合肥168中学2017年面向全省自主招Th考试《科学素养》测试英语试卷 第一部分阅读（共两节，满分 40分） 第一节阅读理解（共 15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的四个选项（ A、B C和D中选出最佳答案，并在答题卷上 将该项涂黑. A
A jobless man wan ted very much to be an “ office boy ” at Microsoft . The HR man ager in terviewed him and the n watched him clea ning the floor as a test.
“ You have passed the test. ” he said. “ Give me your e -mail address and ni send you the form to fill in and the date when you may start. ” The man answered. “ But I don't have a computer, neither an e -mail. ” "I'm sorry, ” said the HR manager. “ If you don't have an e-mail, that means you are not living. And anyone who isn't living can ' t have the job. ” The man left with no hope at all. He did n't know what to do with only $10 in his pocket. He thought and thought. Then he went to the supermarket and bought 10 kilos of tomatoes. He sold the tomatoes from door to door. I n less tha n two hours, he had 20 dollars. He repeated the operation three times, started to go
early every day, and retur ned home late. Shortly, he bought a truck, the n he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles （ 运货车队 ）.Five years later, the man was one of the biggest food retailers （ 零售商）in the US . One day, one of his friends asked him for his e- mail. He said, “ I have n't got one. ” His friend could n't believe his ears. “ Can you imagi ne what you could have been if you had an e- mail? ” The man thought for a while and replied, “ Yes, I would have bee n an office boy at Microsoft! ” 1. What did the man do for the test? A. He sent e-mails . B. He did the cleaning . C. He sold computers . D. He filled in forms . 2. The man was refused to get the job because he . A . disliked such a job B. did n't pass the test C . did n't have an e-mail D. knew nothing about computers 3 . The man after he left Microsoft . A. went to look for another job B. asked for food from door to door C. thought of an idea to make money D. bought a computer and got an e-mail 4. What does the story want to tell us? A. Computers are very important in our daily life . B . Every one can make a lot of money with only $10. C . The HR man ager did n't find the ability of the man D. Nothing in the world is impossible if we work hard . B
Most people may not think that there are any problems with watermelons （西瓜）, but some Japanese sellers do . There is often wasted space when they store watermel ons, because round watermel ons do not sit nicely on shelves . But some clever farmers have solved the watermelo n problem . They make their watermel ons grow in square glass boxes with four feet so the watermelons become square rather tha n round . The only problem now is the price . The square watermel ons cost about 80 dollars each . Many people know the say ing, “ Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet and so are you . ” Well, today the poem needs to be changed to “ Roses are red, roses are blue! ” Australian scientists have just recently discovered that when they put a chemical from a blue flower into a rose, they can create a n early 100" blue rose . Some of scientific inventions are beautiful, not just useful! Si nee the mid-1990s, many Chin ese farmers have had won derful rice harvests. For many years, Chinese scientists have been working on developing new kinds of stronger rice and now they have produced a new kind, called super rice. Super rice not only can protect itself against insects（ 昆虫）and diseases, but it also produces more tha n any other kind of rice . Today farmers can grow almost one and a half times more rice tha n they could grow in the past . Doctors might be able to use vegetables to fight cancer now . US scientists have discovered a way to put a chemical into tomato plants while they are growing . When cancer patients eat the tomatoes, the tomatoes will fight the cancer in their bodies . These can cer-fight ing vegetables are not yet for sale, because scie ntists have not fini shed testi ng them . If study finds no problems with the tomatoes, the n patie nts can begi n to use this easy and delicious new treatment . 5 . The square watermel ons look like .
6 . Who find a way to make blue roses? A. Chin ese scie ntists B. Australia n scie ntists C. America n scie ntists D. Japa nese farmers
7 . Which of the followi ng is true? A. Super rice can stay safe from in sects . B. Blue roses are more beautiful than red ones C. The tomatoes can fight many kinds of diseases . D. The square watermelons cost less than ordinary ones . 8 . The main idea of this passage is . A. how scientists discover new plants B. how scienee makes plants produce more C. how scienee has changed plants and people's lives D. how tech no logy makes our world more beautiful C