120162016 届辽宁省实验中学分校高三上学期届辽宁省实验中学分校高三上学期 1212 月月考英语试卷月月考英语试卷一、阅读理解（共一、阅读理解（共 4 小题）小题）1.阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中（A、B、C 和 D） ，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWhen Charles Stratton was five, he stopped growingHis mother took him to see the famous showman, PTBarnumMr. Barnum thought a small person would be the perfect addition to his showHe hired Charles parents along with him, and they traveled the world togetherHe gave the two-foot-tall Charles a name, General Tom ThumbHe taught Tom how to sing, dance, act and tell jokesWhen he felt Tom was ready to perform on stage, he made up adsTo stir up great interest, he said that Tom was eleven years old and had come from EnglandDuring the show, Tom fought battles pretendedly with tall peopleHe also danced upon a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tallToms act was very popular and brought in a lot of moneyBy the time Tom was an adult, he had grown very richHe had become a billionaire at the age of twenty fiveFortunately for Tom, Mr. Barnum added more little people to his show, and Tom became lucky in love as wellOne of the little people was Lavinia Warren, a schoolteacherTom was able to win her love, and they marriedThe ceremony and reception were the talk of the townThey were attended by many rich and famous people and by about 2000 guestsCrowds filled the streets of New York to have a look at their tiny wedding marriageThe couple even met with President Abraham Lincoln on their honeymoon just before going to live in Toms house in ConnecticutTheir wedding, which took place during the Civil War, provided a welcome escape from the sad problems of warNot willing to let this bit of sunshine fade, communities throughout the country sponsored “Tom Thumb“ weddingsIn these weddings, small boys and girls, all dressed up, went through marriage ceremony for fun1The underlined words “talk of the town“ means_Ait was in the newspaper2Bit was the most popular topicCpeople spread bad rumors about itDit was discussed in a city meeting2What does the author think about Toms wedding?ATom and Lavinia were stupidBPeople gave it too much of their attentionCIt was funny and ridiculousDIt helped people cheer up in a dark time3What is the main idea of the last paragraph?AWeddings always make people feel full of sunshineBPeople are always disappointed during war timeCEntertainment can serve an important purposeDPeople should be married when they are small children2. BDeath is natural, but do you have any idea of the process of dying? Modern scientists divide the process of dying into two phases - clinical or temporary death and biological deathClinical death occurs when the vital organs, such as the heart or lungs, have ceased to function, but have not suffered permanent damageThe organism can still be revived(复活)Biological death occurs when changes in the organism lead to the “breaking up” of vital cells and tissuesDeath is then unchangeable and finalScientists have been seeking a way to prolong the period of clinical death so that the organism can remain alive before biological death occursThe best method developed so far involves cooling of the organism, combined with narcotic sleepBy slowing down the bodys metabolism(新陈代谢), cooling delays the processes leading to biological deathTo illustrate how this works, scientists performed an experiment on a six-year-old female monkey called KetaThe scientist put Keta to sleep with a narcoticThen they surrounded her body with ice-bags and began checking her body temperatureWhen it had dropped to 28 degrees the scientists began draining blood from an arteryThe monkeys blood pressure 3decreased and an hour later both the heart and breathing stopped: clinical death set inFor twenty minutes Keta remained in this stateHer temperature dropped to 22 degreesAt this point the scientists pumped blood into an artery in the direction of the heart and started artificial breathingAfter two minutes Ketas heart became active once moreAfter fifteen minutes, spontaneous(自发的)breathing began, and after four hours Keta opened her eyes and lifted her headAfter six hours, when the scientists tried to give her a penicillin injection, Keta seized the syringe and ran with it around the roomHer behavior differed little from that of a healthy animal1For a person who suffers from the clinical death, _Ahis most important organs are damagedBhe still has the possibility of getting back to lifeChe can not avoid final deathDhe is still very much alive2Scientists try to make the time of clinical death longer in order to _Aslow down the bodys metabolismBbring vital cells and tissues back to active lifeCcool the organismDdelay the coming of biological death3 How did the scientists put Keta into clinical death?ABy putting her to sleep, lowering her temperature and draining her bloodBBy surrounding her body with ice-bags and draining her bloodCBy lowing her blood pres