2021年4月广东学位英语真题（A）（2）

        Passage Two

        Nowadays, children heavily cling to digial devices such as computers and smart phones,Some spend up to six hours a day on their digital devices. They ean be playing games online with people elsewhere, updating their status on social media, texting friends, or looking for the latest apps to download to their computers or smart phones.

        This worried Marin Strott. He is the headmaster of the Old Hall School in Wellington, England. He was so concemed that he challenged his students to take part in a week of "digital detox", a program to reduce their reliance on digital devices. Mr. Strott told the loeal newspaper, the Shropshire Star, that too much sereen time

        would affect the development of their social skils. At another interview with a magazine, he mentioned that this over-reliance on digital devices"takes away family time and reduces their chances of face-to-face communication”.

        The parents are happy with the program. But what about the children? Nine-year-old Fre dusually spends around two hours on his digital devices at home after school and around 12 hours on weckends. For him, the digital detox experience was “really hard". He said that he had been engaged in many interesting outdoor activities organized by the headmaster, but still missed his phone and online games.

        The idea of keeping children away from their digital devices for a while to prevent too much dependence on them is not particularly new. There have been similar practices in the United States. But are they effective in the long run? According to Mr. Strott, even if kids go back to their digital devices, the hope is that at least they will think about how they will use their time.

        16. According to Paragraph 1, what would children do when they cling to their digital devices?

        A. They would shop on social media.

        B. They would message their friends.

        C. They would develop the latest apps.

        D. They would do their homework online.

        17. What does the term “digital detox"(Para. 2) mean?

        A. Developing their social skills.

        B. Using digital devices skillfully.

        C. Spending less time on digital devices.

        D. Promoting the use of digital devices.

        18. The Shropshine Star is .

        A. a magazine

        B. a newspaper

        C. a learning app

        D. a digital device

        19. How did Fred feel about his "digial detox" experience? A.Tough.

        B. Ashamed.

        C. Enjoyable.

        D. Attractive.

        20. What is the passage mainly about?

        A. The functions of smart phones.

        B. An introduction to digital devices.

        C. The after-class activities for students.

        D. A project to prevent over-reliance on digital devices.

        Passage Three

        Scientist Wambugu works with farmers in Kenya, a country in East Africa. She helps themgrow bigger and better crops. She is especially interested in finding simple ways to produce more food.

        In the past ten years, she has spent much of her time studying sweet potatoes. They are an important food in her part of Kenya. A vinus kept attacking the plants. It stopped the sweet potatoes from growing properly. Some farmers, says Wambugu, lost three quarters of their crops because of the vinus. Even expensive chemicals and complicated machines could not eliminate the virus.

        Wambugu went to war against the virus. She searched for a weapon that could save the sweet potatoes. This led to a laboratory established in St. Louis, Missouri. The lab works on genes. Genes exist in the cells of living things and could tell a plant to produce pink flowers or an animal to grow black hair. Now scientists have found ways to move genes from one living thing to another. This process is called genetic engineering. By making use of it, Wambugu created a sweet potato plant that could fight against the virus. She tested her research in Kenya, and her plants produced magnificent sweet potatoes.

        That's just the beginning, the seientist believes. Genetically modified foods, she

        argues,could help farmers in poor countrics grow crops desperately needed."What farmers need" complicated machines — just create strong plants that farmers can grow simply, and fewer Wambugu says,"is technology that is packaged in the seed." No expensive chemicals, no pcople will go hungty.

        Nevertheless, eritics wam that it is dangerous to put genes into species where they do not belong. Because genes tell the cells in plants or animals how to grow, it is not known for sure how the mixing of genes will affect plants of animals in the long term. With that in mind, many people worry about the safety of genetically modified foods.

        21. What caused the loss of three quarters of sweet potatoes in Kenya?

        A. A vinus.

        B. A weapon.

        C. New technologics.

        D. Expensive chemicals. 

        22.What is genetic enginecring?

        A. A type of genetically modified food.

        B. A plant that can produce pink flowers.

        C. A laboratory where scientists do research.

        D. A technology to put the genes of one species into another.

        23. What concern do critics have about genetic engineering?

        A. More labor force is needed.

        B. Complex machines are required.

        C. The impact of mixed genes is still unknown.

        D. It is costly to use genetic engineering in farming.

        24. What did Wambugu do to help the farmers?

        A. She turned to the army for help.

        B. She created a new type of animals.

        C. She suggested a new way to pack the plants.

        D. She found a solution to the loss of sweet potatoes.

        25. This puassnge is prohabty from .

        A. a public speeeh

        B. a news report

        C. a business letter

        D. a commercial advertisement

        Passage Four

        Doctors say anger can be an exremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. They wam that anger ean lead to heart disease, stomach problems,

        headaches, emotional problems and breast cancer.

        Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time. Some people express anger openly in a caim and reasonable way. Others burst with anger, screaming and yelling. But still others keep their anger inside. They cannot or will not express it. This is called repressing anger.

        For years some doctors claim that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous, They say that in both situations the brain of an angry person releases the same hormones ( 荷 尔 蒙 ). They speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure or sugar level in the blood. As a result, the angry person feels excited and is ready to react. The violent reaction may lead to high blood pressure. However, some other doctors argue that repressing anger is more dangerous to a person's health than expresing it. They believe that those who keep their anger inside may face a greater danger of heart disease.

        Most doctors agree that it is important to learn how to deal with anger. They say the first step is to admit that you are angry and recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the

        cause is serious enough to get angry about. If so, do not express your anger immediately. Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably.They also believe that a good way to deal with anger is

        to find humor in the situation that has made you angry. After all, it is much healthier to laugh than to get angry.

        26. In Parngraph 2,“repressing" means .

        A. releasing

        B. suppressing

        C. expressing

        D. reasoning

        27. According to some doctors, .

        A. neither expressing nor repressing anger wovuild produce hormones

        B. expressing anger would produce lower level of hormones than repressing it

        C. expressing anger would produce the same level of hormones as repressing it

        D. expressing anger would produce higher level of hormones than repressing it

        28. The best way to deal with anger is .

        A. to scream and yell

        B. to keep anger inside

        C. to express anger calmly

        D. to joke about the annoying situation

        29. What is the best title for this passage? 

        A.Anger: A Normal Emotion

        B. The Ways to Express Anger

        C. Hormones: The Result of Anger

        D. Anger and the Ways to Cope with it

        30. What is the tone of this passage?

        A. Neutral.

        B. Negative.

        C. Emotional.

        D. Entertaining.Passage Two

        Nowadays, children heavily cling to digial devices such as computers and smart phones,Some spend up to six hours a day on their digital devices. They ean be playing games online with people elsewhere, updating their status on social media, texting friends, or looking for the latest apps to download to their computers or smart phones.

        This worried Marin Strott. He is the headmaster of the Old Hall School in Wellington, England. He was so concemed that he challenged his students to take part in a week of "digital detox", a program to reduce their reliance on digital devices. Mr. Strott told the loeal newspaper, the Shropshire Star, that too much sereen time

        would affect the development of their social skils. At another interview with a magazine, he mentioned that this over-reliance on digital devices"takes away family time and reduces their chances of face-to-face communication”.

        The parents are happy with the program. But what about the children? Nine-year-old Fre dusually spends around two hours on his digital devices at home after school and around 12 hours on weckends. For him, the digital detox experience was “really hard". He said that he had been engaged in many interesting outdoor activities organized by the headmaster, but still missed his phone and online games.

        The idea of keeping children away from their digital devices for a while to prevent too much dependence on them is not particularly new. There have been similar practices in the United States. But are they effective in the long run? According to Mr. Strott, even if kids go back to their digital devices, the hope is that at least they will think about how they will use their time.

        16. According to Paragraph 1, what would children do when they cling to their digital devices?

        A. They would shop on social media.

        B. They would message their friends.

        C. They would develop the latest apps.

        D. They would do their homework online.

        17. What does the term “digital detox"(Para. 2) mean?

        A. Developing their social skills.

        B. Using digital devices skillfully.

        C. Spending less time on digital devices.

        D. Promoting the use of digital devices.

        18. The Shropshine Star is .

        A. a magazine

        B. a newspaper

        C. a learning app

        D. a digital device

        19. How did Fred feel about his "digial detox" experience? A.Tough.

        B. Ashamed.

        C. Enjoyable.

        D. Attractive.

        20. What is the passage mainly about?

        A. The functions of smart phones.

        B. An introduction to digital devices.

        C. The after-class activities for students.

        D. A project to prevent over-reliance on digital devices.

        Passage Three

        Scientist Wambugu works with farmers in Kenya, a country in East Africa. She helps themgrow bigger and better crops. She is especially interested in finding simple ways to produce more food.

