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牛津版(深圳·广州)初中英语八年级下册第五单元检测卷

根据短文内容,回答下列问题。

    When IDr. Karen McComb came to Amboseli Park, her first task was to learn the names of the one hundred or so elephants most often seen.

    Scientists working in the park have learned to study elephants by watching them up close. They have a list of almost one thousand elephants. There are records for all of the elephants born since 1972. Amboseli was a good place for Dr. McComb to study animal communication. Elephants were a great subject because their lifestyle depends on communication.

    Dr. McComb and her team had learned a lot about elephant communication, but they kept on thinking about one puzzling watch. Some families were better at distinguishing calls of friends from those of strangers.

    What made some families smarter than others? The scientists searched their records for an explanation. To their surprise, there was only one factor of importance: The "smartest" families always had the oldest grandmothers. A family, as it did in all other activities, waited for some signal from the grandmother when they heard a strange contact call. And older, more experienced grandmothers were better at telling whether other elephants were strangers or friends just by their calls.

    That was an important discovery. It showed how an elephant family depends on the experience of the grandmother.

(1)、How do scientists working in the park study elephants?
(2)、What did Dr. McComb study?
(3)、What did Dr. McComb and her team do for an explanation?
(4)、Who does everyone in elephant families listen to?
(5)、What does an elephant family depend on in all the activities?
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阅读短文及文后A-E选项,选出可以填入各题空白处的最佳选项。

    When you were at school, the last thing you probably wanted to do was to spend your weekends going to work. There was homework to do, sports to play and fun to be had{#blank#}1{#/blank#}When I was a teenager I had to deliver newspapers to people's homes and work at the checkout.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} It's one of those things that is seen almost as a rite of passage(成人仪式). Teenagers agree that it teaches valuable lessons about working with adults and also about managing your money. So, that's no bad thing!

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#}A 2015 study found that not taking part in part-time work at school age was blamed by employers' organizations because young adults were ill-prepared for full-time employment. But despite (尽管) this, recent statistics have shown that the number of schoolchildren in the UK with a part-time job has fallen by a fifth in the past five years.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Probably not. Some experts feel that young people feel going out to work will hinder their performance at school, and they are under more pressure now to study hard and get good exam results - and a good job in the long term{#blank#}5{#/blank#}

A. Today in the UK you are allowed to work from the age of 13, and many children do take up part-time jobs.

B. But our parents probably persuaded us to find a job to earn some money and get some life experience.

C. In reality, it's all about getting the right balance between doing part-time work and having enough time to study and rest.

D. So, does this mean that British teenagers are now more afraid of hard graft (艰苦奋斗)?

E. Some research has shown that not taking on a Saturday or holiday job could be detrimental (有危害的 ) to a person later on

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