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Very mobile ears help many animals direct their attention to the rustle of a possible attacker. Researchers say these mobile ears have become a useful communication tool. Their studies of animal behaviour build up a picture of how communication and social skills developed.
“We're interested in how they communicate,” said lead researcher Jennifer Wathan.“And being sensitive to what another individual is thinking is a fundamental skill from which other more complex skills develop.”
Ms Wathan and her colleague Prof Karen McComb set up a behavioural experiment where 72 individual horses had to use visual clues from another horse in order to choose where to feed. They led each horse to a point where it had to select one of two buckets. On a wall behind this decision-making spot was a life-sized photograph of a horse's head facing either to left or right. In some of the trials, the horses’ ears or eyes were covered.
If the ears and eyes of the horse in the picture were visible, the horses being tested would choose the bucket towards which its gaze and its ears were directed. If the horse in the picture had either its eyes or its ears covered, the horse being tested would just choose a feed bucket at random.
Like many mammals that are hunted by predators（捕食者）, horses can rotate（旋转）their ears through almost 180 degrees - but Ms Wathan said that in our "human-centric" view of the world, we had overlooked the importance of these very mobile ears in animal communication.
"It seems there's something in the visual clues----from both the eyes and the ears-----that are really important," she told BBC News. "Horses have quite rich social lives and relationships with other horses, so they're a good species to look at this in." And the more we look at communication across different species, the more we can consider what might have promoted the evolution of sophisticated communication and social skills."
1.Why does a horse rotate its ears?
A. To tell each other where they can go for the buckets.
B. To be curious about what the other horse is thinking.
C. To warn the other horse when an attacker is coming closer.
D. To express its hope to build up social relations with others.
2.Why did the researchers use the life-sized photograph of a horse in the experiment?
A. To help develop horses’ complex skills.
B. To lead other horses to feed themselves.
C. To make the horses in the experiment excited.
D. To provide clues for the horses in the experiment.
3.Why are ears and eyes important to horses?
A. They can find the feeding buckets more easily with ears and eyes.
B. With ears and eyes they can escape from dangers more easily.
C. With ears and eyes they can communicate with other horses.
D. Horses have quite rich social lives with ears and eyes.
4.What can be the best title of the passage?
A. Rotary Ears Serve as Communication Tools.
B. Horses Have More Social Skills than Other Species.
C. Experiments with Horses’ Ears.
D. Fundamental Skills of Horses.
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As is known to all, colors appear in every language to express people’s feeling and thoughts. Then, what is the situation in American English?
Red is a hot color. Americans may say they are red hot about something unfair. They are red hot when they are very angry about something. The small hot-tasting peppers found in many Mexican foods are called red hot for their color and their fiery taste. Fast loud music is popular with many people. They may say the music is red hot, especially the kind called Dixieland Jazz.
Pink is a lighter kind of red. People sometimes say they are in the pink when they are in good health．The expression was first used in America at the beginning of the twentieth century. It comes from the fact that many babies are born with nice pink skin that shows that they are in good health.
The color black is often used in expressions. People describe a day on which everything goes wrong as a black day. People or things on a blacklist are connected with things illegal now. But at one time, some businesses refused to employ people who were on a blacklist for belonging to unpopular organizations.
The color green is natural for trees and grass. But it is an unnatural color for humans. A person who has a sick feeling in his stomach may say he feels a little green. A passenger on a boat who is feeling very sick from high waves may look very green.
Sometimes a person may be upset because he does not have something as nice as a friend has. That person may say he is green with envy. Some people are green with envy because a friend has more dollars or greenbacks. Dollars are called greenbacks because green is the color of the back side of the paper money．
1.People use “in the pink” to express they are in good health because ________.
A．the expression has a very long history
B．the color pink makes people feel happy
C．people think the color pink is gentler than red
D．healthy babies are born with nice pink skin
2.When we say someone feels a little green, it means he/she ________.
A．enjoys himself in boating B．is hit by a high wave
C．has a stomachache D．likes trees and grass
3.In the writer’s eyes, what is related to a black day?
A．Being sent a beautiful gift.
B．Passing a very difficult test.
C．Failing in an important interview.
D．Being invited to an exciting party.
4.Someone got upset because he/she wasn't as rich as others, so we can say he/she is ________ with jealousness.
A. red B. green
C. pink D. dark
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Saturday, March 24th
We have arrived in the hot, wet city of Bangkok. This is our first trip to Thailand(泰国). All the different smells make us want to try the food. We are going to eat something special for dinner tonight. The hotel we are staying in is
cheap, and very clean. We plan to stay here for a few days, visit some places in
the city, and then travel to Chiang Mai in the North.
Tuesday, March 27th
Bangkok is wonderful and surprising! The places are interesting. We visited
the famous market which was on water, and saw a lot of fruits and vegetables.
Everything is so colorful, and we have taken hundreds of photos already! Later
today we will leave for Chiang Mai. We will take the train north, stay in
Chiang Mai for two days, and then catch a bus to Chiang Rai.
Friday, March 30th
Our trip to Chiang Rai was long and boring. We visited a small village in
the mountains. The village people here love the quiet life-no computers or
phones. They are the kindest people I have ever met. They always smile and say
"hello". Kathy and I can only speak a few words of Thai, so smiling is the best
way to show our kindness. I feel good here and hope to be able to come back
next year.
1.The diaries above show the writer's _____ days in Thailand.
A. 3 B. 7
C. 15 D. 30
2.It seems that visitors _____ in Bangkok.
A. often feel hungry
B. can always find cheap things
C. can’t take any photos
D. can enjoy themselves
3.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Chiang Mai is a beautiful city in the south of Thailand.
B. The writer left Chiang Mai for Chiang Rai by bus.
C. Chiang Rai is a boring city in the mountains.
D. The writer is traveling alone in Thailand.
假如你是李华，你的美国笔友David想了解你高中第一学年的情况。请根据下列所提示的信息给他写一封回信。
1. 感叹时间过得快；
2. 学习上的得与失；
3. 学校生活：交友，课外活动等。
注意：
1. 100字左右；信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总数。
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear David,
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What about your school life？Would you like to share it with me? I’m looking forward to your reply.
Yours
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。作文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Mrs. Wilson,
I’m going out shopping and won’t come back soon. I have taken with me the four book which you asked me return to the City Library. On about 1 o’clock this afternoon, your neighbor Tracy come to visit you. Looked worried, she said she couldn’t drink coffee with you this evening. She also said that her father were ill and that she would have to take care of him. She felt terrible sorry and promised to visit you before her father got better. By the way, she has already been told Susan and Grace about this change, so you needn’t call themselves.
Yours
Liu Mei
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。
I had been looking forward to 1. （visit）Las Vegas for a long time and my dream came true last weekend.
Las Vegas is 2. wonderful city. There are many of the largest 3. （hotel）in the world. Las Vegas offers fun and excitement as well as the 4. （nature）beauty of the desert. It is a big desert, but no other places in America are 5.（attractive）than it now.
The weather in Las Vegas is too hot, 6. is disappointing. During the day, I stayed in the hotel and went out 7. (have) fun at night. I visited many places there, 8. only the water show in front of my hotel was the most 9. （interest）.
Some people say Las Vegas is 10. a good place that they can always have a great time there.
