2021-2022学年高二英语上学期期末试题专项练08-阅读理解之七选五（解析版）.docxVIP

2021-2022学年高二英语上学期期末试题专项练 专题08-阅读理解之七选五 Passage 1（2021·北京·清华附中高二期末） Social bond of animals Friendship is an important part of human life. Friends can share our joys and our hardships. We aren’t alone. 1． Recently, a British research team finished an eight-year study of Indo-Pacific dolphins off the coast of-Western Australia. These dolphins can use different tools to search for food. 2． Other factors, like family closeness, have no impact on this relationship. “It suggests that dolphins form social bonds based on shared interests,” UK biologist Simon Allen told Science Daily. “Using different tools is time-consuming for dolphins to cooperate.” Apart from dolphins, elephants, horses and bats are also known to form friendships. 3． Of course not, The Atlantic reported. In 2015, a goat was originally left in a tiger’s enclosure (围场) as a meal. 4． The Atlantic said it’s not unusual among captive (圈禁的) animals. That’s because in captivity, animals don’t need to spend much time and energy marking their territory or looking for mates the way they would in the wild. They are actually more likely to feel bored. “In this particular situation, the animal’s motivation to engage socially and playfully may be higher than eating.” 5． Take bats as an example. In 2011, scientists found bats prefer to hang out with a few certain friends, keeping loose ties to the rest of their group. Humans aren’t so different. “We do not work, play and live together with the same friends all the time,” Swiss zoologist Gerald Kerth explained. “But nevertheless, we are able to maintain long term relationships... despite our often highly dynamic social lives.” A．Many different animals also make friends. B．Are friendships only limited to the same species? C．Dolphins live on fish but they do not spend all their time looking for fish. D．More interestingly, animals not only make friends but also try to keep lasting friendships. E.The goat was frightened of the tiger, and pretended to make friends with it f