选修八基础测试
一、词汇
1. 不同；相异 v.______; 不同的 adj.________ ； adv.________ 2.使......刻骨铭心 ___________
3.不时；偶尔 __________ 4.使复生；使复活_________ 5.白费力气 _________ 6.缺点；不利条件_________
7.状况很好（坏）_________8.使失望；使沮丧________ 9.得到好结果；取得成功；偿清________
10.赞成；支持 ___________ 11. resist vt. _______ 12. merely adv. _______ 13. restore vt. ________
14. fairly adv. _______ 15. adore vt. _________ 16. reasonable adj. ________ 17. initial adj. ________
18. popularity n. ________ 19. be bound to ________ 20. object vi. _________
二、翻译
1. It is a way of making an exact copy of another animal or plant.
2. The fact is that these are both examples of natural clones.
3. Cloning plants is straightforward while cloning animals is very complicated.
4. Many attempts to clone mammals is very complicated.
5. The determination and patience of scientists paid off in 1996 with a breakthrough—the cloning of Dolly the sheep.
6. Dolly’s appearance raised a storm of objections and had a great impact on the media and public imagination.
7. Governments became nervous and more conservative.
8. Some governments began to reform their legal systems and forbade research into human cloning,but other countries like
China and the UK, continued to accumulate evidence of the abundant medical aid that cloning could provide.
三、阅读理解
A
Aerial(空中的) performer Jennifer Bricker was born without legs，but she never let it stop her.
Wrapped in a loop(圈) of red silk hung from the ceiling Jennifer Bricker climbs and twists to the music. Her head
hangs down and her strong arms let go as she balances on her back, a move high above the ground that's all the more daring
because she has no legs.
Jennifer was a few months old when she was adopted by Sharon and Gerald Bricker. She had big brown eyes, a bright
smile and huge amounts of energy. When a doctor advised her adoptive parents to carry her in a kind of bucket(桶), they
refused。
Jennifer soon learned to walk and run on her hands and bottom, and grew up fearlessly climbing trees and bouncing on
trampoline( 蹦床)with her three older brothers. "My parents didn't treat me differently so I didn’t grasp the concept that I
was different. I knew I didn't have legs but that wasn't stopping me from doing the things I wanted to do.
At the age of three she was fitted with artificial legs. but she never really took to them—she moved more freely
without them.
In 1996 the Olympic Games took place in Atlanta. Jennifer loved to watch the women's gymnastics team, and
especially adored 14-year-old Dominique Moceanu who competed for the US. When Moceanu and the women's team won
gold. Jennifer decided she was going to be a gymnast, too. She took up power tumbling, which involves performing floor
exercises down a runway. But Jennifer did not want any allowances to be made for her disability.
At the age of 10 she took part in the Junior Olympics and at age 11 she was tumbling champion of the state of Illinois.
Jennifer now travels around the world as an inspirational speaker and acts as an aerial performer.
1. What do we know about Jennifer Bricker?
A.She felt embarrassed without legs. B.She was brought up as a normal child.
C.She was carried in a bucket as a baby. D.She lost her legs when she was adopted.
2. Why did Jennifer determine to be a gymnast?
A. She knew that she was different from others. B.She wanted to make allowances for her disability.
C.She was eager to participate in the Junior Olympics D.She was greatly influenced by Dominique Moceanu.
3. Which of the following can best describe Jennifer Bricker?
A.Strong. B.Cautious C.Sensitive. D.Clever.
4. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The sufferings of a gymnast. B. The memory of an aerial performer.
C.The experiences of an adoptive family. D. The growing process of a disabled person.
B
Mothers of kids with disabilities might be more forgetful than other mothers, according to a new study. And mothers
with a strong support system, a sense of control and a history of regular exercise kept sharper than other mothers. However,
fathers of disabled children did not differ from fathers of non-disabled children in memory skills.
That's not surprising, considering past research which has shown that parents with disabled kids tend to feel more
stressed and to have more psychological problems like depression In the study, parents were tested on memory and fluency,
reasoning, working memory and the ability to switch their attention. Physical health, physical activity, depression, the sense
of control, social support and negative parenting experience were also included.
Mothers of disabled kids tended to be much more depressed. in worse physical health and to feel they had less of a
sense of control than mothers without disabled kids. For instance, 18 percent of mothers of disabled children reported
having been depressed in the 12 months prior to the study, compared with 7 percent of mothers without disabled kids.
Mothers of disabled children also had less support from friends than women without disabled children. Besides, among the
women with disabled children, being more educated and having more social support were linked to significantly better
memory and thinking.
Fathers with disabled kids had more negative parenting experiences than fathers whose kids were not disabled. The
researchers did not have information about the severity(严重性) to the children’s disabilities their ages,or any disabilities or
other health problems among the parents. They acknowledge in their report that because they only looked one point in time，
they cannot say whether raising a disabled child caused the memory differences they observed.
5. What is NOT included in the new study?
A. Memory and fluency. B. Working experience. C. Social support. D. Physical health
6. What is true of mothers of disabled kids?
A. They have sharper minds. B. They easily have physical problems.
C. They don't exercise at all D.They have no sense of control.
7. What can you know about the new study?
A.It doesn't involve fathers. B.It is mainly on physical disabilities.
C. It calls for further research. D. It is aimed at helping the disabled kids.
8. You can most possibly find the passage in a column(栏目)
A.business B.culture C.science D.lifestyle
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