合肥168中学2０1７年面向全自主招生测验《科学素养》测试英语试卷————————————————————————————————作者：————————————————————————————————日期：ﻩ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 ｊobｌeｓｓman wanteｄvery mｕch ｔo be an “ｏfｆｉcｅboy” ａt Micｒｏs ｏft.The manａger iｎterｖiewed ｈｉｍanｄthen waｔched hｉm cｌeａnｉnｇthe ｆｌoｏｒas ａtest．“You have passeｄtｈｅtｅst．” ｈe ｓaｉd. “Give me your e-mａiｌaddresｓand I'ｌl send you tｈｅform(表格) ｔｏfill in ａnd the date wｈe ｎyou may ｓｔart.” The mａn rｅplｉｅd．“Ｂut I don'ｔhave a cｏmputeｒ, ｎei ｔher an e-mail.” “I'm sorry，” said ｔhｅmanager. “Ｉf yｏu don't hａve an e-maｉl, that ｍeans ｙoｕarｅnoｔlｉviｎg.And anｙonｅwhｏiｓｎ't livｉｎg cannot haveｔhe job．”ﻫTｈe ｍanｌeft wｉｔｈnｏｈopｅat ａｌｌ. He ｄidn't ｋｎｏw what tｏdo wｉth onlｙ＄10in hiｓpockｅｔ．Hｅthought and thoｕｇhｔ. Tｈe ｎhe went tｏｔhe superｍarｋet ａnd bougｈｔ10 kilos ｏf ｔｏmａtｏes．He soｌd theｔomatoes ｆｒoｍｄoor ｔo dｏor. Ｉｎlｅss thａn two hours, ｈｅhad20 dollaｒs．Hｅdｉd thｉs ａgａｉn and aｇain for tｈｒee times, aｎd stａrteｄｔo go earｌｙevery ｄａｙ, and ｒｅturneｄhomｅlate．At last,he had ｈis own flee ｔｏf dｅliveryｖehicles(运货车队).Ｆive yearｓlａter，ｔhe man was ｏｎe oｆthe ｂｉｇgest food rｅｔａilｅｒs (零售商)in tｈｅUS.ﻫOｎｅday, ｏne oｆhis friｅｎds asｋｅd him for hiｓe-maｉl. He said, “I haven＇t got oｎe.” Ｈis frienｄcouldn'ｔbelieveｈis eａｒs. “Cａn yoｕimａｇine ｗhａｔyou ｃould have bｅen iｆyou had an e-mail？”The maｎthouｇht foｒa whｉle anｄreplｉed，“Yｅs, I'ｄｂe an oｆfice boｙaｔMｉcrｏsoｆｔ!”１. What dｉd the mａｎdo for the teｓt?Ａ.He sent ｅ-ｍaｉｌｓ． B.Ｈe diｄthe cｌｅaningC.Hｅsoｌd compuｔers. D．He ｆilled in forms．2．Tｈe man didn'ｔｇet ｔhe ｊobｂecause he .A.disｌiked ｓuch a jobB.dｉｄn't ｐass ｔhｅtestC.didｎ'ｔhave aｎe-ｍailD.knｅｗnothｉng aｂoｕｔcomputerｓ3．Tｈe mａn ａｆter he leｆｔMicrosoft．A.ｗeｎt ｈome ｄireｃtlyB.ａskｅd for foｏd ｆromｄｏｏr to doｏr C．tｈoｕgｈt uｐan idea to makeｍonｅy Ｄ.bougｈt a comｐuｔer aｎd got ａn e-mail４.What does ｔｈe stoｒy waｎｔto tｅｌｌuｓ?A．Cｏmpｕtｅrs are ｖeryｉmportaｎt ｉn our daｉly lｉfe.B.Ｅveｒｙonｅcaｎmake a lotｏf moｎey with ｏnly $10.C．The managｅr dｉdn't likｅｔhe man.BMost peｏpｌｅmay not think ｔｈａt thｅｒe ａre anｙpｒoblｅms witｈwaｔe ｒmeｌons (西瓜)，ｂut sｏme Japanｅse sｅｌlerｓdｏ. Tｈere ｉｓｏｆｔｅｎｗa ｓted ｓｐacｅwhｅn theｙstｏrｅ(贮存) ｗaｔermelons, becａuse rounｄwatermelｏns ｄｏｎｏt sｉt nicely on shelves. So somｅｃｌeｖer farmｅrｓｈave solved thｅwaｔｅrｍeｌoｎproblｅｍ.Theｙｍａkｅtheiｒwateｒｍｅlonｓgroｗｉn ｓqｕarｅgｌａss ｂoxeｓｓo ｔhｅwatermelｏns becｏme ｓquare. The only probｌｅm noｗiｓthe pｒｉce.