山东滕州一中2016届10月月考英语试题及答案(2)

Day 8-10 In Shanghai 
Private transfer from Yangshuo to Guilin airport. Shanghai guide and driver are waiting for you with smiling faces. Highlights of the city on Day 9 show you the future of China as the end of the trip. You have free time on the last day before taking an international flight.
Just let us know your travel style! We will then adapt this tour and create a unique quote(报价) based on your individual needs. For more information, please click here: http://www.chinahighlights.com/tour/. 
21. If a tourist is interested in Chinese food, which place will impress him/her most?  
A. Beijing.   B. Xi’an.   C. Shanghai.    D. Guilin.
22. What’s the author’s intention to write the passage?
   A. To advertise some beautiful places in China.
   B. To introduce some wonderful local food for tourists.
   C. To show tourists some interesting activities in China.
   D. To introduce a best-selling China tour package to foreign tourists. 
23. Where can you find this passage?
A. On the Internet.   B. On a poster.   C. In the newspaper.  D. On TV
B
The story began with a young mother who had three sons. Unfortunately, the youngest son developed slow thinking skills, not having the intelligence of his brothers.
With double duty as the mother of the household, she was exhausted, so that the youngest was often the target of anger and annoyance. Bad words, such as “you little fool” and the like, served as a daily meal for the youngest.
The words and curses he got from the mother and ridicule from friends convinced him that he was distressing(使痛苦) and embarrassing his family. Every morning he woke up with his own face staring from the mirror reflection, he started to say quietly and sadly, “The fool is going to school.”
As adult citizens, there was compulsory military service which should be lived. Thus, the youngest son also signed up and started to follow the various tests: a medical, physical ability test and other tests. On the day of the announcement, he was called into the board of examiners.
In his mind, he convinced himself that he was the fool and couldn’t pass the tests this time as he entered the room with his head down. It was not expected at all. The tests turned out to have the highest praise from the board of examiners.
“Congratulations, young man! Your test results are incredible! You are really a great and talented young man. ”Words from the board of examiners became the discovery of a new side of himself that was not known in advance. Voice kept echoing in his mind, such as “I, the great man, am in the shower”, “the great man washes his face”, “The talented young man again brushes his teeth” and so on. Confidence and improved self-image came beyond usual.
20 years later, the youngest established himself as a successful businessman who was admired and respected, and received many awards.
The mindset and belief are the power behind the success that is within us. Whatever we think and believe in or mind continuously, it will eventually materialize in reality. That’s the universally applicable law.tzyzylfx.
24. Why was the youngest often scolded by his mother?
A. He didn’t behave himself at school. 
B. He considered himself to be a fool.
C. He was not as clever as his brother. 
D. He didn’t cook meals for his mother. 
25. From the story we know that the young mother is ____. 
A. selfish and lazy               B. gentle and caring 
C. kind-hearted and diligent       D. ill-tempered and impatient 
26. What happened to the youngest son later on?
A. He became confident and successful. 
B. He became an admirable psychologist. 
C. He received aid from others. 
D. He developed strange mental diseases.
27. From this passage, the author tells us that____. 
A. military service can change a person completely
B. mothers’ attitude toward children is important 
C. think big and you will get big results 
D. even a fool can become a successful businessman 
C
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In the United States, a group of California scientists are working to develop a more effective and less costly substance (物质) to protect people from mosquitoes. The researchers are investigating the sense of smell in mosquitoes. They found the insects use the same receptor for identifying carbon dioxide in human breath as they do for the smell of our skin. Anandasankar Ray, who is leading the investigation, says scientists tested more than a million chemical compounds (化合物) until they found a substance called Ethyl Pyruvate. He says Ethyl Pyruvate makes the mosquitoes' receptors inactive. “When we apply Ethyl Pyruvate to a human arm and offer it to hungry mosquitoes in a cage, very few of the mosquitoes are attracted to the human arm because only a few of them are able to smell it out,” said Ray.
Genevieve Tauxe, a member of the research team, says it was not easy to find the neurons (神经元) of noble cells that recognize both the smell of human breath and skin. “With the device used to examine the mosquito, we are able to insert a very small electrode (电极) into the part of the mosquito's nose, where its smelling neurons are and where the smell is happening,” said Tauxe.