2024-2025學(xué)年新教材高中英語課時(shí)作業(yè)17Unit6NurturingnatureUsinglanguage含解析外研版選擇性必修第一冊

PAGEUnit6NurturingnatureⅠ.閱讀理解Candogsandcatsliveinperfectharmonyinthesamehome?Peoplewhoarethinkingaboutadoptingadogasafriendfortheircatsareworriedthattheywillfight.Arecentresearchhasfoundanewrecipeofsuccess.Accordingtothestudy,ifthecatisadoptedbeforethedog,andiftheyareintroducedwhenstillyoung(lessthan6monthsforcats,ayearfordogs),itishighlyprobablethatthetwopetswillgetalongswimmingly.Two-thirdsofthehomesinterviewedreportedapositiverelationshipbetweentheircatanddog.However,itwasn'tallsweetnessandlight.Therewasareportedcoldnessbetweenthecatanddogin25%ofthehomes,whileaggressionandfightingwereobservedin10%ofthehomes.Onereasonforthisisprobablythatsomeoftheirbodysignalswerejustopposite.Forexample,whenacatturnsitsheadawayitsignalsaggression,whileadogdoingthesamesignalssubmission.Inhomeswithcatsanddogslivingpeacefully,researchersobservedasurprisingbehavior.Theyarelearninghowtospeakeachother'slanguage.Itisasurprisethatcatscanlearnhowtotalk‘Dog’，anddogscanlearnhowtotalk‘Cat’．What'sinterestingisthatbothcatsanddogshaveappearedtodeveloptheirintelligence.Theycanlearnhowtoreadeachother'sbodysignals,suggestingthatthetwomayhavemoreincommonthanwepreviouslysuspected.Oncefamiliarwitheachother'spresenceandbodylanguage,catsanddogscanplaytogether,greeteachothernosetonose,andenjoysleepingtogetheronthesofa.Theycaneasilysharethesamewaterbowlandinsomecasesgroom(梳理)eachother.Thesignificanceoftheresearchoncatsanddogsmaygobeyondpets─topeoplewhodon'tgetalong,includingneighbors,colleaguesatwork,andevenworldsuperpowers.Ifcatsanddogscanlearntogetalong,surelypeoplehaveagoodchance.本文是一篇說明文。敘述了貓和狗之間可以和諧相處的緣由，告知我們這兩種動(dòng)物之間有比我們之前認(rèn)為的更多的共同之處，引申到人與人之間也肯定可以和諧相處。1.Theunderlinedword“swimmingly”inParagraph1isclosestinmeaningto.A．early B．sweetly C．quickly D．smoothly答案：D解析：由第一段最終一句Two-thirdsof...catanddog，得知畫線詞意為“沒有障礙”。故選D。2．Somecatsanddogsmayfightwhen.A．theyarecoldtoeachother B．theylookawayfromeachotherC．theymisunderstandeachother'ssignals D．theyareintroducedatanearlyage答案：C解析：細(xì)微環(huán)節(jié)理解題。依據(jù)其次段第三句Onereasonforthisisprobablythatsomeoftheirbodysignalswerejustopposite.可知，貓和狗之間的打斗很大一部分的緣由是它們誤會(huì)了對方的肢體信號(hào)。故選C。3．Whatisfoundsurprisingaboutcatsanddogs?A．Theyeatandsleepeachother.B．Theyobserveeachother'sbehaviors.C．Theylearntospeakeachother'slanguage.D．Theyknowsomethingfromeachother'svoices.答案：C解析：細(xì)微環(huán)節(jié)理解題。依據(jù)第三段前兩句Inhomeswithcatsanddogslivingpeacefully,researchersobservedasurprisingbehavior.Theyarelearninghowtospeakeachother'slanguage.可知，令人驚異的事情是貓和狗會(huì)學(xué)會(huì)運(yùn)用對方的語言。故選C。4．ItissuggestedinParagraph4thatcatsanddogs.A．havecommoninterests B．a(chǎn)relessdifferentthanwerethoughtC．