B. What we can and can’t do with CRISPR.
C. Chinese scientists’ experiment of using CRISPR to edit human embryos. D. The advantages of CRISPR and arguments about its ethics. 62. According to the article, the technology of CRISPR ________.
A. is very safe because it only cuts the DNA it is looking for B. is banned in 42 countries and restricted in many others
C. could cause parents to make unwise choices for their children
D. could help us discover the link between DNA and the qualities it gives people 63. It can be concluded from the article that CRISPR ________.
A. could be helpful in the treatment of cancer and HIV B. allows scientists to edit genomes for the first time
C. is a technology that uses an enzyme to work on RNA and DNA
D. has proven to be the most effective way to protect children against diseases 64. What is the author’s attitude toward CRISPR?
A. Supportive. B. Worried. C. Negative. D. Objective.
D
My mother believed you could be anything you wanted to be in America. America was where all my mother’s hopes lay. She had come here in 1949 after losing everything in China. But she never looked back with regret. There were so many ways for things to get better.
―Of course you can be a prodigy, too,‖ my mother told me when I was nine. ―You can be best at anything.‖ We didn’t immediately pick the right kind of prodigy. At first my mother thought I could be a Chinese Shirley Temple. We’d watch Shirley’s old movies on TV as though they were training films. My mother would poke my arm and say, ―Ni kan‖ — You watch. And I would see Shirley tapping her feet, or singing a sailor song, or pursing her lips into a very round O while saying, ―Oh my goodness.‖
Soon after my mother got this idea about Shirley Temple, she took me to a beauty training school and put me in the hands of a student who could barely hold the scissors without shaking. Instead of getting big fat curls, I emerged with an uneven mass of crinkly black fuzz. My mother dragged me off to the bathroom and tried to wet down my hair.
―You look like Negro Chinese,‖ she lamented, as if I had done this on purpose.
In fact, in the beginning, I was just as excited as my mother, maybe even more so. I pictured this prodigy part of me as many different images, trying each one on for size. I was a dainty ballerina girl standing by the curtains, waiting to hear the right music that would send me floating on my tiptoes. I was Cinderella stepping from her pumpkin carriage with sparkly cartoon music filling the air.
In all of my imaginings, I was filled with a sense that I would soon become perfect. My mother and father would adore me. I would be beyond reproach. I would never feel the need to sulk for anything.
But sometimes the prodigy in me became impatient. ―If you don’t hurry up and get me out of here, I’m disappearing for good,‖ it warned. ―And then you’ll always be nothing.‖
Every night after dinner, my mother and I would sit at the Formica kitchen table. She would present new tests, taking her examples from stories of amazing children she had read and a dozen other magazines she kept in a pile in our bathroom. My mother got these magazines from people whose houses she cleaned. She would look through them all, searching for stories about remarkable children.
The first night she brought out a story about a three-year-old boy who knew the capitals of all the states and even most of the European countries. A teacher was quoted as saying the little boy could also pronounce the names of the foreign cities correctly.
―What’s the capital of Finland?‖ my mother asked me, looking at the magazine story.
All I knew was the capital of California, because Sacramento was the name of the street we lived on in Chinatown. ―Nairobi!‖ I guessed, saying the most foreign word I could think of. She checked to see if that was possibly one way to pronounce “Helsinki” before showing me the answer.
The tests got harder—multiplying numbers in my head, finding the queen of hearts in a deck of cards, trying to stand on my head without using my hands, predicting the daily temperatures in Los Angeles, New York, and London.
And after seeing my mother’s disappointed face once again, something inside of me began to die. I hated the tests, the raised hopes and failed expectations. Before going to bed that night, I looked in the mirror and when I saw only my face staring back—and that it would always be this ordinary face—I began to cry. Such a sad, ugly girl! I made high pitched noises like a crazed animal, trying to scratch out the face in the mirror.
And then I saw what seemed to be the prodigy side of me—because I had never seen that face before. I looked at my reflection, blinking so I could see more clearly. The girl staring back at me was angry, powerful. This girl and I were the same. I had new thoughts, willful thoughts, or rather thoughts filled with lots of won’ts. I won’t let her change me, I promised myself. I won’t be what I’m not.
