专业英语八级（阅读）模拟试卷192
选择题
(1)Humans are damaging the planet at an unprecedented rate and raising risks of abrupt collapses in nature mat could spur disease, deforestation or \\
1.The previous study of autism has shown the following EXCEPT that _____.(A)
A. autistic children have extraordinarily large brains
B. children’s medical records might contain useful information
C. biological treatment could be applied to cure autism
D. we can guess some information from abnormal growth pattern
解析：第3段首句指出10％-30％的野生动物濒临灭绝，接着论述由于增长的资源需求给生命多样性带来不可逆转的损失。因此，选A。
2.The word \\(D)
A. accidentally
B. frequently
C. orderly
D. quickly
解析：该段首句提到，很多生态系统如果以一种可持续方式发展会更有价值，紧接着举了两个例子，最后总结出，生态系统及其服务是有经济价值的，破坏它等于经济自杀，故这两个例子是证明保护生态系统的经济价值，选D。
3.The attitude of Dr. Lainhart towards the new findings is _____.(B)
A. positive
B. indifferent
C. neutral
D. negative
解析：根据全文内容可知该项报告简述了人类活动给生态环境造成的破坏。第2段第2句指出该评估报告的核心是警告，最后一段呼吁人类认识到可持续发展的重要性，因此选B。A、C有迷惑性，该报告确实是关于人类对生态系统的破坏，但提出报告的目的是要呼吁保护环境，因而此类主旨题不能局限在表层论述，而要挖掘深层含义。
4.What does the new study connect autism with?
Deforestation．
解析：根据题目中的rainfall定位到倒数第3段第4句。该句提到，森林砍伐会导致降雨减少，本题直接用原文原词Deforestation作答即可．
(1)Humans are damaging the planet at an unprecedented rate and raising risks of abrupt collapses in nature mat could spur disease, deforestation or \\
5.The rhetorical device in the sentence of the first paragraph \\(C)
A. personification
B. simile
C. metaphor
D. contrast
解析：该句意为“在人们对脂肪满怀恐惧的上世纪90年代，花生成了食品中的弃儿。现在，它又盛行起来……”。可见这里将花生比喻成弃儿，且未出现比喻词like，as，因此是暗喻(metaphor)，故选C。
6.The relationship between the second and third paragraphs is that _____.(D)
A. they both describe the health benefits of peanuts
B. the latter presents a striking contrast to the former
C. the latter provides conclusive statement to the former
D. me latter offers further supplementation to the former
解析：第2段主要说花生含有不饱和脂肪，适当食用对身体有益。第3段接着进一步用数字阐述适当食用且要控制花生食用数量，可见这是对前一段的补充说明，故选D。
7.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as health benefits of peanuts?(B)
A. To help with weight loss.
B. To decrease harm of wine.
C. To reduce risk of diabetes.
D. To lower bad cholesterol.
解析：第4段第3句提到，花生含有一种抗氧化剂白藜芦醇，红酒中也含这种物质，法国人喜欢喝红酒，所以心脏病发病率很低，由此可见白藜芦醇对心脏起保护作用，而不是降低喝酒的危害，B符合题意。
8.What has Anna Resurreccion studied in her research?
The resveratroi found in peanuts．
解析：根据题目中的Anna Resurreccion定位到最后一段首句。该句明确指出，Anna Resurreccion已集中研究花生中所含的白藜芦醇，可见答案为The resveratrol found in peanuts。
(1)Yu Zhuoping hasn\’t taken a vacation in two years, nor does the 44-year-old take many weekends off. Instead he logs 12-hour days in a soccer-pitch-size laboratory filled with flashing computer screens and disemboweled electric motors. He\’s trying to build me future—in the form of hydrogen-powered cars that can not only work, but can sell. Since Yu\’s team of 28 Ph.D.-level scientists and 200 students at Shanghai\’s Tongji University began the work in 2002, they\’ve come out with two generations of cars—built with Chinese technology. \\
9.Which of the following statements implies a synecdoche?(A)
A. Beijing is undaunted in its ambitions to become a world leader i
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