广东省汕头市潮南实验学校学年高一英语月考试题文档格式.docx

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B

Inthestoryof“ThecrowandthePitcher”fromAesop’sFables,athirstycrow（乌鸦）dropsstonesintoanarrowjartoraisethelowlevelofwaterinsidesohecantakeadrink.

Nowscientistshaveevidencetobackupthatstory.NewCaledoniancrowsactuallydounderstandhowtomakewaterdisplacementworktotheiradvantage,experimentsshowed.Theresultssuggestthatthebirdsare,atleastinsomeaspects,assmartasfirst-graders,accordingtothestudy.

Researchers,ledbySarahJelbertattheuniversityofAucklandinNewZealand,presentedsixcrowswithtubesfilledwithwater.Insidethetubes,awormorpieceofmeatonapieceofwoodwasfloating,justoutofreachofthecrow.Infrontofthetubes,theresearchersarrangedabunchofheavyrubbererasersthatwouldsink,andlightplasticobjectsthatwouldfloat.Thecrowsfoundoutthattheycoulddroptheheavyobjectsintothetubesinordertoraisethewaterlevelandgettheirsnack.

However,thebirdshandledawkwardlyinexperimentsinwhichtheycouldchoosetodropobjectsineitherawidetubeoranarrowtubetogetasnack,theresearcherssaid.Droppingobjectsintonarrowtubewouldliftthewaterlevelbyagreateramountandputthetreatwithinreachafterjusttwodrops.Incontrast,ittookaroundsevendropstoraisethesnacktothesamelevelinthewidetube.Thecrowsobviouslydidn’trealizethis,andmostofthemwentforthewidetubefirst.

Previousstudiesshowedthatchimpsandhumanchildrencansolvesimilartasks.Ina2011study,chimpsandkidsfoundoutthattheycouldputwaterintoatubetoreachapeanutthatwasfloatinginsmallamountofwateratthebottom.

24.Whatdoesthetextfocuson?

A.Aesop’spredictionB.Crow’sintelligence

C.ThedevelopmentofcrowsD.Human-animalcommunication

25.HowdidthecrowsgettheworminatubeinSarah’experiment?

A.Bydroppingintheheavyerasers.B.Byremovingtheplasticobjects.

C.Bystandingonthewood.D.Bybreakingthetube.

26.Whatdoestheunderlinedpart“thetreat”inParagraph4referto?

A.Thetube.B.Theobject.C.ThesnackD.Thewater.

27.Whatdidtheexperimentwithwideandnarrowtubesshow?

A.Crowsaresensitivetosurroundings.

B.Crowshavetheabilitytorecognizeshapes.

C.Crowsareclevererthanchimpsandchildren.

D.Crowsunderstandwaterdisplacementincompletely.

C

Empathy

Lastyear,researchersfromtheUniversityofMichiganreportedthatempathy,theabilitytounderstandotherpeople,amongcollegestudentshaddroppedalotoverthepast10years.Thatcouldbebecausesomanypeoplehavereplacedfacetimewithscreentime,theresearcherssaid.Today,peoplespendmoretimealoneandseldomjoingroupsandclubs.

JenniferFreed,adirectorofateenprogram,hasanotherexplanation.ontheTV,andyou’reshoweredwithnewsandrealityshowsfullofpeoplefighting,competing,andgenerallytreatingoneanotherwithnorespect（尊重）.Humanslearnbyexample—andmostoftheexamplesonitareanythingbutempathetic.

Therearegoodreasonsnottofollowthosebadexamples.Humansaresociallyconnectedwithnature.Havingrelationshipswithotherpeopleisanimportantpartofbeinghuman—andhavingempathyisimportanttothoserelationships.Researchershavealsofoundthatempatheticteenagersalwayshavehighself-respect.Besides,empathycanbehelpfulforloneliness,sadness,anxiety,andfear.

Empathyisalsonecessaryforagoodleader.Infact,Freedsays,manytopcompaniesreportthatempathyisonethemostimportantthingstheylookforinnewmanagers.Socialskills—includingempathy—areakindof“emotional（情感的）intelligence"

thatwillhelpyousucceedinmanyareasoflife.“Testsresultsareimportant.Butifyoudon’thaveemotionalintelligence,youwon’tbeassuccessfulinworkorinyourlovelife,”shesays.

