hope for us all!
24. What is the topic of the passage?
A. The relationship between genes and intelligence. B. IQ benefits a lot from high intelligence. C. How to develop intelligence. D. What makes intelligence.
25. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Robert Plomin confirms genes have something in common. B. Howard Gardner thinks intelligence includes various factors. C. Michael Rowe approves of a strong link between IQ and career. D. Tony Buzan agrees geniuses exercise brain to improve intelligence. 26. What does the underlined word “This” in Paragraph 4 refer to? A. The development of intelligence. B. The idea of multiple intelligences. C. IQ isn’t everything for intelligence. D. Alternative views have been put forward.
C
Most dog owners have probably been puzzled waiting for their dog to do its business. Instead of just finding a soft area of grass to go number two, they make a whole ritual(仪式) out of it, spinning in a circle before finally squatting(蹲下). Luckily, the ultimate pet owners’ question may finally have been answered.
A few theories have circulated about why dogs might circle before pooping and most are similar to the reasons they spin before lying down. Trampling around in a circle would flatten the grass around, which would keep tall blades(叶片) from trapping their waste. Another explanation could be that they’re scanning for snakes and predators before they become completely occupied.
But Czech researcher Hynek Burda didn’t quite buy into those theories. Dogs evolved from wolves, which didn’t need to worry much about tall grass. And if they were scanning their environment, keeping still to listen and sniff would be more effective than giving the area a quick once-over. Instead, Burda suggested that dogs
spin to get a feel for the Earth’s magnetic pull.
The Earth has a magnetic field around it protecting it from radiation from space, and some animals seem to use it to get a sense of where its North and South poles are. For instance, it’s how birds know which way to migrate. In 2013, Burda published a study in the journal Frontiers in Zoology suggesting dogs have a strong internal compass, too. He and his team spent two years watching 70 dogs poop and pee and recording which way they faced and how strong the magnetic(磁的) field was.
As it turns out, when the magnetic field was calm, dogs preferred to poop facing either north or south.
The pattern couldn’t explain why dogs like facing the Earth’s poles, but the researchers think it might help them remember where they marked their territory.
If they can remember which way they were facing, they might find it easier to find that spot again. So before you roll your eyes when your dog takes ages to do his business, remember that Fido might just be getting scientific about his potty spot.
27. What is the ritual for dogs when they do their business? A. They poop twice daily. B. They circle before pooping.
C. They usually make their owner impatient. D. They just find a soft area to poop. 28. According to Burda, dogs ________.
A. look for snakes and predators before pooping B. spin to flatten the grass
C. sniff around to scan the environment D. circle to face a certain direction
29. The writer cites “birds” in order to show ________. A. how magic they are B. dogs also can migrate C. dogs have inner compass
D. the differences between birds and dogs
30. It might be concluded that dogs ________.
A. have good reasons to take ages to do his business B. are more scientific than human beings C. are sensitive to radiation from space D. often play tricks with their owners 第二节（共5小题：每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
___31___ While these compulsive(无法控制的) actions may appear to be irrational or pointless, and may even result in negative consequences, the individual experiencing the compulsion feels unable to stop him or herself.
The compulsive behavior can be a physical act, like hand washing, or a mental activity, like counting objects. When an otherwise harmless behavior becomes so consuming that it negatively impacts oneself or others, it may be a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)(强迫症).
___32___The former is an overwhelming desire to do something, while an addiction is a physical or chemical dependence on a substance or behavior. People with addictions will continue their addictive behavior, even when they understand that doing so is harmful to themselves and others. ___33___
Unlike compulsions and addictions, which are acted out uncontrollably, habits are actions that are repeated regularly and automatically.
Habits typically develop over time through a natural process called
“habituation,” during which repetitive actions that must be consciously initiated eventually become subconscious and are carried out habitually.
While there are good habits and bad, unhealthy habits, any habit can become a compulsion or even an addiction. ___34___ For example, the good habit of exercising regularly can become an unhealthy compulsion or addiction when done to excess.
Common habits often develop into addictions when they result in a chemical dependency, as in the cases of smoking. The habit of having a glass of beer with dinner, for example, becomes an addiction when the desire to drink turns into a physical or
emotional need to drink.
___35___While we can choose to add good, healthy habits to our routines, we can also choose to break old harmful habits. A. A compulsion is different from an addiction.
B. It currently affects about 1 in 40 adults and 1 in 100 children in the U.S. C. Some of these behaviors are visible actions while others are mental behaviors. D. In other words, you really can have “too much of a good thing.”
E. Compulsive behaviors are actions that a person feels “compelled” or driven to do over and over again.
F. Alcoholism, smoking, and gambling are perhaps the most common examples of addictions.
G. Of course, the key difference between a compulsive behavior and a habit is the ability to choose to do them or not. 第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
I had reached the age of twenty-eight. Still, I____36____ whether the letter from my past would make it to me, all these years later. It was a____37____writing task from when I was eighteen. The teacher collected our letters to our____38____selves in self-addressed envelope with stamps and promised to___39___them ten years later. But since so much time had passed, would he even____40____?
Thinking back on the____41____, I recalled giving my future self some advice. When you’re eighteen Years old, twenty-eight seems like a____42____ age, but I wasn’t feeling as mature as I believed my younger self had____43____me to be.
When the letter finally reached me, I opened it____44____. It began, \do you bet this letter will never get to you? \
casually____45____we were having an IM (instant messaging) chat. As a senior in high school, facing the____46____SATS and college application, my eighteen-year-old self was so___47___! She was apparently not quite happy and hoped I wouldn’t worry so
much in the future, and that I wouldn’t forget to be present and____48____my life!
___49___to my belief, my eighteen-year-old self did not have any demands of me, or expectations I might have____50____meet. Instead, she wrote,
\____51____whatever you do. Even if you are not the one I’m imagining now, I’ll support you, because maybe____52____I’m imagining is someone else, but you’re not someone else, you’re me.
I was____53____, and tears welled up in my eyes at this____54____through time. I had put a lot of pressure on myself to be the best version of myself that I could be. ___55___, I came to realize what I would have accomplished in ten years would pale in comparison(相形见细)to how I’d feel and who I’d be. 36. A. believed considered 37. A. hopeless 38. A. inner 39. A. correct 40. A. remember 41. A. application 42. A. grown-up promising 43. A. promised 44. A. calmly naturally 45. A. even if 46. A. appearing approving 47. A. depressed 48. A. enjoy 49. A. Contrary 50. A. tried to determined to
B. ambitious B. value B. Honest B. failed to
C. carefree C. start C. Surprised C. managed to
D. stressed D. earn D. Strange D.
B. so that B. arriving
C. now that C. approaching
D. as if D.
B. convince B. cautiously
C. encouraged C. eagerly
D. expected D.
B. creative B. happy B. mail B. understand B. comment B. happy
C. urgent C. future C. answer C. mind C. study C. made-up
D. tough D. young D. write D. remain D. letter D.
B. bet
C. doubted
D.
江苏省海安高级中学2024-2024学年高二英语上学期期中试题
