河南省安阳三十六中学年高一下学期第一次月.docx

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河南省安阳三十六中学年高一下学期第一次月

安阳市第三十六中学2017——2018学年第二学期第一次月考

高一英语

（考试时间100分钟，满分120分）

第I卷

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第1节（共15题：

每小题2分，满分30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

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21.Wherecanyoubuyasouvenir（纪念品）atScienceCenter？

A.InBuilding1.B.InBuilding3.

C.AttheLaserDome.D.AttheDennyWayentrance.

22.WhatdoesPacificScienceCenterdoforschools？

A.Takesciencetotheclassroom.B.Distributesciencebooks.

C.Inspirescientificresearch.D.TrainScienceteachers.

23.Whatisthepurposeofthelastpartofthetext？

A.Toencouragedonations.B.Toadvertisecomingevents.

C.Tointroducespecialexhibits.D.TotellabouttheCenter’shistory.

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

AretheBritishpeopleEuropeans？

ThismayseemastrangequestiontoAfricansandAsians,whotendtothinkofallwhitemenasEuropeans.ButtheBritish,whentheyareinBritain,donotregardthemselvesasEuropeans.TheEuropeans,tothem,arethoseratherexcitableforeignersfromtheothersideoftheEnglishChannel,whohaveneverlearnthowtospeakEnglish.E