2017-2018学年高一英语上学期第二次月考试题_13

2017-2018学年高一英语上学期第二次月考试
题
（时间：120分钟，总分：150分）
注意事项：
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷选择题（含听力）和第Ⅱ卷非选择题两部分。

作答时，务必将答案写在答题卡上。

写在本试卷及草稿纸上无效。

第Ⅰ卷
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What will the woman do first?
A. Buy a new computer.
B. Surf the websites.
C. Walk the dog.
2. What is the weather like during the weekend?
A. Cold.
B. Warm.
C. Hot.
3. What are the speakers doing?
A. Visiting a zoo.
B. Making a film.
C. Watching TV.
4. What does the woman think the man should listen to?
A. Study tapes.
B. Music.
C. News.
5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. Where to eat.
B. When to eat.
C. Whom to eat with.
第二节：（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What does the woman say about the homeless guy?
A. He seems to be in need of help.
B. He should find a job to support himself.
C. He deserves the pity and the money.
7. What kind of person is the man probably?
A. Hard-working.
B. Careful.
C. Kind.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What does the woman think of the skirt?
A. Too short.
B. Out of fashion.
C. In fashion.
9. Why does the man allow the woman to wear the skirt?
A. The woman’s friend is wearing the same skirt.
B. The skirt is really in fashion.
C. Her mum agrees to it.
10.
What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Father and daughter.
B. Friends.
C. Teacher and student.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What will the man do?
A. Look for a new job.
B. Teach English.
C. Visit the woman.
12. Which country is the man going to?
A. China.
B. Korea.
C. Australia.
13. How will the man spend his Christmas this year?
A. By practicing singing.
B. By putting on a play.
C. By holding a party.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. What is the good news to the speakers?
A. They will join a film club.
B. They’re allowed to start a club.
C. The head teacher will run the club.
15. What is the name of the club?
A. Our Super Film Club.
B. Film Club.
C. Super Film Club.
16. Who are allowed to join the club?
A. Students from Grade 4 and Grade 6.
B. Students from Grade 5 and Grade 7.
C. Students from Grade 1 to Grade 3.
17. What activity will be provided for the club members?
A. Learning to make films.
B. Visiting film studios on weekdays.
C. Seeing films after school.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. Which competition was held in the school last year?
A. Singing Competition.
B. Reading Competition.
C. Dancin
g Competition.
19. What is the purpose of the Pet’s Competition?
A. To help students select pets.
B. To tell students loving animals is important.
C. To put a love of animals in students with theory.
20. What does the speaker suggest the students do?
A. Join other educational and funny events.
B. Take their dogs to the Pet’s Competition.
C. Write down what will happen during the competition.
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A
Do you help others in Canada or out of the country? Here are some non-profit(非盈利
的) organizations in Calgary, Canada, through which you can do something for others.
Calgary Reads
Calgary Reads aims to help struggling readers in Grade One and Two twice a week. Trained adult volunteers carry out one -to-
one reading teaching in the children’s school during school ho urs. Volunteers are trained to use a proven effective lesson fr amework(框架).
Address: 105, 12th Ave SE
Telephone: 1 403 777-8254
Ukrainian Mission Canada
This organization helps children in need in Ukraine, a country in Eastern Europe. You can donate(捐
赠) money or things to help one of the children in need Address: 3806 44 Ave NE
Telephone: 1 403 451-6991
Rainbow Society of Alberta
Rainbow Society of Alberta helps to fulfill wishes of Alberta ch ildren with long-term or life-
threatening illnesses. Founded in Winnipeg in 1983, Rainbow Society was the first children’s organization of its kind in Cana
da. Its Alberta chapter(分
部) was created in 1986 by a handful of caring volunteers who saw a need to bring such a strong support system to children in Alberta.
Address: PO Box 1153, Station M
Telephone: 1 403 252-3891
21. What does Calgary Reads mainly aim to do?
A. To help all children do better at school.
B. To provide role models for young children.
C. To help little struggling readers read better.
D. To encourage children in Canada to read more.
22. To learn more about helping children in need in Ukraine, which number should you call?
A. 1 403 451-6991
B. 1 403 777-8254
C. 1 403 750-2033
D. 1 403 252-3891
23. What do the organizations have in common?
A. They all help poor children.
B. None of them aims at making profit.
C. They all provide services within Canada.
D. None of them asks people to donate money.
B
A great French writer says that we should help everyone as m uch as possible because we often need help ourselves. The s mall even can help the great. Then he tells a simple story. An ant is drinking at a small stream and falls in. She tries to reac h the side but makes no progress at all. The poor ant, almost exhausted, is still doing her best when a bird sees her. Moved with pity the bird throws a blade of grass into the water. It sup ports(支
撑) the ant like a boat, and the ant reaches the bank. When s he is having a rest in the grass, she sees a man walking alon g barefooted and carrying a gun in his hand. He wants to kill t he bird nearby. When he raises his gun to fire, the ant bites hi m in the foot. So he stops to look down and the bird flies away quickly. It is an animal much weaker and smaller than herself that has saved her life.