65. The underlined word ―prodigy‖ in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________.
A. talent B. professor C. leader D. superstar 66. Why did the mother and the girl watch Shirley’s old movies on TV?
A. Because the mother was a fan of Shirley Temple.
B. Because Shirley Temple’s hairstyle was very popular among children. C. Because the girl resembled Shirley Temple in appearance.
D. Because the mother wanted her daughter to be a Chinese Shirley Temple. 67. How did the girl feel about the tests she did every night?
A. She felt confident and finished it smoothly. B. She got through the tests painfully. C. She failed the tests and began to lose confidence. D. She eventually sadly found herself ordinary and ugly. 68. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 13 mean?
A. The mother was not sure about the answer and wanted to confirm it. B. The mother expected her daughter to know the right answer. C. The answers were more than one and the mother checked them. D. The mother was disappointed and gave up her daughter. 69. What might happen after the last paragraph?
A. The girl might try her best to become famous and successful. B. The girl might do what she really likes.
C. The girl might do whatever her mother asks and becomes a different image. D. The mother might change her attitude and listen to her daughter’s words. 70. Which of the following can be the best title of the text?
A. Being Myself or Not B. Educational Failure C. Difficult American Childhood D. Mother’s Experience
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第四部分：任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
If your determination for the new year is typical, it probably includes a commitment to lose weight. But if you are like most Americans, any success you have cutting pounds will be short-lived, and you’ll end the year weighing more than you do right now.
So why are Americans addicted to weight loss? Many people say they want to lose weight to improve their health, but this may not actually be their primary motivation. In one of the more interesting surveys I’ve seen, more than three-fourths of the 231 dieters surveyed said that they would take a pill that would guarantee they would achieve or maintain their desired weight even if it would lower their life expectancy. On average, they were willing to give up 5.7 years.
These findings may seem puzzling, but they are not so surprising when you consider weight-loss attempts for what they really are: efforts to protect against weight-based discrimination.
Yale researchers have shown that weight discrimination in the US has increased dramatically in the last decade and is now comparable in prevalence (普遍) to rates of reported racial discrimination, especially among women.[来源:学.科.网Z.X.X.K]
Multiple studies have documented weight prejudice in employment, healthcare, education and public spaces – unequal treatment based on stereotyping (模式化) fat people as lazy, unmotivated, sloppy and lacking in self-control and competence.
When I was doing research for a book on the social understanding of fat, several heavy women told me they were often blamed for eating in public. Some tearfully shared stories of having had people actually throw food at them. Heavy women are routinely teased in advertisements, television and film.
Of course, there are genuine health risks associated with higher body mass. The clearest case is that of Type 2 diabetes, which becomes more likely as weight goes up.
It is clear that anti-fat prejudice in and of itself has a bad effect on public health in ways many may not suspect.
Fear of tease leads many heavier women to avoid exercising in public or even – when they are very heavy – to avoid leaving their homes, taking away social interaction from them. And the fear of becoming fat can lead women of all sizes to develop eating disorders that can reduce their lives and be dangerous to their health.
What should be done about weight-based discrimination? The answer is to call for increasing tolerance and appreciation of diverse body types.
This year, before setting about another diet, ask yourself why you want to lose weight. If it is to improve your health, perhaps you should focus on health-increasing behaviors that are more directly linked to health: swear, for example, to get more sleep, eat more fruits and vegetables, get regular physical activity, or spend more time with friends.
But if you are trying to change your body to protect against discrimination and shame, consider making a different kind of new year’s determination: to stand up to intolerance and prejudice in all its various forms. A puzzling phenomenon (72)___________ for Americans’ addiction to weight loss Americans are addicted to weight loss, though their efforts always end in (71)____________. ? They want to improve their health. Higher body mass poses risks to health. ? Americans lose weight primarily to protect against weight-based discrimination. ? Weight discrimination in the US has increased dramatically in the last decade, and it is quite common, (74)____________ with rates of reported racial discrimination. ? Fat people are (75)____________ treated in many ways, stereotyped as lazy, unmotivated, untidy, lacking in competence and unable to (76)____________ themselves. ? Antifat prejudice in and of itself has a bad effect on public health. Fear of tease leads many heavier women to avoid exercising in public and to be prevented from social interaction; The fear of becoming fat (77)____________ for women of all sizes developing eating disorders. Weight-based discrimination and its (73)___________ ? Tolerate and (79)____________ diverse body types. ? Focus on health-increasing behaviors if you are to improve your health. (78)___________ ? Make a different kind of determination, if you are to protect against discrimination and shame: to (80)____________ intolerance and prejudices, in all its various forms. 第五部分 书面表达 （满分 25分 ） 请阅读下面短文，并按要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。
The recent few years has seen a rise in the number of senior high school students ―advised‖
to remain in their classrooms at noon, doing lessons and then napping (小睡) at their desks. In some parts of Jiangsu Province, such practice has become a routine on campus since the Five Strict Stipulations was conducted.
