浙江省宁波中学2024-2025学年高一上学期12月月考英语试卷2.docx

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,21yearoldAlexanderMercierofOdessa,majoredinmathematicsandmicrobiology,whichleadshimtostartimportantresearchthatmaymakehimtheschool’sfirstRhodesScholar.

“IwouldsayIamstubborn,”explainedMercier,whocouldhearasearlyasSaturdayifhegetsthehonor.Hesaysthehonorisduetomorethanjustbrains.Instead,itwasdeterminationthatmadehimanacplishedpianist.Hesayshisbiggestnaturaltalentwasdrawingandhealsohasaloveofart.Butitwasmaththatattractedhimandhewouldn’tletgo.Hewasstudyinghowmathmayhelpcontrolthespreadofdiseases.

“Iwouldsleeponthecouchnexttotheputer,”hesaid.“Isawagapinepidemiological(流行病学的)researchinthestudyofhowdiseasesspread.Ididn’tknowatthetimethatitwouldbeeoneofthemostimportanttopicsintheworld.”

Whilehisworkistimelyandimportant,there’slotsofpetition.Elevenotherfinalistsfromthisregionofthecountryarealsovyingforthehonor.TheyattendschoolslikeMIT,StanfordandtheUniversityofChicago.

MercierowesittohisschoolthathecanhaveasgoodachanceasanyoftheothersandhefeelsthatUSFhaspreparedhimwell.Ifhedoesn’twinthehonorandgettostudyexpensefreeatOxford,hesayshe’llhavemanyoptions.“IwillcontinuetodotheworkthatIenjoyandthatIthinkwillbenefitpeople,”hesaid.

SomearesurprisedthatUSFhasn’thadapreviousRhodesScholar.However,manyschoolshaven’thadone.Only32areselectedeachyearfromacrossthenation.USFhasonlybeeninexistencesince1956.Bycontrast,thefirstclassesatOxfordwereheldin1096.

1.WhydidMercierchoosetomajorinmathematicsandmicrobiology?

A.Hesawitsbrightfuture. B.Hehasapassionformath.

C.Hewantstowinthehonor. D.Heistalentedinthisfield.

2.Whichexpressioncanbestreplacetheunderlinedphrase“vyingfor”?

A.Huntingfor. B