专业英语四级（阅读）模拟试卷313
选择题
(1) If our solar system has a Hell, it\’s Venus. The air is choked with foul and corrosive sulfur, heaved from ancient volcanoes and feeding acid clouds above. Although the second planet is a step farther from the sun than Mercury, a runaway greenhouse effect makes it hotter indeed. It\’s the hottest of the eight planets, a toasty 900 degrees Fahrenheit of baking rocky flats from the equator to poles. All this is under a crushing atmospheric pressure 90 times that of where you\’re sitting now. From the earthly perspective, it\’s a dead end. It must be lifeless.
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1.Venus is the hottest of all the eight planets in the solar system because________.(D)
A. it is not so close to the sun as Mercury
B. many volcanoes spread the whole planet
C. it is covered by a thick layer of cloud
D. greenhouse effect is uncontrollable on it
解析：细节理解题。由题干定位到第一段“The air is choked with foul and corrosive sulfur, heaved from ancient volcanoes and feeding acid clouds above. Although the second planet is a step farther from the sun than Mercury, a runaway greenhouse effect makes it hotter indeed.”，由此得知，金星的空气中充满了从古老的火山喷发出来的难闻且具有腐蚀性的硫黄，形成了酸性云层。尽管第二颗行星即金星比水星离太阳远，但极端的温室效应使它更热。这表明金星之所以最热是因为极端的温室效应，故D为正确答案。选项A“它没水星离太阳近”在本段提及，但不是根本原因，故排除。选项B“金星上遍布火山”和选项C“金星被厚云层覆盖”，都在文中提及，但与选项D相比，并不是导致金星最热的根本原因，故排除。
2.It can be inferred from the passage that the small group of advanced life forms on Earth believes that________.(B)
A. life could exist in hot environment
B. life could exist without water
C. there are still lives on Venus
D. there used to be lives on Mars
解析：推理判断题。由题干定位到第三段和第四段。第三段提到“Yet a small group of advanced life-forms on Earth…bizarre microbial ecosystems might have once populated Venus and in fact，may be there still.”，由此得知，有小部分研究人员认为微生物生态系统可能曾经在金星上存在过，且可能仍然还存在。第五段提到“Human experience instructs that liquid water，preferably lots of it is essential for life.”，由此可知，液态水是生活必需品。由以上两处信息可以推断出，那些研究人员认为金星上没有水，但也存在生命，即生命没有水也能存在，与选项B相符，故B为正确答案。因为本题是推理判断题，选项内容不能是原文中直接提到的信息，故排除C。本句提到可能金星上现在还存在微生物生态系统，并不是火星上，故排除D。文章一直讨论的是水和生命的问题，并没有关注温度因素，故排除选项A。
3.What do we learn from the passage about Venus and Mars?(C)
A. The atmospheric pressure of Venus is stronger than that of Mars.
B. Venus attracts more attention and funding than Mars.
C. Venus is closer to the sun than Mars.
D. Venus looks more beautiful than Mars.
解析：推理判断题。由题干定位到第一段。第一段开头提到the second planet is a step farther from the sun than Mercury，由此得知，水星离太阳最近，金星比它离太阳远一点，所以金星比其他几个行星离太阳都近，其中包括火星，与选项C相符，故C为正确答案。第一段结尾提到“All this is under a crushing atmospheric pressure 90 times that of where you’re sitting now.”，比较了金星和地球的atmospheric pressure，而不是金星和火星，故排除A。第五段结尾提到“Attention and then funding follow the water: Three more landers will depart for Mars this spring…”，由此可见，除了上文提到的研究者对水的关注，还有其他关注和资金赞助：今年春天，还有三个登陆者将启程前往火星。选项B“金星比火星获得更多关注和资金资助”与本句信息不符，故排除。选项D“金星比火星漂亮”在文中并未提及，故排除。
(1) Patients and doctors have long understood the power of telling and listening to personal narratives. Whether among patients in peer support groups or between doctors and patients in the exam room or even between doctors during consultations, stories are an essential part of how we communicate, interpret experiences and add new information to our lives.
(2) Despite the existence of storytelling in medi
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