65. According to the text, which of the following is true?

A. Lions make most kills in the daytime.

B. Males care more about eating than active killing.

C. Lions are curious about things happening around them.

D. It doesn’t take lions too much time to make a kill.

64. By describing lions as “opportunists” in the first paragraph, the author means to say that lions　　　 .

A. are cruel animals　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　 B. are clever animals

C. like to take advantage of other animals　　 　　 D. like to take every chance to eat

70.According to the passage ,it is believed that “Flores Human”_______.

A. was dwarfed by its enemies　　

B. could use language

C. left a lot of fossils in hot and wet environment

D. reached Flores 40,000 years ago　　　　　　　　　　　

答案　 67.C　 68.B　 69.D　 70.B

Passage 69

(06·安徽C篇)

Lions are opportunists. They prefer to eat without having to do too much work. When resting in the shade, they are also watching the sky to see what is flying by, and even in the heat of the day they will suddenly start up and run a mile across the plains to find out what is going on. If another animal has made a kill, they will drive it off and take the dill for themselves. A grown lion can easily eat 60 pounds of meat at a single feeding. Often they eat until it seems painful for them to lie down.

The lioneases (母狮) , being thinner and faster, are better hunters (猎手) than the males (雄狮). But the males don’t mind. After the kill they move in and take the test share.

Most kills are made at night or just before daybreak. We have seen many, many daylight attempts but only ten kills. Roughly, It’s about twenty daytime attempts for one kill.

When lions are hiding for an attack by a water hole, they wait patiently and can charge at any second. The kill is the exciting moment in the day-to-day life of the lion, since these great animals spend most of their time, about 20 hours a day, sleeping and resting.

Lions are social cats, and when they are having a rest, they love to touch each other. After drinking at a water hole, a lioness rests her head on another’s back. When walking, young lions often touch faces with older ones, an act of close ties among members of the group.

69.This passage mainly talks about______.

A. the tools made by “Flores Human”

B. the language used by “Flores Human”

C. the evolution of “Flores Human”

D. the major surprising findings about “Flores Human”　　　

68.The underlined part “this tiny human”in Paragraph 2 refers to _______.

A.a chimp　　 .　　　 B.Flores Human　　　 C.Homo sapiens　　　 D.Homo sapiens　　　　　　　　　

67.According to the passage , “Flores Human”______.

A. lived a partly human life

B. was a branch of Homo sapiens

C. used tools before Homo sapiens arrived

D. had a brain as a common chimp’s　　　　　　　　　　

66.According to the passage,to cut dowa on the coyolc population.people are advised to_______.

A.leave pct food secured　　　　　　　　　　 B.keep coyotes in small regions

C.foree coyotes to live alone　　　　　　　　　 D.avond using trapping programs　　　　　　　

答案　 63.A　 64.D　 65.C　 66.A

Passage 68

(06·湖南D篇)

The discovery of a dwarfed (矮个的)”human being” who lived in Flores .Indonesin .up to 18,000 years ago is changing the way we think about the human family .This “Flores Human”was three foot tall and her brain was smaller than that lf the average chimp (黑猩猩).yet she and her relatives apparently lived fully human lives .They seem to have made tools ,worked together to find food and cook it,and perhaps even hurried their dead with ceremony.

It was a major surprise to find tools associated with the new human family member .The tools are like those frmmerly seen only with European fossils (化石)from our own species;Homo sapiens (智人)；and the oldest of them were made　 94,000years ago .Homo sapiens is thought to have amved in the island about 40,000 years ago ,much too late to be responsible for the tools .If this tiny human made the tools ,them the inside　 structure (结构)of its brain must have been more like our own than a chimp’s ,despite being just a third the size of ours.

　 This “new human” was suspected to be a dwarfed ranch of Homo erectus (直立人). When creatures are separated in regions with rare resources but few enemies,being big is a disadvantage, and evolution tends to shrink them, aprocess known as island dwarfing.Could natural selection make a human smaller while keeping----even improving----mental ability ?Quite possibly, believes Christopher Wills of the University of California.

　 Has the “Flores Human” even shown the ability of language? “I find it difficult to imagine that people could make tools.use fire ,and kill large animals without fairly advanced communication.”　 Wills says .Did “Flores Human” possess the basic components of human culture ---such as the burying of the dead with ceremony ?　 Emiliano Bruner of the Italian Institute points out that Indonesia’s hot,wet environment is bad for fossilization.It is reasonable to assume ,he says ,that the 18,000-year-old bones of the most complete Flores woman were well-preserved because she was buried with special care.

65.According to the passage,coyote__________.

A.originally lived in the west of the continent

B.sleep dung the day but look for food at night

C.are teaching survival skills to therr younger generations

D.suffered a population deerease because pcople killed wolves　　　　　　　　　　　　

64.The aim of the passage is to_____________.

A.tell pcople how to fight against coyotes

B.tell us why the coyote is the most hunted animal

C.supply the reason why the coyote is a kind of motorious pest

D.explain how the coyote has spread to and survived in cities　　　　　　　　　　　　

63.The underlinged word “plasticity”in Paragraph 2refers to____________.

A.the ability to fit the environment　　　　　　 B.notonous smartness

C.hunting ability　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.being human-tolerant