福建省福州市2021届高三下学期毕业班3月质量检测（一模）英语试题 Word版含答案

这是一份福建省福州市2021届高三下学期毕业班3月质量检测（一模）英语试题 Word版含答案，共16页。

1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号、座位号填写在答题卡上。
2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上,写在本 试卷上无效。
3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
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。
第一节(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。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 Mary d this Saturday?
A. Stay with her mther. B. G t the mvie. C. Study at hme.
2. When was Mike's flight scheduled t take ff?
A.9-00 p.m. B. 1 ：00 a.m. C. 5:00 a.m.
3. Hw des the man sund at the mment?
A. Excited. B. Angry. C. Surprised.
4. What are the speakers mainly talking abut?
A. A well-knwn star. B. A pp sng. C. A bring mvie.
5. What's the prbable relatinship between the speakers?
A. Teacher and student.
B. Interviewer and interviewee.
C. Bss and secretary.
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。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. Why des Adele like Russian nvels?
A. They are imaginary.
B. They describe peple's dreams.
C. They fcus n peple's rdinary lives.
7. What can we learn frm the cnversatin?
A Gary is busy recently.
B. Adele wants t be a gd translatr.
C. Adele tries t write science fictin.
听第7段材料,回答第8至9题。
8. Why des the wman arrive late?
A. She left hme t late.
B. She was stuck in traffic.
C. She lst her way.
9. Hw des the wman feel at the end f the cnversatin?
A. A little annyed. B. Very surprised. C. Quite satisfied.
听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。
10. When des the cnversatin prbably take place?
A. On Mnday. B. On Tuesday. C. On Wednesday.
11. Where will the speakers g first?
A. Henry’s drm. B. The registratin area. C. The library.
12. What will Henry d n Wednesday mrning?
A. Have a meeting.
B. Find his bks.
C. Have fun in cafeteria.
听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。
13. Why will the man g t Edinburgh?
A. T visit the places f interest.
B. T pay a visit t his relatives.
C. T practice a new language.
14. Wh will g n a trip with the wman?
A. Her brther
B. Her sister-in-law.
C. Her friend.
15. What des the wman say abut Victria Island?
A. The buildings are all very new and mdern.
B. There are many places t eat near the water.
C. Wi-Fi access is nt available there.
16. Where des the man als want t g if time permits?
A. France. B. Canada. C. Germany.
听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。
17. Wh is the speaker?
A. A radi presenter. B. A teacher. C. A tur guide.
18. When des the cncert start?
A. At 6：00 p.m. B. At 6:30 p.m. C. At 7：30 p.m.
19. What will the mney frm the cncert be used fr?
A. The weekend activities.
B. Bks fr the children.
C. Sme schl sprts equipment.
20 What will be n this Sunday evening?
A. A walk arund the lake.
B. A talk by a writer.
C. A trip t Lndn.
第二部分阅读(共两节，满分50分）
第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
The new year always brings predictins. Yu knw wh gets them right?
BLUETOOTH
In his futuristic 1953 nvel Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury anticipated Bluetth, describing wireless earphnes that allwed fr "an electrnic cean f sund, f music and talk" t be transferred thrugh the air. Imagine hw thrilled he wuld have been with a Bluetth taster! That was the idea behind Griffin's Cnnected Taster, which warned yu via smartphne when yur tast was dne. At $ 100, this baby cst a lt f bread, which may be why it was discntinued just tw years after launch.
SMART WATCH
The Apple Watch lets yu chat, play games, and watch vides n a device fastened t yur wrist. Cl, huh? The Jetsns thught s… in 1962 —when Steve Jbs was still in secnd grade!
WI-FI
Nikla Tesla called it! In 1909, the famus electrical engineer tld the New Yrk Times, "It will sn be pssible t send wireless messages all ver the wrld s simply that any individual can carry and perate his wn equipment." N dubt he was thinking f the Kérastase Hair Cach brush, which measured brushing speed and emplyed a micr-phne t listen t yur hair, all t cmpute an verall hair-quality scre sent t yur smartphne. ( Alas, it t is gne.)
