2017合肥一六八中学自主招生英语试卷

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．AAjoblessmanwantedverymuchtobean“officeboy”atMicrosoft．TheHRmanagerinterviewedhimandthenwatchedhimcleaningthefloorasatest.“Youhavepassedthetest.”hesaid.“Givemeyoure-mailaddressandI'llsendyoutheformtofillinandthedatewhenyoumaystart.”Themananswered.“ButIdon'thaveacomputer,neitherane-mail.”“I'msorry,”saidtheHRmanager.“Ifyoudon'thaveane-mail,thatmeansyouarenotliving.Andanyonewhoisn'tlivingcan’thavethejob.”Themanleftwithnohopeatall.Hedidn'tknowwhattodowithonly$10inhispocket.Hethoughtandthought.Thenhewenttothesupermarketandbought10kilosoftomatoes.Hesoldthetomatoesfromdoortodoor.Inlessthantwohours,hehad20dollars.Herepeatedtheoperationthreetimes,startedtogoearlyeveryday,andreturnedhomelate.Shortly,heboughtatruck,thenhehadhisownfleetofdeliveryvehicles(运货车队).Fiveyearslater,themanwasoneofthebiggestfoodretailers(零售商)intheUS．Oneday,oneofhisfriendsaskedhimforhise-mail.Hesaid,“Ihaven'tgotone.”Hisfriendcouldn'tbelievehisears.“Canyouimaginewhatyoucouldhavebeenifyouhadane-mail?”Themanthoughtforawhileandreplied,“Yes,IwouldhavebeenanofficeboyatMicrosoft!”1．Whatdidthemandoforthetest?A．Hesente-mails．B．Hedidthecleaning．C．Hesoldcomputers．D．Hefilledinforms．2．Themanwasrefusedtogetthejobbecausehe．A．dislikedsuchajobB．didn'tpassthetestC．didn'thaveane-mailD．knewnothingaboutcomputers3．ThemanafterheleftMicrosoft．A．wenttolookforanotherjobB．askedforfoodfromdoortodoorC．thoughtofanideatomakemoneyD．boughtacomputerandgotane-mail4．Whatdoesthestorywanttotellus?A．Computersareveryimportantinourdailylife．B．Everyonecanmakealotofmoneywithonly$10．C．TheHRmanagerdidn'tfindtheabilityoftheman．D．Nothingintheworldisimpossibleifweworkhard．BMostpeoplemaynotthinkthatthereareanyproblemswithwatermelons（西瓜），butsomeJapanesesellersdo．Thereisoftenwastedspacewhentheystorewatermelons,becauseroundwatermelonsdonotsitnicelyonshelves．Butsomecleverfarmershavesolvedthewatermelonproblem．Theymaketheirwatermelonsgrowinsquareglassboxeswithfourfeetsothewatermelonsbecomesquareratherthanround．Theonlyproblemnowistheprice．Thesquarewatermelonscostabout80dollarseach．Manypeopleknowthesaying,“Rosesarered,violetsareblue,sugarissweetandsoareyou．”Well,todaythepoemneedstobechangedto“Rosesarered,rosesareblue!”Australianscientistshavejustrecentlydiscoveredthatwhentheyputachemicalfromablueflowerintoarose,theycancreateanearly100%bluerose．Someofscientificinventionsarebeautiful,notjustuseful!Sincethemid-1990s,manyChinesefarmershavehadwonderfulriceharvests.Formanyyears,Chinesescientistshavebeenworkingondevelopingnewkindsofstrongerriceandnowtheyhaveproducedanewkind,calledsuperrice.Superricenotonlycanprotectitselfagainstinsects(昆虫)anddiseases,butitalsoproducesmorethananyotherkindofrice．Todayfarmerscangrowalmostoneandahalftimesmorericethantheycouldgrowinthepast．Doctorsmightbeabletousevegetablestofightcancernow．USscientistshavediscoveredawaytoputachemicalintotomatoplantswhiletheyaregrowing．Whencancerpatientseatthetomatoes,thetomatoeswillfightthecancerintheirbodies．Thesecancer-fightingvegetablesarenotyetforsale,becausescientistshavenotfinishedtestingthem．Ifstudyfindsnoproblemswiththetomatoes,thenpatientscanbegintousethiseasyanddeliciousnewtreatment．5．Thesquarewatermelonslooklike________.A．B．C．D．6．Whofindawaytomakeblueroses?A．ChinesescientistsB．AustralianscientistsC．AmericanscientistsD．Japanesefarmers7．Whichofthefollowingistrue?A．Superricecanstaysafefrominsects．B．Bluerosesaremorebeautifulthanredones．C．Thetomatoescanfightmanykindsofdiseases．D．Thesquarewatermelonscostlessthanordinaryones．8．Themainideaofthispassageis_______.A．howscientistsdiscovernewplantsB．howsciencemakesplantsproducemoreC．howsciencehaschangedplantsandpeople'slivesD．howtechnologymakesourworldmorebeautifulCI’vebeenlivinginChinaforawhile—longenoughtofeelthelong-termdeterioration(退化)ofmyownnativelanguageability,aswellasthoseofmyfellowEnglishspeakers.Thisdeteriorationcantakedifferentforms,oneofwhichisthenon-standarduseofthewords.BelowIgivesomeofthecommonwaystoshowhowChineseenvironmentbadlyinfluencesthenativespeaker’slanguageability.Netbar:InChinese,they’recalled“网吧”.Thisisfine.Wegenerallycallthem“Internetcafé”inEnglish.TheChineseseemtothinkthat“网吧”shouldbetranslatedas“netbar”inEnglish,andmanycarelessforeignershaveevenbeenmisledbythisidea.Namecard:IntheEnglish-speakingword,businesspeoplehavelotsofbusinessmeetingstodiscussbusiness.Inthesesituations,businesspeopleexchangespeciallyprintedpiecesofpaperknownasbusinesscards.InChina,everyonecallsthem“namecards”,becauseinChinesetheyarecalled“名片”and“namecard”isamoredirecttranslation.Beancurd:It’scalled“tofu,”OK!ThisEnglishwordcomesfromChinese.IknowalldictionariessoldinChinawilltellyou“豆腐”is“beancurd”inEnglishandthatmayrepresentthetwocharactersnicely,but“beancued”ismoreadefinition(定义)thanacomfortabletranslation.Yetmanyforeignersstart“beancurd”insteadof“tofu”.Whatapity!Ithinkyouseethepattern.ThenormalnativewayofsayingsomethingisreplacedbyamoreunnaturalwaywithotherEnglishwords.Ifyou’v