2024年3月10日发(作者：扈觅丹)
2024学年新疆高三下期第一次月考英语试题
注意事项
1．考生要认真填写考场号和座位序号。
2．试题所有答案必须填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。第一部分必须用2B 铅笔作答；第二部分必须用黑
色字迹的签字笔作答。
3．考试结束后，考生须将试卷和答题卡放在桌面上，待监考员收回。
第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．
Our dream is to _______ a World Cup that makes you, your grandchildren and everyone in football really proud.
A
．
stage B
．
chair
C．found D．watch
2．
The government placed _____ on the numbers of foreign cars that could be imported.
A
．
limitations
C．requirements D．restrictions
3．
Cells are important because they are organized structures that help living thing the activities of life.
A
．
carry on B
．
expand on
C．put on D．hang on
4．
Good news! We didn’t spend we had expected.
A
．
as half much money as B
．
much money as half as
B
．
administration
C．as much money as half D．half as much money as
5．
—Alice has just lost her husband to heart failure.
—Her ______ smile can’t hide her sorrow.
A
．
arbitrary
C．compulsory D．conventional
B
．
artificial
6．
It rained this morning, _____ actually didn’t bother me because I like walking in the rain.
A
．
what
C．where D．which
B
．
when
7．
If you sleep less than seven hours, you are three times more to catch a cold
．
A．possible B．certainly C．probable D．likely
8．
It is unwise to disturb one who is devoted to his work. Just _____.
A
．
face the music B
．
fly off the handle
C．eat your words D．bite your tongue
A hurricane swept through my village. Just as we were beginning to lose hope, it suddenly stopped. It is really “ ”.
9．
A
．
All’s well that ends well B
．
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place
C．It never rains but if pours D．A friend in need is a friend indeed
10．
Their products enjoy 30 percent ________ of the market in this country because both the quality and their service
are fine.
A．features B．shares C．interests D．sales
11．
Where was it ______ the road accident happened the other day?
A
．
that
C．how D．which
12．
They overcame some difficulties and completed the work ahead of time, ________ was something we had not
expected.
A
．
that
C．it D．what
B
．
which
B
．
when
13．
The online word “selfie” is gaining ______ and more and more people tend to use it nowadays.
A
．
access B
．
admission
C．control D．currency
14．
He insisted what he did _______ right and that anyone who broke laws ________
．
A
．
was ; be punished
C．was; was punished D．be ; be punished
15．
The company began to produce silk underwear last year, most of ________ imported to Europe.
A．it B．them C．that D．which
16．
A grand banquet was held by Elizabeth II _____ President Xi’s current state visit to the UK.
A
．
in terms of B
．
in honor of
C．in favor of D．in memory of
17．
—Do you know Linda was fired for her casual attitude towards the job?
—No wonder she _________ when I tried to amuse her this morning.
A
．
was tickled pink B
．
pulled my leg
B
．
be ; was punished
C．gave me the cold shoulder D．saw the handwriting on the wall
18．
I wanted some more cold meat but there was _____ left.
A．none B．no one C．any D．some
19．
Teaching as a career is to many people owing to the long holidays.
A
．
popular
C．attractive D．fantastic
20．At one time, she is fine, ________ at another, she is abnormal.
A．and B．or C．but D．so
B
．
familiar
第二部分 阅读理解（满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
21．（6分）
Dogs may actually understand what their owners are trying to say, according to a new study.
Moreover, when dogs listen to someone talking, they may use brain regions that are equal to those that humans use
to understand what others say, the researchers found.
In other words, the new study shows that the brain mechanisms(
结构）
involved in the process of understanding
human speech are similar in dogs and humans. This means that the brain mechanisms involved in understanding
human speech are not unique to humans.
To convey information through speech, people use both words and intonation (
语调）
, which is the way a person's
voice rises and falls to express an emotion or meaning, such as praise or disapproval. Similarly, to understand what
someone is trying to say, people have to pay attention to both their words and their intonation.
In the study, the researchers wanted to see whether dogs also pay attention to both words and intonation when
trying to understand what a human is trying to say to them.
