WHEN John Gurdon was 15, he ranked last out of the 250 boys in his grade at biology. He also came in last for every other science subject. His teacher wrote in a      : “I believe he has ideas about becoming a      ; on his present showing this is quite foolish.”
Luckily, the teacher’s words didn’t       Gurdon’s love for science. He kept working hard. He went to lab earlier and left       than anyone else.
On Oct 8, 2012, 64 years later, the British professor       the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. Japanese scientist Shinya Yamanaka had contributed to the research and therefore       the award.
Gurdon got the honor       his research into cells and cloning. When he was studying at Oxford, he did some       on cells. He took a cell from an adult frog, moved its      , and put them into an egg cell. The egg cell then       into a clone of the adult frog. His research       for the first time that every cell in the body contains the same genes.
At that time, many people       accept Gurdon’s idea. But later it helped to       Dolly the sheep in 1996, the first cloned mammal in history. It also led to important findings in the       use of cells. For example,       from someone’s skin can turn into any type of tissue in the body. This is good news for those       who have diseased or damaged tissue.
Gurdon always remembers the       he had when he was 15. He even put the report on his desk as a daily       to himself.
“When you have      , like an experiment doesn’t work, it’s nice to remind yourself that perhaps you are not so good at your job and the teacher may be      ,” he said.
However, the facts suggest Gurdon is pretty good indeed.
小題1:
A．reportB．letterC．passageD．program
小題2:
A．musicianB．scientistC．managerD．millionaire
小題3:
A．stopB．meanC．inspireD．reflect
小題4:
A．soonerB．laterC．more hurriedlyD．more happily
小題5:
A．wonB．foundedC．dreamed ofD．a(chǎn)pplied for
小題6:
A．a(chǎn)cceptedB．refusedC．collectedD．shared
小題7:
A．instead ofB．in spite ofC．because ofD．in place of
小題8:
A．readingB．writingC．changeD．research
小題9:
A．babyB．powerC．genesD．features
小題10:
A．cut B．grewC．wentD．formed
小題11:
A．predictedB．studiedC．provedD．provided
小題12:
A．couldn’tB．shouldn’tC．mustn’tD．needn’t
小題13:
A．saveB．driveC．feedD．create
小題14:
A．everydayB．medicalC．physicalD．illegal
小題15:
A．cellsB．hairsC．waterD．blood
小題16:
A．foolsB．scientistsC．patientsD．doctors
小題17:
A．friendB．teacherC．classmateD．neighbor
小題18:
A．ruleB．paperC．reminderD．reward
小題19:
A．prizesB．diseasesC．mealsD．problems
小題20:
A．rightB．wrongC．happyD．welcome

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:B
小題5:A
小題6:D
小題7:C
小題8:D
小題9:C
小題10:B
小題11:C
小題12:A
小題13:D
小題14:B
小題15:A
小題16:C
小題17:B
小題18:C
小題19:D
小題20:A

