浙江省宁波中学2024-2025学年高一上学期12月月考英语试卷（含答案）.pdfVIP

2024宁波中学高一上12月月考英语试卷

第一节阅读理解(共12题，每小题2.5分，满分30分)

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TAMPA,Fla,—AtUSF,21-year-oldAlexanderMercierofOdessa,majoredinmathematicsand

microbiology,whichleadshimtostartimportantresearchthatmaymakehimtheschool’sfirstRhodesScholar.

“IwouldsayIamstubborn,”explainedMercier,whocouldhearasearlyasSaturdayifhegetsthehonor.He

saysthehonorisduetomorethanjustbrains.Instead,itwasdeterminationthatmadehimanaccomplishedpianist.

Hesayshisbiggestnaturaltalentwasdrawingandhealsohasaloveofart.Butitwasmaththatattractedhimand

hewouldn’tletgo.Hewasstudyinghowmathmayhelpcontrolthespreadofdiseases.

“Iwouldsleeponthecouchnexttothecomputer,”hesaid.“Isawagapinepidemiological(流行病学)

researchinthestudyofhowdiseasesspread.Ididn’tknowatthetimethatitwouldbecomeoneofthemost

importanttopicsintheworld.”

Whilehisworkistimelyandimportant,there’slotsofcompetition.Elevenotherfinalistsfromthisregionof

thecountryarealsovyingforthehonor.TheyattendschoolslikeMIT,StanfordandtheUniversityofChicago.

MercierowesittohisschoolthathecanhaveasgoodachanceasanyoftheothersandhefeelsthatUSFhas

preparedhimwell.Ifhedoesn’twinthehonorandgettostudyexpense-freeatOxford,hesayshe’llhavemany

options.“IwillcontinuetodotheworkthatIenjoyandthatIthinkwillbenefitpeople,”hesaid.

SomearesurprisedthatUSFhasn’thadapreviousRhodesScholar.However,manyschoolshaven’thadone.

Only32areselectedeachyearfromacrossthenation.USFhasonlybeeninexistencesince1956.Bycontrast,the

firstclassesatOxfordwereheldin1096.

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