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【题目】What he said just now ______ me of the American professor. (remind)

【答案】见解析

【解析】reminded

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A. more than

B. rather than

C. less than

D. other than

【题目】(2011·唐山一中高二下学期月考) The next bus will come 20 minutes later. __________, let's go there for a coffee.

A. Somehow

B. Anyway

C. Meanwhile

D. Therefore

【题目】The idea for a science experiment can come from an unusual place. After watching a YouTube video of a dancing bird named Snowball, a scientist in California decided to study the ability of animals to keep the beat.

Bird lovers have long claimed that their pets have rhythm, and there are many videos of dancing birds online. Until now, scientists have suspected that humans are the only animals that can accurately keep rhythm with music.

Thanks to Snowball, that scientific opinion is changing. Snowball is a cockatoo, a kind of parrot, and his favorite song is "Everybody" by the Backstreet Boys. When he hears the song, he moves his feet and rocks his body with the tempo, or pace of the music, as though he is the only bird member of the boy band.

Aniruddh Patel is a neuroscientist, or a scientist who studies how the brain and the nervous system contribute to learning, seeing and other mental abilities. He works at the Neurosciences Institute in San Diego. After seeing Snowball's dance online, Patel visited the cockatoo at the bird rescue facility he's called home for two years. The scientist played "Everybody" for Snowball and also played versions of the song that were sped up or slowed down. Sometimes, Snowball danced too fast or too slowly. Often, when there was a change in tempo, Snowball adjusted his dancing to match the rhythm. In other experiments, scientists have observed the same abilities in preschool children.

Patel isn't the only scientist who has studied Snowball's moves. Adena Schachner, who studies psychology at Harvard University, also wanted to know more about the dancing bird. Schachner's team played different musical pieces for Snowball and a parrot named Alex, as well as eight human volunteers. The scientists observed that the birds and the humans kept time to the music with about the same accuracy.

Schachner and her team watched thousands of YouTube videos of different animals moving to music. Not all the animals could dance, however. From watching the videos, the scientists observed that only animals that imitate sounds, including 14 parrot species and Asian elephants, accurately moved in time to music.

【1】 The underlined words "that scientific opinion" in the third paragraph refer to the theory that __________.

A. birds like Snowball have the ability to keep the beat

B. humans are the only animals that can accurately keep rhythm with music

C. the brain and the nervous system contribute to some mental abilities

D. bird pets can have their special rhythm under human's instruction

【2】 From the fourth paragraph we may know that __________.

A. Patel is the only scientist who has studied Snowball's moves

B. Snowball is able to adjust his dancing to match the rhythm

C. Snowball cannot dance to the versions of the song "Everybody"

D. it is the brain and the nervous system that control the mental abilities

【3】 The idea of studying animals' ability to keep the beat comes from __________.

A. bird lovers' discovery

B. humans' musical sense

C. the same abilities in children

D. videos of dancing birds

【题目】A new _____ bus service to Tianjin Airport started to operate two months ago.

A. normal

B. usual

C. regular

D. common

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B．That

C．How

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【题目】I would like to talk about a very dear friend of mine, whose name was Peggy. She died at home last night at the age of 83. She was my first badminton coach and probably the best friend I’d ever had.

I met her at 12 when she coached an after-school badminton program. She saw my potential, but I thought she was a little frightening so I didn’t go back to the program. She went to my house to ask me back. I did go back and that was the beginning of my badminton “career”. She brought me to tournaments and encouraged me. At the time my mother was drinking heavily and badminton kept me out of trouble and focused on a positive pursuit.

Peggy was a person who had the qualities of honesty and integrity. She was devoted to her family and was married for over 50 years. She loved her children and was so happy to become a grandmother with the addition of Merissa to the family. She loved to have fun and play games. Another true love of her life was cats; she had one cat that lived 22 years. Before she died she had 10 cats and they brought her great joy and comfort. She also loved the Montreal Canadiens, and she supported them and often watched them play hockey games.

She wasn’t a celebrity; she was a homemaker who was proud to provide a happy home for her family. She was a loyal and dedicated friend to many. She never forgot a birthday, anniversary or to send a Christmas card. Speaking of Christmas she was an expert on Christmas and decorations. She was able to prepare this year’s tree and had hoped to spend this Christmas with her family but it wasn’t meant to be.

I had the privilege of speaking to her just a couple hours before she passed away and she told me that her life wouldn’t have been the same without me and I am grateful for that and I feel the same.

【1】 Paragraph 3 tells us that Merissa __________________.

A. is Peggy’s grandchild

B. is the name of Peggy’s cat

C. lived 22 years

D. didn’t get along well with Peggy

【2】 The underlined part “Montreal Canadiens” refers to ____________.

A. a hockey team

B. a group of cats

C. a music group

D. an interesting game

【3】 Which of the following statements about Peggy is TRUE?

A. She was once coached by the author.

B. She died before this year’s Christmas.

C. She was unmarried when she died.

D. She died at the age of 50.

【4】It’s implied in the passage that the author __________________.

A. thought Peggy was friendly at first

B. got out of her drinking problem thanks to Peggy

C. hadn’t talked to Peggy for a long time before she died

D. thought her life would have been different without Peggy

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