To conduct the study, the researchers looked at 13 dogs. The researchers measured the dogs’ brain activity with a
brain scanner while the dogs listened to recordings of their trainers speaking different combinations of words and
intonations.
The researchers found that the dogs paid attention to both the words and intonation when trying to understand
human speech, just as humans do when they try to understand human speech. This finding means that dogs may
understand both the words and the intonation that humans use when they talk to dogs.
The brain scans also suggested that the dogs used the left parts of their brains while trying lo understand words hut
used the right parts of their brains while trying to understand intonation. Similarly, humans use the left parts of their
brains while trying to understand the meanings of words and the right parts of their brains while trying to understand
intonation.
1
、
What is the best title for the passage?
A
．
Your Dog Understands What You’re Saying
B
．
A Big Challenge to Human Beings
C
．
Our Best Friends—Dogs
D
．
The Dogs in the Future
2
、
What do people use to convey information through speech?
A
．
Emotion or meaning. B
．
Voice rising and falling.
C
．
Words and intonation. D
．
Praise or disapproval.
3
、
What can be inferred from the passage?
A
．
Dogs are the cleverest animals.
B
．
It is generally believed that the brain mechanisms involved in understanding human speech are unique to humans.
C
．
With the brain mechanisms like human's, dogs can speak as human do in the near future.
D
．
Dogs are also good al learning languages.
22．（8分）
Chinese audiences seemed not to have been satisfied with the third season of the highly anticipated
food documentary A Bite of China.
Even though the series has maintained high viewership ratings since its comeback last week, much higher than
other programs aired at the same time, the ranking on Douban, a social networking website featuring films, literature
and events, slipped to 4.2 out of 10, as of Tuesday, compared with 9.3 and 8.4, respectively, for the first two seasons.
Picky viewers complain that some of the narration is not accurate, while others pinpoint misleading content. At the
same time, food blogger @barbara questioned whether it is appropriate to give a close-up shot of the poisonous plant
Nandina
（南天竺）
in a food program.
A Bite of China, which debuted in 2012, became hugely popular nationwide for its quality introduction of some
rarely-known and mouth-watering domestic cuisine. In the new show, however, watchers are not satisfied with
“irrelevant” food references, such as lipsticks made of Chinese traditional medicine and martial arts master.
The first episode introduced a hand-made iron frying pan from east China’s Shandong province, which prompted
thousands of Chinese Internet users to buy one from China’s leading e-commerce website Tmall in the next few days.
Sales of the pan at “Zhensanhuan” surged 6,000 times compared with a year ago, according to Beijing Youth Daily.
In response to overwhelming criticism and questions, A Bite of China production crew responded on Weibo that
they seek innovation despite the risks following the first two phenomenal seasons.
“It is unavoidable to make comparisons with the first two, and some audiences may not accept the changes,” the
crew said. “We explore the culture and civilization behind food, and give food a historic touch. That’s why we feature
culinarytools, feast and rituals, as well as a healthy diet to show Chinese wisdom and philosophy, which has not
（烹饪的）
been shown in any food programs before.”
1
、
Why does the passage mention Nandina?
A
．
Because some of the narration is not accurate.
B
．
Because it may be improper to give a close-up shot of a poisonous plant.
C
．
Because it is misleading content.
D
．
Because it is not attractive at all to most picky viewers.
2
、
Which of the following elements leads to viewers’ dissatisfaction with the new show?
A
．
some mouth-watering domestic cuisines
B
．
food-unrelated items
C
．
some rarely-known cuisines
D
．
the increasing sales of the pan at “Zhensanhuan”
3
、
According to its production crew, what is unique to ‘A Bite of China III’?
A
．
It makes comparisons with the first two episodes.
B
．
It tells the story of some martial arts related to food.
C
．
It receives overwhelming criticism and questions from audience.
D
．
It focuses on cooking tools, rituals and healthy eating.
4
、
What is the best the title for the passage?
