2020-2021学年新教材外研版英语必修第三册课后作业：UNIT 6 USING LANGUAGE WORD版含解析.DOC

1、.阅读理解Recordings of angry bees are enough to send big, tough African elephants running away, a new study says. Beehives (蜂窝)either recorded or realmay even prevent elephants from damaging farmers crops.In 2002, scientist Lucy King and her team found that elephants avoid certain trees with bees living

2、 in them. Today, Lucy wants to see if African honeybees might discourage elephants from eating crops. But before she asked farmer to go to the trouble of setting up beehives on their farms, she needed to find out if the bees would scare elephants away.Lucy found a wild beehive inside a tree in north

3、ern Kenya and set up a recorder. Then she threw a stone into the beehive, which burst into life. Lucy and her assistant hid in their car until the angry bees had calmed down. Next，Lucy searched out elephant families in Samburu National Reserve in northern Kenya and put a speaker in a close to each f

4、amily.From a distance, Lucy switched on the prerecorded sound of angry bees while at the same time recording the elephants with a video camera. Half the elephant groups left the area within ten seconds. Out of a total of 17 groups, only one group ignored the sound of the angry bees. Lucy reported th

5、at all the young elephants immediately ran to their mothers to hide under them. When Lucy played the sound of a waterfall (瀑布) instead of the angry bees to many of the same elephant families, the animals were undisturbed. Even after four minutes, most of the groups stayed in one place.Lucy is now st

6、udying whether the elephants will continue to avoid the sound of angry bees after hearing it several times. She hasnt tested enough groups yet to know, but her initial (最初的) results were promising enough to begin trials with farmers. She has now begun placing speakers in the fields to see if elephan

7、ts are frightened away.本文讲述了非洲大陆的大象十分害怕蜜蜂的声音，科学家Lucy King正在研究是否可以利用这个现象来保护庄稼不受大象的侵扰。1We know from the passage that elephants may be frightened of _.Aloud noisesBsome cropsCvideo camerasDangry bees解析：细节理解题。根据文章第一句Recordings of angry bees are enough to send big, tough African elephants running away, a

8、 new study says.可知愤怒的蜜蜂的录音的声音足以让非洲大象都害怕地跑开。故D正确。答案：D2As mentioned in the passage, Lucy _.Aworks by herself in AfricaBneeds to test more elephant groupsChas stopped elephants eating cropsDhas got farmers to set up beehives on their farms解析：推理判断题。根据文章最后一段She hasnt tested enough groups yet to know, but

9、 her initial (最初的) results were promising enough to begin trials with farmers.可知她还需要对更多的象群进行研究，以证明蜜蜂的声音对大象是有影响的。故B正确。答案：B3Why did Lucy throw a stone into a wild beehive?ATo record the sound of bees.BTo make a video of elephants.CTo see if elephants would run away.DTo find out more about the behavior

10、 of bees.解析：推理判断题。根据文章第三段Lucy found a wild beehive inside a tree in northern Kenya and set up a recorder. Then she threw a stone into the beehive, which burst into life. Lucy and her assistant hid in their car until the angry bees had calmed down.他们找到一个蜂巢，放好录音机，然后扔一个石块击中蜂巢，让蜜蜂都飞起来寻找敌人。他们录下这个声音。可知他们扔

11、石头是为了录下愤怒的蜜蜂的声音。故A正确。答案：A4Which of the following is true according to the passage?AYoung elephants ignore African honeybees.BWaterfalls can make elephants stay in one place.CElephants do not go near trees with bees living in them.DFarmers do not allow Lucy to conduct tests in their fields.解析：细节理解题。根

12、据文章第二段In 2002, scientist Lucy King and her team found that elephants avoid certain trees with bees living in them可知大象避免有蜜蜂的树。故C正确。答案：C.七选五Is Fresh Air Really Good for You?We all grew up hearing people tell us to “go out and get some fresh air.” _1_ According to recent studies，the answer is a big YES

13、，if the air quality in your camping area is good._2_ If the air youre breathing is cleanwhich it would be if youre away from the smog of citiesthen the air is filled with lifegiving，energizing oxygen. If you exercise out of doors，your body will learn to breathe more deeply，allowing even more oxygen

14、to get to your muscles (肌肉) and your brain.Recently，people have begun studying the connection between the natural world and healing (治愈). _3_ In these places patients can go to be near nature during their recovery. It turns out that just looking at green，growing things can reduce stress, lower blood

15、 pressure，and put people into a better mood (情绪). Greenery is good for us. Hospital patients who see tree branches out their window are likely to recover at a faster rate than patients who see buildings or sky instead. _4_ It gives us a great feeling of peace._5_ While the suns rays can age and harm

16、 our skin, they also give us beneficial Vitamin D. To make sure you get enough Vitamin Dbut still protect your skin put on sunscreen right as you head outside. It takes sunscreen about fifteen minutes to start working, and thats plenty of time for your skin to absorb a days worth of Vitamin D.AFresh

17、 air cleans our lungs.BSo what are you waiting for?CBeing in nature refreshes us.DAnother side benefit of getting fresh air is sunlight.EBut is fresh air really as good for you as your mother always said?FJust as importantly, we tend to associate air with health care.GAll across the country, recover

18、y centers have begun building Healing Gardens.这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了新鲜空气的好处：新鲜空气中的氧气和阳光对人们的身心健康均有好处。人们已经开始利用大自然和治愈疾病的关系，建造“康复花园”，治疗病人了。1E解析：根据下一句中的“the answer is a big YES”可知，该空应该是一个一般疑问句，选项中只有E选项是一般疑问句。故选E：但是新鲜空气真的像你母亲说的那样对你有好处吗？空前的people tell us to “go out and get some fresh air”和选项中的“your mother always sa

19、id”亦是呼应。2A解析：根据下一句中提到的“If the air youre breathing is clean.the air is filled with lifegiving, energizing oxygen”可知，新鲜空气充满赋予人生命的，充满活力的氧气。下文中“.breathe more deeply, allowing even more oxygen to get to your muscles(肌肉)and your brain”是对前文的递进：在户外，更多的氧气进入你的肌肉和大脑。根据前面的分析可以推知，该空应该提到新鲜空气的基本作用，根据常识，我们知道吸入的空气首先

20、进入的是肺部，然后才会使我们的肌肉和大脑受益，故该空应选A选项：新鲜空气清洁我们的肺部。3G解析：根据下一句中提到的“these places”可以推知，该空应该提到表示地点的复数名词。选项中只有G选项提到该类名词，故选G：在全国，康复中心已经开始建造“康复花园”。these places就是指Healing Gardens。4C解析：前文介绍的是“康复花园”中的绿色植物对于病人康复的好的作用：绿色的正在成长的植物可以减轻压力，降低血压，使人情绪良好。空后提到“它给我们一种平和感”。该空起承上启下的作用，仍然要提到处于“康复花园”这种自然环境中的好处，空后的It也要指代这种情况。故C选项切题：身处大自然可以使人精神焕发。5D解析：根据下文中提到的“the suns rays.give us beneficial Vitamin D”可知，该段介绍的是阳光的好处。故该选项应该提到阳光。选项中只有D选项涉及阳光。故选D：获得新鲜空气的另一个好处是阳光。