1辽宁省实验中学分校辽宁省实验中学分校 2015-20162015-2016 学年度学年度上学期阶段测试上学期阶段测试英语学科英语学科 高三年级高三年级 命题人：张瑞命题人：张瑞 校对人：崔志娇校对人：崔志娇第第 I 卷（选择题）卷（选择题）第一部分：听力（第一部分：听力（1-20 题略）题略）第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）分）第一节：（共第一节：（共 15 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2 分，满分分，满分 30 分）分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A,B,C,D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂上，卡上将该项涂上，从从 21 题开始涂卡。题开始涂卡。AWhen Charles Stratton was five, he stopped growing. His mother took him to see the famous showman, P. T. Barnum. Mr. Barnum thought a small person would be the perfect addition to his show. He hired Charles parents along with him, and they traveled the world together.He gave the two-foot-tall Charles a name, General Tom Thumb. He taught Tom how to sing, dance, act and tell jokes. When he felt Tom was ready to perform on stage, he made up ads. To stir up great interest, he said that Tom was eleven years old and had come from England.During the show, Tom fought battles pretendedly with tall people. He also danced upon a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall. Toms act was very popular and brought in a lot of money. By the time Tom was an adult, he had grown very rich. He had become a billionaire at the age of twenty five.Fortunately for Tom, Mr. Barnum added more little people to his show, and Tom became lucky in love as well. One of the little people was Lavinia Warren, a schoolteacher. Tom was able to win her love, and they married.The ceremony and reception were the talk of the town. They were attended by many rich and famous people and by about 2000 guests. Crowds filled the streets of New York to have a look at their tiny wedding marriage. The couple even met with President Abraham Lincoln on their honeymoon just before going to live in Toms house in Connecticut.Their wedding, which took place during the Civil War, provided a welcome escape from the sad problems of war. Not willing to let this bit of sunshine fade, communities throughout 2the country sponsored “Tom Thumb“ weddings. In these weddings, small boys and girls, all dressed up, went through marriage ceremony for fun.21The underlined words “talk of the town“ means_.A. it was in the newspaperB. it was the most popular topicC. people spread bad rumors about itD. it was discussed in a city meeting22What does the author think about Toms wedding?A. Tom and Lavinia were stupid.B. People gave it too much of their attention.C. It was funny and ridiculous.D. It helped people cheer up in a dark time.23What is the main idea of the last paragraph?A. Weddings always make people feel full of sunshine.B. People are always disappointed during war time.C. Entertainment can serve an important purpose.D. People should be married when they are small children.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 death. Clinical death occurs when the vital organs, such as the heart or lungs, have ceased to function, but have not suffered permanent damage. The organism can still be revived(复活). Biological death occurs when changes in the organism lead to the “breaking up” of vital cells and tissues. Death is then unchangeable and final.Scientists have been seeking a way to prolong the period of clinical death so that the organism can remain alive before biological death occurs. The best method developed so far involves cooling of the organism, combined with narcotic sleep. By slowing down the bodys metabolism(新陈代谢), cooling delays the processes leading to biological death.To illustrate how this works, scientists performed an experiment on a six-year-old female monkey called Keta. The scientist put Keta to sleep with a narcotic. Then they surrounded her body with ice-bags and began checking her body temperature. When it had dropped to 28 degrees the scientists began draining blood from an artery. The monkeys 3blood pressure decreased and an hour later both the heart and breathing stopped: clinical death set in. For twenty minutes Keta remained in this state. Her temperature dropped to 22 degrees. At this point the scientists pumped blood into an artery in the direction of the heart and started artificial breathing. After two minutes Ketas heart became active once more. After fifteen minutes, spontaneous(自发的)breathing began, and after four hours Keta opened her eyes and lifted her head. After six hours, when the scientists tried to give her a penicillin injection, Keta seized the syringe and ran with it around the room. Her behavior differed little from that of a healthy animal.24For a person who suffers from the clinical death, _.A. his most important organs are damaged.B. he still has the possibility of getting back to life.C. he can not avoid final death.D. he is still very much alive25Scientists try to make the time of clinical death longer in order to _.A. slow down the bodys metabolism.B. bring vital cells and tissues back to active life.C. cool the organis