湖北黄冈市2016高考英语 阅读理解二轮精练10 含解析.doc

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1、湖北黄冈市2016高考英语阅读理解精练（10）及（解析）答案阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项.Howlingisabehaviourcommonlyobservedamongawolfpack.Aspackanimals,wolvesworktogethertohuntandrelyonhowlingasanimportantmeansofcommunicationamongeachother.Therearedifferentexplanationsofawolf’sh

2、owlanditappearsthattheremaybemoretodiscover.Onetheoryisthatwolveshowltobondbettertogether.It’salmostasifhowlingtogetherhelpsthepackstaytogether.Perhapssomethingsimilartopeoplefeelingasenseofinvolvementwitheachotherwhensingingasongtogether.Butthistheorymaybew

3、rong,explainsFredH.Harrington,aprofessorwhostudieswolfbehaviour.Indeed,therehavebeentimeswhenwolveshavebeenseenonemomenthowlinginachorus,andthenext,quarrelingamongeachother.Itappearsthatusuallythelowest-rankingmembersofthepackmayactuallybe“punished”forjoinin

4、ginthechorusattimes.Soishowlingawaytostrengthenasocialbondorjustawaytoreconfirmstatusamongitsmembers?—Whydowolveshowlforsure?Whatisclear,however,isthathowlingisoftenusedamongpackmatestolocateeachother.Huntinggroundsaredistantandithappensthatwolvesmayseparate

5、fromoneanotherattimes.Whenthishappens,howlingappearstobeanexcellentmeansofgathering.Howling,interestingly,isacontagiousbehaviour.Whenonewolfstartstohowl,verylikelyotherswillfollow.Thisisoftenseentooccurinthemorning,asifwolvesweredoingsomesortof“rollcall”wher

6、ewolvesallhowltogethertoreporttheirpresence.1.Whatisthepossiblesimilaritybetweenwolves’howlingtogetherandhumans’singinginchorus?A.Theactofcallingeachother.B.Thesenseofaccomplishment.C.Theactofhuntingforsomething.D.Thesenseofbelongingtoagroup.2.WhydoesHarring

7、tonthinkthe“socialbond”theorymaybewrong?A.Wolvesseparatefromeachotherafterhowling.B.Wolvestendtoprotecttheirhuntinggrounds.C.Wolvessometimeshavequarrelsafterhowlingtogether.D.Wolvesoflowrankareencouragedtojoininthechorus.3.Researchersaresurethatwolvesoftenho

8、wlto　　　.　A.showtheirranksB.findtheircompanionsC.expresstheirloneliness4.“Howling...isacontagiousbehaviour”(inthelastparagraph)means　　　.　A.howlingisasignalforhuntingB.howlingisawayofcommunication