湛江市第二中学2023-2024学年第一学期学段一 高二级 英语试卷 (答题时间：120分钟，总分：150分) 第一部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分50分) 第一节(共15小题：每小题2.5分，满分37.5分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D选项中选出最佳答案。 A We’ve got a list of teen scientists from a variety of fields. Jack Andraka Jack Andraka created a biosensor for cancer that he says is 168 times faster, 26,667 times less expensive and 400 times more sensitive than technology nowadays. He’s the youngest person to have spoken in front of the Royal Society of Medicine. Taylor Wilson Taylor Wilson was the youngest person to achieve nuclear fusion (核聚变). He was inspired by The Radioactive Boy Scout, a novel in which a kid tries and fails to build a nuclear reactor. Taylor thought he could do better. Long story short, he wanted to build a small nuclear reactor. And he did it at the age of fourteen. He received a Thiel Fellowship, which gave him $100,000 to work on his own research. Sara Volz Sara Volz performed experiments in which she grew algae based on their oil output for the purpose of growing them as biofuel (生物燃料). This research is especially important as the world continues to search for a way to lessen our dependence on non-renewable energy. She won the top prize of $100,000 in the Intel Science Talent Search. Daniel Burd Plastic usually takes thousands of years to decompose (降解), but this high school student Daniel Burd managed to do it in three months. In an experiment, he mixed plastic bags and a special kind of dirt together, and found that they did decompose faster. He then performed tests to find the bacteria responsible for decomposing the plastics. His solution only produces water and small amounts of carbon dioxide. He says it could easily be used elsewhere. 1. Who designed a medical instrument A. Sara Volz. B. Daniel Burd. C. Jack Andraka. D. Taylor Wilson. 2. What excited Taylor Wilson’s interest in his invention A. A novel by a kid. B. Plastic pollution. C. Energy shortage. D. A scientific novel. 3 What do we know about Daniel Burd’s invention A. It won him a $100000 prize. B. It is environmentally friendly. C. It was completed in four months. D. It is widely used for everyday waste. B The family of a 6-year-old adopted Chinese girl who badly needs a bone marrow transplant (骨髓移植) believes they have found a match in China. Kailee Wells suffers from a serious aplastic anemia (再生障碍性贫血), which prevents bone marrow from producing new blood cells. She has taken courses of treatment but has shown little sign of recovery. The best help for such patients is a transplant of healthy marrow or blood cells from a suitable donor. Certain tissue of the patient and the donor must match. Kailee’s mother, Linda Wells, made her second trip to China earlier this month to find a donor. Her husband, Owen Wells, said that his wife believed doctors there had found a match. “For these last 22 months, we’ve been living in fear that Kailee would take a turn ... ...
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