湖南省娄底市2018-2019学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题 （无听力题 含解析）

湖南省娄底市2018-2019学年第二学期高一年级期末考试 英语试题 考生注意： 1. 本试卷共150分。考试时间120分钟。 2. 请将各题答案填写在答题卡上。 第一部分 听力（省略） 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节满分40分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Stories of Animals Acting Just Like Humans ◆Monkeys do math If monkeys manage the world, we might have stayed away from the recent banking hardship. In an experiment led by Keith Chen at Yale, monkeys showed an understanding of pricing and planning the money, as well as a wish to stay away from losses when required to buy food with money. Makes sense this one looks like it’s checking its stocks (股票) on a smart phone. Think that’s impressive? ◆Camel eats breakfast with people The first time Joe ate with British farmers, he was uninvited. The four-year-old Bactrian camel stuck his head through their open kitchen window, and emptied a fruit bowl. Now the couple, who rent out reindeer, camels, goats, and other creatures for television shows, movies, and photo shoots, set a place at their table for the confident double-humped creature, where Joe eats grain food and his favorite: bananas on toast. ◆Marmots (土拨鼠) befriend a boy A group of marmots in the Austrian Alps has made friends with eight-year-old Matteo Walch by chance, whose family vacations there in summer. Typically, they beat their tails, chatter, and whistle to warn other marmots of danger, but with Matteo, they behave much differently, allowing the boy to feed, pet, and even touch noses with them. “Watching them makes me feel a connection with nature,” says Matteo. How sweet! 1. In what way do monkeys behave like humans according to the text? A. In character. B. In intelligence. C. In communication. D. In the way of lifestyle. 2. Why do the British couple raise the animals? A. To make money. B. To have dinners with them. C. To protect endangered animals. D. To train them to act as humans. 3. Why did Matteo Walch go to the Austrian Alps? A. To warn marmots of danger. B. To develop interest in nature. C. To make friends with marmots. D. To go on a holiday with his family. B Today, after 10 days of medical treatment, for the first time, I went out alone to meet a motherly lady who I had met during my stay in a program. She had been unwell recently and lived alone. Her sons live in foreign countries. After I called her and told about my plan to visit her, she started becoming excited and planning food at once. Nowadays, she has a lady cook coming by to help her but she does part of the work herself with her bandaged (绷带) leg. I reached her home alone after being guided a couple of times by her before. I carried little things (snacks, books etc.) for her. She had been waiting for some time when I arrived. We talked about different things from health to her life and mine, from past to future, from food to travel etc. During the discussion, her care for me became clear when she made warm ... ...