24. According to the French writer, we often need help from ot hers, so we should ________.
A. not help others
B. help those who may be h elpful to us
C. get as much help as we can
D. help others as mu ch as possible
25. The ant finally got on the bank __________.
A. when the water pushed her
B. with the help of a
piece of wood
C. with the help of a piece of grass
D. when the bird re ached out a leg for it
26. The French writer tells the story in order to show________ __.
A. how an ant saved a bird
B. how brave the ant was
C. how clever the ant was
D. even the small can help the great
27. Though the poor ant was too tired, she __________.
A. lost hope
B. stopped trying
C. stopped to rest
D. didn’t give up
C
Mei Xiang, a female panda of 17 years old, gave birth to twins on August 22, 2015, bringing a happy end to an anxious wait that had begun in April. The birth of two pandas has increase d the excitement at Washington's National Zoo, but keeping t hem both alive will be risky.
Now that Mei Xiang has surprised the world with twin babies, zoo staff are working round the clock to help them through the first fragile (脆弱
的) weeks of life. Unable to crawl (爬) or see for about two mo nths, the baby depends on the mother's warmth, milk and prot ection. Even so, misfortunes can happen. Mei's second baby, a female, was born in September 2012, but died a week later due to lung damage. Poorly developed lungs likely prevented it from getting enough oxygen.
In the wild, if a panda has twins, the nature of the mother is to choose the stronger of the two pandas and abandon one. But zoos have developed a way to get around that: They will tak e turns to put the twins between mom and the incubator (恒温箱) every few hours, which means that each baby will get eno ugh time with its mother to be fed by her. If necessary, her mil k will be supplemented (补
充) with a mixture of infant formula (婴儿配
方), dog food and water.
The tiny pandas are especially fragile in the face of the mothe r's 200－
pound weight. In July 2006, a panda in China accidentally kill ed her newborn as it nursed. By watching the zoo's panda ne sts, zoo staff will keep a careful eye on the twins to make sure mom doesn't accidentally harm
28．How do the public feel about the birth of the pandas? A．Anxious. B．Excited. C．Curious. D．Calm.
29．Why are baby pandas fragile in the first weeks? A．They can't get enough time with their mother.
B．Their mother may abandon them.
C．Their mother isn't willing to feed them.
D．They aren't able to move or see.
30．The zoo staff took turns to put the twins between mom a nd the incubator to ________.
A．get baby pandas familiar with their mother
B．prevent mother panda from abandoning the weaker one C．prevent baby pandas from lung damage
D．get mother panda to rest easy
31．What can be a suitable title for the text?
A．Newborn Pandas Bring Happiness to USA B．Newborn Pandas Are Killed in Zoo
C．Newborn Pandas Face Risks to Survival
D．Newborn Pandas Depend on The Mother's Care
D
Is traditional fairytales (童话故事）
good all the time? Recent research found one in five parents have abandoned (抛弃）
those traditional fairytales such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and Hansel and Gretel because one third of parents said their children have been left in tears after hearing the ter rible details of them.
The survey of 2 000 adults was carried out to mark the launch of the hit US drama GRIMM which starts tonight at 9:00 pm o n Watch and sees six series based on traditional fairytales. Th e research found a quarter of parents w ouldn’t consider readi ng a fairytale to their child until they had reached the age of fi ve as they cause too many awkward questions. And 52 perce nt of the parents said Cinderella didn’t send a good message t o their children as it portrays (描
绘) a young woman doing housework all day. Similarly Goldilo cks and the Three Bears was also a tale likely to be left on the book shelf as parents felt it condones (宽恕) stealing.
Steve Hornsey General Manager of Watch said: “Bedtime stor ies are supposed to relax the children and send them off to sl eep soundly. But as we see in GRIMM fairytales can be dark and dramatic tales so it’s understandable that parents worry a bout reading them to young children. As adults we can see th e innocence in fairytales but a five year old with an over active imagination could think they are true. Despite the dark nature of classic fairytales as we see in GRIMM good will defeat evil
and there is always a moral to the story.”
Though half of parents said traditional tales are more likely to have a strong moral message than a lot of modern kids’ book s ，
they said they no longer like to soothe the children before bed . They might give their children nightmares(噩梦).
32. Why aren’t some traditional fairytales read by parents to c hildren?
A. They are forbidden to read according to the rules.
B. They are difficult for their children to understand.
C. They are too scary for their young children to hear.
D. They don’t have any strong moral messages in them.
33. Which of the traditional fairytales tells one can condones (宽恕) stealing?
A. Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.
B. Little Red Ridi ng Hood.
C. Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
D. Hansel and Gr etel.
34. What’s the author’s attitude towards traditional fairytales?
A. Objective.
B. Supporting.
C. Disapproving.
D. Doubtful.
35. The underlined word “soothe” in the last paragraph means
“_______”.
A. surprise
B. astonish
C. shock
D. cal m
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

