20232024学年湖南省安化县高一下学期期末考试英语试卷一、阅读理解() Four Free Mobile Apps to Help You Learn English Faster Have you realised that you can put your smartphone to really good use for learning English? Here are 4 free mobile apps that will help you do just that. Hello English It covers all the aspects of language learning, including vocabulary, translation, grammar, spelling, speaking and reading skills. It uses interactive games to teach different English lessons and offers new audiobooks, the latest news, and books. However, you should already understand basic English structures and the alphabet, for the app cant help you learn English from scratch（从零开始）. Duolingo If you want to learn English from scratch, then this is the app you are looking for, Duolingo uses interactive games to help you learn English. For beginners, the app focuses on helping you learn verbs, phrases and sentences. Lingbe If you are ready to practise your spoken skills in the real-world communication, youll need Lingbe. Its a community-based app where people help each other and share their native languages. It connects you with real people on call who are native English speakers. HelloTalk HelloTalk is similar to Lingbe as it connects you with native speakers to help improve your language skills. However, it adds a few extra functions that might interest you. You can view the information about users to find a match that interests you. Additionally, you can also send text and audio messages, and even make video calls with other people. If you are a beginner, start from Duolingo and then use Hello English to have a good command of the language. For fluent spoken English learners, you can try out Lingbe or HelloTalk.1. What should you already understand to use Hello English? AGood reading and writing skills.BBasic listening and speaking tips.CDifferent English lessons and books.DEnglish letters and basic structures.2. Which app is the best choice for an English beginner at first? AHello English.BDuolingo.CLingbe.DHelloTalk.3. What can you do on Lingbe? ARead the latest news.BEnjoy the interactive games.CPractise your spoken English.DTalk with native speakers face-to-face. () Edward O. Wilson, known as “ant man”, was born on June 10, 1929, in Birmingham, Alabama. His parents divorced when he was young, and he was moved frequently throughout his childhood. Wilson grew up exploring the forests and wildlife. One of these adventures left him partly blind, but they also set off his lifelong fascination(着迷)with ants and their social structures. Wilson earned his bachelors and masters degrees from the University of Alabama. In 1955, he received his Ph. D. from Harvard and worked there until retirement. Wilsons early study of ants led to his first major discovery in 1959: how ants communicate through the release of chemical signals. Later, in 1990, Wilson and German biologist Bert Holldobler published their Pulitzer-winning The Ants. It detailed the insects social structure that was both valued by scholars and accessible to general readers. Another of Wilsons major works started in the early 1960s when he teamed up with Robert MacArthur. The pair published The Theory of Island Biogeography, where they sought to explain why different places have different numbers of species. What many consider to be Wilsons most important contributions to evolutionary biology came in 1975 when he published Sociobiology: The New Synthesis. The work explored the genetic roots of animal behavior and argued that genes shaped human behavior. Wilson faced accusations(谴责)for these ideas but his work finally largely proved true. In 1978, his ideas on the role biology plays in human culture peaked in On Human Nature, which won him a Pulitzer in 1979. Wilson published more than 400 scientific papers and 20 books. These accomplishments offered him a type of superstar status, but friends and colleagues say the polite Southerner remained down to earth. “Professor Wilson really listened and engaged with whomever he was interacting with,” said Corrie S. Moreau, who was one of Wilsons final advisees.4. What contributed to Wilsons passion for ants? AHis accidental disability.BThe discovery he made about ants.CThe school education he received.DHis boyhood time spent in nature.5. What is Wilsons first Pulitzer-winning book about? AThe social structure of ants.BThe distribution of different species.CThe links between biology and human culture.DThe role of chemical signals in communication.6. According to the last paragraph, which word best describes Wilson? AProductive.BModest.COpen-minded.DIndependent.7. What is the best title of this text? AThe Pioneering “Ant Man”BDiscoveries in Evolutionary BiologyCA Leading Figure in Popular ScienceDThe Adventure of a Pulitzer Prize