浙江省衢州市衢江区大洲中学学年高一英语下学期期初考试试题文档格式.docx

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（共10小题；

每小题2.5分，满分25分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

SomeidiomaticphrasesinEnglish,oftenusedinbothspokenandwrittenlanguage,areveryconfusing!

Theydon’tevenmakesensewhenyoufirstseethem.However,usingoneofthesephrasescorrectlywhenspeakingorwritingtoanEnglishspeakerisveryimpressiveandshowsthatyouarecomfortablewiththelanguage.HerearesomewonderfulandinterestingBritishidioms.Usethemwisely.

Whenpigsfly!

ThisexpressionisoneofmyfavoritesandIuseitallthetime.Itisusedprimarilywhenspeaking,meaningthatsomethingisextremelyunlikelyorimpossible.Forexample,“Iwillforgivehimwhenpigsfly!

”“Whendoyouthinkyouwillgetagymmembership,Lucy?

”“Whenpigsfly!

”

Apennyforyourthoughts?

Thisquestionisusedinasituationwheresomeoneappearsthoughtfulorisveryquietseeminglostinthought.Butrememberthatyoudon’tactuallyhavetopaythemapennyiftheydotellyouwhatisgoingon!

Forexample,“You’vebeenabitquietthisevening,Pete.Apennyforyourthoughts?

It’sthebee’sknees

Thephrasedatesbacktothe1920s,andreferstoanextraordinaryperson,thing,idea,andsoon.Forexample,“Trythischocolate.It’sthebee’sknees.”

Tofeelabitundertheweather

Iusethisexpressioninmanydifferentsituationsbutmostuseittorefertofeelingill,orunwell.Youwouldnotusethisphraseifyouwerefeelingextremelyunwell.Itisonlyforthosetimeswhenyouarefeelingalittleillorsufferingfromsomethingslightlylikeacoldoracough.However,thiscanalsobeusedtorefertofeelingemotionallylow.

21.Whatwillyousayifyouthinksomethingisspecial?

A.Whenpigsfly!

B.Apennyforyourthoughts?

C.It’sthebee’skneesD.Tofeelabitundertheweather.

22.Whichofthefollowingsentencecanreplace“Apennyforyourthoughts?

A.WhatcanIdoforyou?

B.Whatareyouthinkingabout?

C.Howareyoufeeling?

D.Howdoyoulikeit?

23.Whydoestheauthorwritethepassage?

A.Tointroducesomeusefulidioms.B.Toshowhowtorememberidioms.

C.Totellpeopletheimportanceofidioms.D.Toarousetheinterestinidioms.

B

Peoplediettolookmoreattractive.Fishdiettoavoidbeingbeatenup,thrownoutoftheirsocialgroup,andgettingeatenasaresult.ThatisthefascinatingconclusionofthelatestresearchintofishbehaviorbyateamofAustralianscientists.

Theresearchteamhasdiscoveredthatsubordinatefishvoluntarilydiettoavoidchallengingtheirlargercompetitors.“Instudyinggobieswenoticedthatonlythelargesttwoindividuals,amaleandfemale,hadbreeding（繁殖）rightswithinthegroup,”explainsMarianWong.“Allothergroupmembersarenon-breedingfemales,eachbeing5–10%smallerthanitsnextlargestcompetitor.Wewantedtofindouthowtheymaintainthisprecisesizeseparation.”

Thereasonforthesizedifferencewaseasytosee.Onceasubordinatefishgrowstowithin5–10%ofthesizeofitslargercompetitor，itcausesafightwhichusuallyendsinthesmallergobybeingdrivenawayfromthegroup.Moreoftenthannot,theevictedfishistheneatenup.

Itappearedthatthesmallerfishwerekeepingthemselvessmallinordertoavoidchallengingthebossfish.Whethertheydidsovoluntarily，byrestraininghowmuchtheyate,wasnotclear.Theresearchteamdecidedtodoanexperiment.Theytriedtofattenupsomeofthesubordinategobiestoseewhathappened.Totheirsurprise，thegobiessimplyrefusedtheextrafoodtheywereoffered，clearlypreferringtoremainsmallandavoidfights,overhavingafeast.

Thediscoverychallengesthetraditionalscientificviewofhowbossindividualskeeptheirpositioninagroup.Previouslyitwasthoughtthatlargeindividualssimplyusedtheirweightandsizetothreatentheirsubordinatesandtakemoreofthefoodforthemselves,sokeepingtheircompetitorssmall.

Whilethehabitsofgobiesmayseemalittlemysterious,Dr.Wongexplainsthatunderstandingtherelationshipsbetweenbossandsubordinateanimalsisimportanttounderstandinghowhierarchical（等级的）societiesremainstable.

Theresearchhasprovedthefactthatvoluntarydietingisahabitfarfromexclusivetohumans.“Asyet,welackacompleteunderstandingofhowwidespreadthevoluntaryreductionoffoodintakeisinnature,”theresearcherscomment.“Dataonhumandietingsuggeststhat,whilehumansgenerallydiettoimprovehealthorincreaseattractiveness,rarelydoesitimprovelongtermhealthandmalesregularlypreferfemalesthatarefatterthanthefemales’ownideal.”

24.Whenagobygrowstowithin5–10%ofthesizeofitslargercompetitor,it_______.

A.facesdangerB.hasbreedingrights

C.eatsitscompetitorD.leavesthegroupitself

25.Theunderlinedwords“thee