Ｔｈe ｓquarｅwａｔermeloｎs cosｔaboｕt 8０ｄｏllars each.Many peoｐle know the sayｉｎg"Ｒosesａreｒed,ｖiolｅts are blue,ｓu ｇar iｓsｗeet ａnd so arｅｙou"．Ｗeｌｌ, todａy tｈe poeｍneedｓｔｏｃｈangｅto＂Roses are rｅd, roｓes ａre blue＂！Ａｕstｒaliａn scieｎｔisｔs havｅjust recentｌy discoｖereｄｔhat when tｈey pｕｔ a cheｍical from a blｕｅｆlower inｔｏa rｏsｅ,thｅy can create ａneａrlｙ１００% bｌue rｏse. Ｓome of ｓcience'ｓinvenｔions are ｂeautiｆｕｌ，not just useｆul!Ｓiｎce ｔhe mid-1990s, manｙChinese fａｒmers ｈaｖeｈad aｍaziｎｇrｉce harveｓｔｓ．Fｏr maｎｙyears Chｉｎesｅsｃientists hａvｅbeen wｏrkinｇoｎdｅｖelopinｇｎeｗｋiｎds of stronger rｉce aｎd noｗｔhey hａvｅproduced a new kiｎｄ，called sｕpeｒrｉｃｅ．Ｓuper ricｅnｏt only cａn ｐrotect itsｅlf against ｉnsecｔs (昆虫）ａnｄdiseasｅs, buｔit alｓo pｒoｄuces ｍoｒeｔhaｎany other kind ｏf rｉcｅ.Today ｆａｒmers cａn grow alｍost ｏne and ａｈalfｔimes moｒe rice tｈan thｅy ｃｏuld ｇrｏw iｎthe past.Doctorｓmiｇht be able to uｓe veｇeｔaｂleｓｔo fiｇhｔcancer ｎow．ＵS ｓc ｉentistｓhａｖｅdisｃｏverｅｄ a way to put a chｅmｉｃal intｏtomato pｌants ｗｈｉlｅｔhey are growｉng. When canｃｅｒpatientｓeat tｈｅｔomａtoｅｓ, the tomatoes wilｌfight thｅcaｎcer in theｉr bｏdiｅs.Ｔｈese canｃｅｒ-fighｔing vegeta ｂlｅｓare ｎot yｅt for salｅ, becａｕｓｅscientｉsｔs have nｏt fiｎiｓhｅd testingtｈeｍ．Ifｓtudy findsｎo problems with ｔheｔｏmatoes,thｅｎｐatieｎts cａn begin toｕse this easy anｄｄelｉcioｕs ｎew tｒeatment．5 Thｅsqｕare watermeｌoｎs ｌｏok like _＿___＿_____＿.A.Ｂ. C. D.6.＿____＿___＿fiｎd a way tｏmaｋｅbｌueｒoseｓ.A.Ｃｈinese scientistsB. AustraｌｉaｎsｃieｎtistsC．AmｅｒicaｎscientisｔｓD. Ｊapａnese farｍers7．Ｗhich of the followｉng ｉｓtruｅ?A. Supｅr riceｃan ｋeｅp itself ｆrom ｉnｓects. ﻫB.Bｌｕｅroｓeｓarｅmore ｂe ａutiful tｈan red oｎes. ﻫC. Tｈe tｏmaｔoes cａn fiｇht many kinds ｏf diseaｓes. ﻫD. Ｔｈe ｓqｕaｒｅｗaｔermelons ｃost less thaｎorｄinary ones.8.Ｔhe mａiｎｉdeａof thiｓｐassagｅis ＿___＿__＿____．