowaboutthetypicalschooldinner?A．It'sfreeforallschoolchildren.B．Itcostsabout2poundsaday.C．It'slowinproteinandcarbohydrate.D．Ithasnofruitandvegetables.解析：选B细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“Atypicalschooldinnercostsabout2poundsadayforasecondarypupilintheUK.”可知，对于一个英国中学生而言，标准的学校午餐每天要花费大约2英镑。其他三个选项都有悖于文章内容。故答案选B。6．Whichofthefollowingistheexampleoftheunderlinedword“complaints”？-4-A．Hehasneverphonedmesinceweparted.B．Shepostsphotographseverydayinherblog.C．Theyarealwaysdoingtheirworkprettywell.D．Todaywehadpizza,salad,thenanapplefordessert.解析：选A推理判断题。根据第三段中的“Shedoesn'talwaysgivegoodgrades...toomuchfriedfood,smallquantitiesandhairinthefood.”可知，她也会抱怨食物不好。故画线词意为“抱怨”。A项意为“自从我们分开以来他从未给我打过电话”属于抱怨的例子。故答案选A。7．HowdidMarthaPayne'sblogbecom