Shaking hands, American style
People often shake hands in the United States. American me n shake hands with other men. American women often shake hands with men, and sometimes they shake hands with other women. Adults shake hands with children. And some people even teach their dogs to shake hands! 36 How do they sha ke hands just long enough? Just hard enough? Here are four l ittle rules to remember.
1. Use your right hand.
2. Use good eye contact(眼神交
流). Look at the person in the eye while you are shaking hand s.
3. Don’t shake too long. 37 Then let go and pull your hand back toward you.
4. 38 When a handshake is weak, Americans think the per son may not be a hard worker or a good leader. When a hand
shake is too strong, Americans think the person is too rough(粗鲁) or has bad manners.
39 They shake hands when they meet for the first time. T hey shake hands to say congratulations. They shake hands w hen they meet after not seeing each other for a while. And the y often shake hands when they say good-
bye. In business, shaking hands shows agreement and hones ty.
Handshakes are good everywhere. 40 So make sure to sh ake plenty of hands.
A. Offer you hand first.
B. Shake for no more than three seconds.
C. How do people shake hands correctly?
D. Don’t shake too strongly or too weakly.
E. It is not polite to refuse a person’s hand.
F. When do people in the United States shake hands?
G. Make sure your hands aren’t sweaty when you do this.
第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节完形填空（共20小题；每题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C和D）
中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When you are learning English, you find 41 wrong to translat e a sentence word by word into your 42 language. Take the sentence “How do you do?” as an 43 . If you look 44 each word in the 45 , one at a time, what is your 46 ? It must be a 47 sentence in your native language. Languagesdo not onl y have different sounds, they are also 48 in many other way s. It is very 49 to master the rules of word 50 in the study o f English, too. If the 51 puts words in a very unusual order, th e listener doesn’t 52 the speaker’s sentence easily.
Another thing we must always 53 is that there are a lot of 54 in the English language. 55 ，
when we say “look out!” to a man who is in danger, we 56 m ean “Be careful!”
When people are parting, they often say “Good—
bye” 57 “Bye—
bye!” But sometimes they 58 say “Good morning!” or “Good a fternoon!” or “Good evening!” or “Good night!” to one another 59 “Good—bye!” In fact, few people 60 know that “Good—bye!” is a short way of saying “God be with you!”
41. A. it B. that C. you D. your self
42.A. second B. spoken C. native
D. foreign
43. A. advice B. example C. article
D. answer
44. A. up B. at C. after D.do wn upon
45. A. sentence B. book C. phrase D. di ctionary
46. A. idea B. meaning C. answer
D. translation
47. A. wrong B. interesting C. puzzled D. strangely
48. A. same B .different C. similar D. a like
49. A. important B. easy C. simple D. h ard
50. A. place B. stress C. order D. f ormation
51. A. speaker B. listener C. reader D. writer
52. A .read B. repeat C. translate D. und erstand
53. A. remember B. say C. do D. de al with
54. A. letter B. words C. phrases D. id ioms(习语)
55. A. Such as B. For example C. Because of
D. According to
56. A. hardly B. nearly C. really D. clearl y
57. A. and B. or C. instead D. as w ell
58. A. don't B. must C. should D. m ay
59. A. without B. instead of C. unless D. more than
60. A. today B. tomorrow C. in future D . in the past
第Ⅱ卷
第三部分英语知识运用
第二节（共10分；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
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。

