2025~2026学年上海市洋泾中学高一上学期期中考试英语试卷.docVIP

2025~2026学年上海市洋泾中学高一上学期期中考试英语试卷

一、语法填空

Directions:Afterreadingthepassagebelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagecoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheotherblanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.

AnewstudyfromtheUniversityofJapanhasconfirmedthatalthoughpetcatsaremorethancapableofrecognizingtheirowner’svoice,theychoosetoignorethem—forreasonsthat1(root)intheevolutionaryhistoryoftheanimal.Thestudytestedtwentyhousecatsintheirownhomes,waitinguntiltheownerwasoutofsightandthenplayingthemrecordingsofthreestrangerscallingtheirnames,followedbytheirownerand2stranger.

Whenhearingtheirnames3(call),thecatsdisplayed“orientatingbehavior”(movingtheirheadsandearsabouttolocate4thesoundwascomingfrom)and5theyshowedagreaterresponsetotheirowner’svoicesthanstrangers’,theydeclinedtomovewhencalledbyanyofthevolunteers.“Thiscat-ownerrelationshipisincontrast6thatwithdogs.”

Thestudysuggeststhatthereasonforcats’unresponsivebehaviour7betracedbacktotheearlydomesticationofthespecies,contrastingwiththerelationshipofhumanstodogs.

Recentgeneticanalysis8(reveal)thatthecommonancestorofthemodernhousecatwasFelissilvestris,aspeciesofwildcat9firstcameintocontactwithhumansaround9,000yearsago.“Historicallyspeaking,cats,unlikedogs,havenotbeendomesticatedtoobeyhumans’orders.Rather,theyseemtotaketheinitiativeinhuman-catinteraction.”Thisiswhatdiffersfromthehistoryofdogsandhumans,wheretheformer10(breed)overthousandsofyearstorespondtoordersandcommands.Cats,itseems,neverneededtolearn.

二、选词填空

Directions:Completethesentenceswitht