合肥168 中学2017 年面向全省自主招生考试《科学素养》测试英语试卷【卷首语】亲爱的同学们，欢迎参加一六八中学自主招生考试，希望你们凝神静气，考出水平！开放的一六八中学热忱欢迎你们！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。

AA jobless man wanted very much to be an “office boy ”at Microsoft. The managerinterviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test. “You have passed the test.said. “Give me y o-u m r a e i l address and I'll send you the form( 表格) to fill in and the date whenyou may start. ”The man rep“l i e B d u.t I don't have a computer, neither an e-mai l.”“I'm sorry, ”said the manager. “If you don't h a v-m e a a i n l,et h at means you are not living. And anyone whoisn't living cannot have the job. ”The man left with no hope at all. He didn't know what to do with only $10 in his pocket. Hethought and thought. Then he went to the supermarket and bought 10 kilos of tomatoes. He soldthe tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he had 20 dollars. He did this again andagain for three times, and started to go early every day, and returned home late. At last, he had hisown fleet of delivery vehicles( 运货车队).Five years later, the man was one of the biggest foodretailers (零售商) in the US.One day, one of his friends asked him for his e- mail. He said, “I haven't got one. ”His friendcouldn't believe his ears. “Can you imagine what you could have been if y o-m u a h i a l?d a”n T e h eman thought for a while and replied, “Yes, I'd be an office boy at Microsoft! ”1. What did the man do for the test?A．He sent e-mails. B．He did the cleaningC．He sold computers. D．He filled in forms.2．The man didn't get the job because he .A．disliked such a job B．didn't pass the testC．didn't have an e-mail D．knew nothing about computers3．The man after he left Microsoft.A．went home directly B．asked for food from door to doorC．thought up an idea to make money D．bought a computer and got an e-mail4．What does the story want to tell us?A．Computers are very important in our daily life.B．Everyone can make a lot of money with only $10.C．The manager didn't like the man.BMost 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 (贮存) watermelons, because round watermelons do not sit nicely on shelves. So some clever farmers have solved the watermelon problem. They make their watermelons grow in square glass boxes so the watermelons become square. The only problem now is the price. The square watermelons cost about 80 dollars each.Many people know the saying "Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet and so are you". Well, today the poem needs to change 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 nearly 100% blue rose. Some of science's inventions are beautiful, not just useful!Since the mid-1990s, many Chinese farmers have had amazing rice harvests. For many years Chinese scientists have been working on developing new kinds of stronger rice and now theyhave 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 than any other kind of rice. Today farmers can grow almost one and a half times more rice than 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 cancer-fighting vegetables arenot yet for sale, because scientists have not finished testing them. If study finds no problems with the tomatoes, then patients can begin to use this easy and delicious new treatment.5 The square watermelons look like .A. B. C. D.6. find a way to make blue roses.A. Chinese scientistsB. Australian scientistsC. American scientistsD. Japanese farmers7. Which of the following is true?A. Super rice can keep itself from insects.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 plantsB. how science makes plants produce moreC. how science has changed plants and people's livesD. how technology makes our world more beautifulCI ’ve been living in China for a while long enough—to observe the long-termdeterioration ( 退化)of my own native language abilities, as well as those of my fellow Englishspeakers. This deterioration can take different forms, one of which is the non-standard usage ofthe words. Its source is, specifically, Chinese culture, and its target is native English speakers.Below I givesome of the common ways that the Chinese environment strikes down the nativespeaker ’s language ability .Net bar: In Chinese, they ’re c网all吧e d”, T“his is fine. We generally call them Internetcaf é”in English. The Chinese seem to think tha t 网吧”should“be translated as “net bar ”inEnglish,and many careless foreigners have even been misl ed by this idea.Name card: In the English-speaking world, business people have lots of business meetings to discuss business. On these occasions, business people exchange specially printed pieces of paperknown as business cards. In China everyone calls them “name cards ”, because in Chinese they are called 名“片”and “name card ”is a more direct translation .Bean curd: It ’s called “tofu, ”OK! This E d n g c l o i s m h e w s o f r o m Chinese. I know all dictionaries sold in China will tell you 豆腐”is ““bean curd ”in English and that may represent thetwocharacters nicely, but “bean curd ”is more a definition than a comfortable translation. And yet someforeigners start saying “bean curd ”rather than tofu. Deplo可r ab悲le的( )！