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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
In his youth, Darwin was an average student.__1__ he was a big reader. He also was an eager __2__， especially of beetles and butterflies. (He once carried two beetles, one in each hand, and then saw a __3__ so interesting that he decided to put it in his mouth.)
__4__ it came time for higher education, Darwin went to Edinburgh in Scotland to study medicine. But he soon found that he couldn't __5__ the sight of blood. So he left and went to school at the University of Cambridge in England __6__. He was preparing to become a minister, a profession in which blood shouldn't be a(n) __7__.
His heart was not in __8__， though. He spent his time at Cambridge collecting __9__ bugs and talking about science with people like the geologist Adam Sedgwick and the botanist John Stevens Henslow. Henslow saw that Darwin could be a __10__， and helped him get the chance to go on a long sea __11__ of exploration on a ship called the Beagle.
__12__ that ship's five－year trip around the world, Darwin observed many __13__ of life and various geological formations and fossils in South America and islands in the Pacific Ocean.__14__ the time the voyage ended, in 1836, Darwin knew more about life than anybody else.
During this trip, Darwin sent __15__ back to England. So he was well known as a scientist when he __16__. But __17__ becoming a professor, Darwin moved to the __18__. For some reason he was almost always __19__ with a stomach disorder. Doctors couldn't help him. (Even today, experts __20__ what disease he might have had.) So he lived an isolated life with his wife and family. He did experiments, studied plants and animals, read books and wrote papers in the comfort of his country home.
1. A. And B. So C. Or D. But
2. A. collector B. learner C. instructor D. farmer
3. A. larger B. third C. beetle D. second
4. A. Before B. Although C. When D. Until
5. A. meet B. like C. catch D. stand
6. A. yet B. instead C. too D. soon
7. A. sight B. operation C. problem D. necessary
8. A. religion B. study C. research D. science
9. A. fewer B. more C. rarer D. bigger
10. A. scientist B. minister C. geologist D. learner
11. A. discoveries B. voyage C. fishing D. passage
12. A. Before B. After C. Until D. During
13. A. forms B. sizes C. heights D. years
14. A. In B. After C. By D. During
15. A. reports B. application C. news D. bugs
16. A. started out B. came back C. passed away D. sailed out
17. A. fond of B. content with C. rather than D. sticking to
18. A. city B. university C. office D. countryside
19. A. disturbed B. content C. concerned D. curious
20. A. know about B. argue about C. find out D. care about
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
Scientists have found what look like caves on Mars，and say they could be protecting life from the planet's terrible environment.
The first caves discovered beyond the Earth appear as seven mysterious black dots on the pictures sent back by NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter.Each as large as a football field，they may be opening into natural caves below the Martian surface.
“If there is life on Mars，there is a good chance you'd find it in caves，” said Jut Wynne，one of the researchers who noticed the features while working on a US Geological Survey Mars Cave Detection Program.
Jonathan Clarke，a geologist with the Mars Society of Australia，yesterday described the discovery as exciting.
One photo taken at night by an infrared imager(红外线成像器) showed one hole to be unusually warm，suggesting hot air trapped during the day is flowing out.
“Wow，that's a cave，” Dr.Clarke said excitedly.“People have been looking for these for a long time；now we have found them.”
He agreed such caves would be perfect places to hunt or life escaping from the bitterly cold，radiation?soaked(充满辐射的)，dry surface.
“Tiny drops of water could collect inside，” he said.“If there are gases coming out，they could provide energy for a whole range of bacteria.A cave is also a protection from radiation；the surface of Mars is exposed to high levels of space radiation.”
The caves probably formed when tube?shaped lava flows(管状岩浆流) spread across the planet long ago.The outside of the tubes cooled，forming solid walls，while something hotter inside allowed the remaining lava to flow out，forming caves.
1What does the passage mainly talk about?
A．How the caves were formed on Mars.
B．How scientists found these caves in Mars.
C．Caves on Mars may be full of hot air or a sign of life.
D．Scientists have completely recognized the surface of Mars.
2We can learn from the passage that______.
