Unit12CultureShock单元测试(北师大版必修4,广东专用).doc

Unit 12　Culture Shock 第一部分：语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分) 第一节：完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 You sometimes hear the argument that humans are “naturally vegetarian” or that they evolved as vegetarians.This is somewhat __1__ to pursue as the scientific evidence all indicates that we are omnivores(杂食者)，i.e.，we can __2__ on a wide variety of plant and animal foods.It also used to be __3__ that the great apes were all fruit-eaters，but recent research shows that chimpanzees at least will __4__ and kill small animals and will eat carrion if they find it.The chimpanzee is thought to be our closest animal __5__. The extreme opposite concept，however，that of Man the Great Hunter，also seems to be __6__.In his book The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee，Jared Diamond describes how he was invited on a hunt by a tribe in New Guinea who had retained(保留)Stone Age technology and __7__ of thought in the 20th century.The days total bag was two baby birds，a few frogs，and a lot of mushrooms.Although the men of the tribe __8__ boasted of the large animals they had killed，when pressed for details，they __9__ that large animals were killed only a few times in a hunters career.These peoples stone tools were far more __10__ than the stone tools found on prehistoric sites，so Professor Diamond thinks it __11__ that prehistoric hunters could have enjoyed a much higher success rate than presentday hunter-gatherer tribes.It seems more likely that early humans ate carrion，small prey like baby birds，and a lot of plant foods.He cites a notable __12__ to this rule.The first humans to colonize a previously unoccupied island or __13__，e.g.，Madagascar，New Zealand，and America，found animals so __14__ that they didnt run away from hunters.In these instances，something like 80 percent of the large birds and mammal species of such an area were __15__ in a relatively short time. 【解题导语】 本文讲的是远古的人究竟是靠什么而生存的。　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 1．A.ridiculous B．dangerous C．terrible D．disgusting 答案　A