高三英语上学期第一次月考试题3.docx

1、高三英语上学期第一次月考试题3北大附中河南分校2017届高三英语上学期第一次月考试题（时间： 120分钟 总分： 150 分）试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。第一部分 选择题（共100分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A Trans-Bridge Tours is looking forward to providing you with another year of exciting One-Day travel destinations in 2016.

2、Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island August 15 (Sat) $78 Adult; $66 Child (4-12); $ 75 Senior (62+) No visit to the New York City area is complete without a trip to the worlds most famous landmarks- the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Price includes transportation to Liberty State Park and timed fer

3、ry tickets. 9/11 Museum& Memorial September 29 (Tue) $ 87 Adult; $ 78 Youth (7-17); Senior $80（65+） The Museum displays artifacts associated with the events of 9/11, while presenting stories of loss and recovery. The Memorial between the twin reflecting pools, is a tribute of remembrance and honor t

4、o the nearly 3,000 people killed in the terror attacks.The New York Botanical GardenOctober 14 (Wed)$126 AdultThis National Historic Landmark offers visitors 250 acres (英亩) of the most unique land form of any botanical garden in the world, with huge rock outcroppings, beautiful flower collections, a

5、 river, cascading waterfalls, and 40 acres（英亩) of old-growth forest dating from pre-Revolutionary times plus a world-class Conservatory.Hagley Museum & WinterthurNovember 21(Sat)$113 AdultLocated on 235 acres along the banks of the Brandywine, Hagley is the site of the gunpowder works founded by E.I

6、. du Pont in 1802. Winterthur was the former home of Henry Francis du Pont, a famous antiques collector and gardener.Includes: Brandywine tour at Hagley; Lunch at Hagley Museum; Guided tour at Winterthur Garden21. Which of the following charges an adult the lowest fee? A. Statue of Liberty & Ellis I

7、sland B.9/11 Museum & Memorial C. The New York Botanical Garden D. Hagley Museum & Winterthur22. Which was set up in memory of the victims of the terrorist attacks? A. The Statue of Liberty. B. The 9/11 Memorial. C. Hagley Museum. D. Winterthur Garden. 23. When can you do some geological (地质的) resea

8、rch while travelling? A. August 15. B. September 29. C. October 14. D. November 21.BVery mobile ears help many animals direct their attention to the rustle of a possible attacker. Researchers say these mobile ears have become a useful communication tool. Their studies of animal behaviour build up a

9、picture of how communication and social skills developed. “Were interested in how they communicate,” said lead researcher Jennifer Wathan.“And being sensitive to what another individual is thinking is a fundamental skill from which other more complex skills develop.”Ms Wathan and her colleague Prof

10、Karen McComb set up a behavioural experiment where 72 individual horses had to use visual cues from another horse in order to choose where to feed. They led each horse to a point where it had to select one of two buckets. On a wall behind this decision-making spot was a life-sized photograph of a ho

11、rses head facing either to left or right. In some of the trials, the horses ears or eyes were covered. If the ears and eyes of the horse in the picture were visible, the horses being tested would choose the bucket towards which its gaze - and its ears - were directed. If the horse in the picture had

12、 either its eyes or its ears covered, the horse being tested would just choose a feed bucket at random.Like many mammals that are hunted by predators（捕食者）, horses can rotate（旋转）their ears through almost 180 degrees - but Ms Wathan said that in our human-centric view of the world, we had overlooked t

13、he importance of these very mobile ears in animal communication.It seems theres something in the visual cues - from both the eyes and the ears - that are really important, she told BBC News. Horses have quite rich social lives and relationships with other horses, so theyre a good species to look at

14、this in. And the more we look at communication across different species, the more we can consider what might have promoted the evolution of sophisticated communication and social skills.24. Why does a horse rotate its ears?A. To tell each other where they can go for the buckets.B. To be curious abou

15、t what the other horse is thinking.C. To warn the other horse when an attacker is coming closer.D. To express its hope to build up social relations with others.25. Why did the researchers use the life-sized photograph of a horse in the experiment?A. To help develop horses complex skills.B. To lead o

16、ther horses to feed themselves.C. To make the horses in the experiment excited.D. To provide clues for the horses in the experiment.26. Why are ears and eyes important to horses?A. They can find the feeding buckets more easily with ears and eyes.B. With ears and eyes they can escape from dangers more easily.C. With ears and eyes they can communicate with o