广东省汕头四中2014届高三第一次月考英语试题答案(4)

40. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The importance of education                      B. The responsibility of education
C. The development of education                  D. The purpose of education                           
                                       D
Sometime early in the next century, human beings will move to Mars. They will live there for about a year, and then will be replaced with another group of pioneers. Building the base on Mars will advance our knowledge of the solar system and aid in our understanding of the earth.
We already know that Mars resembles the earth in many aspects: general size, presence of water, length of day, range of temperatures. These resemblances have caused many people to consider a centuries-long project: to terraform Mars. Terraforming means altering a planet’s surface so that Earth’s life forms can survive there. This concept, previously found only in science fiction is now being seriously considered by scientists.
Terraforming Mars is theoretically simple: add nitrogen and oxygen to the atmosphere; pump water to the surface; and add the earth’s plants and animals in the order in which they developed on Earth. But it will take at least 300 years.
Some people think that such a project is too huge for humans to undertake, but there are very good reasons to make the attempt. The earth now contains some 6 billion people, and no one has any idea of how many humans the earth can support. Our very existence and numbers are threatening many other species. We also have had some experience with terraforming our own planet: altering the landscape, the atmosphere and the climate. Currently terraforming earth has become a wiser activity as we try to control global warming, air and water pollution, and preserve some natural living places.

 
41．What would be the best title for this passage?
A．Terraforming Mars.           B．Saving the Earth.
C．Travelling to Mars.           D．A Newly-found Place.
42．What does the underlined word “altering” mean in the second paragraph?
A．Warming. B．Changing. C．Planting. D．Building.
43．According to the passage the main purpose of terraforming Mars is to ________.
A．do some scientific research work            
B．find out its similarity to earth
C．avoid the dying away of many other species    
D．find on Mars living place for the increasing human beings
44．The main reason for causing many people to consider terraforming Mars is that _______.
A．there are some resemblances between Earth and Mars.
B．terraforming Mars is theoretically simple
C．we have had some experience with terraforming our own planet: Earth
D．the development of science and technology is very rapid
45．What’s the author’s attitude towards the project?
A．Optimistic. B．Negative. C．Sceptical（怀疑的）. D．Objective.
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46. Mary: I never used to like stamp collecting. I read almost everything I can: books, magazines, 
  newspapers. I go to the public library abut twice a week. If you’d like to send me something,
  maybe books are my favorite.
47. Tom: My wife says I should take up gardening. We have a big garden and she loves working in it.  But the truth is, it bores me. My friends and my wife think I’m really boring, because I’m always  ]
  listening to music. I go to concerts all the time. I love Mozart and all that classical staff.
48. Mike: I don’t really like video games and that sort of things. I prefer being outdoors, hiking or 
  playing sports. I always go out with my family playing baseball and stuff all the time. I think most   sports are pretty interesting.
49. Lisa: I’m a free writer, and a lot of people think my job is easier because I don’t have to go to the   office every day. And I don’t have to deal with office politics. But, you know, my job is very hard.   I have to be very organized and much disciplined. And pretty self-motivated. And when I have a 
  problem, there is no one around to help me.
50. Victor: My life is very stressful. In my working place, everyone is in a hurry and under
  tremendous pressure. The doctors are demanding, and there is always too much to do to save a 
  dying patient.
A. The person works in a hospital emergency room. His/her job is to assist doctors to rescue patients    who are seriously ill.
B. The person likes sports activities the most. For him/her, having sports activities is very  
  interesting.
C. The person works for himself/herself at home. He/She writes for others.
D. The person doesn’t like other things such as gardening. But he/she really likes music, especially 
  classical music.
E. The person likes collecting all kinds of things, such as baseball cards and stamps.