广东高考真题之2013完形填空

完形填空,Thenumbersenseisnottheabilitytocount,buttheabilitytorecognizea1innumber.Humanbeingsarebornwiththisability.2experimentsshowthatmanyanimalsare,too.Forexample,Forexample,manybirdshavegoodnumbersense.Ifanesthasfoureggsandyouremoveone,thebirdwillnot3.However,ifyouremovetwo,thebird4leaves.Thismeansthatthebirdknowsthe5betweentwoandthree.1.A.riseB.patternC.changeD.trend,2.A.ImportantlyB.SurprisinglyC.DisappointedlyD.Fortunately,2.B因“实验表明许多动物也跟人类一样具有这种能力”，这是“令人惊讶的”。其他选项“重要地”“失望地”“幸运地”与上下文内容无联系。,3.A.surviveB.careC.hatchD.notice4.A.generallyB.sincerelyC.casuallyD.Deliberately5.A.distanceB.rangeC.differenceD.interval,.Forexample,Forexample,manybirdshavegoodnumbersense.Ifanesthasfoureggsandyouremoveone,thebirdwillnot3.However,ifyouremovetwo,thebird4leaves.Thismeansthatthebirdknowsthe5betweentwoandthree.,3.D结合下句，特别是however可知，上下句的大意应是“如果鸟巢内有四个蛋，你移走一个蛋，这只鸟会没有注意到；然而，如果你移走两个蛋，这只鸟就会离开这里了”。其他选项“幸存”“关心”“孵化”不合语境。,4.A把这只鸟“通常”会离开，“真诚地”“无意地”“故意地”不合语境。,Anotherinterestingexperimentshowedabirds_6_numbersense.Amanwastryingtotakeaphotoofacrow(乌鸦)thathasanestinatower,butthecrowalwaysleftwhenshesawhimcoming.Thebirddidnot_7_untilthemanleftthetower.6.A.amazingB.annoyingC.satisfyingD.Disturbing7.A.relaxB.recoverC.reactD.return,6.A与上文中goodnumbersense(良好的数字感)中的good相对应，也与第2题的答案surprising相对，故选“amazing(令人惊异的)”，近义复现。,8.A.appointmentB.excuseC.ideaD.explanation,Themanhadan_8_.Hetookanothermanwithhimtothetower.Onemanleftandtheotherstayed,buttheydidnot_9_thebirdItwasnotuntilfivemenwentintothetowerandonlyfourleftthattheywereabletofoolthecrow.,9.A.foolB.hurtC.catchD.kill,9.A由but可知，他们并没能“欺骗”那只乌鸦。与下文foolthecrow中的fool是原词复现。,8.C从下文看，这个人有了一个“主意”或想了一个“办法”。,Thecrowstayedawayuntilthesecondmanleft,too.Theexperimentwas_10_withthreemen,andthenfourmen.Butthecrowdidnotreturntothenestuntilallthemenwere_11_.Itwasnotuntilfivemenwentintothetowerandonlyfourleftthattheywere_12_abletofoolthecrow.,10.A.reportedB.repeatedC.designedD.Approved11.A.confusedB.goneC.tiredD.Drunk12.A.graduallyB.luckilyC.strangelyD.finally,10.B该实验由一个人去接近那只乌鸦，然后带一个人即一共两个人去做这个实验，接着三个人、四个人去“重复”做这个实验。,12.D前面已分别由一个人、二个人、三个人、四个人重复做了四次了，直到五个人进了塔，只走了四个，即还有一个在塔里，他们才“最终”欺骗了这只乌鸦。,Howgoodhisthehumansnumbersense?Itsnotverygood.Forexample,babiesaboutfourteenmonthsoldalmostalwaysnoticeifsomethingistakenawayfroma_13_group.Butwhenthenumbergoesbeyondthreeorfour,thechildrenare_14_fooled.,13.A.singleB.smallC.localD.new14.A.seldomB.temporarilyC.merelyD.often,14.D由but可知，后文是表示与alwaysnotice相对的意思，当数理超过三四个以后，就“常常”能欺骗这些婴儿了。,Itseemsthatnumbersenseissomethingwehaveincommonwithmanyanimalsinthisworldandthatourhuman