試題分析：英國諾貝爾獎獲得者Gurdon曾是全年級最差學生，并被老師認定是愚蠢的學生，但是Gurdon通過自己的不懈努力證明自己，在研究細胞和克隆方面取得很大成就，獲得諾貝爾醫(yī)學獎。
小題1:考查名詞：A. report報告，B. letter信，C. passage段落，D. program節(jié)目，從后面的句子：“I believe he has ideas about becoming a   17  ; on his present showing this is quite foolish.”可知這是老師在報告里面寫的內(nèi)容，選A
小題2:考查名詞：A. musician音樂家，B. scientist科學家，C. manager經(jīng)理，D. millionaire百萬富翁，從前面的句子：He also came in last for every other science subject.可知老師認為他有成為科學家的想法，但是現(xiàn)在看這是很愚蠢的，選B
小題3:考查動詞：A. stop停止，B. mean意味著，打算，C. inspire激勵，D. reflect反應(yīng)，老師的話沒有阻止他對科學的愛，選A
小題4:考查形容詞：A. sooner更快，B. later更遲，C. more hurriedly更匆忙，D. more happily更高興，他去實驗室比別人早走的比別人遲，選B
小題5:考查動詞：A. won贏得，B. founded成立，C. dreamed of夢想，D. applied for申請，這個英國教授獲得諾貝爾物理或醫(yī)學獎，選A
小題6:考查動詞：A. accepted接受，B. refused拒絕，C. collected收集，D. shared分享，從前面的句子：Japanese scientist Shinya Yamanaka had contributed to the research可知兩個人分享了這個獎，選D
小題7:考查詞組：A. instead of代替，B. in spite of而不是，C. because of因為，D. in place of代替，Gurdon獲得這個榮譽是因為他對細胞和克隆的貢獻，選C
小題8:考查動詞：A. reading閱讀，B. writing寫，C. change改變，D. research研究，在牛津大學的時候，他對細胞有一些研究，選D
小題9:考查名詞：A. baby嬰兒，B. power權(quán)力，C. genes基因，D. features特征，他取出成年青蛙的細胞，改變它的基因，放進雞蛋細胞里面，選C
小題10:考查動詞：.A. cut切割，B. grew生長，C. went去，D. formed形成，雞蛋細胞然后長成成年青蛙的復制品，選B
小題11:考查動詞：.A. predicted預測，B. studied學習，C. proved證明，D. provided提供，他的研究第一次證明身體的每一個細胞都有同樣的基因，選C
小題12:考查情態(tài)動詞：A. couldn’t不能，B. shouldn’t不該，C. mustn’t禁止，D. needn’t不必，當時很多人不能接受Gurdon的想法，選A
小題13:. 考查動詞：A. save拯救，B. drive開車，C. feed喂食，D. create創(chuàng)造，但是后來它有助于第一個克隆羊Dolly的誕生，選D
小題14:考查形容詞：.A. everyday每天的，B. medical醫(yī)學的，C. physical身體的，物理的，D. illegal違法的，它也導致了細胞的醫(yī)學方面的使用的重要發(fā)現(xiàn)，選B
小題15:考查名詞：A. cells細胞，B. hairs頭發(fā)，C. water水，D. blood血液，比如人皮膚里面的細胞可以變成身體任何一個器官，選A
小題16:考查名詞：.A. fools笨蛋，B. scientists科學家，C. patients病人，D. doctors醫(yī)生，這對那些有患病器官或受損器官的病人來說是好消息。選C
小題17:考查名詞：A. friend朋友，B. teacher老師，C. classmate同學，D. neighbor鄰居，從前面的句子：His teacher wrote in a   16  :可知他一直記得老師在他15歲的時候給他寫的內(nèi)容，選B
小題18:考查名詞：A. rule規(guī)定，B. paper紙，C. reminder提醒物，D. reward回報，獎賞，他甚至把報告放在桌子上每天提醒他，選C
小題19:考查名詞：.A. prizes獎品，B. diseases疾病，C. meals三餐，D. problems問題，從后面的句子：like an experiment doesn’t work,可知是當你有問題的時候，選D
小題20:考查形容詞：.A. right正確的，B. wrong錯誤的，C. happy快樂的，D. welcome受歡迎的，從前面的句子：perhaps you are not so good at your job可知老師這樣說可能是對的，選A
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A．broken B．warm C．touched D．cold
小題8:
A．a(chǎn)bilities B．balances C．duties D．problems
小題9:
A．stop B．leave C．ensure D．permit
小題10:
A．a(chǎn)chievements B．behavior C．efforts D．sadness
小題11:
A．typist B．housewife C．writerD．designer
小題12:
A．doubted B．comparedC．delayed D．hesitated
小題13:
A．office B．dream C．state D．home
小題14:
A．paid off B．broke upC．came back D．cleared up
小題15:
A．challenging B．strugglingC．thinking D．a(chǎn)rguing
小題16:
A．collected B．published C．prepared D．translated
小題17:
A．themB．that C．it D．which
小題18:
A．support B．respect C．trust D．protection
小題19:
A．Surprisingly B．GratefullyC．Gradually D．Similarly
小題20:
A．a(chǎn)dmit B．realize C．wonder D．prove

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

A mouse looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package: What food might it contain? He was astonished to discover that it was a mouse trap!
Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse declared the warning, “There is a mouse trap in the house, there is a mouse trap in the house.”
The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, “Mr Mouse, I can tell you this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me, I cannot be bothered by it.”
The mouse turned to the pig and told him, “There is a mouse trap in the house.” “I am so sorry, Mr Mouse,” sympathized the pig, “but there is nothing I can do about it but pray; be assured that you are in my prayers.”
The mouse turned to the cow, who replied, “A mouse trap, am I in grave danger, huh?”
So the mouse returned to the house, head down and depressed to face the farmer’s mouse trap alone.
That very night a sound was heard throughout the house, like the sound of a mouse trap catching its prey. The farmer’s wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see that it was an evil snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer’s wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital. She returned home with a fever. Now everyone knew to treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup’s main ingredient. His wife’s sickness continued so that friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig. The farmer’s wife did not get well, in fact, she died, and so many people came for her funeral. The farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide meat for all of them to eat.
So the next time you hear that someone is facing a problem and think that it does not concern you, remember that when the least of us is threatened, we are all at risk.
小題1:We may infer that the passage is most probably a ______.
A．fairy tale (神話)B．Fable (寓言)C．science fictionD．news report
小題2:We could see from the passage that the mouse was ______.
A．kind and warm-heartedB．well-informed
C．good at cheating othersD．foolish and rude
小題3: The underlined word “ingredient” (Paragraph 7) refers to ______.
A．the mouseB．the pigC．the snakeD．the chicken
小題4:What can we learn from the story?
A．Better safe than sorry.
B．Traps are usually well disguised.
C．To help others is just to save you.
D．To keep the balance of nature is the duty of us all.