When I was 14, I decided to make some pocket money by 6 1 (help) Mr. Miller cut the grass in his garden. I worked hard because that was my first part-
time job _62_is important to me. After working for one week, Mr. Miller said that he had no money for me. That surprised m e 63 (great). I argued with him, and then I went back home i n anger.
My parents told me not to be angry 64 Mr. Miller because
65 was in difficulties. Then my mother called up Mr. Miller an
d they talked about something on 66 phone. A few days lat er, my mother asked m
e to return to Mr. Miller’s garden becau se he was too weak 67 (look) after it.
When I came back, Mr. Miller said, “Sorry,I’ve no money, 68 I can do something for you.” He played a CD for me. Heari ng the beautiful music, I was so interested in it that I 69 (for get)the money and did the work with pleasure. At last, Mr. Mill er gave me a ticket to a concert.
After that, I became very fond of music. Now I’m one of the m ost popular 70 (sing) in our country. I can never thank Mr. Mill er too much.
第四部分：写作(共两节，满分35分)
第一节短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)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。

文中共有10处错误，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(Λ)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：
1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

One evening when it is so warm, I stayed awake on purpose until half past eleven in order have a good look at the moon b y myself. And as the moon gave far too many light, I d idn’t dar e open a window. Another time five month ago, I happened to be upstairs at the dusk when the window was open. I didn’t g o downstairs after the window had to be shut. The dark, rainy evening, the wind, the thundering clouds held me entire in his power; it was the first time in a year and a half that I have see
n the night face to face.
第二节书面表达 (25分)
假如你叫李华，代表二年级邀请本市一所大学的外籍教师怀特夫人Mrs. White参加你们年级于下星期五晚上7：00在学校报告厅举行的英语晚会，请根据以下内容写一封邀请函。

⑴请她出席晚会，担任晚会评委。

⑵晚会节目有唱歌，跳舞，话剧，时装表演等等。

⑶本市有名的歌星，演员也应邀参加。

⑷希望她那天晚上过得愉快。

注意：⑴不可遗漏要点⑵词数80-100
参考词汇：评委：judge 时装表演：fashion show 报告厅：lecture hall
Dear Mrs. White,
______________________________________________________ __
______________________________________________________
__
______________________________________________________ __
______________________________________________________ __
Yours faithfully,
Li Hua
2017-2018学年高一英语上学期第二次月考试
题
（时间：120分钟，总分：150分）
注意事项：
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷选择题（含听力）和第Ⅱ卷非选择题两部分。