A
．
'A Bite of China III' Draws Criticism from Audiences
B
．
'A Bite of China III' Maintains High Viewership Ratings
C
．
'A Bite of China III' Changes for the Worse
D
．
'A Bite of China III' Explains its Purposes
23．（8分）
When Sabrina Vega was 5 years old, a friend invited her to a party held at a gym where Sabrina
discovered that she loved doing gymnastics.
A few nights after the party, Sabrina had a dream. She told her mother, Jahira, about the dream. Jahira said,
“Sabrina said that in her dream she went to the Olympics. She described everything at this international competition. At
first I did not take her story seriously.”
But Sabrina kept talking about her dream. She told it to her father, David. So Jahira and David decided to pay for
Sabrina to learn gymnastics.
So Sabrina started to train at a special and competitive gym. Though only 7 years old, she was already training to
compete at a high level. The years passed quickly. Sabrina got better and better. By the time she was 12 years old,
Sabrina was training so many hours each day that she did not have time to do things that many other Americans of an
age did.
When Sabrina was 13, she had a chance to compete in a national gymnastics event. If she did well, the event would
give her the chance to join the national team — the team that trains for the Olympics.
But the family was out of money. Jahira had to tell Sabrina that she could not go. Jahira said, “Tears came to her
eyes, and she said, ‘I understand’.”
A week or two later, a rich family came to visit Sabrina’s gym unexpectedly. They watched Sabrina train. Then they
asked to talk to her mother. The rich family offered Jahira all the money they needed!
Eventually, Sabrina Vega competed at the 2012 Olympic Trials. She finished 10th in the all-round.
1
、
Sabrina Vega had a dream to .
A
．
go to the party
B
．
do gymnastics
C
．
take part in the Olympics
D
．
attend a national competition
2
、
From the passage, we can infer .
A
．
Sabrina’s parents were tired of her talking
B
．
Sabrina’s parents loved her and were moved by her
C
．
Sabrina’s parents supported her dream even at the beginning
D
．
Sabrina became a national team player at the age of twelve
3
、
What does the author want to tell us?
A
．
All roads lead to Rome.
B
．
Early birds catch worms.
C
．
Practice makes perfect.
D
．
God bless the determined and hard-working.
4
、
Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A
．
A talented girl B
．
The caring parents
C
．
An Olympic dream D
．
A helping hand
24．（8分）
This week, a mammoth (
猛犸象
) possibly killed by humans 10,000 to 15,000 years ago was found in
soy fields about 50 miles west of Detroit. It was found by farmer James Bristle and his neighbor Trent Satterthwaite,
who were reportedly digging in the field. At first, they couldn’t figure out what they were seeing.
“It was probably a rib bone that came up,” Bristle tells Ann Arbor News. “We thought it was a bent fence post.”
Upon closer inspection, however, it became clear even to untrained eyes this was no fence post. “We knew it was
something special.” Then they sped up the dig.
After finding the bones Monday night, Bristle called the University of Michigan Tuesday morning to report his find.
Scientist Daniel Fisher arrived to inspect it Wednesday, and by Thursday morning he had confirmed it’s a woolly
mammoth. He concludes the animal was about 40 years old when it died. It was hunted by humans, he says, who killed it
arid stored the remains in a pond as a way of preserving the meat for future use. It’s still too early to tell exactly how it
died, Fisher tells Detroit’s WWJ-TV, “but the skeleton showed signs of human’s butchering.”
The bones are being temporarily stored nearby, according to the Free Press, and it remains unclear where they’ll
eventually end up. Their research value will be determined once they’ve been cleaned and dried.
Woolly mammoths once lived in Eurasia and North America, and most disappeared by 10,000 years ago—a demise
(
终止
) that has been linked not only to humans, but also to changing climate. It’s now believed that warming weather
weakened their populations before humans dealt the final blows.
1
、
How did James Bristle and his neighbor find what they found at first?
A
．
It’s delicate.
C
．
It’s unique.
B
．
It’s old.
D
．
It’s worthless.
2
、
What can we know about the mammoth according to the text?
A
．
It might die in its 40s.
