20182019学年第一学期期中考试高一英语试题答题时间：120分钟 满分：150分第一部分 阅读理解第一节 （共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项.AI work with Volunteers for Wildlife, a rescue and education organization at Bailey Arboretum in Locust Valley. Trying to help injured, displaced or sick creatures can be heartbreaking; survival is never certain. However, when it works, it is simply beautiful. I got a rescue call from a woman in Muttontown. She had found a young owl(猫头鹰) on the ground. When I arrived, I saw a 2 to 3weekold owl. It had already been placed in a carrier for safety. I examined the chick(雏鸟) and it seemed fine. If I could locate the nest, I might have been able to put it back, but no luck. My next work was to construct a nest and anchor it in a tree. The homeowner was very helpful. A wire basket was found. I put some pine branches into the basket to make this nest safe and comfortable. I placed the chick in the nest, and it quickly calmed down. Now all that was needed were the parents, but they were absent. I gave the homeowner a recording of the hunger screams of owl chicks. These advertise the presence of chicks to adults; they might also encourage our chick to start calling as well. I gave the owner as much information as possible and headed home to see what news the night might bring. A nervous night to be sure，but sometimes the spirits of nature smile on us all! The homeowner called to say that the parents had responded to the recordings. I drove over and saw the chick in the nest looking healthy and active. And it was accompanied in the nest by the greatest sight of allLUNCH！The parents had done their duty and would probably continue to do so.1How would the author feel about the outcome of the event?AIts unexpected. BIts beautiful. CIts humorous. DIts discouraging.2What made the chick calm down?AA new nest. BSome food. CA recording. DIts parents.3What is unavoidable in the authors rescue work according to Paragraph 1?AEfforts made in vain. BGetting injured in his work.CFeeling uncertain about his future. DCreatures forced out of their homes.4Why was the author called to Muttontown?ATo rescue a woman. BTo take care of a woman.CTo look at a baby owl. DTo cure a young owl.BWhen a leafy plant is under attack，it doesnt sit quietly. Back in 1983，two scientists，Jack Schultz and Ian Baldwin，reported that young maple trees getting bitten by insects send out a particular smell that neighbouring plants can get. These chemicals come from the injured parts of the plant and seem to be an alarm. What the plants pump through the air is a mixture of chemicals known as volatile organic compounds，VOCs for short.Scientists have found that all kinds of plants give out VOCs when being attacked. Its a plants way of crying out. But is anyone listening？Apparently. Because we can watch the neighbours react.Some plants pump out smelly chemicals to keep insects away. But others do double duty. They pump out perfumes designed to attract different insects who are natural enemies to the attackers. Once they arrive, the tables are turned. The attacker who was lunching now becomes lunch.In study after study，it appears that these chemical conversations help the neighbours. The damage is usually more serious on the first plant，but the neighbours，relatively speaking，stay safer because they heard the alarm and knew what to do.Does this mean that plants talk to each other? Scientists dont know. Maybe the first plant just made a cry of pain or was sending a message to its own branches, and so, in effect, was talking to itself. Perhaps the neighbours just happened to “overhear” the cry. So information was exchanged, but it wasnt a true, intentional back and forth.Charles Darwin, over 150 years ago, imagined a world far busier, noisier and more intimate (亲密的) than the world we can see and hear. Our senses are weak. Theres a whole lot going on.5What does the author mean by “the tables are turned” in Paragraph 3?AThe attackers get attacked. BThe insects gather under the table.CThe plants get ready to fight back. DThe perfumes attract natural enemies.6What does a plant do when it is under attack? AIt makes noises. BIt gets help from other plants.CIt stands quietly. DIt sends out certain chemicals.7Scientists find from their studies that plants can _Apredict natural disasters Bprotect themselves against insectsCtalk to one another intentionally Dhelp their neighbours when necessary8What can we infer from the last paragraph?AThe world is changing faster than ever. BPeople have stronger senses than before.CThe world is more complex than it seems.DPeople in Darwins time were more imaginative.CInspiring young minds!TOKNOW Magazine is a big hit in the world of childrens publishing, bringing a unique combination of ch