浙江省天台县平桥第二中学2014届高三英语 上学期读写备考训练9.doc

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1、浙江省天台县平桥第二中学2014届高三英语上学期读写备考训练9Howlingisabehaviorcommonlyobservedamongawolfpack.Aspackanimals,wolvesworktogethertohuntandrelyonhowlingasanimportantmeansofcommunicationamongeachother.Therearedifferentexplanationsofawolf’showlanditappearsthattheremaybemoretodisc

2、over.Onetheoryisthatwolveshowltobondbettertogether.It’salmostasifhowlingtogetherhelpsthepackstaytogether.Perhapssomethingsimilartopeoplefeelingasenseofinvolvementwitheachotherwhensingingasongtogether.Butthistheorymaybewrong,explainsFredH.Harington,aprofessorwh

3、ostudieswolfbehavior.Indeed,therehavebeentimeswhenwolveshavebeenseenonemomenthowlinginachorus,andthenext,quarrelingamongeachother.Itappearsthatusuallythelowest-rankingmembersofthepackmayactuallybe“punished”forjoininginthechorusattimes.Soishowlingawaytostrength

4、enasocialbondorjustawaytoreconfirmstatusamongitsmembers?—Whydowolveshowlforsure?Whatisclear,however,isthathowlingisoftenusedamongpackmatestolocateeachother.Huntinggroundsaredistantandithappensthatwolvesmayseparatefromoneanotherattimes.Whenthishappens,howlingap

5、pearstobeanexcellentmeansofgathering.Howling,interestingly,isacontagiousbehavior.Whenonewolfstartstohowl,verylikelyotherswillfollow.Thisisoftenseentooccurinthemorning,asifwolvesweredoingsomesortof“rollcall”wherewolvesallhowltogethertoreporttheirpresence.1.What

6、isthepossiblesimilaritybetweenwolves’howlingtogetherandhumans’singinginchorus?A.Theactofcallingeachother.B.thesenseofaccomplishment.C.Theactofhuntingforsomething.D.Thesenseofbelongingtoagroup.2.WhydoesHarringtonthinkthe“socialbond”theorymaybewrong?A.Wolvessepa

7、ratefromeachotherafterhowling.B.Wolvestendtoprotecttheirhuntinggrounds.C.Wolvessometimeshavequarrelsafterhowlingtogether.D.Wolvesoflowrankareencouragedtojoininthechorus.3.Researchersaresurethatwolvesoftenhowlto________.A.showtheirranksB.findtheircompanionsC.re

8、portthemissingonesD.expresstheirloneliness4.“Howling…isacontagiousbehavior”(inthelastparagraph)means________.A.howlingisasignalforhuntingB.howlingisawayofcommunicationC.howlingofte