GPS
Writer Arthur C. Clarke (2001: A Space Odyssey) saw a wrld in which n ne gt lst. In 1956，he wrte that satellites “culd make pssible a psitin-finding grid(铁网）whereby anyne culd lcate himself by means f a cuple f dials n an instrument abut the size f a watch.” Clarke didn't mentin that his system might als track anther persn, such as a criminal. Last year, the New Yrk City plice arrested a rbber wh was wearing a GPS ankle mnitr — because he was still n prbatin(缓刑)fr a prir crime.
1. Which f the predictins is the earliest?
A. BLUETOOTH.B. SMART WATCH,
C. WI-FI.D. GPS.
2. Why did Griffin's Cnnected Taster disappear?
A. T expensive.B. Out f date.
C. A little awkwardD. Energy-cnsuming.
3. What was Clarke’s predictin?
A. A GPS ankle mnitr.
B. A rbber-arresting instrument.
C. A watch that culd see the wrld.
D. An instrument that culd lcate a persn.
B
I never thught I'd hear myself say it, but I've grwn t enjy lifting weights，and I've learned frm ding it. I enjy the sense f strength and discipline that cmes when the muscles are frced t resist. I've tried varying schedules — lifting every day, every ther day, tw days n and a day ff. The every day apprach was the least effective. I get the best strengthening results when I give myself a break.
The same is true with mind and spirit. Withut giving yurself a chance t reenergize, yu begin t break dwn all the cnnective fibers f yur life. I used t just give myself Sundays ff. Nw I'm scheduling dwntime in the midst f everything — and “everything” includes tw magazines, building a huse in Hawaii, wrking n an ABC mvie — and, h yeah, my day jb. Keeping it all straight was beginning t feel a little stressful. S I tld myself that just because I have ten free minutes n my calendar desn't mean I want t fill them. Breathing space has t becme part f my daily rutine.
S instead f having peple lined up utside my ffice after the first shw — I tape tw a day —I d nthing fr at least ten minutes. The change has wrked wnders. I have mre energy, and I'm in a better md fr the secnd shw and all the business that cmes afterward.
Nw that I have the summer ff t sit under the trees reading, napping, writing, and thinking , I knw fr sure it’s time well spent. I’m refilling my tank s that by fall, when the new seasn begins, I'll be fired up and ready fr whatever is t cme. Fully restred.
4. What is the functin f the first paragraph?
A. T aruse the readers' cncern.
B. T summarize the whle passage.
C. T state the imprtance f a gd lifestyle.
D. T intrduce the theme f the whle passage.
5. Which f the fllwing des the authr agree with?
A. Keeping everything straight.B. Resting at any time.
C. Taking breaks between tasks.D. Having a full schedule.
6. What des the underlined “it” in Para.2 refer t?
A. Everything.B. Building a huse.
C. My day jb.D. Wrking n a mvie.
7. What is the main idea f the passage?
A. Lifting weights changes pepled life.
B. A little restratin helps g a lng way.
C. Why peple need t be in high spirits.
D. Ten minutes' break will wrk wnders.
C
The Maya city f Tikal is famus fr its amazing palaces and temples. But smething far mre rdinary kept Tikal functining: its water-purifying(净化) system the earliest knwn f its kind.
Researchers recently discvered a vlcanic mineral that traps micrbes(微生物) and heavy metals in Tikal's largest reservir(水库). Because the material is nt fund nearby, the finding suggests the presence f a man-made water-purifying device.
The finding denies the lng-standing idea that the ancient wrlds technlgical achievements belnged t the Eastern wrld, like Egypt, and China. The leading scientist f this research, Kenneth Tankersley says, “When talking abut purifying water, the Maya were thusands f years ahead.”
Lcated in the frests f Central America, Tikal, is thught t have been hme t mre than 45,000 peple. They had t struggle against a dry seasn lasting frm Nvember thrugh April. String water in reservirs was a slutin, but that water had t be fit t drink, said Kenneth, “Keeping water clean was f great imprtance.”
A few years ag, the researchers were surprised t find that the largest reservir, Crriental, had significantly fewer harmful chemicals than the thers. “The water quality at Crriental was much higher.”