C
．
It preferred walking in the fields.
3
、
Which is Daniel Fisher’s opinion?
A
．
The bones are well worth studying.
B
．
The mammoth was killed by a butcher.
C
．
The newfound site has evidence of human activity.
D
．
It’s unclear whether the bones were a mammoth’s.
4
、
What does the underlined part in the last paragraph mean?
A
．
Dried their bones.
C
．
Destroyed their home.
B
．
Took their lives.
D
．
Preserved their meat.
B
．
It was native to Eurasia.
D
．
It mainly died from climate change.
AUSTRALIAN adults want to see “life skills” introduced into school curriculums, including money
25．（10分）
management, job preparation and domestic tasks. New research from Monash University showed Aussie adults also
widely supported the inclusion of technology, coding and artificial intelligence subjects to student curriculums to
prepare them for future jobs.
Co-author Professor Neil Selwyn, from Monash’s new Education Futures think tank, said the survey results of
more than 2,000 Australians had taken himself and Dr Deana Leahy by surprise. “The life skills—I wasn’t expecting
that at all,” he said. Those quizzed were asked to rate the value of a list of subjects already in the curriculum, but were
also given an open space to write what they think should be included. Prof. Selwyn said people called for schools to teach
financial skills, budgeting, cooking and doing taxes. “You could argue that these are things people should be learning
themselves, or learning from their families,” Prof. Selwyn said. “But we’ve got to be thinking forward in terms of the
skills people will need for jobs and their ways of living.”
One respondent said schools should introduce a “contemporary life skills” subject: “A compulsory 1-hour a week
class on skills needed that parents seem continually unable to teach their kids.” Suggestions for the class included
resume writing, filing tax returns and health claims. Another respondent called for students to be taught “general life
skills as unfortunately not enough kids will have parents to actually be bothered to educate them or simply parents don’t
know themselves”.
Of the subjects, maths was the highest ranked (75.5 percent), followed closely by English (74.8 percent). And while
science was the third highest ranked subject (46.2 percent), it was more strongly supported by those who earned higher
2024年3月10日发(作者：扈觅丹)
2024学年新疆高三下期第一次月考英语试题
注意事项
1．考生要认真填写考场号和座位序号。
2．试题所有答案必须填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。第一部分必须用2B 铅笔作答；第二部分必须用黑
色字迹的签字笔作答。
3．考试结束后，考生须将试卷和答题卡放在桌面上，待监考员收回。
第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．
Our dream is to _______ a World Cup that makes you, your grandchildren and everyone in football really proud.
A
．
stage B
．
chair
C．found D．watch
2．
The government placed _____ on the numbers of foreign cars that could be imported.
A
．
limitations
C．requirements D．restrictions
3．
Cells are important because they are organized structures that help living thing the activities of life.
A
．
carry on B
．
expand on
C．put on D．hang on
4．
Good news! We didn’t spend we had expected.
A
．
as half much money as B
．
much money as half as
B
．
administration
C．as much money as half D．half as much money as
5．
—Alice has just lost her husband to heart failure.
—Her ______ smile can’t hide her sorrow.
A
．
arbitrary
C．compulsory D．conventional
B
．
artificial
6．
It rained this morning, _____ actually didn’t bother me because I like walking in the rain.
A
．
what
C．where D．which
B
．
when
7．
If you sleep less than seven hours, you are three times more to catch a cold
．
A．possible B．certainly C．probable D．likely
8．
It is unwise to disturb one who is devoted to his work. Just _____.
A
．
face the music B
．
fly off the handle
C．eat your words D．bite your tongue
A hurricane swept through my village. Just as we were beginning to lose hope, it suddenly stopped. It is really “ ”.
9．
A
．
All’s well that ends well B
．
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place
C．It never rains but if pours D．A friend in need is a friend indeed
10．
Their products enjoy 30 percent ________ of the market in this country because both the quality and their service
are fine.
A．features B．shares C．interests D．sales
11．
Where was it ______ the road accident happened the other day?
