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精品新疆生产建设兵团学年高二《英语》下学期第四次月考试题及答案

高二年级第二学期第四次月考英语试卷

I.阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

A

WinterbeginsinthenorthonDecember22nd.Peopleandanimalshavebeendoingwhattheyalwaysdotoprepareforthecoldermonths.Squirrels（松鼠）,forexample,havebeenbusygatheringnutsfromtrees.Well,scientistshavebeenbusygatheringinformationaboutwhatthesquirrelsdowiththefoodtheycollect.

TheyexamineddifferencesbetweenredsquirrelsandgraysquirrelsintheAmericanstateofIndiana.Thescientistswantedtoknowhowthesedifferencescouldaffectthegrowthofblackwalnut（黑胡桃）trees.Theblackwalnutisthenutofchoiceforbothkindsofsquirrels.Theblackwalnuttreeisalsoacentralpartofsomehardwoodforests.

RobSwihartofPurdueUniversitydidthestudywithJakeGoheen,aformerPurduestudentnowattheUniversityofNewMexico.Thetworesearchersestimatethatseveraltimesasmanywalnutsgrowwhengatheredbygraysquirrelsascomparedtoredsquirrels.Graysquirrelsandredsquirrelsdonotstorenutsandseedsinthesameway.Graysquirrelsburynutsoneatatimeinanumberofplaces.Buttheyseldomrememberwheretheyburiedeverynut.Sosomenutsremainintheground.Conditionsarerightforthemtodevelopandgrowthefollowingspring.Redsquirrels,however,storelargegroupsofnutsaboveground.ProfessorSwihartcalls“deathtrapsforseeds”.

GraysquirrelsarenativetoIndiana.ButProfessorSwihartsaystheirnumbersbegantodecreaseasmoreforestswerecutforagriculture.Redsquirrelsbegantospreadthroughthestateduringthepastcentury.

Theresearcherssayredsquirrelsarenativetoforeststhatstaygreenallyear,unlikewalnuttrees.TheysaythecleaningofforestlandforagriculturehashelpedredsquirrelsinvadeIndiana.JakeGoheencallsthemasignofanenvironmentalproblemmorethanacause.

1.ThestudydonebyRobSwihartandJakeGoheenisto________.

A.findoutthelivingconditionsforsquirrels

B.learnsquirrels’influenceonblackwalnuttrees

C.dosomethingtogetridofsquirrels

D.savetheforestsintheAmericanstateofIndiana

2.Thedifferencebetweengraysquirrelsandredsquirrelsmainlyliesin________.

A.thewaytheygatherthewalnutB.thetimetheyhavewintersleep

C.theplacetheyhavewintersleepD.theplacetheystorethewalnuts

3.WhenProfessorSwihartsays“deathtrapsforseeds”,heactuallymeansthat________.

A.redsquirrelseatmorenutsthangraysquirrels

B.graysquirrelsandredsquirrelswillhaveseverefights

C.nutsabovethegroundwillnotdevelopintoplants

D.seedscanbetrapsforotheranimalsintheforest

4.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingistrue?

A.Theblackwalnutisequallyattractivetobothgrayandredsquirrels.

B.Graysquirrelsdomoreharmtotheforestthanredsquirrels.

C.Redsquirrelsandgraysquirrelshavehelpedthespreadofwalnuttrees.

D.Thecleaningofforestlandbenefitsredsquirrelsdirectly.

B

TheNationalGallery

Description:

TheNationalGalleryistheBritishnationalartmuseumbuiltonthenorthsideofTrafalgarSquareinLondon.Ithousesadiversecollectionofmorethan2,300examplesofEuropeanartrangingfrom13th-centuryreligiouspaintingstomoremodernonesbyRenoirandVanGogh.TheoldercollectionsofthegalleryarereachedthroughthemainentrancewhilethemoremodernworksintheEastWingaremosteasilyreachedfromTrafalgarSquarebyagroundfloorentrance.

Layout:

ThemodernSainsburyWingonthewesternsideofthebuildinghouses13th-to15th-centurypaintings,andartistsincludeDuccio,Uccello,VanEyck,Lippi,Mantegna,BotticelliandMemling.

ThemainWestWinghouses16th-centurypaintings,andartistsincludeLeonardodaVinci,Cranach,Michelangelo,Raphael,Bruegel,Bronzino,TitianandVeronese.

TheNorthWinghouses17th-centurypaintings,andartistsincludeCaravaggio,Rubens,Poussin,VanDyck,Velázquez,ClaudeandVermeer.

TheEastWinghouses18th-toearly20th-centurypaintings,andartistsincludeCanaletto,Goya,Turner,Constable,RenoirandVanGogh.

OpeningHours:

TheGalleryisopeneverydayfrom10amto6pm（Fridays10amto9pm）andisfree,butchargesapplytosomespecialexhibitions.

GettingThere:

NearestundergroundstationsCharingCross（2-minutewalk）,LeicesterSquare（3-minutewalk）,Embankment（7-minutewalk）,andPiccadillyCircus（8-minutewalk）.

5.Inwhichcentury’scollectioncanyouseereligiouspaintings?

A.The13th.B.The17th.C.The18th.D.The20th.

6.WhereareLeonardodaVinci’sworksshown?

A.IntheEastWing.B.InthemainWestWing.

C.IntheSainsburyWing.D.IntheNorthWing.

7.WhichundergroundstationisclosesttotheNationalGallery?

A.PiccadillyCircus.B.LeicesterSquare.C.Embankment.D.CharingCross.

C

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