Smehw the Maya must have been purifying Crriental’s water, the team assumed. “The Maya used gardens as their bathrms.” Kenneth said, “The water cming int the reservir wuld nt have been very clean.”
At the bttm f Crriental, scientists fund fur separate layers(层), each a few centimeters thick, f millimeter-scale “zelites(沸石)”. This type f vlcanic mineral can purify water and is still in widespread use tday, Kenneth says, “Just abut everything we drink, frm bttled water t wine, runs thrugh a zelite purifying device.”
The Maya wuldn’t have knwn abut the zelite in rck, but they wuld have recgnized the purifying effects, the researchers suggest. A zelite-rich rck frmatin abut 30 kilmeters nrtheast f Tikal is the likely surce f the material in Crriental reservir, the team said last mnth in Scientific Reprts. Water at this site “was clear and tasted gd.”
8. What did the researchers find?
A. A new material called zelites.B. The purifying effects f zelites.
C. An ld water-purifying system.D. High-quality water in Crriental.
9. Hw did the Maya purify water?
A. By building the largest reservir.B. By using gardens as their bathrms.
C. By getting rid f heavy metals.D. By spreading fur layers f zelites.
10. What can we learn frm the research?
A. The Maya drank bttled water.B. The ancient Maya were very bright.
C. The system was created by accident.D. The zelites were fund in Crriental.
11. Accrding t Kenneth,________.
A. the riginal water in Crriental was nt clean enugh
B. water supply in Tikal lasted frm Nvember t April
C. all ancient technlgical achievements belnged t the East
D. the Maya had a gd understanding f the zelite in rcks
D
Can a fish be depressed? This questin has been n my head ever since I spent a night in a htel acrss frm a sad-lking fish. His name was Bruce Lee.
The pleasant wman at the frnt desk assured me that he was well taken care f. Was I incrrectly assuming his laziness was a sign f being upset?
When I sught answers frm scientists, I assumed that they wuld find the questin ridiculus. But they did nt. New research has been ttally shifting the way that scientists think abut fish cgnitin (认知)，building a case that pet and wner are nt nearly as different as many assume. The neurchemistry (神经化学）is s similar that it’s scary, said Julian Pittman，a prfessr. We tend t think f them as simple living things, but there is a lt we dn't give fish credit fr.
Dr. Pittman likes wrking with fish, in part, because they are s bvius abut their depressin. A zebrafish gets drpped in a new tank. If after five minutes it is hanging ut in the lwer half, it’s depressed. If it’s swimming up tp, then it’s nt.
Is depressin the right wrd? There's the bvius issue that we cannt ask animals hw they feel, says Dr. Dieg A. Pizzagali . Neither fish nr rats can catch the entire range f depressin as we knw it.
There is a heated debate abut whether anxius r depressed is a mre apprpriate term. But what has cnvinced Dr. Pittman, and thers, ver the past ten years is watching the way the zebrafish lse interest in just abut everything: fd, tys, explratin, just like clinically depressed peple wh are withdrawn. The same is true f fish.
One f the things we're finding is that fish are naturally curius and seek nvel things ut, said Dr. Braithwaite. In ther wrds, yur gldfish is prbably bred. T help get rid f depressin, she urges intrducing new bjects t the tank r switching up the lcatin f items.
12. What is Paragraph 3 mainly abut?
A. Fish are cnsidered simple living things.
B. Pet and wner are always assumed the same.
C. Scientists have learnt a lt abut fish cgnitin.
D. Fish and human beings have smething in cmmn.
13. What des the underlined wrd “withdrawn” in Paragraph 6 prbably mean?
A. Quiet and shy.
B. Happy and excited.
C. Interested and careful.
D. Disappinted and surprised.
14. Why can fish becme bred accrding t the text?
A. They need xygen frm the air.
B. They are nt brn t be curius.
C. They lack new things t explre.
D. They can’t lcate the psitins f items.
15. What might be the best title fr the text?
A. Fish Depressin Is nt a Jke
B. Fish Can Be a Bring Pet.
C. Fish Need Better Care Mre.
D. Fish Cgnitin Des nt Exist.
福建省福州市2021届高三下学期毕业班3月质量检测（一模）英语试题 答案
(本试题卷共12页。全卷满分150分。考试用时120分钟。）
注意事项：
1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号、座位号填写在答题卡上。
2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上,写在本 试卷上无效。
3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
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。
第一节(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。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 Mary d this Saturday?
