山东滕州一中2016届10月月考英语试题及答案(3)

Anandasankar Ray says a product based on Ethyl Pyruvate may cost less to produce than DEFT, the most effective chemical treatment now in use. He says DEFT is too costly for most people who live in areas affected by malaria.
“Perhaps by finding smells that can attack other target receptors, we will be able to improve upon DEFT and finally have the next generation of insect behaviour control products,” said Ray.ytytzygx.
28. The underlined word in the second paragraph probably means ________.
A. a substance that protects people from mosquitoes
B. a sense organ that reacts to changes
C. a device that reacts to light
D. a piece of equipment that sends signals
29. According to the passage, Ethyl Pyruvate can ________.
A. kill the mosquitoes' smelling neurons
B. cause the mosquitoes to lose their senses of smell
C. result in the inactiveness of the mosquitoes' receptors
D. make the mosquitoes uninterested in human breath and skin smell
30. This passage most probably appears in ________.
A. a textbook of medical schools B. a collection of doctors' essays
C. the column of newspaper ads D. the health column of a magazine
31. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Ethyl Pyruvate—an Insect Behaviour Control Product
B. Malaria—a Serious Disease Causing 630,000 Deaths
C. Scientists Find a New Substance to Fight Mosquitoes
D. A New Generation of DEET Has Been Developed to Kill Mosquitoes
D
There are two kinds of people in the world. Although they have equal degree of health and wealth and other comforts of life, one becomes happy and the other becomes unhappy. This arises from the different ways in which they consider things, persons, events and the resulting effects upon their minds.
People who are to be happy fix their attention on the convenience of things: the pleasant parts of conversation, the well prepared dishes, the goodness of the wine and the fine weather. They enjoy all the cheerful things. Those who are to be unhappy think and speak only of the opposite things. Therefore, they are continually dissatisfied. By their remarks, they sour the pleasure of society, hurt many people, and make themselves disagreeable everywhere. If this turn of mind was founded in nature, such unhappy persons would be the more to be pitied. The intention of criticizing and being disliked is perhaps taken up by imitation. It grows into a habit, unknown to its possessors. The habit may be strong, but it may be cured when those who have it realize its bad effects on their interests and tastes. I hope this little warning may be of service to them, and help them change this habit.
Although in fact it is chiefly an act of the imagination, it has serious results in life since it brings on deep sorrow and bad luck. Those people hurt many others; nobody loves them, and no one treats them with more than the most common politeness and respect. This frequently puts them in bad temper and draws them into arguments. If they aim at getting some advantages in social position or fortune, nobody wishes them success. Nor will anyone start a step or speak a word to favor their hopes. If they bring on themselves public objections, no one will defend or excuse them, and many will join to criticize their wrongdoings. These should change this bad habit and be pleased with what is pleasing, without worrying needlessly about themselves and others. If they do not, it will be good for others to avoid any contact with them. Otherwise, it can be disagreeable and sometimes very inconvenient, especially when one becomes mixed up in their quarrels.
32. People who are unhappy _______.
A. always consider things differently from others
B. usually are affected by the results of certain things
C. usually misunderstand what others think or say
D. always discover the unpleasant side of certain things 
33. The phrase “sour the pleasure of society” most nearly means “_______”.
A. has a good taste with social life                B. makes others unhappy 
C. tend to scold others openly                      D. enjoy the pleasure of life
34. We can conclude from the passage that _______.
A. people can get rid of the habit of unhappiness
B. such unhappy people are dangerous to social life
C. we should pity all such unhappy people
D. unhappy people can not understand happy persons
35. If such unhappy persons insist on keeping the habit, the author suggests that people should _______.
A. show no respect and politeness to them      
B. persuade them to recognize the bad effects
C. prevent any communication with them 
D. quarrel with them until they realize the mistakes
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。
A woman gave up her fetus(胎儿) in Central China’s Hubei province after her 13-year-old daughter threatened to commit suicide. 
  The event drew people’s attention to the single child mentality, which may be an obstacle as the country tries to relax the single-child policy. The woman, 44, had been pregnant for 13 weeks. Her daughter became unhappy after knowing that she was going to have sibling（兄弟姐妹）. __36__ when the ninth-grader cut her wrists with a razor blade in an attempted suicide, according to a report of the local Wuhan Evening News.
__37__, but the girl is not the only child in China showing jealousy of a younger sibling. Zhuang Zhuang(not his real name) was 16 when his younger brother was born last year. Since then he’s fallen behind in his classes. “They never cared about me again.” the teenager complained. “__38__, so as to win attention from my parents.”