湖南师范大学附中2015高三第一次月考英语试题试卷(4)

D. A teenager who gets high grades in exams.
【解析】推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中的“Space is limited this year, so teens are encouraged to apply early, and remember not to miss the deadline, Saturday, February 16.”可知C是正确项。
(D)60.The aim of text is to ________．
A. introduce the DC Public Library
B. describe the job of library workers
C. teach how to apply for part­time jobs
D. offer teenager part­time jobs in the DC Public Library
【解析】主旨大意题。
B


At 4：53 p．m. on January 12, United Nations aid worker Jens Kristensen was at his desk reading documents on the third floor of the Christopher Hotel, which served as UN headquarters in Port­au­Prince, when he felt a tremor. Four seconds later, the earthquake hit.
“In a split second, I considered whether to run for the door or hide under my desk，” says Kristensen, 48. “The door was closed, and I thought that maybe it was too far and I would be caught under falling debris, so I hid under the table.” A bookshelf topped onto his desk, protecting him from being crushed by rubble and trapping him in a tiny pocket. “I was confined as if in a small coffin，” he says. It was so dark, and it didn’t matter if his eyes were open or closed. He used the light from his mobile phone to see around him. He found, among other items, a jar of instant coffee. “I had no food or water, only the coffee to suck on if I needed it.”
At about 6：30 a．m. on January 17, an oil leak silenced the building’s generators, and Kristensen was able to hear muffled voices above where he was buried. “I thought, I was too tired to bang and shout. But then I realized, I had to take every chance. This could be one.” So he called out. Six hours later, Kristensen saw his rescuers’ faces. “It was so amazing. I felt I had received a second birthday，” he recalls.
Dehydration and pains but with only a bruise and a scratch, Kristensen took three days to recover. The UN lost more than 90 people in Haiti. But Kristensen says that the outpouring of love helps heal the pain: “The genuine happiness of people toward me here has been wonderful. You feel part of a larger family.”
(B)61.When the earthquake struck, Jens Kristensen decided to ________．
A. read documents in the office  B. stay under the desk
C. run out of the room quickly  D. catch the falling debris
【解析】细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的“The door was closed, and I thought that maybe it was too far and I would be caught under falling debris, so I hid under the table.”，可知，Kristensen 决定躲在桌子下面。
(A)62.What protected Jens Kristensen from being injured by falling bricks?
A. The bookshelf.  B. The desk.
C. The door.  D. The pocket.
【解析】细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的“A bookshelf topped onto his desk, protecting him from being crushed by rubble and trapping him in a tiny pocket.”可知，书架保护了他。
(C)63.When Jens Kristensen heard the voices, he came to know that ________． 
A. he couldn’t have the chance to survive the earthquake
B. his parents arrived here to save him at once
C. he was able to ask for help from rescuers
D. he was so tired and he couldn’t say anything at all
【解析】推理判断题。根据文章第三段中的“But then I realized, I had to take every chance. This could be one.”可以推知，他意识到要抓住这个机会。
(B)64.According to the last paragraph we can know that Jens Kristensen felt ________．
A. fortunate  B. grateful  C. popular  D. courageous
【解析】推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中的“But Kristensen says that the outpouring of love helps heal the pain: ‘The genuine happiness of people toward me here has been wonderful. You feel part of a larger family.’”可以推知，他对自己获救及受到的照顾而感到很感激。
(D)65.Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?
A. The rescuer’s day
B. An aid worker’s life
C. A dangerous adventure
D. Kristensen’s experience in an earthquake
【解析】主旨大意题。 根据全文的内容可知，文章描述了Jens Kristensen经历地震的全过程，故D 项能很好地概括文章的主旨。
C
Conventional wisdom says that hardship can make us old before our time. In fact, a new study suggests that violence not only leaves long­term scars on children’s bodies, but also changes their DNA, causing changes that are equal to seven to ten years of premature aging.
Scientists measured this by studying the ends of children’s chromosomes(染色体), called telomeres, says Idan Shalev, lead author of a study published in Molecular Psychiatry.
Telomeres are special DNA sequences which prevent the DNA in chromosomes from separating. They get shorter each time a cell divides, until a cell cannot divide any more and dies.
Several factors have been found to shorten telomeres, including smoking, radiation and psychological stresses such as being treated badly when young and taking care of a chronically ill person.
In this study, researchers examined whether exposure to violence could make children’s telomeres shorten faster than normal. They interviewed the mothers of 236 children at ages 5, 7 and 10, asking whether the youngsters had been exposed to domestic violence between the mother and her partner; physical maltreatment by an adult; or bullying. Researchers measured the children’s telomeres—in cells obtained by swabbing the insides of their cheeks—at ages 5 and 10.
Telomeres shortened faster in kids exposed to two or more types of violence, says Shalev. Unless that pattern changes, the study suggests, these kids could be expected to develop diseases of aging, such as heart attacks or memory loss, seven to 10 years earlier than their peers.