17-year-old Zheng Gang responded to the Teens (21st Century) as follows. ―I used to be crazy about mobile games. Whenever I was alone, I would swipe on my smart phone for games. Now, however, things have changed for I have to stay in my classroom where the use of electronic devices is prohibited. And I find myself improved academically.‖
In contrast, Xue Pinting, a senior 3 student from Jinkou Senior High School, Zhenjiang, described her routine as a day-long torture. ―I can’t imagine my senior school life being so boring. Each day is burdened with endless school work. I couldn’t enjoy a second for rest with all my classmates around me. It seems as if I were in prison. ‖
In a survey regarding how the parents respond to the trend, 67% of the respondents hold that they stand up for the practice and they give various reasons spontaneously.
Zhao Yuntian, director of Nanjing School Health Centre, told China Daily that he is strongly opposed to the operation. ― Fitness is the first priority in school education. School administrators and teachers can’t get the so-called achievements at the cost of students’ health. When it comes to learning, what counts is how efficiently a student can learn rather than how long he or she sits at the desk.‖ 【写作内容】
1. 以约30个单词概述上述信息的主要内容； 2. 请用120字写出：
（1）分析上述现象产生的原因（至少两点）；
（2）作为高三学生，针对上述现象阐明你的态度（赞成或反对，至少给出两点理由）。 【写作要求】
1. 写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句； 2. 作文不能出现真实姓名和学校名称； 3. 不必写标题
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第一部分 听力（共两节，共20题，每题1分，满分20分） 1 - 20 CCACA
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第二部分 英语知识应用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分) 21-35 DBAAC
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第二节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分) 36-55 CDDBC
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第三部分 阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) 56-70 BDCDB
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第四部分：任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 71. failure
72. Reasons
73. consequences
74. compared
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unequally/unfairly 76. control fight
第五部分 书面表达 （满分 25分 ）
Text 1
M: Last night, I put my bike at the gate, but I can’t find it now.
W: It was in my way when I went to the garden, so I put it under the stairs. It’s still there. (1)
77. accounts 78. Solutions 79. appreciate 80. resist/
Text 2
W: Mr. Smith, why did you give me a zero on the math test? I know I got all of these answers right.
Look!
M: You did get the answers right, but you wrote them on the test sheet, not the answer sheet. You
left all the answer spaces blank. (2) You need to read the directions carefully.
Text 3
M: What did you put in this coffee? It tastes funny. (3)
W: It’s called Bulletproof coffee. I used butter instead of milk. M: I don’t think I like it.
W: It’s supposed to give you more energy. But I’ll make you a regular cup if you want.
Text 4 (推断题)
W: ―I used to love walking down these streets. Now, it feels like I’m a stranger in a child’s dream
somewhere!‖
M: All right, that’s a cut. Mandy, I love the emotion, but every time you say that last line, you look at
the camera. OK, again from the top...
Text 5
M: Excuse me! Don’t you know that you can turn right when the light is red? It’s just like being at a stop sign in that situation. You’re holding up traffic! W: Oh, I’m sorry. The laws are different in Montana… (5) Text 6
M: What’s that smell? Are you wearing a new perfume or something? (6) W: No, I don’t ever wear perfume.
M: OK, but that smell wasn’t here before we got in the car. What is it? It smells super fake and a little
sweet. Oh, there it is!
W: Yes! It’s in the shape of a tree! Don’t you love it?
M: Gosh, I can’t believe you got one of these! Not only does it make your car smell terrible, but it
looks so silly hanging from the mirror. People used to love these back in the 90s, along with their huge jeans in crazy colors.