Ａ. how ｓciｅntists ｄiscoverｎew planｔsB. how sｃiｅncｅmakeｓplａｎts ｐrodｕｃe ｍore ﻫＣ. how scienｃe has changed pｌaｎts ａnd people's ｌｉｖｅsD. ｈow ｔecｈnologyｍakeｓｏuｒworｌd more beauｔifulＣI’vｅbeen ｌiviｎg ｉn Ｃhiｎa ｆor a wｈｉle —long ｅnough tｏｏbserve tｈe lｏｎｇ-terｍdetｅrｉorａtion (退化）ｏf myｏwn native ｌanguage abiｌｉties，ａs ｗｅｌl aｓthoseｏｆmy feｌlow Eｎglish sｐeａkｅrｓ. Thiｓｄeterioratｉoｎcan ｔake diｆfeｒenｔforms，one of whｉch is ｔhe nｏn-sｔandａrd usage oｆｔhe ｗords.Its sｏuｒｃｅis,sｐecｉficallｙ, Cｈinese cuｌture, anｄｉｔs target isｎative English sｐeakerｓ.BeｌoｗI gｉvｅsome oｆthｅcomｍoｎways ｔhａtｔhｅＣhinｅse enｖiｒｏnｍeｎｔｓｔrikes down the natｉｖe sｐeaker’sｌangｕagｅaｂｉlｉｔy .Ｎｅt ｂaｒ: Ｉｎ Cｈinｅse, tｈey’re calｌｅｄ“网吧”, Tｈis is ｆine. We gｅｎｅrally cａｌl them “Internet café” iｎ English．Ｔhe Chinｅse seeｍ to thiｎk ｔhat “网吧”ｓhou ｌd be ｔｒanslａｔed as “net bar”ｉnEｎｇliｓｈ, anｄ maｎy caｒｅlesｓ foｒeｉgnｅrs ｈａｖe eｖｅn beeｎｍｉｓlｅd 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 pａper knoｗn 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 Ｅnglish ｗord coｍｅs fｒom Cｈｉnese. I ｋnow all ｄictionａｒies sold ｉn Cｈｉna wiｌｌｔｅll ｙｏｕ“豆腐”ｉs “bｅan cｕrｄ” in Ｅnglish and tｈat mａy reｐreｓeｎt thetwo chａractｅｒｓ nicely, but “bｅan cｕr ｄ” is more a dｅfｉnition ｔhａn ａ comfｏrtable trａnslation. Anｄ yet sｏmｅ forｅiｇｎerｓ start sayiｎg “beａn curd” rather ｔｈaｎ tｏfu． Dｅplorａblｅ (可悲的)！I think you seｅ the pａttern. Tｈe normal nａｔive way of ｓaｙｉnｇ sometｈing is reｐlaced by a morｅ uｎnatｕｒal wａy of saying it using othｅr Ｅnglｉsh worｄs.If you’ve beｅn lｉvinｇin China for a whiｌｅaｎｄfind yourｓeｌf using all of tｈesｅ, yｏu might ｂe on ｄaｎgｅrouｓgrouｎｄ. Ｙｏu’re going to stａrt ｍakｉng ａfｏoｌof yourself baｃk ｈome．Ｌｏoｋout! ResisｔＣｈinglish atｔemｐtｓａｔdestｒｏying yoｕr ownｃoｍｍand of your mｏｔher tonguｅ!9.Ｗhｉcｈof the folｌowing eｘｐressｉoｎs iｓmｏｒe native？A．Bｅan curd B.ToｆｕＣ.Naｍｅcarｄ bar 10.Hｏw doeｓthe writer ｓuppｏrt ｈis mａin idｅa?Ａ．By comparisoｎ B．Ｂy exａｍｐlesC.Ｂy reaｓoning D．Bｙreｆutatｉon (反驳)１１.Whａt is ｔｈe mａin caｕse oｆthe noｎ-ｓtaｎｄard usage of ｔhｅwoｒds by ｎaｔive Eｎgｌｉsh spｅakers？A．Ｃhiｎese cuｌturｅB．Cｈｉnｅse ｔraｄitioｎＣ.Engliｓh ｆleｘibilｉty(灵活性)D．Cｈinese poｌluted environｍｅｎt1２.Ｔhe mentioｎed Chingliｓh ｗorｄs arｅcｒｅatedｉｎthe ｗａｙ_＿______．A.ｔhat ｉｓ geｎeralｌy ａccepｔｅd by naｔive Engｌish spｅakersB．thａt is oｆten misｕnderstood bｙｎative Engｌiｓh speａkｅrｓC．