A. Stay with her mther. B. G t the mvie. C. Study at hme.
2. When was Mike's flight scheduled t take ff?
A.9-00 p.m. B. 1 ：00 a.m. C. 5:00 a.m.
3. Hw des the man sund at the mment?
A. Excited. B. Angry. C. Surprised.
4. What are the speakers mainly talking abut?
A. A well-knwn star. B. A pp sng. C. A bring mvie.
5. What's the prbable relatinship between the speakers?
A. Teacher and student.
B. Interviewer and interviewee.
C. Bss and secretary.
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。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. Why des Adele like Russian nvels?
A. They are imaginary.
B. They describe peple's dreams.
C. They fcus n peple's rdinary lives.
7. What can we learn frm the cnversatin?
A Gary is busy recently.
B. Adele wants t be a gd translatr.
C. Adele tries t write science fictin.
听第7段材料,回答第8至9题。
8. Why des the wman arrive late?
A. She left hme t late.
B. She was stuck in traffic.
C. She lst her way.
9. Hw des the wman feel at the end f the cnversatin?
A. A little annyed. B. Very surprised. C. Quite satisfied.
听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。
10. When des the cnversatin prbably take place?
A. On Mnday. B. On Tuesday. C. On Wednesday.
11. Where will the speakers g first?
A. Henry’s drm. B. The registratin area. C. The library.
12. What will Henry d n Wednesday mrning?
A. Have a meeting.
B. Find his bks.
C. Have fun in cafeteria.
听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。
13. Why will the man g t Edinburgh?
A. T visit the places f interest.
B. T pay a visit t his relatives.
C. T practice a new language.
14. Wh will g n a trip with the wman?
A. Her brther
B. Her sister-in-law.
C. Her friend.
15. What des the wman say abut Victria Island?
A. The buildings are all very new and mdern.
B. There are many places t eat near the water.
C. Wi-Fi access is nt available there.
16. Where des the man als want t g if time permits?
A. France. B. Canada. C. Germany.
听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。
17. Wh is the speaker?
A. A radi presenter. B. A teacher. C. A tur guide.
18. When des the cncert start?
A. At 6：00 p.m. B. At 6:30 p.m. C. At 7：30 p.m.
19. What will the mney frm the cncert be used fr?
A. The weekend activities.
B. Bks fr the children.
C. Sme schl sprts equipment.
20 What will be n this Sunday evening?
A. A walk arund the lake.
B. A talk by a writer.
C. A trip t Lndn.
第二部分阅读(共两节，满分50分）
第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
The new year always brings predictins. Yu knw wh gets them right?
BLUETOOTH
In his futuristic 1953 nvel Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury anticipated Bluetth, describing wireless earphnes that allwed fr "an electrnic cean f sund, f music and talk" t be transferred thrugh the air. Imagine hw thrilled he wuld have been with a Bluetth taster! That was the idea behind Griffin's Cnnected Taster, which warned yu via smartphne when yur tast was dne. At $ 100, this baby cst a lt f bread, which may be why it was discntinued just tw years after launch.
SMART WATCH
The Apple Watch lets yu chat, play games, and watch vides n a device fastened t yur wrist. Cl, huh? The Jetsns thught s… in 1962 —when Steve Jbs was still in secnd grade!
WI-FI
Nikla Tesla called it! In 1909, the famus electrical engineer tld the New Yrk Times, "It will sn be pssible t send wireless messages all ver the wrld s simply that any individual can carry and perate his wn equipment." N dubt he was thinking f the Kérastase Hair Cach brush, which measured brushing speed and emplyed a micr-phne t listen t yur hair, all t cmpute an verall hair-quality scre sent t yur smartphne. ( Alas, it t is gne.)