I think you see the pattern. The normal native way of saying something is replaced by a moreunnatural way of saying it using other English words.If you ’ve been living in China for a while and find yorusel f using all of these, you mightbe on dangerous ground. You ’re going to start making a fool of yourself back home. Look out!ResistChinglish attempts at destroying your own command of your mother tongue!9.W h ich of the following expressions is more native?A．Bean curd B．Tofu C．Name card D．Net bar10.How does the writer support his main idea?A．By comparison B．By examplesC．By reasoning D．By refutation ( 反驳)11.What is the main cause of the non-standard usage of the words by native English speakers?A. Chinese cultureB. Chinese traditionC. English flexibility( 灵活性 )D. Chinese polluted environment12.The mentioned Chinglish words are created in the way .A．that is generally accepted by native English speakersB. that is often misunderstood by native English speakersC. that sounds reasonable to native English speakersD. that sounds natural to some ChineseDLie in bed, by an open window, and listen ⋯“No air conditioning? How can you sleep? ” a friend asks, horrified. I tell her my family has decided to shut the air conditioner off and reduce our electric bill.On this first night of our cost-cutting adventure, it's only 85 degrees. We're not going to suffer, but the three kids complain anyway.They've grown up in 72-degree comfort, protected from theworld outside.“It's too hot to sleep, -yea”r- o m l d y d1a3u g h t e r complains. “I ’m about to die from this heat, ”her brother complains down the hall. “Just try it tonight, ” I tell them. In truth I'm tootired to argue for long. My face is sweaty, but I lie quietly listening to the cricket choirs(合唱) outside thatremind me of childhood.The neighbor's dog howls. Probably a passing squirrel. It's been years since I've taken the timeto really listen to the night.I think about Grandma, who lived to 92 and still helped with my Mom's gardening until just afewweeks before she died. And then, I'm back there at her house in the summer heat of my childhood.I move my pillow to the foot of Grandma's bed and angle my face toward the open window. Iturn the pillow, hunting f or the cooler side.Grandma sees me turn over and over. “If you'll just wat ch for the breeze(清风), ” she says, “you'll cool off and fall asleep. ” She cranks up the Venetian blinds(百叶窗 ). I stare at the filmy white curtain, willing it to move. Lying still, waiting, Iuddenly notice the life outside thewindow. The bug chorus. Neighbors, porch-sitting late, speak inunclear words that calm me.“Mom, did you hear that? ” m-y e a s r e-v o e l d n s on cries. “I think it was an owl family. ”“Prob ably, ” I tell him. “l i s J t u e s n t i n k g e e p⋯”Without the working air conditioner, the house is oddly peaceful, and the unfiltered( 未过滤的) night noises seem close enough to touch. I hope I'm awake tonight when the first breezesneaks in.13.What is the point the writer wants to make in the passage?A. We should learn to save electricity.B. A peaceful mind is important in modern life.C. We should care about the outside world rather than one world. ’s innerD. Modern men live too comfortable a life.14.The author talks about her grandmother and her childhood to show thatA. people used to live a hard life.B. people at that time were hardworking.C. she has learned a great deal from her grandmaD. it ’s OK for people to live a si m pl l e i f e.15.Which of the following title best suits the passage?A. Waiting for the BreezeB. An interesting ExperienceC. Life at Present and Life in the PastD. Different Times, Different Children第二节（共 5 题；每小题 2 分，满分10 分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出正确的填入空白处，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。