A
．
that
C．how D．which
12．
They overcame some difficulties and completed the work ahead of time, ________ was something we had not
expected.
A
．
that
C．it D．what
B
．
which
B
．
when
13．
The online word “selfie” is gaining ______ and more and more people tend to use it nowadays.
A
．
access B
．
admission
C．control D．currency
14．
He insisted what he did _______ right and that anyone who broke laws ________
．
A
．
was ; be punished
C．was; was punished D．be ; be punished
15．
The company began to produce silk underwear last year, most of ________ imported to Europe.
A．it B．them C．that D．which
16．
A grand banquet was held by Elizabeth II _____ President Xi’s current state visit to the UK.
A
．
in terms of B
．
in honor of
C．in favor of D．in memory of
17．
—Do you know Linda was fired for her casual attitude towards the job?
—No wonder she _________ when I tried to amuse her this morning.
A
．
was tickled pink B
．
pulled my leg
B
．
be ; was punished
C．gave me the cold shoulder D．saw the handwriting on the wall
18．
I wanted some more cold meat but there was _____ left.
A．none B．no one C．any D．some
19．
Teaching as a career is to many people owing to the long holidays.
A
．
popular
C．attractive D．fantastic
20．At one time, she is fine, ________ at another, she is abnormal.
A．and B．or C．but D．so
B
．
familiar
第二部分 阅读理解（满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
21．（6分）
Dogs may actually understand what their owners are trying to say, according to a new study.
Moreover, when dogs listen to someone talking, they may use brain regions that are equal to those that humans use
to understand what others say, the researchers found.
In other words, the new study shows that the brain mechanisms(
结构）
involved in the process of understanding
human speech are similar in dogs and humans. This means that the brain mechanisms involved in understanding
human speech are not unique to humans.
To convey information through speech, people use both words and intonation (
语调）
, which is the way a person's
voice rises and falls to express an emotion or meaning, such as praise or disapproval. Similarly, to understand what
someone is trying to say, people have to pay attention to both their words and their intonation.
In the study, the researchers wanted to see whether dogs also pay attention to both words and intonation when
trying to understand what a human is trying to say to them.
To conduct the study, the researchers looked at 13 dogs. The researchers measured the dogs’ brain activity with a
brain scanner while the dogs listened to recordings of their trainers speaking different combinations of words and
intonations.
The researchers found that the dogs paid attention to both the words and intonation when trying to understand
human speech, just as humans do when they try to understand human speech. This finding means that dogs may
understand both the words and the intonation that humans use when they talk to dogs.
The brain scans also suggested that the dogs used the left parts of their brains while trying lo understand words hut
used the right parts of their brains while trying to understand intonation. Similarly, humans use the left parts of their
brains while trying to understand the meanings of words and the right parts of their brains while trying to understand
intonation.
1
、
What is the best title for the passage?
A
．
Your Dog Understands What You’re Saying
B
．
A Big Challenge to Human Beings
C
．
Our Best Friends—Dogs
D
．
The Dogs in the Future
2
、
What do people use to convey information through speech?
A
．
Emotion or meaning. B
．
Voice rising and falling.
C
．
Words and intonation. D
．
Praise or disapproval.
3
、
What can be inferred from the passage?
A
．
Dogs are the cleverest animals.
B
．
It is generally believed that the brain mechanisms involved in understanding human speech are unique to humans.
C
．
With the brain mechanisms like human's, dogs can speak as human do in the near future.
D
．
Dogs are also good al learning languages.
22．（8分）
Chinese audiences seemed not to have been satisfied with the third season of the highly anticipated
food documentary A Bite of China.
Even though the series has maintained high viewership ratings since its comeback last week, much higher than
other programs aired at the same time, the ranking on Douban, a social networking website featuring films, literature
and events, slipped to 4.2 out of 10, as of Tuesday, compared with 9.3 and 8.4, respectively, for the first two seasons.
Picky viewers complain that some of the narration is not accurate, while others pinpoint misleading content. At the
same time, food blogger @barbara questioned whether it is appropriate to give a close-up shot of the poisonous plant
Nandina
（南天竺）
in a food program.
