阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
People can often see a talking parrot on a TV show, in a movie, or even in someone’s home. The parrot has learned 1. (copy) sounds that people make. Dolphins, bats, and some apes also copy sounds. Now we can add elephants 2. this list of copycats (盲目的模仿者).
Dr. Joyce Poole is a zoologist, 3. studies the sounds of elephants. While she was in Kenya, she would hear strange noises 4. (make) by Mlaika after sunset. Mlaika was 5. 8-year-old African elephant 6. it lived near a highway.
Dr. Poole says that she couldn’t tell the difference between Mlaika’s call and the 7. (distance) truck noise. Why did 8. copy the sounds of the trucks driving by? Animals that are able to copy sounds may enjoy 9. (practice) new sounds. When they are kept outside of their natural environment, they may copy unusual sounds.
So far Dr. Poole 10. (spend) 18 years with two female Asian elephants. Asian elephants make sounds like birds to talk with one another.
Parrots, dolphins, humans, and elephants show that being a copycat is one way that animals and people make new friends and keep old ones.
名校课堂系列答案科目：高中英语 来源：2014-2015学年福建福州第八中学高二下期末英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
What _______ me most in the movie was the father’s deep love for his son.
A. faded B. beat C. struck D. stuck
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届江西南昌第二中学高三上学期9月月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
George Gershwin，born in 1898，was one of America’s greatest composers．He published his first song when he was eighteen years old．During the next twenty years he wrote more than five hundred songs．
Many of Gershwin’s songs were first written for musical plays performed in theatres in New York City．These plays were a popular form of entertainment in the 1920s and 1930s．Many of his songs have remained popular as ever．Over the years they have been sung and played in every possible way—from jazz to country．
In the 1920s there was a debate in the United States about jazz music．Could jazz，some people asked，be considered serious music? In 1924 jazz musician and orchestra leader Paul Whiteman decided to organize a special concert to show that jazz was serious music．Gershwin agreed to compose something for the concert before he realized he had just a few weeks to do it．And in that short time，he composed a piece for piano and orchestra which he called Rhapsody in Blue．Gershwin himself played the piano at the concert．The audience were thrilled when they heard his music． It made him world-famous and showed that jazz music could be both serious and popular．
In 1928，Gershwin went to Paris．He applied to study composition(作曲)with the well-known musician Nadia Boulanger，but she rejected him．She was afraid that classical study would ruin his jazz-influenced style．While there，Gershwin wrote An American in Paris．When it was first performed，critics(评论家)were divided over the music．Some called it happy and full of life，to others it was silly and boring． But it quickly became popular in Europe and the United States．It still remains one of his most famous works．
George Gershwin died in 1937，just days after doctors learned he had brain cancer．He was only thirty-nine years old．Newspapers all over the world reported his death on their front pages．People mourned the loss of the man and all the music he might have still written．
1.Many of Gershwin’s musical works were ．
A．written about New Yorkers
B．composed for Paul Whiteman
C．played mainly in the countryside
D．performed in various ways
2.What did Gershwin do during his stay in Paris?
A．He created one of his best works．
B．He studied with Nadia Boulanger．
C．He argued with French critics．
D．He changed his music style．
3.What do we learn from the last paragraph?
A．Many of Gershwin’s works were lost．
B．The death of Gershwin was widely reported．
C．A concert was held in memory of Gershwin．
D．Brain cancer research started after Gershwin’s death．
4.Which of the following best describes Gershwin?
A．Talented and productive．
B．Serious and boring．
C．Popular and unhappy．
D．Friendly and honest．
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届广东汕头金山中学高三上学期期末英语试卷（解析版） 题型：书面表达
书面表达
假设你是李华，你的朋友Kate想写一篇关于世界主要国家中学生课外阅读的小论文。她给你发了邮件询问有关情况，请你写一封英文邮件进行回复。
内容主要包括：
1. 你校同学课外阅读情况；
2. 分析这种状况的原因；
3. 你的观点。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 文章的开头和结尾已经给出（不计入总词数）。
Dear Kate,
Thank you for your email. Now I would like to tell you something about the extracurricular reading in our school. ______________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年吉林延边二中高二上学期期中英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Brenda Bongos was a happy, artistic girl. She had one big dream—to play the drums in a band. But one big problem lay in her way. To be good enough to play in a band, Brenda had to practice a lot, but she lived next-door to a lot of old people. Many of them are sick. She knew that the sound of beating drums would really get on their nerves. So, she had tried playing in the strangest places: a basement, a kitchen, and even in a shower. But there was always someone it would annoy.
One day, while watching a science documentary on TV, she heard that sound cannot travel in space, because there’s no air. At that moment, Brenda Bongos decided to become a sort of musical astronaut.
With the help of a lot of time, books and work, Brenda built a space bubble. This was a big glass ball connected to a machine which sucked out all the air inside. All that would be left inside was a drum kit（成套设备）and a chair. Brenda got into the space suit she had made, entered the bubble, turned on the machine, and played those drums like a wild child.
It was’t long before Brenda Bongos came very famous. Many people came to see her play in her space bubble. Shortly afterwards she came out of the bubble and started giving concerts. Her fame spread so much that the government suggested that she be part of a unique space journey. Finally, Brenda was a real musical astronaut, and had gone far beyond her first ambition of playing drums in a band.
Years later, when asked how she had achieved all this, she thought for a moment, and said, “If those old people next – door hadn’t mattered so much to me, I wouldn’t have found a solution, and none of this would have ever happened.”