A．water has already been found on Mars
B．the scientists found all the caves at night
C．it is certain that there is life in these caves
D．the surface of Mars is latterly cold，radiation?soaked and dry
3According to the passage，Dr.Clarke was so excited because ______.
A．such caves could provide energy for life
B．they had finally found the caves on Mars
C．such caves would be perfect places to hunt for life
D．scientists had long been looking for these caves
4Necessary condition for life on Mars mentioned in the passage may include______.
A．lava and energy
B．water and radiation from space
C．gases and lava
D．water and protection from radiation
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科目：高中英语 来源：2012-2013学年四川省高一上学期期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Thousands of people have been killed in a massive(大规模的) earthquake in Japan. The quake -- the most powerful to hit Japan in more than 100 years -- caused massive damage and many people are missing and feared dead.
The 8.9 magnitude quake struck Friday(March 11) off Japan's eastern coast, and prompted(引发) tsunami warnings（海啸警报）across the Pacific as far away as South America and the U.S. West Coast. Several days after a 8.9-magnitude earthquake and resulting 10-meter-high tsunami devastated the coastline. The United States Geological Survey says it was the fifth largest earthquake since 1900. The largest, with a 9.5 magnitude, shook Chile(智利) in 1960.
In Japan, the tsunami swept away boats, cars and hundreds of houses in coastal areas north of Tokyo. The quake shook buildings in the Japanese capital and caused several fires. All train and subway traffic in Tokyo has been stopped, and thousands of people there were unable to get back home. People are just trying to find clean water. Food supplies are running out. In the convenience stores, there are no rice balls left. There is no bottled water left. People are facing a really serious situation in the days ahead for these people that are living in areas that were only moderately（普通的） damaged. The final death toll could range from the thousands to tens of thousands, depending on how many of these communities are gone.
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said the government would do everything it can to minimize（使降到最低） the effects of the disaster. And in Washington, President Obama said the United States is ready to help the people of Japan.
1.The underline word damage means_____________ in the article.
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A．illness |
B．disaster |
C．terror |
D．danger |
2.Which is true according to the passage?
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A．Thousands of people have been killed in a massive earthquake in Japan. |
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B．Only people in areas that were only moderately damaged are facing a really serious situation in the days. |
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C．The tsunami devastatednot only the coastline in Japan, but also the areas across the Pacific as far away as South America and the U.S. West Coast. |
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D．The massive earthquake caused the tsunami. |
3.According to the passage, which earthquake is the largest one since 1990 ?
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A．the one happened in Japan on March 11, 2011 |
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B．the one in Chile in 1960 |
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C．the fifth largest earthquake since 1900 |
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D．We don't know. |
4.If you're in Tokyo these days, what you can't get from the convenience store?
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A．newspapers and magazines |
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B．some medicine |
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C．paper napkins and toothpastes |
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D．rice balls and bottled water |
5.The passage can't be in/on __________.
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A．March 10th newspapers |
B．TV |
C． Internet |
D． Radios |
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科目：高中英语 来源：20102011学年江西省南昌市高二下学期期中考试英语试题 题型：阅读理解
The ocean bottom，a region nearly 2.5 times greater than the total land area of the Earth， is even today largely unexplored. Until about a century ago，the deep-ocean floor was completely inaccessible and hidden beneath waters averaging over 3，600 meters deep. Totally without light and subjected to intense pressures hundreds of times greater than at the Earth's surface，the deep-ocean bottom is a strange environment to humans，in some ways as forbidding and remote as the outer space.
Although researchers have taken samples of deep-ocean rocks for over a century，the first detailed global study of the ocean bottom did not actually start until 1968，with the beginning of the National Science Foundation's Deep Sea Drilling Project ( DSDP). Using techniques first developed for the offshore oil and gas industry，the DSDP's drill ship，the Glomar Challenger，was able to maintain a steady position on the ocean's surface and drill in very deep waters，taking samples of rock from the ocean floor.