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

The two teachers were sitting in the teacher’s room. For a moment there was           . Then one of them, Miss Smith said “I’m afraid I’d have to          him.”
“Now, Alice,” said her friend Mrs. Jackson, “is he such a terrible student?”
“That’s just the         ,” the other woman replied. “Tom is my best student. The problem is that he’s now so lazy that he never gets      done. He hasn’t handed me          of his homework for three weeks and I’d be surprised        he did now.”
    before had Mrs. Jackson seen Miss Smith look so unhappy. “Have you         with him about it?” she asked.
“Why should I? He knows he has to prepare his lessons and do his homework. I          that clear the first day for class. When the course started , he did so           that I considered asking the         to give him a scholarship (獎學金). But now he even          in class! I’ve never seen such a         in a student.”
“You should have a      with him. Give him a chance to tell his side of story.”
Miss Smith spoke to Tom and        all about it. He was studying all day and        most of the night in a factory to pay for his education. Of course he was tired in the      and sometimes could hardly keep       . Miss Smith soon arranged for him to have a       and he was able to give up his     and concentrate (集中精力) on his studies .
小題1:
A．distance B．silenceC．pleasure D．delight
小題2:
A．failB．teach C．beat D．tell
小題3:
A．lessonB．thing C．troubleD．boy
小題4:
A．homework B．housework C．cleaning D．washing
小題5:
A．some B．plenty C．a(chǎn)nyD．lots
小題6:
A．even B．if C．though D．when
小題7:
A．Long B．Until C．Ever D．Never
小題8:
A．quarreled B．talked C．dealt D．discussed
小題9:
A．said B．thoughtC．required D．made
小題10:
A．quickly B．often C．much D．well
小題11:
A．schoolB．classC．others D．parents
小題12:
A．talksB．sleeps C．laughs D．walks
小題13:
A．matterB．change C．habit D．way
小題14:
A．lesson B．look C．talk D．meeting
小題15:
A．studied B．gotC．learnedD．understood
小題16:
A．sleeping B．workingC．spending D．staying
小題17:
A．morning B．a(chǎn)fternoon C．eveningD．night
小題18:
A．silent B．clean C．warm D．a(chǎn)wake
小題19:
A．scholarship B．room C．teacherD．position
小題20:
A．education B．sleep C．job D．pay

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

It has taken 90 years since she was born in a poor house in County Limerick for a woman considered America’s oldest illegal immigrant to get her Irish passport.It will be a few more months before Josephine Stout will finally be declared a US citizen, entitling(賦于…權(quán)力) her to a pension and other benefits.
Despite having lived in America for most of her life since she arrived in 1923, the great-grandmother was declared an undocumented alien(華僑)in 1999, when she tried to claim state aid to help raise her seven grandchildren, who were left orphaned when her daughter was killed by a robber over$20.
Even though she has never considered herself Irish, noting “I don’t even have an accent,” she didn’t officially exist as an American when officials in Chicago insisted that she prove her citizenship in order to qualify for benefits. But she had no birth certificate or passport when she arrived on an immigrant ship from Ireland from Ireland with her parents, who had 12 other children.
She never gave the matter much thought until 1999, when she was in her late 70s and needed assistance to raise her grandchildren. For 12 years, Mrs. Stout managed to support the family by doing various jobs. But her life was hard and marked by tragedy. Her husband died in 1996, and her son Thomas died in a car accident with his girlfriend in 1985. Her only surviving child, Rosemary, died of cancer in 2009.
A Catholic charity referred her case to Chicago Irish Immigrant Support(CIIS), which alerted the Irish Consulate(領(lǐng)事館). Through them, they tracked down her birth certificate, the website irishcentral.com reported. The document, in turn, allowed her to receive her Irish passport, and eventually her American green card in September 2011, which was dated back to November 1, 1923.
小題1:What will happen to a person if he has no green card in the US?
A．he cannot get any chance to get education
B．he can’t have a pension and other benefits
C．his citizenship will be taken away
D．he has to take illegal part-time job
小題2:Josephine couldn’t be a legal immigrant because ______.
A．she was named an undocumented alien
B．she arrived in American in a secret way
C．She couldn’t find her proper certificates
D．She has too many brothers and sisters
小題3:We can imply from the 4th paragraph that ______.
A．Josephine lived a lonely life for many years
B．Thomas was always driving carelessly
C．Josephine was a strong-willed woman
D．Mrs. Stout, Josephine’s friend, helped her a lot.
小題4:Please arrange the following events in the correct order according to the text.
a. Josephine’s birth certificate was found.
b. Josephine received her green card.
c. The Catholic charity contacted CIIS.
d. The birth certificate was shown on a website.
e. Josephine was offered her Irish passport.
A．a(chǎn)-b-c-d-eB．c-d-e-a-bC．a(chǎn)-d-c-b-eD．c-a-d-e-b

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