20xx年高一英语新生入学考试题及答案(编辑修改稿)

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9。 s nothing．” Everything was going according to plan and I was getting excited．“ What will you do with it?” I asked．“ Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done．”“ I39。 ll buy it,” I said．“ What do you mean。 You‟ve just sold it to me,” he said．“ Yes, I know but I‟ve changed my mind． I39。 m sorry, I39。 ll give you twenty seven pounds for it．”“ Your must be crazy, ” he said． Then, suddenly the penny dropped．“ I know what you want． You want me to repair your chair．”“ You‟re right, ”I said．“ And what would you have done if I had walked in and said,‟Would you mend this chair for me I wouldn39。 t have agreed to do it,” he said．“ We don‟t do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble． But I‟ll mend this for you, shall we say for a fiver?” He was a very nice man and was greatly amused（感到有趣） by the whole thing． 1． We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer ________． A． was rather impolite B． was warmly received C． asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair D． asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair 2． The expression “ the penny dropped” in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper ________． A． changed his mind B． accepted the offer C． saw the writer‟s purpose D． decided to help the writer 3． How much did the writer pay? A．￡ 5． B．￡ 7． C．￡ 20． D．￡ 27． 4． From the text, we can learn that the writer was ________ A． honest B． careful C． smart D． funny B Have you ever dreamed of visiting a pla in the Milky Way （银河系） ? While the trip sounds exciting, it would take years and years to reach your destination． So in the future, bedtime for astronauts may be more than a few hours of regular shut eye． They would have to sleep for years． European researchers are now conducting hibernation experiments． The study may help them understand whether humans could ever sleep through the years it would take for a spaceflight to distant plas． If there was an effective technology, it could make deep space travel a reality, said Mark Ayre of the European Space Agency last month． What seems like a science fiction is not pletely unlikely． Researchers have been able to use chemicals to put living cells into a sleep like state where they don’ t age． They have now moved on to the small, non hibernating mammals （哺乳动物） like rats． A major challenge is the fact that cells can be very simple systems, whereas body ans are far more plex （复杂的）． It’ s like moving from a simple Apple puter to a superputer, said Marco Biggiogera, a hibernation researcher at Italy’ s University of Pavia． Just like bears and frogs, the hibernation of human beings would cause a person’ s metabolism （新陈代谢） to lower so they would need less energy． Medical research, however, is just half of a spaceflight hibernation system． There is a challenge of designing a suitable protective shelter （栖身所）． Such a shelter would provide the proper environment for hibernation, such as the proper temperature． It would also have to monitor （监控） life functions and serve the physiological needs of the hibernator． According to Ayre, the six person Human Outer Plas Exploration Mission （使命） to Jupiter’ s moon （木星的卫星） Call。