作答时，务必将答案写在答题卡上。

写在本试卷及草稿纸上无效。

第Ⅰ卷
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What will the woman do first?
A. Buy a new computer.
B. Surf the websites.
C. Walk the dog.
2. What is the weather like during the weekend?
A. Cold.
B. Warm.
C. Hot.
3. What are the speakers doing?
A. Visiting a zoo.
B. Making a film.
C. Watching TV.
4. What does the woman think the man should listen to?
A. Study tapes.
B. Music.
C. News.
5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. Where to eat.
B. When to eat.
C. Whom to eat with.
第二节：（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What does the woman say about the homeless guy?
A. He seems to be in need of help.
B. He should find a job to support himself.
C. He deserves the pity and the money.
7. What kind of person is the man probably?
A. Hard-working.
B. Careful.
C. Kind.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What does the woman think of the skirt?
A. Too short.
B. Out of fashion.
C. In fashion.
9. Why does the man allow the woman to wear the skirt?
A. The woman’s friend is wearing the same skirt.
B. The skirt is really in fashion.
C. Her mum agrees to it.
10. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Father and daughter.
B. Friends.
C. Teacher and student.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What will the man do?
A. Look for a new job.
B. Teach English.
C. Visit the woman.
12. Which country is the man going to?
A. China.
B. Korea.
C. Australia.
13. How will the man spend his Christmas this year?
A. By practicing singing.
B. By putting on a play.
C. By holding a party.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. What is the good news to the speakers?
A. They will join a film club.
B. They’re allowed to start a club.
C. The head teacher will run the club.
15. What is the name of the club?
A. Our Super Film Club.
B. Film Club.
C. Super Film Club.
16. Who are allowed to join the club?
A. Students from Grade 4 and Grade 6.
B. Students from Grade 5 and Grade 7.
C. Students from Grade 1 to Grade 3.
17. What activity will be provided for the club members?
A. Learning to make films.
B. Visiting film studios on weekdays.
C. Seeing films after school.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. Which competition was held in the school last year?
A. Singing Competition.
B. Reading Competition.
C. Dancing Competition.
19. What is the purpose of the Pet’s Competition?
A. To help students select pets.
B. To tell students loving animals is important.
C. To put a love of animals in students with theory.
20. What does the speaker suggest the students do?
A. Join other educational and funny events.
B. Take their dogs to the Pet’s Competition.
C. Write down what will happen during the competition.
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A
Do you help others in Canada or out of the country? Here are some non-profit(非盈利
的) organizations in Calgary, Canada, through which you can do something for others. Calgary Reads
Calgary Reads aims to help struggling readers in Grade One and Two twice a week. Trained adult volunteers carry out one-to-
one reading teaching in the children’s school during school hours. Volunteers are trained to u se a proven effective lesson framework(框架).
Address: 105, 12th Ave SE
Telephone: 1 403 777-8254
Ukrainian Mission Canada
This organization helps children in need in Ukraine, a country in Eastern Europe. You can d onate(捐赠) money or things to help one of the children in need
Address: 3806 44 Ave NE
Telephone: 1 403 451-6991
Rainbow Society of Alberta
Rainbow Society of Alberta helps to fulfill wishes of Alberta children with long-term or life-threatening illnesses. Founded in Winnipeg in 1983, Rainbow Society was the first children’s organization of its kind in Canada. Its Alberta chapter(分
部) was created in 1986 by a handful of caring volunteers who saw a need to bring such a str ong support system to children in Alberta.
Address: PO Box 1153, Station M
Telephone: 1 403 252-3891
21. What does Calgary Reads mainly aim to do?
A. To help all children do better at school.
B. To provide role models for young children.
C. To help little struggling readers read better.
D. To encourage children in Canada to read more.
22. To learn more about helping children in need in Ukraine, which number should you call?
A. 1 403 451-6991
B. 1 403 777-8254
C. 1 403 750-2033
D. 1 403 252-3891
23. What do the organizations have in common?
A. They all help poor children.
B. None of them aims at making profit.
C. They all provide services within Canada.
D. None of them asks people to donate money.
B
A great French writer says that we should help everyone as much as possible because we of ten need help ourselves. The small even can help the great. Then he tells a simple story. An ant is drinking at a small stream and falls in. She tries to reach the side but makes no progre ss at all. The poor ant, almost exhausted, is still doing her best when a bird sees her. Moved with pity the bird throws a blade of grass into the water. It supports(支
