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牛津版(深圳·广州)初中英语八年级下册第六单元检测卷

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    People normally think of dogs as man's best friend, but to Brian Wilson, his two pet parrots are his best friends.

    It all began in 1995, when Brian was still a firefighter. A car accident caused serious damage to his brain. After several months of treatment, Brian's doctors said that he would never talk again and that he would have to spend the rest of his life in a nursing home.

    However, according to Brian, his two pet parrots didn't give up easily. They kept talking to him day and night, until one day, he said one word, then another, and all of a sudden was talking like a normal person again!

    Brian was so thankful that he decided to set up a home for birds which are not wanted by their owners. Now, his house is home to about 80 birds, including a great variety of birds like several macaws, cockatoos and African gray parrots. The birds fly around from room to room, some cackling (咯咯叫), others talking like humans. Though they all have big cages, Brian lets them fly freely inside the house.

    Over the years, Brian has developed a special relationship with birds. The birds that bite other humans, seem to like him and can get along with him well. He is now called a bird whisperer (鸟语者). Brian pays for most of the costs of looking after the birds with his own money, but has recently established a foundation (基金会) to accept donations. He and his birds also earn money by performing at birthday parties, weddings and other social events.

    For people who want to adopt (领养) Brian's birds, they have to volunteer at the foundation for three months before they can take the pet home.

(1)、Brian used to be a___________ before setting up the bird foundation.
A、doctor B、trainer C、whisperer D、fireman
(2)、What happened to Brian after the car accident?
A、He lost his job. B、He refused medical treatment. C、He couldn't talk. D、He lived in a nursing home.
(3)、If Jane wants to adopt one of Brian's birds, she needs to____________.
A、perform at birthday parties B、work with birds for some time C、donate some money D、learn to talk with birds
(4)、Why is Brian known as a bird whisperer?
A、Because he can communicate with birds well. B、Because he can remember all the birds by heart. C、Because a bird once saved his life. D、Because he can train all kinds of birds to talk.
(5)、What does the underlined word “they” in the fourth paragraph refer to?
A、Birds. B、Cages. C、Humans. D、Rooms.
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 根据短文内容和所给中文提示,用单词的正确形式完成以下短文, 一空一词。

Last year, I worked in a middle school near my mother's house, and I stayed with her for a month. During that time, I helped her do some {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (家务活) and buy some food. 

After the first week, I noticed that the food was eaten up very quickly. Then I began keeping an eye on my mum. I was so {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(惊讶的)to find that she would put some of the food into a paper bag and go out with it at about nine every morning. And finally, I decided{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (跟着)her. I saw her taking the food to the street children. She would also spend a lot of time talking and {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(玩耍)with them. 

One day, I talked to a {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(邻居) and found out that my mum was well-known in the area. The children were very friendly with her and even thought of her {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(当作) their own mother. Then it hit me—why wouldn't she want to tell me about it? Was she worried that I would stop buying food if I found out?

When Mum got home, I told her she didn't need to keep it a {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(秘密)from me. And she told me something about the children. Some of them lived with an old lady in a small house, and the{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(其他的)children slept on the street. For years, she was helping the poor street children by giving them food. After she told me everything, I was so moved by how great she was. She helped them in need. Being her son, I took{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (骄傲)in my mum. 

I {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(继续) to buy food for my mum after that. But I always added one more bag for her. 

 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

Nature and culture are often seen as opposite ideas. What belongs to nature cannot be the result of human activities and, on the other hand, cultural development is achieved against nature. However, this is not the only opinion on the relationship between nature and culture. Studies in the development of humans suggest that culture, whether taken as an effort against nature or a natural effort, is part of the development of the human species.

Several modern writers saw the process of education as a struggle against human nature. We are born with wild natures, such as eating and behaving in a disorganized way or acting selfishly. Education uses culture as a way to get us out of our widest natures; it is thanks to culture that the human species could learn to adapt, progress and raise itself above and beyond other species.

Over the past century and a half, however, studies in the history of human development have shown that the formation of culture is part of the biological adaptation. Consider, for example, hunting. It seems to be an adaptation, which allowed humans to move into new and different areas, opening up the opportunity to change living habits. At the same time, the development of weapons is related to that adaptation—from rocks and stones to a set of hunting tools, and from hunting tools to rules relating to the proper use of weapons. Hunting also seems to be responsible for a whole set of bodily abilities, such as balancing on one foot. Just think of how this very simple thing is closely related to dance, a key expression of human culture. It is then clear that biological development and cultural development are closely tied.

The transmission of culture seems to be directly related to what's in our blood. Just as snails carry their shell, so do we bring along our culture. However, culture is also passed on among people of the same times or among people belonging to different populations. We can learn how to make jiaozi even if we were born from Russian parents in Paris just as we can learn how to speak English even if none of our family or friends speaks that language.

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