1.Why did Brenda try to play in the strangest places?
A. Because she didn’t want others to hear her play
B. Because she didn’t mean to disturb others.
C. Because she didn’t have her own room
D. Because she didn’t like her neighbors.
2.Brenda started to give concerts .
A. after she practiced in her space bubble
B. when she became part of the unique space journey
C. after she became a real musical astronaut
D. when people came to see her in the space bubble
3.Brenda became famous because .
A. she was good at music and science
C. she invented a special way of practice
B. she became a real musical astronaut
D. she played well and had a talent
4.It can be inferred from the text that “ ”.
A. He laughs best who laughs last
C. Two heads are better than one
B. It’s never too old to learn
D. One good turn deserves another
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年黑龙江大庆实验中学高二下开学考英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Even if trees cannot walk, they are still on the move.
In parts of the Arctic, entire forests are moving northward. Across the Arctic, temperatures are rising faster than anywhere else in the world. As that happens, the tree line that marks where forests stop and the treeless tundra （冻土地带）starts has been shifting northward. Trees growing along the tree line must protect themselves from the cold wind. To do this, plants tend to grow horizontal （水平的）branches low to the ground. The energy it takes for trees to grow this way means they don't have enough energy to make seeds.
But as Earth's climate has been warming, trees no longer have to just grow horizontally. Many can instead grow up toward the sky. This takes less energy. And with all the leftover energy. these trees have started producing more seeds. This happens especially in places where the white spruce （白云杉）grows.
White spruce, which is a North American tree, is quite able to produce a lot of seeds, which can move long distances in the wind. When wind-blown seeds end up on the tundra beyond the tree line, they eventually can sprout （发芽） new trees. This explains how a forest can move. Of course, the process would work only if the tundra were warm enough. But in recent years, the whole planet has been warming.
New trees will provide shelters for some snow, keeping the sun’s rays from making the white surface disappear. Instead, the trees absorb the sun's heat. This warms the surrounding air. The extra warmth encourages even more trees to produce seeds. That further boosts a forest's ability to expand. In addition, more trees will trap more snow, preventing much of it from being blown away. Snow can trap heat in the soil below,which encourages trees to grow. The recent rise of temperature has helped more trees grow. The recent rise of temperatures has helped more trees grow past the tree line. People worry about impacts on the animals that depend on frozen conditions for food and shelter.
1.What is the main cause of the trees in the Arctic moving northward?
A. The rising temperature.
B. The shrinking of northern tundra.
C. The fierce and cold wind.
D. The abundant resources in the north.
2.What does the underlined word, “this”, in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. To produce more seeds.
B. To move northward
C. To respond to the climate change.
D. To protect themselves from the cold wind.
3.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. New trees can trap the snow, which may make the soil colder.
B. The trapped snow prevents new trees from producing more seeds.
C. New trees can make the surrounding air warmer.
D. New trees can bring more food and shelter for local animals.
4.The passage is most probably taken from _______.
A. a health report B. a science report
C. a fashion magazine D. a children's magazine
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年北京怀柔区高二上学期期末考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年湖北宜昌部分示范高中高二期末英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Not having done physical exercise for some time, I found myself a little low-spirited and couldn't study efficiently, so I decided to do some running the next day. At 6:15 the next morning, my alarm clock rang. Unwilling to rise from my bed, I turned it off and went back to sleep. However, 5 minutes later, I struggled to get up. After washing and brushing, I had my sneakers on and went out.
Wow! The air was so fresh that I couldn't help breathing it deeply. I stretched (伸展)my arms and legs, then started to run. I found all things around me were so attractive. Look, the branches were waving, as if they were welcoming me; the blossoming flowers were bowing, with shyness, just like girls. Listen, the wind was whispering, as if to say “come on, girl”. What's more interesting was those two birds, perching in the tree. They were scared and flew away when I passed them. “Hey, chaps, relax.” I shouted without stopping running. “Let's enjoy the beautiful morning together!” Then miracle(奇迹) happened. The two little creatures seemed to understand what I said. They turned back and twittered(吱吱叫) around me. “Are you singing for me?” I asked. They twittered again and again, sounded like “Yes”. I was delighted to hear that. Ah, what a wonderful morning and how beautiful life is!
Actually, there are a lot of charming things around us. Helen Keller wrote in her famous article Three Days to See, “The seeing see little”. Indeed, many of us ignore the beauty around us, just because we are familiar with them. They always complain that life is boring. But, I just want to say, if you live each day with appreciation of things around, you'll find life is very charming. So, let's enjoy life from now on.
1.According to the passage, the writer went running with the purpose of _____.
A. seeing the beauty of nature
B. making herself more active
C. talking with birds
D. breathing fresh air
2.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The writer rose immediately after the clock went off.
B. The writer enjoyed the singing of the two birds.
C. The writer did some warm-up exercises before running.
D. The writer felt refreshed after doing some running in the morning.
3.What does the underlined sentence “The seeing see little” in the last paragraph mean?
A. Those who go out only see little things.
B. Those who can see enjoy nature much more than the blind.
C. People who go sight-seeing can see little.
D. People who can see hardly find the beauty of nature.
4.The purpose of the writer in writing this passage is to tell us that _____.
A. the nature in the morning is very beautiful
B. fresh air is beneficial
C. we should appreciate the beautiful things in life
D. physical exercise is useful
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If the weather had been better, we could have had a picnic. But it ____ all day.
A. rained B. rains C. has rained D. is raining
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