题目列表(包括答案和解析)
Have you ever seen rabbit’s tail? When a 1．________
rabbit see something dangerous, it runs away. Its tail, 2．________
which is white, moving up and down as it runs. When the 3．________
others rabbits see this white tail moving up and 4．________
down, it run, too. They know there is danger. 5．________
The rabbit has told them something not making a sound 6．________
When a bee has found some foods, it goes back 7．________
to its home. Though it cannot tell the other bees where 8．________
the food is by speaking to them, but it does a little 9．________
dancing in the air. This tells them where the food is. 10．________
A rabbit is running into its hole. You will ask,“What has this to do with language?”
Well, when a rabbit sees something dangerous, it runs away. Its tail moves up and down as it runs. When other rabbits see this tail moving up and down, they run too. They know that there is danger. The rabbit has told them something without making a sound. It has given them a signal.
Many other animals use this kind of language. When a bee has found some food, it goes back to its home. It cannot tell the other bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it does a little dance in the air. This tells the bees where the food is.
Some animals say things by making sounds. A dog barks, for instance, when a stranger comes near. A cat purrs when pleased. Some birds make several different sounds, each with its own meaning.
But human beings have something that no animal has--a large number of words which have the meanings of things, actions, feelings or ideas. We are able to give each other information, to tell or inform other people what is in our mind or how we feel. By writing words down we can remind ourselves of the things that have happened, or send messages to people far away. No animals can do this. No animal has the wonderful power of language.
No one knows how man learned to make words. Somehow he learned to make them. As centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what we mean by language.
People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. A very large English dictionary, for example, contains four or five hundred thousand words, but we do not know all these. The words we know are called vocabulary. We should try to make our vocabulary larger. Read as many books as possible. When we meet a new word, look it up in the dictionary. A dictionary is the most useful book.
(1)When a rabbit gives the other rabbits a signal of danger, it _________.
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A．runs into its hole
B．stops to move its tail
C．runs with its tail moving up and down
D．stops moving its tail up and down as it runs
(2)A dog can tell something ___________.
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A．by giving signals
B．by making different sounds
C．by purring
D．by barking
(3)It has been proved that no animal is able to ___________.
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A．give the others information
B．tell the others how it feels
C．express its actions and feelings with words
D．make different sounds, each with its own meaning
(4)Generally speaking, what we mean by“vocabulary”is __________.
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A．all the words that we know
B．more and more words we use
C．all the words we need
D．the dictionary which contains thousands of words
(5)We must __________ in order to make our vocabulary larger.
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A．make more and more new words
B．learn more languages
C．look up any new words in a dictionary
D．try to read as many books as possible
Crossing Texas and Mexico, the Big Bend region is high in biodiversity(生物的多样性). It’s a place so untamed that if something doesn’t bite, stick, or sting, it’s probably a rock.
You know you have arrived in the heart of the Chihuahuan Desert when it feels as if you have fallen off the edge of the earth and into the rabbit hole. Nothing is as it appears. Moths (蛀虫) are the size of birds. Are those twin pillars (柱) of black rock (a landmark known as Mule Ear Peaks) ten miles (16 kilometers) away or fifty (80 kilometers)? Visibility (能见度) reaches more than a hundred miles on a clear day, and since there are few roads or buildings to use as milestones, distance is difficult to judge.
This is a place where water runs uphill, where rainbows have to wait for rain. The line between myth (虚构的故事) and reality is unclear. Stare long enough at the Chisos Mountains or the Sierra del Carmen, the two mountain ranges, known as sky islands, which lie on the land, and they rise and float above the plain.
The vast Chihuahuan Desert is a land of no people. There is always the chance you’ll die of thirst. The “You Can Die”possibilities are endless, and keep some visitors — 350,000 a year to Big Bend National Park, built in 1944 — from coming back. Those who do return are left to think of the remarkable courage of the brave few who have managed to survive in this terrible environment.
The underlined word“untamed”in Paragraph 1 means“________”.
A. untouched B. wild C. unchanged D. fresh
Why do the twin pillars of black rock seem ten or fifty miles away?
A. They were put so far away.
B. They lie across the Chihuahuan Desert.
C. It is difficult to judge the distance, with few milestones.
D. One lies in the Chisos Mountains, the other in the Sierra del Carmen.
How many years are there since the Big Bend National Park was built?
A. 350,000 years. B. 350 years. C. 66 years. D. 44 years.
What is the passage mainly about?
A. The natural wonders of the Chihuahuan Desert.
B. Everything you see is not what it seems in the Chihuahuan Desert.
C. The terrible environment of deserts in Texas and Mexico.
D. A special place where none who go can return.
What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. There are all kinds of living things in the Chihuahuan Desert.
B. No people live in the Big Bend region.
C. Nothing is as it appears in the Big Bend region.
D. Traveling in the Big Bend region is dangerous.
This is a rabbit. It is running into its hole. You will say, “What has this to do with language?” Can you see the rabbit’s tail? When a rabbit sees something dangerous, it runs away. Its white tail moves up and down as it rurns and warns other rabbits that there is danger. The rabbit has told them something without making sound. It has given them a signal.
Many other animals use this kind of language. For example, when a bee has found some food, it goes back to its home. It cannot tell the other bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it does a little dance in the air.
____53____ A dog barks when a stranger comes near. Some birds make several different sounds, each with its own meaning. Sometimes we human beings speak in the same way by making sounds like “Oh!” or “Ah!” when we are frightened or pleased.
But we have something that no animal has a large number of words that have the meanings of things, actions, feeling or ideas. We are able to give each other information, to tell or inform other people what is in our mind or how we feel. ____54___ No animal has the wonderful power of language.
____55____ Perhaps he began by making sounds like those made by animals. Perhaps he made low rough sounds like a pig when he lifted something heavy. Perhaps he made sounds like those he heard all round him --- water splashing(溅), bee humming（发出嗡嗡声）, a stone falling to the ground. Somehow he learned to make words. As the centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what we mean by language.
____56____ Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. Each contains many thousand words. A very large English dictionary, for example, contains four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not need all these. To read a book you need to know only about two thousand words. Before you leave school, you will learn only a few thousand more.
根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D、E中选出最适合放入短文空缺处的选项，并将序号及相应答案写在答题纸上。选项中有一项是多余选项。
A. Some animals say things by making sounds.
B. No one knows how man learned to make words.
C. People living in different countries made different kinds of words.
D. Some people are good at listening to and communicating with animals.
E. By writing words down we can remember things that have happened, or send messages to people far away.
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