A Bite of China, which debuted in 2012, became hugely popular nationwide for its quality introduction of some
rarely-known and mouth-watering domestic cuisine. In the new show, however, watchers are not satisfied with
“irrelevant” food references, such as lipsticks made of Chinese traditional medicine and martial arts master.
The first episode introduced a hand-made iron frying pan from east China’s Shandong province, which prompted
thousands of Chinese Internet users to buy one from China’s leading e-commerce website Tmall in the next few days.
Sales of the pan at “Zhensanhuan” surged 6,000 times compared with a year ago, according to Beijing Youth Daily.
In response to overwhelming criticism and questions, A Bite of China production crew responded on Weibo that
they seek innovation despite the risks following the first two phenomenal seasons.
“It is unavoidable to make comparisons with the first two, and some audiences may not accept the changes,” the
crew said. “We explore the culture and civilization behind food, and give food a historic touch. That’s why we feature
culinarytools, feast and rituals, as well as a healthy diet to show Chinese wisdom and philosophy, which has not
（烹饪的）
been shown in any food programs before.”
1
、
Why does the passage mention Nandina?
A
．
Because some of the narration is not accurate.
B
．
Because it may be improper to give a close-up shot of a poisonous plant.
C
．
Because it is misleading content.
D
．
Because it is not attractive at all to most picky viewers.
2
、
Which of the following elements leads to viewers’ dissatisfaction with the new show?
A
．
some mouth-watering domestic cuisines
B
．
food-unrelated items
C
．
some rarely-known cuisines
D
．
the increasing sales of the pan at “Zhensanhuan”
3
、
According to its production crew, what is unique to ‘A Bite of China III’?
A
．
It makes comparisons with the first two episodes.
B
．
It tells the story of some martial arts related to food.
C
．
It receives overwhelming criticism and questions from audience.
D
．
It focuses on cooking tools, rituals and healthy eating.
4
、
What is the best the title for the passage?
A
．
'A Bite of China III' Draws Criticism from Audiences
B
．
'A Bite of China III' Maintains High Viewership Ratings
C
．
'A Bite of China III' Changes for the Worse
D
．
'A Bite of China III' Explains its Purposes
23．（8分）
When Sabrina Vega was 5 years old, a friend invited her to a party held at a gym where Sabrina
discovered that she loved doing gymnastics.
A few nights after the party, Sabrina had a dream. She told her mother, Jahira, about the dream. Jahira said,
“Sabrina said that in her dream she went to the Olympics. She described everything at this international competition. At
first I did not take her story seriously.”
But Sabrina kept talking about her dream. She told it to her father, David. So Jahira and David decided to pay for
Sabrina to learn gymnastics.
So Sabrina started to train at a special and competitive gym. Though only 7 years old, she was already training to
compete at a high level. The years passed quickly. Sabrina got better and better. By the time she was 12 years old,
Sabrina was training so many hours each day that she did not have time to do things that many other Americans of an
age did.
When Sabrina was 13, she had a chance to compete in a national gymnastics event. If she did well, the event would
give her the chance to join the national team — the team that trains for the Olympics.
But the family was out of money. Jahira had to tell Sabrina that she could not go. Jahira said, “Tears came to her
eyes, and she said, ‘I understand’.”
A week or two later, a rich family came to visit Sabrina’s gym unexpectedly. They watched Sabrina train. Then they
asked to talk to her mother. The rich family offered Jahira all the money they needed!
Eventually, Sabrina Vega competed at the 2012 Olympic Trials. She finished 10th in the all-round.
1
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Sabrina Vega had a dream to .
A
．
go to the party
B
．
do gymnastics
C
．
take part in the Olympics
D
．
attend a national competition
2
、
From the passage, we can infer .
A
．
Sabrina’s parents were tired of her talking
B
．
Sabrina’s parents loved her and were moved by her
C
．
Sabrina’s parents supported her dream even at the beginning
D
．
Sabrina became a national team player at the age of twelve
3
、
What does the author want to tell us?
