A．To warn the negative effects of plant cloning. B．To show different kinds of plant cloning. C．To predict the future of plant cloning. D．To introduce the advantages of plant cloning.
解析：选D 写作目的题。文章的第二、三、四段都是在介绍植物克隆的好处，所以本文的目的是介绍植物克隆的好处。
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The world-famous British Museum has a secret: a hidden study where anyone can request private viewings of prints and drawings by Rembrandt, Michelangelo and more.
On the fourth floor of the British Museum, in a quiet corner, is an ordinary door. I first opened the door a few years ago, and was shown into a room with a glass ceiling and cabinets filled with cardboard boxes. Those boxes hold Britain’s national collection of prints and drawings.
Studying a work of art in your own time at a desk is a very different experience from looking at it in a museum or a gallery. It is much closer to how the artists themselves would have viewed their work. I was drawn into the images, which still felt fresh and immediate decades after their creation.
I asked the archivist if I could see Michelangelo’s ink drawing of a philosopher. The drawing shows a bearded man holding a round object: perhaps a rock or a glass ball. That the drawing was unfinished made it more interesting. Was the drawing an old man thinking about death, an alchemist weighing a fresh piece of gold, or a philosopher turning over the stone of knowledge?
I looked at it until the archivist told me they were about to close for the day. Since that first visit, I have gone back to the study room several times, usually to look at the works from the period I was researching. Very occasionally I asked for
the
Michelangelo
drawing.
Although_I_know_that_it_prefers_to_be_in_the_dark,_I_also_like_to_think_that,_every_now_and_then,_it_enjoyed_being_looked_at.
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。世界著名的大英博物馆有一个秘密：一个隐藏的书房，在那里任何人可以请求欣赏伦勃朗、米开朗基罗等人的绘画和素描。 12．The secret study in the British Museum ________. A．is not eye-catching among various reading rooms B．is open only to those who do research on works of art
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C．is a special room for showing private paintings D．contains the British collection of all drawings
解析：选A 推理判断题。根据第一段及第二段第一句中的“in a quiet corner, is an ordinary door”可知，这个书房很隐秘且不易被发现和注意到。故选A。
13．What’s the advantage of visiting the study according to the author? A．The drawings there are completely fresh. B．Visitors don’t need to speak to each other.
C．Drawings are appreciated at a desk instead of on a wall. D．Viewers get close to works physically and mentally.
解析：选D 推理判断题。根据第三段第二句可知，一个人在秘密书房里欣赏名家作品既可以近观作品，也能从内心上更接近艺术家。故选D。
14．What can we learn from the underlined sentence in the last paragraph? A．The Michelangelo drawing is usually kept from being shown. B．The author is deeply attracted by the Michelangelo drawing. C．The author has a dialogue in spirit with the Michelangelo drawing. D．The Michelangelo drawing has a special value for the author’s research. 解析：选B 句意理解题。根据本句中的“Although”引导让步状语从句以及第三段最后一句“I was drawn into the images, which still felt fresh and immediate decades after their creation.”可知，作者知道米开朗基罗的作品是藏品，但偶尔还是想拿出来欣赏。由此可推知，作者被他的作品深深吸引。故选B。
15．What can we infer from the passage?
A．The author is a historian studying famous people in different periods. B．The British Museum tends to offer visitors a fair chance.
C．The author visited the study mainly because she admired Michelangelo. D．The drawings by Michelangelo are too difficult for viewers to understand. 解析：选B 推理判断题。根据第一段中的“anyone can request private viewings of prints and drawings by Rembrandt, Michelangelo and more”可推知，大英博物馆为每人都提供公平的机会。故选B。
Ⅱ.阅读七选五
Too often an inappropriate view gets around us that it is our physical conditions that make us happy or unhappy. As a consequence, physical conditions have been overstated.
__1__， that is, good standard of living, high goals that we want to obtain, surrounding ourselves with a nice house, nice car, nice clothes, etc. __2__. But
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many times once we obtain our goals and are surrounded by what we thought would make us happy, we are still unhappy.
Also on the other end of the stick, many, many people are unhappy now, because they have not obtained their goals and __3__， which, consequently, adds to their dissatisfaction with life.
So this is why so many people keep themselves for most of their lives in a state of “incompleteness” and unhappiness, and this is why so many super successful people still aren’t happy. The reason is that __4__. They think that the Universe should give them what they want first and then they’ll be happy. But that just puts a barrier in between them and happiness because of the way the Universe is set up.
The message here is to understand that your desires tell you where you want to put your focus in your life, however, __5__. You make yourself happy from the inside out, not the outside in. Do not require certain conditions be met for your happiness, because it won’t work anyway.
A．We have different ways to get what really makes us happy B．they don’t have what they want in life
C．We set out to get happy by trying to control all the wonderful conditions around ourselves
D．they are never there to be found in life
E．they should not control your happiness in this moment F．We may think this is the key to our happiness G．they don’t realize how to get happy
语篇解读：本文是一篇议论文。本文谈论的是人们认为的幸福实际上并没有给人们带来幸福，作者就如何才能得到真正的幸福提出了自己的观点。 1．选C 根据上文中的“physical conditions”及下文中的“good standard of living ...nice clothes”可知，C项“我们通过努力掌控我们身边美好的物质条件来获取幸福”与上文相呼应，与“that is”后面的解释也一致。故选C。
2．选F 根据语境可知，很多时候当我们拥有了良好的生活标准，实现了我们想要的目标，拥有了漂亮的房子、车子、衣服时，我们可能就认为这是幸福的关键所在了。F项“我们可能会认为这就是幸福的关键了”衔接上文，并与下文构成转折，符合语境。故选F。
3．选B 根据语境可知，此处分析了不快乐的人的心理。根据“because they have not obtained their goals”可知，许多人不快乐是因为没有达到目标，and连接和前面并列的内容。B项“他们没有拥有生活中想要的”也是人们不快乐的原因，并且和下文联系紧密。故选B。
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