天津市河东区2024-2025学年高二上学期1月期末英语试题（扫描版无答案）

D.Jack having lunch together with his mom
C.Jack saying sweet words to his mom.
B.A deadline for answering emails
A.The best time to visit friends.
59.What does the underlined word "that"in the last paragraph refer to
D.The house has been quite empty.
C.The house is still crowded.
B.The house has been clean
A.The house is still dirty.
58.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 8 mean
D.was advised by her husband to learn from the friends
C.decided to have dinner together with her family
B.asked her husband to have every meal with her
A.was determined to learn to cook
57.After visiting the friends,the author
D.preferred his mother to his father
C.was sometimes rude to his mom
B.couldn't eat by himself
A.didn't like chocolate
56.Before visiting the friends,Jack
God,I could've missed that.
I could've missed that.
"Mommy,I love you so much and I can't stop loving you."
"What "I asked,amused.
smiled and stared at me.
filled with filth and muck.And Jack seems to like having me there.Two days ago,over lunch,he
So I've been sitting.And,surprise,I haven't missed a deadline.The house has not become
both want what's best for Jack.Yes,I thought.I'm home.I have to eat,too.
Then,I reminded myself that I'm a big girl,and took his comment the way it was meant.We
The"we"he was talking about was me.
I took this as criticism.My husband works a lot,so mealtimes are mostly under my charge.
When we got home,my husband said,"Maybe we should be doing that."
study on the claim.
down)."
his trunk to reproduce human speech.
was lonely.
vocabulary.
came to the Everland Zoo,so trainers often slept in the same area with him.Kim thinks that contact
Kim Jong-gab,Koshik's chief trainer,said the elephant was timid for a male when he first
the elephant apparently started imitating human speech to win the trust of his trainers.
Oh Suk-hun,who co-authored the research paper with Stoeger-Horwath and Mietchen,said
trainers after he was separated from two other elephants at age 5.
Researchers believe Koshik learned to reproduce words out of a desire to bond with his
could reproduce Russian to"say"20 phrases,including"Batyr is good."But there was no scientific
In 1983,zoo officials in Kazakhstan reportedly claimed that a teenage clephant named Batyr
paper says Koshik's case represents"a wholly new method of vocal production"because he uses
Vocal imitation of other species has been found in mockingbirds,parrots and mynahs.But the
speech is that the sound frequency of his words matches that of his trainers.
Researchers said the clearest scientifie evidence that Koshik is deliberately imitating human
researchers said.For consonants (he scores only 21 percent.
Koshik is particularly good with vowels ()with a rate of similarity of 67 percent,the
he makes,although the elephant does respond to words like"anja (sit down)"and"nuwo (lie
One of the researchers said there is no conclusive evidence that Koshik understands the sounds
his mouth to imitate sound.Scientists said he may have started imitating human speech because he
The 22-year-old Asian elephant can reproduce five Korean words by putting his trunk inside
for years:Their 5.5-ton elephant Koshik has an unusual talent.
An international team of scientists confirmed Friday what the Everland Zoo has been saying
An elephant in a South Korean zoo is using his trunk to pick up not only food,but also human
D.Families should try to have meals together.
C.People are much busier than ever before.
B.Kids should be polite to their parents
A.We should visit friends frequently.
60.What can we infer from the text
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