问题 单项选择题

Why have the Americans developed space shuttle according to the passage

Which of the following statements is NOT true of the passage

A.It discusses fertility clinics.
B.It defines stem cells.
C.It mentions artificial fertilization.
D.It identifies the origins of stem cells.

答案

参考答案:A

解析:
Stem ceils are undeveloped human cells that can grow into many or all of the different specialized cells in the human body. Although stem cells have been harvested from adults, the most versatile stem cells come from embryos. The main source of embryos is fertility clinics. Vitro fertilization, the process that produces test-tube babies, involves the fertilization of eggs to produce embryos outside the woman’s body.

[分析]: 语义逻辑关系的识别。
本题要求识别原文的逻辑结构。原文主要讨论的是stern cells(干细胞),如干细胞的定义、起源等,fertility clinics(人工受精)虽有提及,但不属于主要讨论的话题。因此选项A的说法符合题义,是正确答案。
[解题关键] 掌握主题及支持性细节是解题的关键。本文主题是干细胞,支持性细节是干细胞的定义(原文第一句)及起源(第二句至最后一句)。显然,选项B、C和D的说法均围绕这一框架。

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     A mother and daughter living in my communlty are two of the most unfriendly people I have ever come
across in my life. They are totally separated, mixing with   1  . As they drive past   2   they keep their eyes
looking away and make no sign of acknowledgement. The only fame they have is making a nuisance (讨厌
的人) of themselves to the local police station by   3   music played too loud, dogs barking more than once
a day and any other petty   4   gripe (把柄).
     On moving into this neighborhood, I was   5   of these two but decided I would make up my own mind.
This proved qulte a   6   to me as more than once either the mother or the daughter would knock on my door
and blast (猛烈抨击) me with some   7   or other.
     I   8   answered politely and made sure I   9   as they went past my place and also made the effort now
and then to make a kind remark about their garden or pets.
     Time passed and in October, as part of the kindness rock give (送爱心石活动), Maureen and I  10  to
place a kindness rock in their garden. Their  11  remained unchanged, however, and I continued to be as
friendly as possible. During the Easter give, we decided once again to  12  these two unhappy ladies to our
list and left a packet of cookies on their  13 . Imagine my  14  when two days later they  15  at my gate and
jokingly said they are considering hanging their christmas stocking on their gate, and they  16  me a bunch
of flowers!
     So, my fellow gifters, do not  17  on your random gifts of kindness. You may never know iust what this
  18  to others, nor how many broken or  19  hearted people you may just change with a simple act of  20 .
( )1.A. nobody     
( )2.A. ladies      
( )3.A. composing   
( )4.A. important  
( )5.A. accused     
( )6.A. challenge   
( )7.A. jokes       
( )8.A. seldom      
( )9.A. waved       
( )10.A. started     
( )11.A. smile      
( )12.A. add         
( )13.A. place      
( )14.A. interest     
( )15.A. whispered    
( )16.A. brought   
( )17.A. take in       
( )18.A. refers      
( )19.A. kind         
( )20.A. sorrow     
B. someone    
B. neighbors  
B. requesting 
B. easy        
B. warned     
B. job        
B. advice     
B. never      
B. stared     
B. continued  
B. attitude   
B. recommend     
B. roof       
B. smile       
B. stopped    
B. wished     
B. take up    
B means       
B. light       
B. hope       
C. anyone      
C. friends     
C. reporting   
C interesting  
C. reminded    
C. task        
C. explanation 
C. always      
C. noticed     
C. mentioned   
C. decision    
C. reduced     
C. gate        
C. surprise    
C. shouted     
C. threw       
C. give in     
C. relates     
C. hard        
C. imagination      
D. nothing     
D. relatives    
D. getting     
D. little       
D. convinced   
D. matter      
D. complaint   
D. sometimes             
D. laughed     
D. decided     
D. anger       
D. drove       
D. fence       
D. face        
D. wandered    
D. expected    
D. give up     
D. contributes 
D. wam          
D. kindness    
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