GPS
Writer Arthur C. Clarke (2001: A Space Odyssey) saw a wrld in which n ne gt lst. In 1956，he wrte that satellites “culd make pssible a psitin-finding grid(铁网）whereby anyne culd lcate himself by means f a cuple f dials n an instrument abut the size f a watch.” Clarke didn't mentin that his system might als track anther persn, such as a criminal. Last year, the New Yrk City plice arrested a rbber wh was wearing a GPS ankle mnitr — because he was still n prbatin(缓刑)fr a prir crime.
1. Which f the predictins is the earliest?
A. BLUETOOTH.B. SMART WATCH,
C. WI-FI.D. GPS.
2. Why did Griffin's Cnnected Taster disappear?
A. T expensive.B. Out f date.
C. A little awkwardD. Energy-cnsuming.
3. What was Clarke’s predictin?
A. A GPS ankle mnitr.
B. A rbber-arresting instrument.
C. A watch that culd see the wrld.
D. An instrument that culd lcate a persn.
【答案】1. C 2. A 3. D
B
I never thught I'd hear myself say it, but I've grwn t enjy lifting weights，and I've learned frm ding it. I enjy the sense f strength and discipline that cmes when the muscles are frced t resist. I've tried varying schedules — lifting every day, every ther day, tw days n and a day ff. The every day apprach was the least effective. I get the best strengthening results when I give myself a break.
The same is true with mind and spirit. Withut giving yurself a chance t reenergize, yu begin t break dwn all the cnnective fibers f yur life. I used t just give myself Sundays ff. Nw I'm scheduling dwntime in the midst f everything — and “everything” includes tw magazines, building a huse in Hawaii, wrking n an ABC mvie — and, h yeah, my day jb. Keeping it all straight was beginning t feel a little stressful. S I tld myself that just because I have ten free minutes n my calendar desn't mean I want t fill them. Breathing space has t becme part f my daily rutine.
S instead f having peple lined up utside my ffice after the first shw — I tape tw a day —I d nthing fr at least ten minutes. The change has wrked wnders. I have mre energy, and I'm in a better md fr the secnd shw and all the business that cmes afterward.
Nw that I have the summer ff t sit under the trees reading, napping, writing, and thinking , I knw fr sure it’s time well spent. I’m refilling my tank s that by fall, when the new seasn begins, I'll be fired up and ready fr whatever is t cme. Fully restred.
4. What is the functin f the first paragraph?
A. T aruse the readers' cncern.
B. T summarize the whle passage.
C. T state the imprtance f a gd lifestyle.
D. T intrduce the theme f the whle passage.
5. Which f the fllwing des the authr agree with?
A. Keeping everything straight.B. Resting at any time.
C. Taking breaks between tasks.D. Having a full schedule.
6. What des the underlined “it” in Para.2 refer t?
A. Everything.B. Building a huse.
C. My day jb.D. Wrking n a mvie.
7. What is the main idea f the passage?
A. Lifting weights changes pepled life.
B. A little restratin helps g a lng way.
C. Why peple need t be in high spirits.
D. Ten minutes' break will wrk wnders.
【答案】4. D 5. C 6. A 7. D
C
The Maya city f Tikal is famus fr its amazing palaces and temples. But smething far mre rdinary kept Tikal functining: its water-purifying(净化) system the earliest knwn f its kind.
Researchers recently discvered a vlcanic mineral that traps micrbes(微生物) and heavy metals in Tikal's largest reservir(水库). Because the material is nt fund nearby, the finding suggests the presence f a man-made water-purifying device.
The finding denies the lng-standing idea that the ancient wrlds technlgical achievements belnged t the Eastern wrld, like Egypt, and China. The leading scientist f this research, Kenneth Tankersley says, “When talking abut purifying water, the Maya were thusands f years ahead.”
Lcated in the frests f Central America, Tikal, is thught t have been hme t mre than 45,000 peple. They had t struggle against a dry seasn lasting frm Nvember thrugh April. String water in reservirs was a slutin, but that water had t be fit t drink, said Kenneth, “Keeping water clean was f great imprtance.”
A few years ag, the researchers were surprised t find that the largest reservir, Crriental, had significantly fewer harmful chemicals than the thers. “The water quality at Crriental was much higher.”
