C．richness D．honor 10．What can we infer from the text?
A．Experts will do research in biophilia further. B．It’s very easy to be successful in a natural workplace. C．Over 50% workers are not satisfied with their workplaces. D．People will not work for a company without a good environment. 11．What’s the main idea of the text?
A．People like working in the office with lights.
B．Natural elements can bring health to the people in the office. C．Companies should offer a better environment to their employees. D．Natural elements can make people work happily and efficiently.
D
Genetic engineering, in its broadest definition, means to control a species so that a particular trait is increased in the population. A trait is how an organism (有机体) looks or acts or what it does. Having brown eyes is a trait. Flying in circles is a trait. Climbing trees is a trait.
The earliest forms of genetic engineering occurred on farms. People selected seeds from plants that had more fruit production or tastier leaves than other plants of their types. Then they chose to save the seeds from the best of that lot to sow the next year. So, year by year, the farmers produced better and better crops. This type of activity probably has been going on since mankind first settled in villages and began making a life for themselves in one location, about 12,000 years ago!
The same sort of thing would have also happened with animals. For example, people chose to eat the animals that didn’t have favorable traits and let the animals with the favorable traits reproduce. It was thousands of years before mankind figured out how plants and animals reproduce themselves. With this knowledge, people could pollinate (授粉) plants by hand or keep a pair of animals together in order to deliberately cause an increase in a favorable trait.
It was only in the last 250 years that scientists began figuring out chromosomes (染色体) and genes and the role they play in the way one generation passes its traits on to the next. And it’s only been in the last 30 years that scientists have been able to cut out specific genes
from one organism and put them in another. It is this 30- year-old technology that is described by the narrow definition of genetic engineering. Mankind has long been able to have a deliberate(刻意的) impact on the world around him. He now possesses the tools to deliberately impact himself. Some people are afraid of what might be done with that power. 12．The text is mainly developed by ______.
A．asking questions B．giving examples C．making comparisons D．examining differences
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13．Paragraph 2 mainly talks about ______.
A．the spread of genetic engineering B．the advantage of genetic engineering C．the popularity of genetic engineering D．the original application of genetic engineering
14．The underlined word “them” in the last paragraph refers to ______.
A．scientists B．special traits C．chromosomes D．specific genes
15．What can we learn about genetic engineering from the last paragraph?
A．It is becoming a powerful tool of mankind. B．Scientists don’t know how to make good use of it. C．People has a misunderstanding of it in the past 30 years.
D．It has a history of 250 years by the narrow definition of genetic engineering.
第二节（共5小题；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能填入空白处的最佳选项, 选项中有两项为多余选项。（注意E涂AB, F涂AC, G涂AD）
Six ways to find out what you really want in life
Be good to yourself
You can’t point exactly what you want in life .You’re constantly sacrificing your time and dreams for other people. 16 Ask yourself: if you weren’t tied down by your job, family, or anything else, then what would you be doing right now?
Regret nothing
To be good to yourself is not selfish. It’s your life. It’s time for you to live it exactly the way you want to. If you constantly regret things you did or didn’t do in the past, then you won’t be able to move forward. 17 Figure out what you need
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Sometimes it’s hard to figure out what you need. Sit down and think about what you need most. The freedom to express yourself? Love? Financial security? Something else? If it helps, you can make a list. Also think about what you want to leave behind. 18
You can fly only by pushing back against something you don’t want. Figure out what upsets you, and be specific about it. Don’t just say that you hate your office job. Pinpoint exactly why you hate it. Could it be your strict boss? Your workload? Your meaningless job title? Or all of the above?
Determine what makes you truly happy
There’s no life to waste if you’re happy with living it. 19 Being around children? Is it traveling? Owning a successful business? Financial freedom? Once you figure out the one thing that makes you happy the most, you’ll have a pretty clear idea of what you should struggle hard to get in your life. Let people around you know what you’re trying to achieve. Don’t keep your goals and de sires to yourself. Voice it all out! If you tell people what you’re trying to accomplish, they will most likely support you and give you new ideas. Sometimes mother does know best! Stay positive
Life doesn’t always go how you want it. Don’t feel discouraged as your plans go wrong. Take control. Instead of being anxious, try your best to advance with the changes. You will get there someday. 20 You’re just taking a little detour(绕道). A. Don’t live in the past but live in the present!
B. Sometimes a positive attitude is all you need to keep going. C. Determine what really bothers you. D. Think about what makes you happy.
E. You have to put yourself first, because if you don’t, then no one else will. F. Determine what you are going to do next.
G. You should think of things carefully.
第二部分 完形填空（共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30分）
“None of us get out of life alive, so be brave and be thankful for all the opportunities you have.” Those were ___21___ words said by 18-year-old Jake Bailey, a cancer patient. Bailey was in the leading position of the Students’ Union. The young man had planned to___22___ at his high school’s end-of-year ceremony (典礼)on schedule. ___23___, just the week before, he received shocking ___24___. After several weeks of not feeling well, tests showed that he had a fast-growing form of cancer. Doctors said, without ___25___, he would only have weeks to live, so they didn’t ___26___ him to take part in the event. But Bailey put on his school uniform along with his ___27___ face and left his hospital bed to give the inspiring speech to his ___28___. Without doubt, his surprise appearance ___29___ everyone at the ceremony. Sitting in the wheelchair, he began to ___30___ his ideas. He expressed that a strong-willed person would not easily ___31___, no matter how hard life was. At the speech, Bailey encouraged his schoolmates to ___32___ their time. “The future is truly in our hands. ___33___ about having impractical long-term dreams. Let’s be ___34___to short-term goals ,” He___35___. “We don’t know where we might end up, or when we will end up, so work with pride on what is ___36___ us.”
When the senior ___37___ his speech with the school’s ___38___, “Altiora Peto,” which means “I fight for higher things”, the entire room burst into cheers.___39___, Bailey’s message was heard loud and clear. Bailey then closed his eyes and ___40___ the words “Thank you”.
21. A. unbelievable B. genuine 22. A. speak 23. A. so 24. A. fault 25. A. doubt 26. A. persuade 27. A. determined 28. A. friends
B. chat B. Instead B. attack B. hope B. warn B. frightened B. family
C. inspiring C. sing C. Besides C. news C. delay C. allow C. satisfied C. schoolmates.
D. amazing D. debate D. However D. pain D. treatment D. organize D. surprised D. roommates