14．Scientists have always been interested in the high level of organization in ant societies．American researchers have watched ants build life-saving rafts （筏子） to keep afloat during floods．They also have documented how ant colonies choose their next queen----the female whose job is to produce eggs．
New technology is helping to improve researchers'understanding of the insects．But there is still a lot to be learned．
Fire ants living in Brazilian forests are perfectly at home in an environment where flooding is common．To save themselves，the insects connect their legs together and create floating rafts．Some ant rafts can be up to 20centimeters wide．
David Hu who is a mechanical engineer with the Georgia Institute of Technology，also known as Georgia Tech，says，"If you have 100ants，which means 600legs，99percent of those legs will be connected to a neighbor．So they're very，very good at maintaining this network．"
David Hu and other Georgia Tech researchers wanted to study ants and the secret of their engineering．They froze ant rafts and then look at them with the help of computed technology，or CT，images．The pictures showed that larger ants serve in central positions to which smaller ants hold．The larger ants form pockets of air that keep the insects afloat．
Scientists say small robots or materials that can change shape could be programmed in a similar way，working towards a shared goal．
Researchers at North Carolina State University are also studying ants．They examined how Indian jumping ants choose the leader of the colony when they lose their top female or queen．Researcher Clint Penick says all the worker ants in the colony are females．His team found that the worker ants start a series of competitions or battles and that some workers become physically larger．

32．The duty of the queen ants is toD．
A．build rafts       B．keep organized
C．keep guard        D．lay eggs
33．The author takes fire ants as an example to tell usD．
A．how ants seek food perfectly
B．how ants connect their legs together
C．how ants communicate with each other
D．how ants save themselves from floods
34．Which of the following is true according to the passage？C
A．Ants know the way to form a harmonious society．
B．The Georgia Tech researchers first discovered Indian jumping ants．
C．Small and shape-changeable things might work just like ants do．
D．All the worker ants in the colony are physically larger．
35．What's the best title of the passage？A
A．Ants'Ability to Organize         
B．Ants'Living Environment
C．The Life-saving Rafts of ants
D．The Election of the Queen Ant．

分析 本文為一篇說(shuō)明文，主要告訴我們螞蟻是如何生存和自救，以及如何選擇自己的領(lǐng)袖的．

解答 32．D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段最后一句中的"…the female whose job is to produce eggs．"可知，蟻后的主要職責(zé)是負(fù)責(zé)產(chǎn)卵．故選D．
33．D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第三段內(nèi)容Fire ants living in Brazilian forests are perfectly at home in an environment where flooding is common．To save themselves，the insects connect their legs together and create floating rafts．Some ant rafts can be up to 20 centimeters wide．可知，本段主要介紹了巴西森林里的火蟻在洪水中的自救方式．故選D．
34．C 推理判斷題．根據(jù)第六段內(nèi)容可知．選項(xiàng)A文中沒(méi)有提及；根據(jù)最后一段第一句和第二句Researchers at North Carolina State University are also studying ants．They examined how Indian jumping ants choose the leader of the colony when they lose their top female or queen．可知B項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)最后一段最后一句"…some workers became physically larger．"可知D項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤．故選C．
35．A 主旨大意題． 根據(jù)第一段第一句Scientists have always been interested in the high level of organization in ant societies．可知．且整個(gè)篇章圍繞第一段展開，再結(jié)合題中選項(xiàng)，故選A．

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C. The Folk Music Industry. D. The Voice of China

2.The underlined world “it” in the last but four paragraph means________.

A. the popularity of folk music.

B. the focus of folk music.

C. the tradition of folk pioneers.

D. the new model of pop music.

3.Which statement is true according to the passage?

A. The Voice of China is very popular among young Chinese people.

B. Folk music once was a way to voice opinions about social issues.

C. Folk songs are more about expressing emotions than storytelling.

D. Outdated music mode is what leads to the decline of folk songs.

4.Which word can best describe the attitude of Lu Zhongqiang towards folk music?

A. Objective B. Confident.

C. Critical. D. Worried

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：2017屆黑龍江省大慶市高三第三次教學(xué)質(zhì)量檢測(cè)（三模）英語(yǔ)試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解

One afternoon I was driving along the narrow dirt road. Ahead of me was a small red car with two people in the front seats. You can’t go very fast on a dirt road so I was driving carefully after it.

As we did, I began to watch the car in front of me. The driver was a middle-aged man with thinning hair, and beside him sat a woman with long, wavy blond hair. I could see the man’s face because he kept turning and talking and talking to the woman, but I couldn’t see her face because she never turned to look at him and answer.

As we drove along, the man turned again and again, talking to the woman. He leaned(靠) toward her and he smiled. But she sat without movement or response, staring straight ahead. She never once looked in his direction, and I wondered why.

I supposed of course that they were fighting. The long blond hair suggested someone beautiful. I thought she might be too coldhearted, the way a beautiful woman can usually be. I thought that the man might be her husband, or her lover, and that he was pleading with her. I thought she was turning cold to him: perhaps she was ending things completely, and he was trying to win her back.

We both slowed down to cross a little stone bridge, and once past it, on the straight, he turned again to her. I wondered then if I’d gotten it wrong. The man was definitely middle-aged, and the woman’s long, thick blond hair suggested youth. Perhaps the man was not her husband but her father. Maybe she was sitting silently still, not heartlessly. Or maybe she was weeping and unable to look at her father.

I watched them closely, trying to be sure. The man turned to her, smiling. She still did not look at him. We reached the stop sign at the end of Mount Holly Road, and the man turned once more to the blond woman. This time, at last, she turned toward him. She leaned over and licked his nose with her tongue. She was a golden retriever, a large dog used in hunting.

1.The real relationship of the two sitting in the front seats of the small red car is _______.

A. a husband and an angry wife

B. a loving father and a weeping daughter

C. a master and a big dog

D. lovers in quarrel

2.We can infer from the text that______.

A. the author followed the man out of curiosity at the very beginning

B. the man couldn’t match the woman beside him

C. the man loved the one sitting beside him very much

D. the man was a good husband or a good father

3.The underlined sentence in the text means_____.

A. he was begging her

B. he was playing with her

C. he was quarrelling with her

D. he was joking with her

4.Which is the most suitable title for the text?

A. A Poor Middle-aged Man

B. An Unexpected Companion

C. A Beautiful Proud Woman

D. An Unforgettable Experience

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