A
．
All roads lead to Rome.
B
．
Early birds catch worms.
C
．
Practice makes perfect.
D
．
God bless the determined and hard-working.
4
、
Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A
．
A talented girl B
．
The caring parents
C
．
An Olympic dream D
．
A helping hand
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This week, a mammoth (
猛犸象
) possibly killed by humans 10,000 to 15,000 years ago was found in
soy fields about 50 miles west of Detroit. It was found by farmer James Bristle and his neighbor Trent Satterthwaite,
who were reportedly digging in the field. At first, they couldn’t figure out what they were seeing.
“It was probably a rib bone that came up,” Bristle tells Ann Arbor News. “We thought it was a bent fence post.”
Upon closer inspection, however, it became clear even to untrained eyes this was no fence post. “We knew it was
something special.” Then they sped up the dig.
After finding the bones Monday night, Bristle called the University of Michigan Tuesday morning to report his find.
Scientist Daniel Fisher arrived to inspect it Wednesday, and by Thursday morning he had confirmed it’s a woolly
mammoth. He concludes the animal was about 40 years old when it died. It was hunted by humans, he says, who killed it
arid stored the remains in a pond as a way of preserving the meat for future use. It’s still too early to tell exactly how it
died, Fisher tells Detroit’s WWJ-TV, “but the skeleton showed signs of human’s butchering.”
The bones are being temporarily stored nearby, according to the Free Press, and it remains unclear where they’ll
eventually end up. Their research value will be determined once they’ve been cleaned and dried.
Woolly mammoths once lived in Eurasia and North America, and most disappeared by 10,000 years ago—a demise
(
终止
) that has been linked not only to humans, but also to changing climate. It’s now believed that warming weather
weakened their populations before humans dealt the final blows.
1
、
How did James Bristle and his neighbor find what they found at first?
A
．
It’s delicate.
C
．
It’s unique.
B
．
It’s old.
D
．
It’s worthless.
2
、
What can we know about the mammoth according to the text?
A
．
It might die in its 40s.
C
．
It preferred walking in the fields.
3
、
Which is Daniel Fisher’s opinion?
A
．
The bones are well worth studying.
B
．
The mammoth was killed by a butcher.
C
．
The newfound site has evidence of human activity.
D
．
It’s unclear whether the bones were a mammoth’s.
4
、
What does the underlined part in the last paragraph mean?
A
．
Dried their bones.
C
．
Destroyed their home.
B
．
Took their lives.
D
．
Preserved their meat.
B
．
It was native to Eurasia.
D
．
It mainly died from climate change.
AUSTRALIAN adults want to see “life skills” introduced into school curriculums, including money
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management, job preparation and domestic tasks. New research from Monash University showed Aussie adults also
widely supported the inclusion of technology, coding and artificial intelligence subjects to student curriculums to
prepare them for future jobs.
Co-author Professor Neil Selwyn, from Monash’s new Education Futures think tank, said the survey results of
more than 2,000 Australians had taken himself and Dr Deana Leahy by surprise. “The life skills—I wasn’t expecting
that at all,” he said. Those quizzed were asked to rate the value of a list of subjects already in the curriculum, but were
also given an open space to write what they think should be included. Prof. Selwyn said people called for schools to teach
financial skills, budgeting, cooking and doing taxes. “You could argue that these are things people should be learning
themselves, or learning from their families,” Prof. Selwyn said. “But we’ve got to be thinking forward in terms of the
skills people will need for jobs and their ways of living.”
One respondent said schools should introduce a “contemporary life skills” subject: “A compulsory 1-hour a week
class on skills needed that parents seem continually unable to teach their kids.” Suggestions for the class included
resume writing, filing tax returns and health claims. Another respondent called for students to be taught “general life
skills as unfortunately not enough kids will have parents to actually be bothered to educate them or simply parents don’t
know themselves”.
Of the subjects, maths was the highest ranked (75.5 percent), followed closely by English (74.8 percent). And while
science was the third highest ranked subject (46.2 percent), it was more strongly supported by those who earned higher