忻州,临汾一中,长治二中,康杰中学2016第四次联考英语试题答案(3)

③Bush entered politics and served as the 46th Governor of Texas.
④Bush reduced taxes for every taxpayer and started free trade agreements.
⑤Bush gathered many partners that bought the Texas Rangers baseball franchise.
A. ⑤③④②①              B. ⑤③②①④
C. ③④⑤②①         D. ③⑤②①④
31. The underlined word “initiative” in Paragraph 3 means _______.
A. plan  B. speech     C. career     D. attack


D
Scientists have always been interested in the high level of organization in ant societies. American researchers have watched ants build life-saving rafts (筏子) to keep afloat during floods. They also have documented how ant colonies choose their next queen----the female whose job is to produce eggs.
New technology is helping to improve researchers’ understanding of the insects. But there is still a lot to be learned.
Fire ants living in Brazilian forests are perfectly at home in an environment where flooding is common. To save themselves, the insects connect their legs together and create floating rafts. Some ant rafts can be up to 20 centimeters wide.
David Hu who is a mechanical engineer with the Georgia Institute of Technology, also known as Georgia Tech, says, “If you have 100 ants, which means 600 legs, 99 percent of those legs will be connected to a neighbor. So they’re very, very good at maintaining this network.”
David Hu and other Georgia Tech researchers wanted to study ants and the secret of their engineering. They froze ant rafts and then look at them with the help of computed technology, or CT, images. The pictures showed that larger ants serve in central positions to which smaller ants hold. The larger ants form pockets of air that keep the insects afloat.
Scientists say small robots or materials that can change shape could be programmed in a similar way, working towards a shared goal.
Researchers at North Carolina State University are also studying ants. They examined how Indian jumping ants choose the leader of the colony when they lose their top female or queen. Researcher Clint Penick says all the worker ants in the colony are females. His team found that the worker ants start a series of competitions or battles and that some workers become physically larger.
32. The duty of the queen ants is to _______.
A. build rafts B. keep organized C. keep guard D. lay eggs
33. The author takes fire ants as an example to tell us _______.
   A. how ants seek food perfectly
   B. how ants connect their legs together
   C. how ants communicate with each other
   D. how ants save themselves from floods
34. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
   A. Ants know the way to form a harmonious society.
   B. The Georgia Tech researchers first discovered Indian jumping ants.
   C. Small and shape-changeable things might work just like ants do.
   D. All the worker ants in the colony are physically larger.
35. What’s the best title of the passage?
   A. Ants’ Ability to Organize         B. Ants’ Living Environment
   C. The Life-saving Rafts of ants D. The Election of the Queen Ant


第二节 (共5小题; 每小题3分，满分15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。
Top six ways to teach values to your child
In a consumer-driven society that broadcasts values that don’t reflect what you believe, how can parents teach values to their kids? Here are ideas to help you:
◆  36   Kids love to hear stories about your childhood. Weave some moral dilemmas and you’ ll get great opportunities to teach values to them.
◆Live your own life according to your values－walk and talk (言行一致). Kids learn by imitating, especially at a young age. Don’t give them confusing signals; follow your own values every moment.
◆Pay attention to who else might be teaching values to your kids. Get to know your kid’s teachers, coaches, relatives, etc.   37   Know their values and beliefs as well.
◆Read them fairy tales when they’re younger. Fairy tales capture the imagination of kids and can easily lead to a discussion of values.   38 
◆Involve your kids in art, activities, or helping others while limiting TV and video games.   39   Allow them to experience helping others and involve them in activities that will expand their creativity. 
◆Have high expectations for your kids’ value system.   40   Their value system will often reflect yours if the expectations are high.
Let him know that he’s not wrong.
Kids learn values when they experience them.
Tell kids your life stories and teach them through your stories.
Kids will tend to rise to the level of expectation you have for them.
Anyone who spends time with your kids may be influencing them.
Talk to them when everyone’s relaxed, and do it in a conversation manner.
Kids will learn the most important values when they’re excited about the topic.
第三部分   英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）
第一节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One of the most exciting archaeological (考古的) discoveries in history was made in November 1922, when Howard Carter was   41   in the valley of the Kings in Egypt. After many months of digging, he finally   42   an unknown tomb.