阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从第36至第55小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Washoe is a young chimpanzee(黑猩猩). She is no 36 chimpanzee, though. Scientists are doing a research 37her. They want to see how civilized(驯化)she can 38 Already she does many things a human being can do.
For example, she has been learning how to exchange 39with people. The scientists are teaching her 40language. When she wants to be picked 41, Washoe points up with one finger. She rubs her teeth with her finger 42she wants to brush her teeth. This is done after every meal.
Washoe has also been 43to think out and find answers to problems. Once she was put in a 44with food hanging from the ceiling. It was too high to 45 . After she considered the 46 she got a tall box to stand 47The food was still too high to be reached.Washoe found a 48pole. Then she climbed onto the49, grasped the pole, and 50 down the food with the pole.
Washoe 51 like a human, too. The scientists keep her in a fully furnished(家具齐全的)house. After a hard 52in the laboratory, she goes home. 53 she plays with her toys. She 54 enjoys watching television before going to bed.
Scientists hope to 55 more about people by studying our closest,relative(亲属)—chimpanzee.
1. A.foolish B.ordinary C.special D.simple
2. A.for B.by C.to D.on
3.A.experience B.change C.develop D.become
4. A.actions B.views C.messages D.feelings
5.A.sign B.human C.spoken D.foreign
6.A.out B.at C.on D.up
7.A.when B.until C.since D.while
8.A.raised B.trained C.ordered D.led
9.A.cave B.zoo C.room D.museum
10.A.pull B.see C.eat D.reach
11.A.problem B.position C.food D.ceiling
12.A.by B.on C.up D.with
13.A.straight B.strong C.long D.big
14.A.wall B.box C.ceiling D.pole
15.A.knocked B.picked C.took D.shook
16.A.lives B.acts C.thinks D.plays
17.A.task B.lesson C.day D.time
18.A.Here B.There C.So DThen
19.A.quite B.already C.even D.still
20.A.observe B.discover C.gain D.learn
I like this house with a beautiful garden in front, but I don’t have enough money to buy______.
A. one B. it C. this D. that
Thank you for your help and I hope I can do something for you_____.
A. in return B. in turn C. in reply D. by turns
---Have we ________ food?.
--- Yes, ______. We’d better buy some.
A. run out of; we have run it out B. run out of; our food has run out
C. run out; our food has been run out D. run out; our food has run out
Mary went to the box office at lunch time, but all the tickets____ out.
A. have sold B. would sell C. was selling D. had sold
She found her calculator _____ she lost it.
A. where B. when C. in which D. that