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[2021•陕西模拟卷]Youknowthatsqueak（吱吱声）youhear

fromyourpetmouseorthepestmouse?Itturnsoutthatitisnot

reallyasqueak,butasweetsongbymalemicetoattractfemales.

ThisistheconclusionreachedbybiologistDustinPennandhis

teamattheVeterinaryUniversityofVienna.

Thescientistswhohavebeenconductingaseriesofstudies

onhousemiceforanumberofyears,beganbyrecordingthe

highpitched（声调高的）soundsmalemicemadethemoment

theysensedafemalemousearound.Whattheydiscovered

whentheyplayedthembacktofemaleswasthattheladies

couldtellbetweenthosemadebytheirbrothersandtheones

madebyunrelatedmales.Justlikehuman,theytendedtoignore

theonesmadebytheirbrothers.

Theresearchersthentooktheexperimentonestepfurther

andanalyzedthesqueaks.Totheirsurprisetheydiscoveredthat

whilethesqueakssoundedsimilar,theyeachhadadifferent

〃tune”.Thebiggestsurpriseofallwasthatthemicecouldeven

learntunesfromeachother.

However,notallscientistsagreewiththisfinding.Somelike

KurtHammer,ascientistattheGermanPrimateCenterbelieve

thatthetestsamplewastoosmalltomakesuchaconclusion.

Theresearcher'snextplantotestifthefemalescareabout

thequalityofthe〃song〃.Insomebirdspecies,malesthatcan

singthemostcomplextunesseemtogetthemostattention.

Sowhydowecarewhethermicecansingornot?Clearly,

sincetheyarebeingusedaslaboratorytesters,itwillhelpus

makeadvancesinhumanspeechdisordersliketheonesfoundin

peoplesufferingfromautism（自闭症）.

1.WhatdoesDustinPendescribethesqueakmadebyamale

mouseas?

A.Ahungrysignal.B.Asadcry.

C.Aterriblenoise.D.Apleasantsound.

2.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"them"inParagraph2

referto?

A.Themalemice.

B.Thefemalemice.

C.Thesqueaksmadebythemalemice.

D.Thesqueaksmadebythefemalemice.

3.WhatmightbeKurtHammer'sidea?

A.Morestudiesshouldbemade.

B.Miceareintelligentanimals.

C.Theconclusionisreasonable.

D.Miceshouldn'tbestudied.

4.Whatisthebenefitofthestudyonmicesqueaks?

A.Itcanfindwaystokillmice.

B.Itcaninspiremusicianswiththeirwork.

C.Itcanhelptreathumanspeechdisorders.

D.Itcanfindwaystoselectintelligentmice.

KeysDCAC

[2021•临沂二模卷]TheIndiangovernmentmayuse3D

paintingsasvirtualspeedbreakersonmajorhighwaysandroads,

inanattempttocheckspeedingandcarelessdriving,and

eventuallymakeitsdeadlyroadsalittlesafer."Wearetryingout

3Dpaintingsusedasvirtualspeedbreakerstoavoid

unnecessaryrequirementsofspeedbreakersIndia'stransport

ministerNitinGadkaritweeted.

Thevisualillusions（幻象）aresupposedtoencouragedrivers

toslowdownautomatically.Earlierthismonth,Indiahad

orderedtheremovalofallspeedbreakersfromhighways,which

areconsideredtobeadangertosafetyforhighspeedvehicles.

Indiahasthehighestnumberofroadaccidentdeathsinthe

world.AccordingtotheWorldHealthOrganisation,over

200,000peoplearekilledbyroadaccidentsduetopoor

applicationofroadsafetylaws.Thisisconsiderablyhigherthan

itsofficialfiguresof141,526for2014.

Theuseofvisualillusionsasspeedbreakerswasfirst

pioneeredintheAmericancityofPhiladelphiain2008,aspartof

acampaignagainstspeedingmotorists.Thetechniquehasalso

beentriedoutinChinatocreatefloating3Dcrossings.

InIndia,citiessuchasAhmedabadandChennaihavealready

experimentedwith3Dzebracrossingsinthelastoneyear.In

Ahmedabadforinstance,twoartists,motheranddaughterhave

painted3Dcrosswalksinthefirstfewmonthsofthisyear.The

artistssaytheirmottoisincreasetheattentionofdrivers'1,

andthattheconcepthasbeensuccessfullytestedinzones

whereaccidentseasilyoccuronahighv/ay.

However,criticsarguethatoncedriversknowthatthese

speedbreakersarevisualillusions,theymayignorethem.Others

alsopointoutthatIndia'sdecisiondoesnotconsiderthesafety

ofalargenumberofwalkers.Intheend,thenewpolicymaybe

justonesteptowardsimprovingroadsafety.

1.Accordingtothepassage,3Dpaintingsasvirtualspeed

breakersinIndiaaimsto.

A.replaceallspeedbreakersfromhighways.

B.encourageessentialrequirementsofspeedbreakers.

C.checkspeedingandcarelessdrivingonallhighways.

D.reminddriverstospeeddownvoluntarilyforroadsafety.

2.Whatcausedthehighnumberofroadaccidentdeathsin

India?

A.Speedingmotorists.

B.Floating3Dcrossings.

C.Freeuseofvisualillusions.

D.Badapplicationoftrafficlaws.

3.Theauthorexplainstheexperimentof3Dzebracrossings

inIn