科目: 来源:2012-2013学年四川省高三10月月考英语试卷(解析版) 题型:其他题
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For more than twenty years scientists have been seeking to understand the mystery of the ‘‘sixth sense" of direction.By trying out ideas and solving problems one by one,they are now getting closer to one answer.
One funny idea is that animals might have a built-in compass(指南针).
Our earth itself is a big magnet(磁体).So a little magnetic needle that swings freely lines
itself with the big earth magnet to point north When people discovered that idea about a thousand years ago and invented the compass,it allowed sailors to navigate (航海)on ocean voyages, even under cloudy skies.
Actually the idea of the living compass came just from observing animals in nature.
Many birds migrate twice a year between their summer homes and winter homes.Some of them fly for thousands of kilometers and mostly at night.Experiments have shown that some birds can recognize star patterns.But they can keep on course even under cloudy skies.How can they do that?
A common bird that does not migrate but is great at finding its way home is the homing pigeon.Not all pigeons can find their way home.Those that can are very good at it,and they have been widely studied.
One interesting experiment was to attach little magnets to the birds’ heads to block their magnetic sense—just as a loud radio can keep you from hearing a call to dinner.On sunny days, that did not fool the pigeons.Evidently they can use the sun to tell which way they are going.But on cloudy days,the pigeons with magnets could not find their way.It was as if the magnets had blocked their magnetic sense.
Similar experiments with the same kind of results were done with honeybees.These insects also seem to have a special sense of direction.
In spite of the experiments,the idea of an animal compass seemed pretty extraordinary.How
would an animal get the magnetic stuff for a compass.
An answer came from an unexpected source.A scientist was studying bacteria that live in the
mud of ponds and marshes.He found accidentally little rod-like bacteria that all swam together inone direction—north.
Further study showed that each little bacterium had a chain of dense particles inside,which
proved magnetic.The bacteria had made themselves into little magnets that could line up with the
earth’s magnet.
The big news was that a living thing,even a simple bacterium,can make magnetite.That led
to a search to see whether animals might have it.. By using a special instrument called magnetometer,scientists were able to find magnetite in bees and birds,and even in fish.In each animal,except for the bee.the magnetic stuff was always in or closer to the brain.Thus.the idea of a built—in animal compass began to seem reasonable.
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The Magnetic Sense — The Living Compass |
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The existence of the earth magnet and the invention of the navigating compass |
◇Our earth is a big magnet and a little freely (56) magnetic needle lines itself with the earth magnet to point north and south. ◇(57) on the idea above, the navigating compass was invented. |
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The possibility of birds’ built-in compasses |
◇ One piece of evidence is the (58) of many birds between their summer homes and winter homes. ◇ Birds can recognize star patterns on clear nights and keep on course (59) under cloudy skies |
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The (60) on pigeons’ and bees’ built-in compasses
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◇Little magnets were tied to the pigeons’ heads to (61) their magnetic sense. ◇The pigeons’ magnetic sense seemed to be affected on (62) days. ◇Similar things with the same results were done with bees. |
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The (63) of the magnetic stuff for the animal compass |
◇Little rod-like bacteria were found by chance to swim together in the direction of (64) . ◇Some animals had a chain of dense magnetic particles in or close to the (65) inside their bodies. |
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科目: 来源:2012-2013学年四川省高三10月月考英语试卷(解析版) 题型:短文改错
文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误只涉及到一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并且在其下面写出该加的词。删除:把多余的词用(﹨)划掉。修改:在错词下面划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1.每处错误及其修改后仅限一词;
2只允许修改10处,多者从第十一处起不记分。
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The job was hard and bored and seemed endless, which made me so tired that I nearly gave it in half way, but I stuck to it with determinations. Every day I started off for work early in the morning and got home lately in the evening. Finally I finished the job before the new term begins.
Now, I understand that labor means. I think it is really successful experience.
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你的英国朋友正在做一个课题:世界各地的生日庆祝方式。他请你介绍中国学生过生日的方式。请你根据以下要点写一篇短文:
一、通常方式
1. 生日聚会
2. 生日礼物
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— . I can’t think too highly of it.
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A.It makes no sense |
B.It’s amazing |
C.It’s awful |
D.It’s up to you |
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A.helped |
B.have helped |
C.was helping |
D.have been helping |
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A.shall |
B.could |
C.might |
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.In the near future, more advances in the robot technology _____by scientists.
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A.are making |
B.are made |
C.will make |
D.will be made |
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Anyone, whether he is an official or a bus driver, should be respected.
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A.especially |
B.naturally |
C.equally |
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A.were |
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