辽宁省沈阳铁路实验中学2017届高三上学期假期作业验收测试英语试题含答案

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1、沈阳铁路实验中学2016-2017学年度上学期暑假验收考试高三英语时间：100分钟满分：120分本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。考试结束，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第I卷第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节《共15小题；每小题2分■满分30分》阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AImaginebeingface-to-facewithawoollymammoth（猛3马）.Itwouldbequiteas

2、ight.Scientistsbelieveitwouldtowerat11feettall.Thewoollymammothwouldhaveapowerfultrunkandsharptusksthatstretchupto10feet.Itsthickhairwouldbeuptothreefeetlong.Itwouldweighsixtons—aboutasmuchasabus.You'veprobablyneverseenagiantfurryelephantbefore・Actua

3、lly,youdefinitelyhaven't.Thespecieshasbeenextinctforthousandsofyears.Butafewyearsfromnow,youmightbeabletoseeawoollymammothforyourself.Scientistsbelievetheyhavethetechnologytorecreateone・AteamofSouthKoreanandRussianscientistsplantocloneawoollymammoth.

4、Howwilltheydoit?SeveralwoollymammothbodieshavealreadybeendiscoveredinSiberia,anicyregioninRussia.Thescientistsplantotakecellsfromthesefrozenmammoths.Thescientistsbelievethewholeprocesswilltakefiveyears・Manyscientistsandanimalloverscantwait.Itwillbeso

5、exciting,theythink,tobeabletobringbacktolifeacreaturethathasbeenextinctfrothousandsofyears.Peoplewouldtravelfromaroundtheworldforthechancetoseeawoollymammoth.Byobservingthewaythecreaturelooksandacts,scientistsmightmakebrand-newdiscoveriesaboutthehist

6、oryofanimallife.Otherexpertsaren9tsosureaboutthewoollymammothproject.Onebigquestioniswhattodowithamammoth.TheEarthhaschangedinthethousandsofyearssincetheseanimalsroamedtheplanet.Wherewouldthecreaturelive,andwoulditbeabletosurviveintodaysclimate?Thent

7、here^sthecost:somebelievethatthemoneybeingspentontheexperimentcouldbebetterspentonotherimportantscientificprojects,suchasfightingdiseases.ButtheSouthKoreanandRussianscientistsarestickingtotheirplan.Theyadmittheyhaveabigchallengeahead・Thereisnoguarant

8、eethattheywillsucceed,butthey'rehopeful.1.Whatdoweknowaboutawoollymammoth?A・Ithasshorthair.B.Ithasaheavybuild・C.Ithassix-foot-longlegs.D・Ithasathree-foot-longtrunk・2.Thewoollymammothprojectreferstotheplanto・A・searchfortheanimalB.clonetheextinctanimal