a member of a hunting group. His killing weapon has turned into a harmless football and his prey into a goalmouth. If his aim is accurate and he scores a goal, he enjoys the hunter’s triumph of killing his prey.
To understand how this transformation has taken place we must briefly look back at our forefathers. They spent over a million years evolving(进化) as Cooperative hunters. Their very survival depended on success in the hunting field. （84）Under this pressure their whole way of life, even their bodies, became greatly changed：They became chasers, runners, jumpers, aimers, throwers and prey killers. They cooperated as skillful male group attack.
Then about ten thousand years ago, after this immensely long period of hunting the food, they became farmers. Their improved intelligence, so vital to their old hunting life was put to a new use——that of controlling and domesticating (驯养) their prey. The hunt became suddenly out of date. The food was there on the farms, awaiting their needs. The risks and uncertainties of the hunt were no longer essential for survival.
(85)The skills and thirst for hunting remained, however, and demanded new outlets. Hunting for sport replaced hunting for necessity. This new activity involved all the original hunting
sequences(后果), but the aim of the operation was no longer to avoid starvation. Instead the sportsmen set off to test their skill against prey that was no longer essential to their survival. To be sure, the kill may have been eaten, but there were other purposes, much simpler of obtaining a meaty meal.
56. What is the main idea of the passage
A.
Hunting is very important in human civilization.
Sporting activities satisfy the desire of modern society. It’s hunting that provides human beings with food. The importance of sporting activities in modern society.
B.
C.
D.
57. According to the author, sporting activities . A. are essential to the survival
B. have actually developed from hunting C. evolve as biological development D. are football games
58. For over a million years. our forefathers were basically .
A. skillful sportsmen farmers
B. successful
C. runners and jumpers hunters
D. cooperating
59. The word“operation (Par. 4)refers to . A. sports activities
D. prey killing
B. hunting
C.
farmers
60. Which of the following is true according to the passage A. The goalmouth is equal to the weapon in hunting. B. Without hunting our forefathers couldn’t live.
C. After our forefathers became farmers they still hunted for food.
D. Farmers are satisfied with stable lives and they didn’t have enthusiasm for hunting any more
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III. Cloze Test (20分)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D below the passage. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then write the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet.
The Red Cross is 61 organization which cares for people who are in 62 of help. A man in a Paris hospital who needs blood, a woman in Mexico who was injured 63 an earthquake, and a family in India 64 lost their home in a storm may all 65 by the Red Cross.
The Red Cross exists in almost every country 66 the world . The World Red Cross Organizations are sometimes are sometimes called the Red Crescent(新月) the Red Mogen David, the Sun , and the Red Lion . All of these agencies 67 a common goal of trying 68 people in need.
The idea of forming an organization to help the sick and 69 during a war started 70 Jean Henry Dunant. In 1859, he observed 71 suffering 72 a battlefield in Italy. He wanted to help all the wounded people 73 of which side they were 74 .The
most important result of his work was an international treaty 75 the Geneva Convention(日内瓦公约). It 76 prisoners of war, the sick and wounded, and 77 citizens during a war.
The American Red Cross 78 by Clara Barton in 1881. Today the Red Cross in the United States provides a number of 79 for the public. Such as helping people in need, teaching first aid, 80 water safety and artificial respiration, and providing blood.
61. A. internationally B. an international C. worldly D. a world’s
62. B. supply C. D. need
63. A. in B. at C. D. on
64. A. where B. that C. D. whom
65. A. be aiding B. be aided C. D. aided
necessity
a
by
when
aid
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