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2018年湖南省长沙市天心区长郡中学高考英语模拟试卷（6月份）一、阅读理解1．（8分）Forcenturies，thecommonviewofhowdomestication（驯化）hadoccurredwasthatprehistoricpeople，realizinghowusefulitwouldbetohaveanimalskeptforfood，begancatchingwildanimalsandbreeding（繁殖）them．Overtime，byallowingonlyanimalswithtame（驯养）characteristicstoproducetheirbabies，humanbeingscreatedanimalsthatwerelesswildandmoredependentuponpeople．Eventuallythisprocessledtothedomesticfarmanimalsandpetsthatweknowtoday，havinglosttheirancientsurvivalskillsandnaturalabilities．Recentresearchsuggeststhatthisviewofdomesticationisincomplete．Prehistorichumanbeingsdidcatchandbreedusefulwildanimals，butspecialistsinanimalbehaviornowthinkthatdomesticationwasnotsimplysomethingpeopledidtoanimals﹣﹣﹣theanimalsplayedanactivepartintheprocess．Wolvesandwildhorses，forexample，mayhavetakenthefirststepsintheirowndomesticationbyhangingaroundhumansettlements，feedingonpeople'scropsandgettingusedtohumanactivity．Theanimalswhichwerenottoonervousorfearfultolivenearpeopleproducedtheirbabiesthatalsotoleratedhumans，makingiteasierforpeopletocatchandbreedthem．Inthisversion，peoplesucceededindomesticatingonlyanimalsthathadalreadyadaptedeasilytolifearoundhumans．Domesticationrequiredananimalthatwaswillingtobecomedomestic．Theprocesswasmorelikeadancewithpartnersthanavictoryofhumansoveranimals．Atfirstglance，thetamingofcatsseemstofitnicelyintothisnewstoryofdomestication．AtraditionaltheorysaysthatafterprehistoricpeopleinEgyptinventedagricultureandstartedfarming，ratsandmicegatheredtofeastontheirstoredgrain．Wildcats，inturn，gatheredatthesameplacestohuntandeattheratsandmice．Overtime，catsgotusedtopeopleandpeoplegotusedtocats．Somestudiesofwildcats，however，seemtocallthistheoryintoquestion．Wildcatsdon'tsharehuntingandfeedingareas，andtheydon'tliveclosetopeople．Expertsdonotknowwhetherwildcatswerepartnersintheirowndomestication．Theydoknowthatlongafterpeoplehadacquireddomesticdogs，sheepandhorses，theysomehowacquireddomesticcats．Graduallytheyproducedanimalswithincreasinglytamequalities．（1）Whatissuggestedinrecentresearch？A．Animalswerelessafraidthanthought．B．Animalshadanactiveroleintheirdomestication．C．Wolvesandhorseswerethefirsttobedomesticated．D．Domesticationmeantsomethingpeopledidtoanimals．（2）TheworddanceisusedinParagraph3toshowthat．A．animalsandhumansweredependentoneachotherB．controloveranimalswaseasyC．animalswereindependentofhumansD．domesticationwaslikeagame（3）Whatprobablyattractedcatstohumansettlements？A．Othercats．B．Warmth．C．Humans．D．Food．（4）Whatcausesaproblemforthetheorythatcatsweredomesticatedlikewolveswere？A．Catswerenotfriendlytopeople．B．Catswerenotasfierceaswolves．C．Catshadthecharacteristicofindependence．D．Catsshowedclevernesswhentheywerehunting．二、七选五2．（10分）Therunningofthebullsisanine﹣daytraditionalSpanishfestivalinhonorofSaintFermininPamplona．Everyyear，atmiddayonJuly6th，theMayorofPamplonashootsarocket．（1）Theparticipantsareusuallydressedinwhiteandwearredneckerchiefsandbelts．Theyopenchampagne（香槟酒）mostlyusedforsprinkling（撒）otherpeople．（2）Itstartseverydayateightinthemorningandtherunnersrun，sometimeswildly，sometimesless．Theyshootthefirstrocketasasignthattherunhasbegun．Thentheyshootthesecondonewhenthebullsareoutinthestreets．Sixbullswhicharetryingtoattacktheparticipantsfrombehindrundownthe900﹣meter﹣longstreetwithalotofspectators．（3）Allofthesixbullsaregoingtobekilledatthebullfightinthestadium．Thebullfightinthestadiumbeginsathalfpastsixintheafternoon．First，therecomesthefirstbull．Thereisalsoapersoncalledpicador．（4）Thatmakesthebullverywildanditstartstorunalloverthestadium．Laterwhenthebullistired，therecomesanotherperson﹣amatadorwhokillsitwithanarrow．（5）Attheendofthecelebration，anotherrocketisshotasasignthatthebullfightisfinished．A．Itmakesthebullverynervous．B．Itisoneofthegreatesteventsinthecity．C．Themaineventistherunningofthebulls．D．Hewavesaredclothinfrontofthebull．E．Thisisasignthatthecelebrationhasstarted．F．Theparticipantscangetinjuredorevenkilled．G．Thesamethinghappenswiththeotherfivebulls．三、完形填空3．（30分）BrandonandDerek'smother，BethLash，sharedaFacebookvideoonDec．25，2017．ItcapturedthemomentwhenBandon（1）hiscardoutloud．OnBrandonLash's24thbirthday，hislittlebrother，Derek，（2）himwitharatherlargecardfilledwithanevenbigger（3）．Ihavealways（4）you，Brandonreadsfromthefrontofthecard，（5）bythisbrother．Ilovespendingtimewithyou．I'mso（6）Ihaveyouformybrother．Youhavealwaysbeenthereforme，eventhoughIgetonyournervessometimes．Youwillalwayshaveapieceofmyheart，Brandoncontinues，openingupthe（7）．Andnowyouwillhavemy（8），too．Wearea（9）match．Brandonreads，（10）thecardtothefloorandbreakingdowninto（11）．Brandonhaskidneyreceives（12）threetimesaweek，andwastoldthathehadbeenrecommendedforthetransplantlist．Unfortunately，hisparentsarenotamatch，but（13），hisbrotheris．Ican'tbelieveDerekwould（14）somuchallthisforme，Brandontellsthepublication．He'sgivingmea（15）tohaveahealthylifeagain．I（16）can'tbelieveit'shappening．I（17）seeinghimsickandknewsomethingneededtobedonetomakehimhealthyagain．Derekadds．NotonlywasIthe（18）thingtodo，buttheonlythingtodo．He'smybrother．Wedidn'tknow（19）hecouldbeonthetransplantlist，andIknewIj