小卷速测(十八) 语法填空+阅读B+D+任务阅读
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Ⅰ.[2019·金东区模考改编] 语法填空
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Albert Einstein was born on 14th March, 1879 in Germany. He was one of the greatest scientific 1.
(think) of all time. Einstein was not able to speak 2. three years old. He was curious and imaginative. He loved watching things 3. (careful) and asked a lot of questions about them. 4. is indeed hard for his teachers to answer those questions.
Einstein started school in 1885. Though he worked hard, he still failed in some subjects 5. history, geography and languages. He wasn't the teachers' favorite. He finished high school in Switzerland and 6.
(enter) a university in Zurich. He graduated as a teacher of math and physics in 1900.
After graduation, Einstein worked at the Patent Office. He spent much time 7. (study) physics. By 1909, he had become the top scientist. He became successful in the field of physics 8. he still put great effort in his research. In 1921 he 9. (give) the Nobel Prize in Physics.
People thought Einstein was 10. (smart) man in the world.
Ⅱ. 阅读理解
Passage 1 [2019·浙江省高二学考]
NOT all memories are sweet. Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad experiences. Violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars. Often they relive these experiences in nightmares.
Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories. The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience. They hope it might reduce, or possibly erase(抹去) the effect of painful memories.
In November, experts tested a drug on people in the US and France. The drug stops the body releasing chemicals that fix memories in the brain. So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased.
The research has caused a great deal of argument. Some think it is a bad idea, while others support it.
Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers' troubling memories after war. They say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories.
“Some memories can ruin people's lives. They come back to you when you don't want to have them in a daydream or nightmare. They usually come with very painful emotions,” said Roger Pitman, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. “This could relieve a lot of that suffering.”
But those who are against the research say that changing memories is very dangerous because memories give us our identity(特质). They also help us all avoid the mistakes of the past.
“All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were horrible at the time but make us who we are. I'm not sure we want to wipe those memories out,”said Rebecca Dresser, a medical ethicist(伦理学家).
1.The drug tested on people can . ( )
A.cause the brain to fix memories
B.stop people remembering bad experiences
C.prevent bodies producing certain chemicals
D.wipe out the emotional effects of memories
2.We can infer from the passage that . ( )
A.people doubt the effects of the pills
B.the pill will stop people's bad experiences
C.taking the pill will do harm to people's health
D.the pill has probably been produced in America
3.Which of the following does Rebecca Dresser agree with? ( )
A.Some memories can ruin people's lives.
B.People want to get rid of bad memories.
C.Experiencing bad events makes us different from others.
D.The pill will reduce people's sufferings from bad memories.
