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模拟题（一）Passage1Among all the animals, theape is most like human beings. Both people and apes have the similar brainstructure, the similar nerve system, and the similar kind of blood.There are four kinds ofapes: the chimpanzee（黑猩猩）, the orangutan（猩猩）, the gorilla（大猩猩）, and the gibbon（长臂猿）. They live in the deepforests and warm tropical regions of Africa and of Southeast Asia, including Indonesia.All apes are covered withbrown, reddish-brown, or black hair everywhere on their bodies except theirfaces, feet, and hands. Their hands each have four fingers and a thumb thathelps them grip things the way our thumbs help us. But they also have a thumbon each foot instead of a big toe. Thus they can hold things with their feet also.Having short, weak legs, apes do not walk on the ground very much. However,their arms are very strong. This enables them to swing from branches and travelvery quickly from tree to tree.These animals live insmall family groups that move from place to place in search of vegetables andfruits. They also eat eggs, small animals, nuts, and insects. When they aretired, they build nests in the trees. But they rarely sleep there for more thana night or two. Then they move on to look for more food.There are some differencesamong the following three kids of apes. The gibbon is never more than threefeet high and weight only about fourteen pounds. The gorilla grows to be sixfeet tall and weight up to 600 pounds. The orangutan is smaller than thegorilla. It stands three to five feet tall and weight up to 200 pounds.Chimpanzees are thesmartest of all apes. They can be taught to sit at a table and eat, to dressthemselves, and to do things that human children can do.56. What does the firstparagraph tell us?A. The ape looks like human beingsmost.B. People and the ape think alike.C. People and the ape behave alike.D. The ape is the most intellectualanimal in the world.57. Which of the followingsentences is TRUE?A. All apes are brown or black.B. All parts of apes’ bodi