新疆兵团农二师华山中学高三英语上学期学前考试试题Word文档格式.docx

1、A team of American and Canadian scientists discovered that louder noises can seriously injure some animals. The research team found that powerful underwater explosions were causing whales in the area to lose their hearing. This seriously affected the whales ability to exchange information and find t

2、heir way. Some of the whales even died. The explosions had caused their ears to bleed and become infected. Many researchers whose work depends on ocean sounds are against a limit of one hundred and twenty decibels. They say such a limit would mean an end to important industrial and scientific resear

3、ch. Scientists do not know how much and what kinds of noises are harmful to ocean animals. However, many scientists dont think that noise is a greater danger than they believed. They want to prevent noises from harming creatures in the ocean. 21According to the passage, natural sounds include all of

4、 the following EXCEPT_.Asounds made by animals themselvesBocean drillingCunderwater earthquakesDthe breaking of ice fields22Which of the following is true of whales？AThey wont be confused by noises.BThey are deaf to noises.CTheir ability to reproduce will be lowered by highlevel noises.DTheir hearin

5、g will be damaged by highlevel noises.23According to the passage, what will scientists most probably do in the future?AThey will work hard to reduce ocean noise pollution.BThey will protect sea animals from harmful noises.CThey will try to set a limit of 120 decibels.DThey will study the effect of o

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16、Many people think of the brain as a mystery.They dont know much about intelligence and how it works.When they do think about what intelligence is，many people believe that a person is born smart，average，or dumband stays that way in the whole life.But new research shows that the brain is more like a m

17、uscleit changes and gets stronger when you use it.And scientists have been able to show just how the brain grows and gets stronger when you learn.Everyone knows that when you lift weights，your muscles get bigger and you get stronger.A person who cant lift 20 pounds when he/she starts exercising can

18、get strong enough to lift 100 pounds after working out for a long time.Thats because the muscles become larger and stronger with exercise.And when you stop exercising，the muscles shrink and you get weaker.Thats why people say “Use it or lose it！” But most people dont know that when they practice and

19、 learn new things，parts of their brain change and get larger a lot like muscles do when they exercise.Inside the cortex （皮层） of the brain are billions of tiny nerve cells，called neurons.The nerve cells have branches connecting them to other cells in a complicated network.Communication between these

20、brain cells is what allows us to think and solve problems.When you learn new things，these tiny connections in the brain actually multiply and get stronger.The more you challenge your mind to learn，the more your brain cells grow.Then，things that you once found very hard or even impossible to dolike s

21、peaking a foreign language or doing algebra （代数）seem to become easy after learning them for a period of time.The result is a stronger，smarter brain.Scientists started thinking that the human brain could develop and change when they studied animals brains.They found out that animals that lived in a c

22、hallenging environment were more “perspicacious”they were better at solving problems and learning new things.28. According to the first paragraph，_.Athe function of our brain is like that of the muscleBuntil now its impossible to explain the brains mysteryCmany people believe ones intelligence is na

23、turally determinedDones brain grows stronger as the age increases29Training muscles is compared to_.Ausing the brainBconnecting things in your brainClifting weightsDdoing research about the brain30What does the underlined word “perspicacious” in the last paragraph probably mean?AStrong. BSmart.CPopu

24、lar. DActive.31The following paragraph will most probably talk about_.Athe differences between animals brains and humans brainsBthe relation between human brains and musclesCscientists findings about animals brainsDhow to make your brain smarter through selfdevelopment DA winter wonderland on the ou

25、tskirts of Quebec City has become one of Canadas hottestattractions and most sought out accommodations. Guests stay close for warmth in sleeping bagson beds of ice, hats pulled over their ears to prevent frostbite, while sipping cocktails （鸡尾酒） inglasses also made of ice. A cool place to host a memo

26、rable wedding or for a romantic getaway, the Quebec Ice Hotelhas attracted 600,000 curious tourists, including 30,000 who stayed overnight, since openingseasonally 11 years ago. Like Victoria and Jeremy Martin, dozens of couples will exchange vows（誓约） this winter in a temporary church next to the ho

27、tel, sculpted entirely from blocks of ice withseats covered in furs. Average temperatures fall below minus 20 degrees C （minus four F） in winter, but inside the hotels36 rooms it is relatively cozy. Thick walls of packed snow and ice act as aninsulator, trapping bodyheat inside. Each room is uniquel

28、y decorated, using designs created by Quebec architecture students.Two hotel bars also sell special cocktails in ice glasses. First-time guests of the hotel, however, are recommended to stay only one night as sleeping insub-zero temperatures is not very refreshing. This year for the first time the ice hotel has teamed upwith a bricks and concrete Quebec City hotel to offer packages for one-night accommodations ateach. Prices for one night only at the ice hotel start at 200 US dollars per person. The 3,000-square-metre （32,300-squ