2018-2020学年名校高一下期末汇编——十一选十.docxVIP

PAGE 1 PAGE 1 2018-2020学年名校高一下期末汇编——十一选十 【2020行知中学高一下期末】 Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. hiding B. viewing C. fed D. instantly E. enabled F. figure G. largely H. attack I. prefer J. balancing K. fit If you have ever had a cat, or have watched one of the many funny cat videos online, you’ll know that cats have a mind of their own. A lot of the things they do are hard to understand – they like to climb up tall furniture, ___31___ themselves in small spaces and attack small objects for no reason at all. Now scientists have managed to ___32___ out what exactly is going on in the brains of our little friends. According to Tony Buffington, a veterinarian and professor at Ohio State University in the US, cats’ strange behavior ___33___ comes from their way of life back in the wild. “Cats today still have many of the same instincts that ___34___ them to live in the wild for millions of years,” he said in a TED Talk. “To them, our homes are their jungles.” In the wild, cats are hunters. Their bodies and great ___35___ abilities allow them to climb to high spots to better look at the environment. Even though they don’t have to hunt anymore in human houses, they still keep the old habit of ___36___ the living room from, for example, the top of the refrigerator. Cats’ hunting instinct is also what makes them ___37___ small things like keys and USB drives. In the wild, they hunt whatever they can get, and most of the animals they kill are small. However, cats can also be prey. This explains why they like to stay in small spaces like drawers or washing machines – they are ___38___, or they think they are doing so, from more dangerous animals. This is also why cats ___39___ a clean litter box; a smelly one could easily show enemies where they are. But knowing how cats’ minds work is not only useful for better understa