Smehw the Maya must have been purifying Crriental’s water, the team assumed. “The Maya used gardens as their bathrms.” Kenneth said, “The water cming int the reservir wuld nt have been very clean.”
At the bttm f Crriental, scientists fund fur separate layers(层), each a few centimeters thick, f millimeter-scale “zelites(沸石)”. This type f vlcanic mineral can purify water and is still in widespread use tday, Kenneth says, “Just abut everything we drink, frm bttled water t wine, runs thrugh a zelite purifying device.”
The Maya wuldn’t have knwn abut the zelite in rck, but they wuld have recgnized the purifying effects, the researchers suggest. A zelite-rich rck frmatin abut 30 kilmeters nrtheast f Tikal is the likely surce f the material in Crriental reservir, the team said last mnth in Scientific Reprts. Water at this site “was clear and tasted gd.”
8. What did the researchers find?
A. A new material called zelites.B. The purifying effects f zelites.
C. An ld water-purifying system.D. High-quality water in Crriental.
9. Hw did the Maya purify water?
A. By building the largest reservir.B. By using gardens as their bathrms.
C. By getting rid f heavy metals.D. By spreading fur layers f zelites.
10. What can we learn frm the research?
A. The Maya drank bttled water.B. The ancient Maya were very bright.
C. The system was created by accident.D. The zelites were fund in Crriental.
11. Accrding t Kenneth,________.
A. the riginal water in Crriental was nt clean enugh
B. water supply in Tikal lasted frm Nvember t April
C. all ancient technlgical achievements belnged t the East
D. the Maya had a gd understanding f the zelite in rcks
【答案】8. C 9. D 10. B 11. A
D
Can a fish be depressed? This questin has been n my head ever since I spent a night in a htel acrss frm a sad-lking fish. His name was Bruce Lee.
The pleasant wman at the frnt desk assured me that he was well taken care f. Was I incrrectly assuming his laziness was a sign f being upset?
When I sught answers frm scientists, I assumed that they wuld find the questin ridiculus. But they did nt. New research has been ttally shifting the way that scientists think abut fish cgnitin (认知)，building a case that pet and wner are nt nearly as different as many assume. The neurchemistry (神经化学）is s similar that it’s scary, said Julian Pittman，a prfessr. We tend t think f them as simple living things, but there is a lt we dn't give fish credit fr.
Dr. Pittman likes wrking with fish, in part, because they are s bvius abut their depressin. A zebrafish gets drpped in a new tank. If after five minutes it is hanging ut in the lwer half, it’s depressed. If it’s swimming up tp, then it’s nt.
Is depressin the right wrd? There's the bvius issue that we cannt ask animals hw they feel, says Dr. Dieg A. Pizzagali . Neither fish nr rats can catch the entire range f depressin as we knw it.
There is a heated debate abut whether anxius r depressed is a mre apprpriate term. But what has cnvinced Dr. Pittman, and thers, ver the past ten years is watching the way the zebrafish lse interest in just abut everything: fd, tys, explratin, just like clinically depressed peple wh are withdrawn. The same is true f fish.
One f the things we're finding is that fish are naturally curius and seek nvel things ut, said Dr. Braithwaite. In ther wrds, yur gldfish is prbably bred. T help get rid f depressin, she urges intrducing new bjects t the tank r switching up the lcatin f items.
12. What is Paragraph 3 mainly abut?
A. Fish are cnsidered simple living things.
B. Pet and wner are always assumed the same.
C. Scientists have learnt a lt abut fish cgnitin.
D. Fish and human beings have smething in cmmn.
13. What des the underlined wrd “withdrawn” in Paragraph 6 prbably mean?
A. Quiet and shy.
B. Happy and excited.
C. Interested and careful.
D. Disappinted and surprised.
14. Why can fish becme bred accrding t the text?
A. They need xygen frm the air.
B. They are nt brn t be curius.
C. They lack new things t explre.
D. They can’t lcate the psitins f items.
15. What might be the best title fr the text?
A. Fish Depressin Is nt a Jke
B. Fish Can Be a Bring Pet.
C. Fish Need Better Care Mre.
D. Fish Cgnitin Des nt Exist.
【答案】12. D 13. A 14. C 15. A