2016吉林省实验中学二模英语试题及答案(2)

B. On the wedding day, the bridegroom can’t see the bride in a dress.
C. The bride’s father will give her away to the bridegroom.
D. The bride and bridegroom will take the first dance.

B
    When you put down your pens at the end of college entrance exam, 12 hard years of study will have come to an end. Forget your studies for a while. It’s time to enjoy yourselves!
    There are many ways to celebrate this special month of graduation. You can have photos taken with your classmates and teachers, or dine out together and exchange gifts.
    High school students in western countries such as the United States and Canada usually have a party to mark their graduation. It is to mark the time when kids turn into young men and women. After the party, teenagers either go to college or find a job. It means they will no longer depend on their parents as before.
At the party, boys usually dress in dinner jackets and bow ties, though many different types of formal clothes are worn. Girls traditionally wear formal dresses, or dress to shock or be noticed, in shiny or brightly colored materials.
Common party activities include dining, dancing, crowning of a ball king and queen, and just talking to friends. In some cases, high school students collect funds for their class party through the four years of their high school.
High schools in or near large cities may rent big rooms at expensive hotels or, to be unusual, on a pleasure boat. But often costs are cut by simply using the school gym. Students make a lot of efforts to decorate the gym to make the event special. The music played at the party will be the most popular kinds, like rock and hip-hop.
Sometimes teachers and parents also go to the party. But others like to go with friends, to whom they are soon going to say good-bye.
If you like the idea of a party, why don’t you and your classmates organize one for your graduation?
25.The writer’s purpose in writing this passage is to ________.
A. tell an interesting experience of high school students
B. tell how the western students spend the last days of high school
C. tell how western high school students usually celebrate graduation
D.introduce several ways of the western students’ killing time
26.What does the party mean for western high school students that are about to graduate?
  A. They have finished high school and will go to college.
B. These teenagers can find a job to support themselves.
  C. They have grown up and need friends’ help.
D. They are adults and will not depend on parents.
27.What does the underlined word “mark ” in paragraph 3 mean?
A.remember B. celebrate C.sign D.show
28.From the fourth paragraph ,we can infer that ________.
A. the party is very interesting 
B. girls like to make themselves beautiful at all hours
C. boys wear as usual to attend the party 
D. graduates pay much attention to the party

C
   Australian scientists are trying to give kangaroo-style stomachs to cattle and sheep in order to cut the greenhouse gases they send out, which is thought to be responsible for global warming.
   Thanks to special bacteria in their stomachs, kangaroo flatulence (肠胃气胀） contains no methane(甲烷) and scientists want to transfer that bacteria to cattle and sheep who produce large quantities of the harmful gas.
   While the usual image of greenhouse gas pollution is a billowing smokestack, pushing out carbon dioxide, farm animals’ passing wind contribute a surprisingly high percentage of total emissions (排放物）in some countries.
   “Fourteen percent of emissions from all sources in Australia are from enteric methane from cattle and sheep,”said Athol Klieve, a senior research scientist with the greensland state government.“And if you look at another country such as New Zealand, which has got a much higher agricultural base, they are actually up around 50 percent,” he said.
   Researchers say the bacteria also make the digestive process much more efficient and could potentially save millions of dollars in feed costs for farmers. But it will take researchers at least three years to isolate (分离) the bacteria before they can even start to develop a way of transferring it to cattle and sheep.
   Another group of scientists, meanwhile, have suggested Australians should farm fewer cattle and sheep and just eat more kangaroos. And about 20 percent of health-conscious Australians are believed to eat the national symbol already.
   It’s low in fat, it ’s got high protein levels and it is very clean in the sense that basically it is free-range(放养的) animal,” said Peter Ampt of the University of New South Wales’ institute of environmental studies.
29. Scientists intend to put bacteria into cattle and sheep________.
A. to help Australian farmers to earn more money
B. to prevent them from sending out harmful gases
C. so that they can protect Australian ecosystem
D. so that they can make full use of special bacteria
30. Athol Klieve seems to believe that _________.
A. farm animals are to blame for greenhouse gases
B. less cattle and sheep are raised in New Zealand
C. cattle and sheep produce less carbon dioxide
D. New Zealand has the most animals in the world
31.The advantages Peter Ampt lists about kangaroos don’t include ________.
  A. it is rich in protein
B. it is low in fat
C. it is cheaper than beef
D. it is cleaner than sheep
32.The main idea of the passage is to ________.
A. discuss a better way to protect the earth
B. warn farmers of the danger of animal waste
C. explain the possible solutions to pollution