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1、Module3 Interpersonal Relationships-Friendship阅读训练（2）阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。【2014德州模拟】Some animals will defend their territory by fighting with those who try to invade it.Fighting，however，is not often the best choice，since it uses up a large amount of energy，and can result in injur
2、y or even death.Most animals rely on various threats，either through sounds or smells.The songs of birds，the drumming of woodpeckers and the loud calls of monkeys are all warnings that carry for long distances，advertising to possible invaders that someone elses territory is being approached.Many anim
3、als rely on smells to mark their territories or leaving droppings around the territories.Other animals will be warned off the territory without ever meeting with the territorys defender.Sometimes，these warnings may be ignored，and an invader may move accidentally into a neighboring territory，or two a
4、nimals may meet near the border of their nearby territories.When the two animals meet，they will generally threaten each other with visual (视觉的) displays.These displays will often exaggerate an animals size by putting up feathers or fur，or will show off the animals weapons.The animals may go through
5、all the behavior of fighting without ever actually touching each other.The displays are generally performed best near the center of an animals territory，where it is more likely to attack an invader and where retreating becomes more of a choice.Actual fighting usually only happens in overcrowded cond
6、itions，when resources are not enough.Serious injury can result，and old or sick animals may die，leading to a more balanced population size.Under most natural conditions，territoriality is an effective way of maintaining a healthy population.The study of social behaviors such as territoriality in anima
7、ls may also help us to understand human society.1What topic is the passage mainly involved in?AWhat animals territory is usually like.BHow animals deal with different threats.CHow animals defend their territory.DWhere animal fights take place frequently.2For most animals，whats their first response t
8、o the possible invaders to defend their territory?AFighting in groups.BThreatening and warning.CEscaping before being hurt.DAsking partners for help.3What does the underlined word “exaggerate” in the second paragraph mean?Aenlarge Bchange Cshake Dshrink4An actual fight will happen when_.Aanimals mee
9、t near the border of their territoriesBthe invader enters the defenders territoriesCthe defender notices the invader smaller than itselfDthe living resources are limited in the territory5The last paragraph tells us that territoriality has an influence on the_of the animals.Acommunication BconditionC
10、population Dmigration语篇解读本文是一篇说明文。文章主要就动物如何保护自己的领地进行了介绍。1解析：主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要就“动物如何保护自己的领地”进行了介绍。答案：C2解析：细节理解题。根据第一段第三句“Most animals rely on various threats，either through sounds or smells.”可知，答案选B。答案：B3解析：词义猜测题。根据第二段第二、三句可知，当某种动物发现有其他的动物侵入自己的领地时，会通过视觉上的展示来恐吓对方。它们会竖起羽毛或皮毛，以使自己看起来更大、更强壮。因此exaggerate应
11、为“扩大，增大”之意。答案：A4解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段第一句“Actual fighting usually only happens in overcrowded conditions，when resources are not enough.”可知，当过度拥挤导致生存资源匮乏时，就有可能发生打斗。答案：D5解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段倒数第二句“Under most natural conditions，territoriality is an effective way of maintaining a healthy population.”可知，答案选C。答案：C。阅读理
12、解。Were so well educated but were useless students who have lost the ability to do anything practical. The only thing weve mastered is consumption.Large numbers of students have entered higher education in the past 10 years, but despite being the most educated generation in history, it seems that wev
13、e grown increasingly ignorant when it comes to basic life skills. Looking back on my first couple of weeks of living in student halls, I consider myself lucky to still be alive. Unfamiliar to freshers, there are many hidden dangers in the dirty corners of students accommodation.I have survived a cou
14、ple of serious boiling egg incidents and lots of cases of food poisoning, probably from dirty kitchen counters. Although some of my clothes have fallen victim to ironing experimentation, I think I have now finally acquired all the domestic (居家的) skills I missed out in my modem education.In 2006 and
15、2010, the charming educationist Sir Ken Robinson gave two very amusing talks in which he discussed the importance of creativity in education. Robinsons main viewpoint is that our current education system dislocates people from their natural talents. I would like to go a step further and propose that
16、 besides our talents, the system takes away what used to be passed from generation to generation a working knowledge of basic life skills.Todays graduates may have earned themselves honor in history, law or economies, but when it comes to simple things like putting up a shelf to hold all their academic books,
