2014-2015學(xué)年河北省衡水市武邑中學(xué)高三（下）單元測試卷（42）
發(fā)布：2025/1/1 2:0:2
第一部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，40分）第一節(jié) （共30分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑．
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1．Copycat Elephants
You may have seen a talking parrot on a TV show，in a movie，or even in someone's home．The parrot has learned to copy sounds that people make．Birds are not the only animals that can copy the noises they hear．Dolphins，bats，and some apes also copy sounds．Now we can add elephants to this list of copycats．
Dr．Joyce Poole is a zoologist．She studies the sounds of elephants．While she was in Kenya，she would hear strange noises made by Mlaika after sunset．Mlaika was a 10-year-old African elephant．
Mlaika lived near a highway．Dr．Poole says， "I could not tell the difference between Mlaika's call and the distant truck noise．" She and other scientists studied Mlaika's sounds．It turned out that Mlaika was copying the sounds of the trucks driving by．Why would Mlaika copy trucks that she heard going by on the highway？Animals that are able to copy sounds may enjoy practicing new sounds．When they are kept outside of their natural environment，they may copy unusual sounds．That may be why an elephant would copy the sound of a truck．
"Mlaika was not the only copycat elephant，" Dr．Poole says．Calimero is a 23-year-old male African elephant．He spent 18 years with two female Asian elephants．Asian elephants make chirping sounds （sounds made by birds） to talk with one another．African elephants usually do not make chirping sounds．But Calimero now does．He is copying his Asian elephant friends．Dr．Poole says that elephants need to form bonds with their family and friends．She says， "They make sounds to communicate with each other．When they are separated，they use sounds to keep in contact．"
Parrots，dolphins，humans，and elephants show that being a copycat is one way that animals and people make new friends and keep old ones．
（1）According to the passage，what does Mlaika copy？
A．The sound of people．
B．The sound of trucks．
C．The sound of Calimero．
D．The sound of birds．
（2）Why is Calimero mentioned in the passage？
A．To clarify the meaning of copycat elephants．
B．To show the cleverness of African elephants．
C．To add another example of copycat elephants．
D．To introduce a special life skill of Asian elephants．
（3）From paragraph 4，we can know．
A．how long it takes for an elephant to learn a new sound
B．why the African elephant can make chirping sounds
C．why the Asian elephants make noises after sunset
D．how Asian and African elephants are alike
（4）According to the passage，why do some animals like to be copycats？
A．To keep in touch with nature．
B．To please people and other animals．
C．To make new friends and keep old ones．
D．To avoid the danger from the outside world．組卷：0引用：1難度：0.5 -
2．Matthew Henson-Arctic Explorer In 1880，fourteen-year-old Matthew Henson loved to hear sailors tell tales of their exciting lives at sea．The travel，the adventure，the danger，and the steady pay were all attracting young Henson．One day，he found a job as a cabin boy on a beautiful ship called the Katie Hinds．For the next five years，Henson sailed around the world．With the help of the ship's captain and other members of the crew，Henson learned mathematics，navigation，history，geography，and many other subjects．By the time he left the Katie Hinds in 1885，Henson was well educated and had become an excellent seaman．
Unable to find work anywhere else，Henson took a job in a hat shop in Washington，D．C．One day in 1887，a man came in to buy a hat．The man，Robert Peary，asked the owner if he knew anyone with experience at sea．Peary would soon travel to South America for the U．S．government．He needed experienced men to accompany him．The shop owner knew about his young employee's skills and experience on ocean journeys，so he introduced Peary to Henson．
Using his map-reading and sailing skills，Henson proved himself to be a worthy and smart seaman．Peary soon made Henson his assistant，and they became close friends．One day Peary told Henson about his real dream：to be the first man to stand on "the top of the world" at the North Pole．He asked Henson to help him make his dream come true．Over the next five years，the two explorers made two trips together to the Arctic．However，they were not able to reach the pole either time．The cold，wind，and ice were worse than either of them had ever imagined．
In 1908，Peary and Henson were ready to make their final attempt at reaching the North Pole．Both men were over forty years old．The years of hardship in the arctic cold had made them suffer a lot．This would be their last chance．With four Inuit guides，they made a mad rush straight across the ice toward the pole．Peary's feet were injured and he had to be pulled on a dogsled．In April 1909，Henson's instruments showed they were standing at the North Pole．Together Henson and Peary planted the American flag in the snow．
In later years，Robert Peary and Henson were greatly honored for their achievements．Today，the two friends and fellow explorers lie in heroes' graves not far apart in the Arlington National Cemetery．
（1）In paragraph 1，the author shows how Henson became．
A．a(chǎn) skilled seaman
B．a(chǎn) highly educated captain
C．employed in a restaurant
D．interested in helping others
（2）Paragraph 2 mainly tells us．
A．how Matthew Henson met Robert Peary
B．why Matthew Henson went to the hat shop
C．why Matthew Henson stopped working on the Katie Hinds
D．how Robert Peary knew that Matthew Henson had sea experience
（3）On their trip to the North Pole，Henson and Peary could best be compared to．
A．treasure hunters seeking big fortunes
B．generals seeking power over another country
C．soldiers going to war to fight for their freedom
D．fighters performing a task in an unknown land
（4）The information presented in this passage is mainly organized．
A．by cause and effect
B．by comparing and contrasting
C．in the order that the events happened
D．with main ideas and supporting examples組卷：0引用：1難度：0.5
第一節(jié) 語法填空 （每小題1.5分，滿分15分）
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6．I seldom thought I had a passion． I would sit before the TV all day， thinking（1）
nothing but the next shadow． It was not long ago that I first learned how important having a passion is to life．
One day I went with Mum to drop my sister off at the gym． Then，（2）Mum stopped at a red light， someone on the roadside caught my eyes． It was a man（3）（dress） in rags， homeless． That didn't interest me， for I（4）（see） many like him before．
But he man wasn't sitting down with a sad（5）（express）． He had a radio in his hand and was dancing（6）（merry） to the music． The radio seemed to be the most precious thing（7）he had．
"Mum， why does that man have a radio even though he's homeless？" I asked．
"He bought（8）" she replied．
"But if he's homeless， why doesn't he use the money to buy food or clothes？ He wasted it on something he doesn't need．"
"Well， Sarah， sometimes food and clothes aren't（9）only important things． We need happiness， too．"
"I see．" The man must care too much about music， so he bought a radio instead of food and clothes．I realized that happiness is the key to life．（10）it， there's nothing to look forward to．A passion gives a person the happiness they need to keep going!組卷：1引用：2難度：0.5
短文改錯
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7．You are too busy every day that you don't pay much attention to your health． I am worried for your health all the time． I'd like to give you some advices． I hear walking was a good sport． Your company isn't far away from our home． Why not walking to the office？ You'd better take exercise at least once a week， such as playing the tennis in the gym． Going to swim is a nice choice， either． What's more， that is necessary to have a balanced diet． Try not to stay too late． Having enough sleep can help your brain work proper．
Dad， I hope you can take my suggestions． Wish you healthy!組卷：1引用：1難度：0.5