The Glomar Challenger completed 96 voyages in a 15-year-research program that ended in November 1983. During this time，it sailed 600，000 kilometers and took almost
20，000samples of rocks around the world. Those samples have allowed geologists to reconstruct what the planet looked like hundreds of millions of years ago and to make out what it will probably look like millions of years in the future. Today，largely on the strength of evidence gathered during the Glomar Challenger's voyages，nearly all earth scientists agree on the theories of plate tectonics (构造学) and continental drift that explains many of the geological processes.
The samples of rocks drilled by the Glomar Challenger have also provided a climatic record stretching back hundreds of millions of years. The information of past climatic changes can be used to predict future climates.
1.The underlined word" inaccessible" in Line 3 means .
A. unrecognizable B. unreachable C. unusable D. unreasonable
2.Why does the author mention "outer space" in the first paragraph?
A.The Earth's climate millions of years ago was similar to that in outer space.
B.It is similar to the ocean floor in being strange to the humans.
C.Rock formations in outer space are similar to those found on the ocean floor.
D.Techniques used by scientists to explore outer space were similar to those used in ocean exploration.
3.Which of the following is TRUE of the Glomar Challenger?
A. It is a type of submarine. B. It is an ongoing project.
C. It has gone on over 100 voyages. D. It made its first DSDP voyage in 1968.
4.The Deep Sea Drilling Project was significant because it was .
A.an attempt to find new sources of oil and gas
B.the first extensive exploration of the ocean bottom
C.made up of geologists from all over the world
D.supported entirely by the gas and oil industry
5.Which is NOT mentioned in the passage as being a result of the Deep Sea Drilling Project?
A.Geologists were able to determine the Earth's appearance millions of years ago.
B.Two geological theories became more widely accepted by scientists.
C.Geologists observed forms of life never before seen.
D.Information was revealed about the Earth's past climatic changes.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2007年高考试题（福建卷）解析版 题型：阅读理解
Scientists have found what look like caves on Mars(火星),and say they could be protecting life from the planet’s terrible environment.
Images of the Mars caves from Northern
Arizona University
The first caves discovered beyond the Earth appear as seven mysterious black dots on the pictures sent back by NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter.Each as large as a football field,they may be openings into natural caves below the Martian surface.
“If there is life on Mars,there is a good chance you’d find it in caves,”said Jut Wynne,one of the researchers who noticed the features while working on a US Geological Survey Mars Cave Detection Program.
Jonathan Clarke,a geologist with the Mars Society of Australia,yesterday described the discovery as exciting.
One photo taken at night by an infrared imager(红外线成像器) showed one hole to be unusually warm,suggesting hot air trapped during the day is flowing out.
“I said:‘Wow,that’s a cave’,”Dr.Clarke said excitedly.“People have been looking for these for a long time;now we have found them.”
He agreed such caves would be perfect places to hunt for life escaping from the bitterly cold,radiation-soaked(充满辐射的),dry surface.
“Tiny drops of water could collect inside,”he said.“If there are gases coming out,they could provide energy for a whole range of bacteria.A cave is also a protection from radiation;the surface of Mars is exposed to high levels of space radiation.”
The caves probably formed when tube-shaped lava flows(管状岩浆流) spread across the planet long ago.The outside of the tubes cooled,forming solid walls,while something hotter inside allowed the remaining lava to flow out,forming caves.
1.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A.How the caves were formed on Mars.
B.How scientists found these caves on Mars.
C.Caves on Mars may be full of hot air or a sign of life.
D.Scientists have completely recognized the surface of Mars.
2.We can learn from the passage that _______.
A.water has already been found on Mars
B.the scientists found all the caves at night
C.it is certain that there is life in these caves
D.the surface of Mars is bitterly cold,radiation-soaked and dry
3.According to the passage,Dr.Clarke was so excited because _______.
A.such caves could provide energy for life
B.they had finally found the caves on Mars
C.such caves would be perfect places to hunt for life
D.scientists had long been looking for these caves
4.Necessary conditions for life on Mars mentioned in the passage may include _______.
A.lava and energy
B.water and radiation from space
C.gases and lava
D.water and protection from radiation
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