What’sthebestwaytoupyourEQ（情商）?

Forstarters,letdownyourguardandreallylistentoothers.“Onedoesn’tdevelopempathybyhavingalotofopinionsanddoingalotoftalking,”Freedsays.Toreallydevelopempathy,you’dbettervolunteeratanursinghomeorahospital,joinacluborateamthathasadiversemembership,havea“sharingcircle”withyourfamily,orspendtimecaringforpetsatananimalshelter.

28.Whydoesempathyamongcollegestudentsdropalot?

A.Theyspendtoomuchtimeonscreen.

B.Understandingeachotherishardforthem.

C.Theyarebusywiththeirstudies.

D.Programsonscreensareattractive.

29.WhatdoesJenniferFreedthinkofrealityshowsonTV?

A.Exciting.B.Boring.C.Bad.D.Good.

30.WhatdoesParagraph4mainlytalkabout?

A.Necessarysocialskillsindailylife.B.Theimportanceofempathyforleaders.

C.Successfulleaderswithhighempathy.D.Therequirementsfornewmanagers.

31.Whatarepeopleencouragedtodoaccordingtothelastparagraph?

A.Showyouropinionsfreely.B.Workasdoctors.

C.Developempathyindifferentways.D.Protectanimals.

D

Recently,we’vebeentalkingabouthowweneedbetterteachers.There’snodoubtthatgreatteachercanhelpinastudent’slearningbuthere’swhatsomenewstudiesarealsoshowing:

Weneedbetterparents.

Everythreeyears,theorganizationcalledO.E.C.D.organizesexamsaspartoftheProgramforInternationalStudentAssessment（评估）,orPISA,whichtests15-year-oldsontheirabilitiestodealwithrealproblems.America’s15-year-oldshavenotdoneaswellasstudentsinSingapore,FinlandandShanghaiinthePISAexams.

Tobetterunderstandthereasons,thePISAteam,startingwithfourcountriesin2006,andthenadding14morein2009,wenttotheparentsof5,000students.Theyinterviewedthemabouthowtheyraisedtheirkidsandthencompareditwiththetestresultsforeachofthoseyears.Twoweeksago,thePISAteampublishedthemainfindingofitsstudy.

Fifteen-year-oldswhoseparentsoftenreadbookswiththemduringtheirfirstyearofprimaryschoolgetmuchhigherscoresinPISA2009thanstudentswhoseparentsdon’toftenreadwiththemornotatall.Parents’concernfortheirchildrenisstronglyconnectedwithbetterresultsinPISA.

AccordingtoSchleicher,theleaderoftheteam,justaskingyourchildrenhowtheirschooldaywasandshowinggreatinterestintheirlearningcanhelpalot.Itissomethingeveryparentcando,nomatterwhattheireducationlevelis.

Thestudyfoundthatgettingparentsconcernedabouttheirchildren’slearningathomeismorepowerfulthanparentsattendingparent-teachermeetings,volunteeringinclassrooms,takingpartinmoney-raising,andshowingupatback-to-backnights.

Tobesure,nothingcanreplaceagoodteacher.Butlet’sstopputtingthewholedutyonteachers.Wealsoneedbetterparents.Betterparentscanmaketeachingmorebeneficial.

32.WhatcanwelearnabouttheorganizationO.E.C.D?

A.Itteststeenagers’learningskills.

B.Itcallsforbetterteachers.

C.ItorganizesPISAexamsevery3years.

D.Itcomparesparentsfromdifferentcountries.

33.WhydoesthePISAteaminterviewsomeparents?

A.Tounderstandstudentsbetter.

B.Togetalongwellwithparents.

C.Tohelpstudentswithbadtestresults.

D.Tofindoutwhystudentshavedifferenttestresults.

34.Accordingtothestudy,parentsareadvisedto.

A.trytosearchforbetterteachers

B.putthewholedutyonteachers

C.careabouttheirchildren’sschoollife

D.asktheirchildrentoreadmorebooks.

35.What’sthebesttitleforthepassage?

A.BetterParentsAreNeededB.BetterTeachersAreAppreciated

C.AStudybythePISATeam