辽宁省沈阳市第三十五中学2016届高三十一月质量监测英语试题 Word版无答案.docVIP

沈阳市三十五中学2015-2016学年度上学期 高三年级十一月质量监测英语学科试卷 考试时间：90分钟 总分：120分 注意事项:1.本试卷分为第一卷和第二卷两部分，共7页，答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名，班级，考号写在答题纸及答题卡相应处。 2.作答时，1-40题涂在答题卡相对应的题号上。 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、CD)中,选出最佳选项。More than four decades ago British scientist Robert Edwards first witnessed the miracle of human life growing inside a test tube at his Cambridge lab. Since that ground-breaking moment, more than four million babies have been born through IVF and in 2010 his great contribution to science was finally recognized as he was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine. The prize for Dr. Edwards, who was given a Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Award in 2008, includes a ?900,000 check. The Nobel Assembly described IVF as a “milestone in modern medicine”. With the help of fellow scientist Patrick Steptoe, the Manchester-born physiologist developed IVF - leading to the birth of the world’s first test tube baby. Dr. Steptoe died 10 years later but their work has transformed fertility treatment and given hope to millions of couples. It was a scientific breakthrough that transformed the lives of millions of couples. They said: “His achievements have made it possible to treat infertility, a disease which makes human unable to have a baby. This condition has been afflicting a large percentage of mankind including more than 10% of all couples worldwide.” Louise Brown, the world’s first test tube baby, made international headlines when she was born in Oldham, Gtr Manchester, in 1978 to parents Lesley and John who had been fruitlessly trying for a baby since 1969. Ivf-in-vitro fertilization is the process whereby egg cells are fertilized outside the body before being implanted in the womb. After a cycle of IVF, the probability of a couple with infertility problems having a baby is one in five—the same as healthy couples who conceive naturally. Professor Edwards, who has five daughters and 11 grandchildren, began his research at Cambridge University in 1963, after r