tｈat sｏｕnds reasonabｌe ｔｏｎative Ｅnglish speａｋersD.thａt sounｄs nａｔurａｌ tｏ some ＣhinesｅDLiｅ in beｄ, by ａｎ opｅｎｗindow, aｎｄ lｉsteｎ…“No air cｏndｉtｉoning? Ｈｏw cａｎ yｏｕｓｌｅep?” a ｆrｉend aｓks, hoｒrified. Ｉ tｅll heｒｍｙｆamily 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 ｔhe worｌｄ outsｉde．“It'sｔoo hot to sｌeｅp,” my 13-ｙear-old dａughter coｍｐlains. “I’m abouｔ to die from tｈis heaｔ,” her brothｅr complａiｎs ｄｏwｎ the hａｌl. “Justｔry iｔｔonight,”Ｉ tｅlｌｔｈem. Ｉn ｔruth I'm toｏtｉred to argue ｆor long. My fａcｅ is ｓｗeaｔy, but I ｌiｅ quiｅｔｌy ｌisteniｎg tｏｔhe ｃricket cｈoｉrs（合唱) oｕtsiｄe thａt ｒｅmind mｅｏf ｃhｉldｈｏod.The neighbor's dog hoｗｌs． Probaｂｌｙ a passｉｎg squirrｅl. It's beeｎｙeaｒs ｓince I've taken the timetｏ really liｓten ｔｏ the ｎighｔ．Ｉ thｉnk ａｂouｔＧraｎdma, who lived ｔo 92 ａｎd ｓｔill helpｅｄ witｈｍy Ｍom's gａrdeniｎｇ untiｌｊｕst a fewｗeｅｋs befｏrｅｓhe 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 mｙｆace ｔoｗard tｈｅ opeｎ window. I turn tｈe pilｌo ｗ, hｕｎting for ｔhｅ cooler siｄe.Grandma seｅs mｅ tｕrn ｏｖer and over. “Ifｙｏu'll jｕsｔｗａtch for ｔhｅ breｅｚe（清风),” she sａys,“ｙoｕ'll coｏl off and fａlｌａsleep.” She c ｒanks up the Veneｔｉan blinds(百叶窗）． I staｒe at tｈe ｆilｍｙｗhitｅｃurtain, willing it t ｏ movｅ．Ｌying sｔill, waiting, I sudｄeｎly ｎoｔｉcｅ the life ouｔsiｄe ｔhewindow. Tｈe ｂug choruｓ. Neighbｏｒs, ｐorch－siｔtiｎg laｔe, speaｋ in ｕnｃlｅaｒ words that calm me．“Mom, diｄ yｏu hｅaｒｔhａｔ？” my seven-ｙear－ｏｌd sｏn crｉes. “Ｉ tｈiｎk iｔ was an owl family.”“Probａｂly,” I telｌ hiｍ. “Ｊｕｓｔ keeｐ lｉstening…”Withoｕt the ｗｏrｋing aｉr ｃｏｎditiｏner, the houseｉs oddｌyｐeacefｕｌ, and the uｎfiｌｔeｒed(未过滤的） niｇht ｎoises seem cｌｏｓeｅnough tｏｔouch. I ｈｏpe Ｉ＇m awake tｏｎｉght ｗｈen the ｆirst breeze sneaｋs 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. Ｗｅｓhｏulｄ carｅ aｂｏｕｔ tｈe oｕtｓｉde world raｔher than ｏnｅ’s inneｒ worｌｄ.D．Modern ｍen ｌiｖe ｔｏｏcｏmfortａbｌｅa lｉｆe.1４.Ｔhｅａuthor ｔalks aboｕtｈeｒｇrandｍｏther anｄhｅｒｃhｉｌdhｏodｔo show ｔhaｔ____＿A. ｐeoplｅｕseｄ to live a ｈard ｌife.B. pｅｏpｌe at ｔhat tiｍｅ were hardwoｒkiｎｇ．Ｃ. ｓhｅｈaｓｌeaｒnｅd a greａｔ deａl from her ｇrandmａD．iｔ’sＯK for peopｌe ｔo livｅａｓimｐｌe lifｅ.15.Whｉｃh ｏf the foｌlowing tｉtle bｅst suｉｔｓtｈｅpassaｇｅ？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。