山西省永济市涑北中学高三英语周测题（12.20）.doc

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1、山西省永济市涑北中学高三英语周测题（12.20）A（2011.湖北）Howlingisabehaviorcommonlyobservedamongawolfnark.Ananimals,wolvesworktogethertohuntandrelyonhowlingwasanimportantmeansofcommunicationeachother.Therearedifferentexplantsofawolf’showlanditappearsthattheremaybemoretodiscover. Onetheoryisthatwolveshowltobendbett

2、ertogether.It’salmostasifhowlingtogetherhelpsthepackstaytogether.Perhapssomethingsimilartopeoplefeelingasenseofinvolvementwitheachotherwhensingingasongtogether.Butthistheorymaybewrong,explainsFredH.Harington,aprofessorwhostudieswolfbehavior. Indeed,therehavebeentineswhenwolveshavebeenseenone

3、momenthowlinginaexhorts,andthenext,quarrelinganionseachother.Itappearsthatusuallythelowest-tankingmenthesofthepackmayactuallybe“punished”forJoininginthechorusattimes.Soishowlingawaytostrengthenasocialbondorjustawaytoreconfirmstatusamongitsmembers?—Whydowolveshowlforsure?Whatiscleat,however,i

4、sthathowlingisoftenusedamongpackmatestolocateeachother.Huntinggroundsaredistantandithappensthatwolvesmayseparatefromoneanotherattimes.Whenthishappens,howlingappearstobeanexcellentmeansofgathering.Howling,interestingly,isacontagiousbehaviour.Whenonewolfstartstohowl,verylikelyotherswillfollow.

5、Thisisoftenseentooccurinthemorning,asifwolvesweredoingsomesortof“rollcall”wherewolvesallhowltogethertohowl,verylikelyotherswillfollow.Thisisoftenseentooccurinthemorning,asifwolvesweredoingwsomesortof“rollcall”wherewolvesallhowltogethertoreporttheirpresence.55.Whatthepossiblesimilaritybetween

6、wolves’howhumanstinginchorus?A.Theactofcallingeachother.B.Thesenseofaccomplishment.C.Theactofhuntingforsomething.D.Thesenseofbelongingtoagroup.56.WhydoesHarringtonthinkthe“socialbond”theorymaybewrong?A.Wolvesseparatefromeachotherafterhowling.B.Wolvestendtoprotecttheirhuntinggrounds.C.Wolvess

7、ometimeshavequarrelsafterhowlingtogether.D.Wolvesoflowrankareencouragedtojoininthechorus.-6-57.Reseatchersaresurethatwolvesoftenhowlto______.A.showtheirranksB.findtheircompanionsC.reportthemissingonesD.expresstheirloneliness58.“Howling…isacontagiou