2018年成人高考高起点英语考试冲刺试题及答案四（三）

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Like everyone else working at the Limerick nuclear-power(核能)plant，Stanley Watras had to pass through the monitors(监测器)before leaving the buildin9.Most of his co-workers.passed through without a problem，but Watras，an engineer，continually set off alarms(警报).Some days he was found to be carrying six times more radiation(辐射物)than normal.

Neither Watras nor his co-workers could understand where he was picking it up.

Then one day Watras went through the door at Limerick and turned and walked back through the monitors without ever entering the power block.Yet the machines still said he was carrying radiation.“If I wasn’t picking up radiation at work,there was only one place it could be coming from：my house.”

When scientists came to test the Watrases’home in the countryside，they found out what was the matter.The house contained so much radon(氡)that living in it for a year was like being exposed(暴露)to 260，000 chest X-rays.In the year the Watrases had spent there，they had increased their chances of getting lung cancer(癌症)by 13 or 14 percent.

The next day the Watrases took down their Christmas tree，put their clothes in some bags and moved into a nearby hotel.“It was terrible，”says Watras.

The owner of the Limerick plant took charge of dealing with the Watrases’radon problem as an experiment.Scientists studied every comer of the house.When the ground was dug up，they found that under the house there was a uranium(铀)-beating rock.

48.It was because________ that Stanley Watras was carrying six times more radiation than normal.

A.he worked at a nuclear—power plant

B.there was something wrong with the monitors

C.he lived in a house in the countryside

D.his house was built on a uranium-beating rock

答案：D

49.The monitors at the gates of the plant building gave alarms________.

A.only whell Watras was leaving the building

B.whenever Watras's co-workers were leaving the building

C.only when Watras was passing through one day

D.whenever Watras was passing through.Them

答案：D

50.Watras understood he was picking up radiation at.home as_________.

A.he always set off alarms when passing through the monitors

B.most of his co-workers passed through the monitors without problem

C.he proved one day he wasn’t picking up.radiation at work

D.scientists found out his house contained radiation

答案：C

五、补全对话(共5句;每句满分为3分，共l5分)

根据中文提示，将对话中缺少的内容写在线上。这些句子必须符合英语表达习惯。

打句号的地方，用陈述旬;打问号的地方，用疑问句。

提示：一女士与朋友到餐馆用餐，招待询问吃什么和要不要喝点什么，女士一一回

答，并问有什么特色菜。

Waiter：Good evening，Madam.How many persons are there in your party?

Lady：Three. 51 for three by the window?

Waiter：No problem.There's one over there. 52 to have?

Lady：We'd like three sandwiches, some vegetables and soup.

Waiter： 53 to start off with?

Lady：Yes，that's a good idea.Red wine，please.

Waiter： 54 ?

Lady：No, not yet.One of our friends hasn't arrived.What special do you have tonight?

Waiter：French steak.It's very nice.

Lady：It sounds good.OK， 55 .

答案：51.Could we have a table

答案：52.What would you like

答案：53.Would you like some wine

答案：54.Can we serve now

答案：55.we'll take it

六、书面表达(满分30分)

请根据以下要点写一篇短文，谈谈你对污染的看法。

1.污染问题目前已经相当严重，成为全球性问题，给人类和自然界的动植物造成了严重危害;

2.列举两至三种产生污染的原因及污染造成的严重后果;

3.列举两至三条治理污染的措施。

要求：要点完整，不要逐字翻译。词数：100左右。

答案：Today pollution has become a serious international problem.Our air，seas，rivers and land have been polluted by waste or poisonous things.Pollution does great harm not only to human beings but also to animals and plants.We can't have fresh air because many factories have poisonous smoke sent into the air and the cars give off waste gasses.We can't have clean water because factories have pumped their waste water into rivers，lakes and seas.It is said that strange diseases have appeared in some places because of pollution.I think the government can do something to stop pollution. For instance，it can reduce the production of cars and encourage to produce environment-friendly cars.The waste and waste water from factories must be treated properly before they are sent out.In this way we can improve our environment and live a healthier and happier life.