2017届增城区高中毕业班调研测试英语试题.doc

2017届增城区高调研试 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 ? 第Ⅰ卷 注意事项： 1. 答第I卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2. 选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。 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。 A You probably know Thomas Edison, the most famous inventor in the world, but do you know who are those with the highest IQ ever recorded? Born in America in 1898，William was an extraordinary boy, gifted with an amazing IQ between 250 and 300.The genius went to a grammar school when he was only 6 years old and graduated just within 7 months. At the age of 11，he became the youngest student of Harvard University. He graduated with high scores at the age of 16 and entered Harvard Law School at 18. Gifted with an amazing IQ between 220 and 230，Terence Tao makes it to this list of the people with the highest IQ in the world. Born in Adelaide, Australia in 1975，this genius first displayed his incredible intelligence at a mere age of 2，when he managed to solve basic arithmetic questions on his own. At the age of 16，he graduated with both Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees at Flinders University. He has been considered as “Mr. Fix it ” by Charles Fefferman, who is a professor of Mathematics at Princeton University, and many other mathematicians want to interest him in their problems. This 31-year-old Japanese-American astrophysicist lands him third in this list. At the age of 12，Christopher Hirata already worked on college-level courses, around the time most of us were just in the 7th grade. At the age of 13，this gifted kid became the youngest American to have ever won the gold medal in the International Physics Olympiad. At the age of 16，he was already working with NASA on its project to conquer planet Mars. After he was awarded the Ph.D. at Princeton University, he went back to California Institute of Technology. The next person with very high IQ is Albert