撑) the ant like a boat, and the ant reaches the bank. When she is having a rest in the grass, she sees a man walking along barefooted and carrying a gun in his hand. He wants to kill the bird nearby. When he raises his gun to fire, the ant bites him in the foot. So he stops to look down and the bird flies away quickly. It is an animal much weaker and smaller than herself th at has saved her life.
24. According to the French writer, we often need help from others, so we should ________.
A. not help others
B. help those who may be helpful to us
C. get as much help as we can
D. help others as much as possible
25. The ant finally got on the bank __________.
A. when the water pushed her
B. with the help of a piece of wood
C. with the help of a piece of grass
D. when the bird reached out a leg for it
26. The French writer tells the story in order to show__________.
A. how an ant saved a bird
B. how brave the ant was
C. how clever the ant was
D. even the small can help the great
27. Though the poor ant was too tired, she __________.
A. lost hope
B. stopped trying
C. stopped to rest
D. didn’t give up
C
Mei Xiang, a female panda of 17 years old, gave birth to twins on August 22, 2015, bringing a happy end to an anxious wait that had begun in April. The birth of two pandas has increase d the excitement at Washington's National Zoo, but keeping them both alive will be risky. Now that Mei Xiang has surprised the world with twin babies, zoo staff are working round the clock to help them through the first fragile (脆弱
的) weeks of life. Unable to crawl (爬) or see for about two months, the baby depends on the mother's warmth, milk and protection. Even so, misfortunes can happen. Mei's second baby, a female, was born in September 2012, but died a week later due to lung damage. Poorly de veloped lungs likely prevented it from getting enough oxygen.
In the wild, if a panda has twins, the nature of the mother is to choose the stronger of the two pandas and abandon one. But zoos have developed a way to get around that: They will tak e turns to put the twins between mom and the incubator (恒温
箱) every few hours, which means that each baby will get enough time with its mother to be f ed by her. If necessary, her milk will be supplemented (补
充) with a mixture of infant formula (婴儿配方), dog food and water.
The tiny pandas are especially fragile in the face of the mother's 200－
pound weight. In July 2006, a panda in China accidentally killed her newborn as it nursed. By watching the zoo's panda nests, zoo staff will keep a careful eye on the twins to make sure mom doesn't accidentally harm
28．How do the public feel about the birth of the pandas?
A．Anxious. B．Excited. C．Curious. D．Calm.
29．Why are baby pandas fragile in the first weeks?
A．They can't get enough time with their mother.
B．Their mother may abandon them.
C．Their mother isn't willing to feed them.
D．They aren't able to move or see.
30．The zoo staff took turns to put the twins between mom and the incubator to ________. A．get baby pandas familiar with their mother
B．prevent mother panda from abandoning the weaker one
C．prevent baby pandas from lung damage
D．get mother panda to rest easy
31．What can be a suitable title for the text?
A．Newborn Pandas Bring Happiness to USA
B．Newborn Pandas Are Killed in Zoo
C．Newborn Pandas Face Risks to Survival
D．Newborn Pandas Depend on The Mother's Care
D
Is traditional fairytales (童话故事）
good all the time? Recent research found one in five parents have abandoned (抛弃）
those traditional fairytales such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and Hansel and Gret el because one third of parents said their children have been left in tears after hearing the ter rible details of them.
The survey of 2 000 adults was carried out to mark the launch of the hit US drama GRIMM w hich starts tonight at 9:00 pm on Watch and sees six series based on traditional fairytales. Th e research found a quarter of parents wouldn’t consider reading a fairytale to their child until t hey had reached the age of five as they cause too many awkward questions. And 52 percent of the parents said Cinderella didn’t send a good message to their children as it portrays (描绘) a young woman doing housework all day. Similarly Goldilocks and the Three Bears was a lso a tale likely to be left on the book shelf as parents felt it condones (宽恕) stealing.
Steve Hornsey General Manager of Watch said: “Bedtime stories are supposed to relax the c hildren and send them off to sleep soundly. But as we see in GRIMM fairytales can be dark a nd dramatic tales so it’s understandable that parents worry about reading them to young chil dren. As adults we can see the innocence in fairytales but a five year old with an over active i。