重庆一中2016届10月月考英语试题及答案(3)

Think of the education, and one will shake his head and sigh a little bit. However, education is not always that frustrating. The most exciting kind of education is also the most personal. Nothing can exceed the joy of discovering for yourself something that is important to you! It may be an idea or a bit of information you come across accidentally—or a sudden insight, fitting together pieces of information or working out a problem. Such personal encounters are the “payoff” in education. A teacher may direct you to learning and even encourage you in it—but no teacher can make the excitement or the joy happen. That’s up to you.
　　A research paper, assigned in a course and perhaps checked at various stages by an instructor, leads you beyond classroom, beyond the texts for classes and into a process where the joy of discovery and learning can come to you many times. Preparing the research paper is an active and individual process, and ideal learning process. It provides a structure within which you can make exciting discoveries, of knowledge and of self, that are basic to education. But the research paper also gives you a chance to individualize a school assignment, to suit a piece of work to your own interests and abilities, to show others what you can do. Writing a research paper is more than just a classroom exercise. It is an experience in searching out, understanding and synthesizing, which forms the basis of many skills applicable to both academic and nonacademic tasks. It is, in the fullest sense, a discovering, an education. So, to produce a good research paper is both a useful and a thoroughly satisfying experience!
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28. According to the writer, personal discoveries ________.
　 A. will give one encouragement and direction
　 B. are helpful in finding the right information
　 C. are the most valuable part of one’s personal education
　 D. will help one to successfully complete school assignments
29. It can be inferred from the passage that writing a research paper gives one chances_____.　　
A. to fully develop one’s personal abilities
　 B. to use the skills learnt in the classroom
　 C. to prove that one is a productive writer
　 D. to demonstrate how well one can accomplish school assignment
30. From the context, the underline word “disconcerting” most probably means_____.       
　 A. misleading
　 B. embarrassing
　 C. encouraging
　 D. upsetting
31. What will probably follow this passage?
　 A. How to write a research paper.
　 B. The importance of research in education.
　 C. How to make new discoveries for oneself.
　 D. The skill of putting pieces of information together.

D
Arriving at new height of its popular acceptance in North America is Iceberg Water, which is harvested from icebergs off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
   Arthur von Wiesenberger, who carries the title Water Master, is one of the few water critics in North America. As a boy, he spent time in the larger cities of Italy, France and Switzerland, where bottled water is consumed daily. Even then, he kept a water journal, noting the brands he liked best. “My dog could tell the difference between bottled and tap water,” He says.
   But is plain tap water all that bad? Not at all. In fact, New York’s municipal water for more than a century was called the champagne of tap water and until recently considered among the best in the world in terms of both taste and purity. Similarly, a magazine in England found that tap water from the Thames River tasted better than several leading brands of bottled water that were 400 times more expensive.
   Nevertheless, soft-drink companies view bottled water as the next battle-ground for market share—this despite the fact that over 25 percent of bottled water comes from tap water: PepsiCo’s Aquafina and Coca-Cola’s Dasani are both purified tap water rather than spring water.
   As diners thirst for leading brands, bottlers and restaurateurs salivate (垂涎) over the profits. A restaurant’s typical mark-up on wine is 100 to 150 percent, whereas on bottled water it’s often 300 to 500 percent. But since water is much cheaper than wine, and many of the fancier brands aren’t available in stores, most diners don’t notice or care.
   As a result, some restaurants are turning up the pressure to sell bottled water. According to an article in The Street Journal, some of the more shameless tactics include placing attractive bottles on the table for a visual sell, listing brands on the menu without prices, and pouring bottled water without even asking the diners if they want it.
   Regardless of how it’s sold, the popularity of bottled water taps into our desire for better health, our wish to appear cultivated, and even a longing for lost purity.
32.What do we know about Iceberg Water from the passage?
A. It is a kind of iced water.
B. It is just plain tap water.
C. It is a kind of bottled water.
D. It is a kind of mineral water.
33.By saying “My dog could tell the difference between bottled and tap water” von wants to convey the message that ________.
A. plain tap water is certainly unfit for drinking
B. bottled water is clearly superior to tap water
C. bottled water often appeals more to dogs taste