        In the past ten years, she has spent much of her time studying sweet potatoes. They are an important food in her part of Kenya. A vinus kept attacking the plants. It stopped the sweet potatoes from growing properly. Some farmers, says Wambugu, lost three quarters of their crops because of the vinus. Even expensive chemicals and complicated machines could not eliminate the virus.

        Wambugu went to war against the virus. She searched for a weapon that could save the sweet potatoes. This led to a laboratory established in St. Louis, Missouri. The lab works on genes. Genes exist in the cells of living things and could tell a plant to produce pink flowers or an animal to grow black hair. Now scientists have found ways to move genes from one living thing to another. This process is called genetic engineering. By making use of it, Wambugu created a sweet potato plant that could fight against the virus. She tested her research in Kenya, and her plants produced magnificent sweet potatoes.

        That's just the beginning, the seientist believes. Genetically modified foods, she

        argues,could help farmers in poor countrics grow crops desperately needed."What farmers need" complicated machines — just create strong plants that farmers can grow simply, and fewer Wambugu says,"is technology that is packaged in the seed." No expensive chemicals, no pcople will go hungty.

        Nevertheless, eritics wam that it is dangerous to put genes into species where they do not belong. Because genes tell the cells in plants or animals how to grow, it is not known for sure how the mixing of genes will affect plants of animals in the long term. With that in mind, many people worry about the safety of genetically modified foods.

        21. What caused the loss of three quarters of sweet potatoes in Kenya?

        A. A vinus.

        B. A weapon.

        C. New technologics.

        D. Expensive chemicals. 

        22.What is genetic enginecring?

        A. A type of genetically modified food.

        B. A plant that can produce pink flowers.

        C. A laboratory where scientists do research.

        D. A technology to put the genes of one species into another.

        23. What concern do critics have about genetic engineering?

        A. More labor force is needed.

        B. Complex machines are required.

        C. The impact of mixed genes is still unknown.

        D. It is costly to use genetic engineering in farming.

        24. What did Wambugu do to help the farmers?

        A. She turned to the army for help.

        B. She created a new type of animals.

        C. She suggested a new way to pack the plants.

        D. She found a solution to the loss of sweet potatoes.

        25. This puassnge is prohabty from .

        A. a public speeeh

        B. a news report

        C. a business letter

        D. a commercial advertisement

        Passage Four

        Doctors say anger can be an exremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. They wam that anger ean lead to heart disease, stomach problems,

        headaches, emotional problems and breast cancer.

        Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time. Some people express anger openly in a caim and reasonable way. Others burst with anger, screaming and yelling. But still others keep their anger inside. They cannot or will not express it. This is called repressing anger.

        For years some doctors claim that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous, They say that in both situations the brain of an angry person releases the same hormones ( 荷 尔 蒙 ). They speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure or sugar level in the blood. As a result, the angry person feels excited and is ready to react. The violent reaction may lead to high blood pressure. However, some other doctors argue that repressing anger is more dangerous to a person's health than expresing it. They believe that those who keep their anger inside may face a greater danger of heart disease.

        Most doctors agree that it is important to learn how to deal with anger. They say the first step is to admit that you are angry and recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the

        cause is serious enough to get angry about. If so, do not express your anger immediately. Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably.They also believe that a good way to deal with anger is

        to find humor in the situation that has made you angry. After all, it is much healthier to laugh than to get angry.

        26. In Parngraph 2,“repressing" means .

        A. releasing

        B. suppressing

        C. expressing

        D. reasoning

        27. According to some doctors, .

        A. neither expressing nor repressing anger wovuild produce hormones

        B. expressing anger would produce lower level of hormones than repressing it

        C. expressing anger would produce the same level of hormones as repressing it

        D. expressing anger would produce higher level of hormones than repressing it

        28. The best way to deal with anger is .

        A. to scream and yell

        B. to keep anger inside

        C. to express anger calmly

        D. to joke about the annoying situation

        29. What is the best title for this passage? 

        A.Anger: A Normal Emotion

        B. The Ways to Express Anger

        C. Hormones: The Result of Anger

        D. Anger and the Ways to Cope with it

        30. What is the tone of this passage?

        A. Neutral.

        B. Negative.

        C. Emotional.

        D. Entertaining.