haveacommonbodylanguage D．a(chǎn)relessintelligentthanwereexpected答案：B解析：細(xì)微環(huán)節(jié)理解題。依據(jù)第四段其次句Theycanlearnhowtoreadeachother'sbodysignals,suggestingthatthetwomayhavemoreincommonthanwepreviouslysuspected.可知，這兩種動(dòng)物能夠?qū)W會(huì)如何理解對方身體語言，說明這兩種動(dòng)物要比我們之前認(rèn)為的有更多的相同之處，也就是與我們之前對貓狗的相識(shí)不同。故選B。Ⅱ.七選五With17millionresidentsand23millionbicycles，theNetherlandsalreadyhasmorebikesthanpeople.1.TheDutchgovernmentrecentlyannouncedthatitwillinvest$390millionincyclinginfrastructuretoget200,000morepeoplecommuting(通勤)bybikeinthreeyears'time.Fifteenrouteswillbedevelopedinto“cyclistfreeways”，25,000bikeparkingspaceswillbecreatedandmorethan60bikestoragefacilitieswillbeupgraded.“2，”saysStientjevanVeldhoven，statesecretaryforthatdepartment，whoisspearheadingtheproject.It'snotthatpeoplearen'talreadycyclingintheNetherlands.In2024，overaquarterofalltripsmadebyDutchresidentswerebybike.Butonly25%ofthosetripswerework-related，comparedto37%whichweremadeforleisure.3.AccordingtovanVeldhoven，morethan50%ofpeopleintheNetherlandslivelessthan15kilometersfromwork，andmorethanhalfofcommuters'cartripsareunder7.5kilometerslong—adistancethat“caneasilybecoveredbybike，”shesays.4.TheNetherlandscurrentlyrewardscommutingcyclistswithtaxcreditsof$0.22perkilometer.Companiesandemployeeswouldagreeonthedistanceofaperson'scyclingroute.However，thisiscurrentlyalittle-knownbenefitnotsupportedbymanyemployers，accordingtotheinfrastructureministry.That'ssomethingthegovernmentishopingtochangebybetterpromotingtheschemeandgettingmorecompaniesonboard.5.Thegovernmentisurgingemployerstoprovidebetterfacilitiesforcommutingcyclists，suchasshowersattheoffice，accordingtotheministry.A．Therestwereforschool，shopping，orotheractivitiesB．Togetpeopletoditchtheircars，moneyisbeinglaidonthetableC．Now，itwantstogetevenmorecyclistsontheroads—andwillpaypeopletodoitD．TodaytheNetherlandsisknownforitscyclingculture，butthathasn'talwaysbeenthecaseE．Myambitionistoensurethatpeoplecaneasilygettoworkorschool，orvisitfamilyandfriendsF．TheNetherlandsisnowoneofthefewcountriesthattakescyclingseriouslyasamodeoftransportationG．Therearealready11majoremployersintheNetherlandscommittingtomeasuressuchasfinancingemployees'bikes本文是一篇說明文，介紹了荷蘭政府安排加大投資并實(shí)行更多的實(shí)惠政策，激勵(lì)人們騎自行車上下班。1．C解析：依據(jù)本空前的“theNetherlandsalreadyhasmorebikesthanpeople.”可知，荷蘭的自行車數(shù)量已經(jīng)超過了人口數(shù)量，再結(jié)合其次段中的“TheDutchgovernmentrecentlyannouncedthatitwillinvest$390millionincyclinginfrastructuretoget200,000morepeoplecommuting(通勤)bybikeinthreeyears'time.”可知，荷蘭政府加大投資，在三年內(nèi)使騎自行車上下班的人增加20多萬，此處是說荷蘭激勵(lì)更多的人騎自行車上班，故C項(xiàng)(現(xiàn)在它想讓更多的人在路上騎自行車并為此付費(fèi))符合語境。2．E解析：依據(jù)本空后的“saysStientjevanVeldhoven，statesecretaryforthatdepartment，whoisspearheadingthepr