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1、第 1 页 共 12 页 高考英语一诊试卷高考英语一诊试卷 题号IIIIIIIVV总分 得分 一 阅读理解 本大题共 15 小题 共 30 0 分 A Buckingham Palace It is the official residence of Queen Elizabeth II in London The architectural core of Buckingham Palace is the former Buckingham House built in 1703 You can visit the state rooms from August to October whe
2、n the Queen is on holiday It is one of the world s most familiar buildings It has 775 rooms During the summer the famous Changing of the Guards takes place at the front of the palace at 11 30 and is a popular event for visitors to the capital Big Ben and Westminster Palace It is one of London s best
3、 known landmarks Big Ben is the name of the clock inside the Clock Tower It lies at the north eastern end of the Houses of Parliament Westminster Palace is one of the largest parliaments in the world It was built between 1840 and 1880 The Tower of London The Tower of London is a historical monument
4、in Central London on the north bank of the river Thames It was founded by William the Conqueror It was a palace and a prison for Queen Elizabeth I for example There you can see strange guards called the Beefeaters Since the beginning of the 14th century the Tower of London has been the home of the w
5、orld famous British Crown Jewels they are a must of your visit Trafalgar Square It was named in 1835 to give honour to the memory of the British victory over the French at Trafalgar in 1805 There is a huge statue of Admiral Nelson the British hero killed during the battle in the middle of the square
6、 It is a popular tourist attraction with the four lion statues 1 Which has the second longest history A Trafalgar Square B The Tower of London C Westminster Palace D Buckingham House 2 What is The Tower of London noted for in the world A Its strange guards B Its British Crown Jewels C Its founder D
7、Its geographical site 3 Why was Trafalgar Square built A A battle happened here B It could be good for tourism C Admiral Nelson was born here D Four lion statues had been built B Some scientists believe that one of the most intelligent beings on Earth is in fact the octopus 章鱼 Octopuses usually live
8、 at the bottom of river mouths and seas areas which are not attractive to researchers They are not social animals so it can be hard to study their interaction with others And the octopus intelligence is not easy for humans to understand When we observe 第 2 页 共 12 页 some animals such as rats or dogs
9、we can often understand their behavior Octopuses however can seem like aliens 外星人 Scientists need to have a lot of imagination to understand what an octopus is thinking In the 1950s the US Air Force sponsored scientists to study the way octopuses use their brains They hoped that they could use this
10、knowledge to help them build better computers However their brains were so complex that the scientists felt it of no significance to continue with it Octopuses have a very complex nervous system and recent research suggests that they have some of their intelligence inside each arm which means that e
11、ach arm can think for itself It also appears that they have a good memory perhaps similar to a cat s Perhaps the most striking thing about octopuses is their ability to change their color and body pattern They do this to camouflage themselves to avoid their enemies and also to communicate with other
12、s They can completely change their appearance in less than a second It can change its skin to look like rocks sand or planktron 浮游生物 Some scientists have even suggested that these different patterns and colors are in fact a very hard language and that each design is a different verb adjective or nou
13、n But nobody has been able to work out what they might be saying There s a long way to go to get to know the octopus completely 4 What can we infer about the octopus intelligence from Paragraph 2 A It does not attract scientists B Little has been known about it C It is equal to the cat s or dog s D
14、Much has been done about it 5 What can we say about scientists study on the octopus in the 1950s A They had to give it up eventually B They used computers to help C They found its arms could think D They judged it lived like a cat 6 What does the underlined word camouflage in Paragraph 4 probably me
15、an A Relax B Strengthen C Hide D Express 7 What does the author think of the octopuses A They are the smartest animals B They re easy to be seen in the sea C It is useful to copy their language D It is difficult to understand them C In the shadow of Kenya s Mount Kilimanjaro nine Rothschild giraffes
16、 the rarest giraffes on the planet are free to wander at the English style manor 庄园 Every day shortly before 9am they come up to the house and stick their heads through the windows and doors in search of morning treats The manors owners Tanya and Mikey Carr Hartley share their dining table with them And now the couple are sharing the fantastic experience with the public by opening the manor gates to guests at the giraffe hotel the only hotel of its kind in the world Now guests can feed the giraf
