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作为生物的社会(节选)

刘易斯?托马斯

①如果说昆虫群居的活动跟人类事务总有点联系，那在生物学界将是相当糟糕的态度。关于昆虫行为的书籍作者，通常要在序言里苦口婆心地提醒人们，昆虫好像是来自外星的生物，它们的行为绝对是有异于人的，完全是非人性、非世俗，几乎还是非生物的。它们倒更像一些制作精巧、却魔魔道道的小机器。假如我们想从它们的活动中看出什么显示人类特点的东西，那就是在违反科学。

②不过，让一个旁观者不这样看是很难的。蚂蚁的确太像人了，它们培植真菌，喂养蚜虫作家畜，把军队投入战争，动用化学喷剂来惊扰和迷惑敌人，捕捉奴隶。织巢蚁属使用童工，抱着幼体像梭子一样往返窜动，纺出线来把树叶缝合在一起，供它们的真菌园使用。它们不停地交换信息。它们什么都干，就差看电视了。

③最让我们不安的是，蚂蚁，还有蜜蜂、白蚁和群居性黄蜂，它们似乎都过着两种生活。它们既是一些个体，做着今天的事而看不出是不是还想着明天，同时又是蚁冢、蚁穴、蜂窠这些扭动着、思考着的庞大动物体中细胞样的成分。我认为，正是由于这一层，我们才最巴不得它们是异己的东西。我们不愿看到，可能有一些集体性的社会，能够像一个个生物一样进行活动。即使有这样的东西，它们也决不可能跟我们相关。

④不管怎么说，这些东西还是存在。野地里一只独行的蚂蚁，不能设想它头脑里想着很多。当然，就那么几个神经元，让几根纤维串在一块儿，想来连有什么头脑也谈不上，更不会有什么思想了。它不过是一段长着腿的神经节而已。四只、或十只蚂蚁凑到一起，围绕着路上的一头死蛾，看起来就有点意思了。它们这儿触触，那儿推推，慢慢地把这块食物向蚁丘移去。但这似乎还是瞎猫撞着死老鼠的事。只有当你观看聚在蚁丘边的、黑压压盖过地皮的数千蚂蚁的密集群体时，你才看见那整个活物。这时，你看到它思考、筹划、谋算。这是智慧，是某种活的计算机，那些爬来爬去的小东西就是它的心智。

⑤建造蚁丘的时候，有时需要一批一定规格的细枝，这时，所有成员立刻都着魔般搜寻起正合规格的细枝；后来，外墙的建筑就要完成，要盖顶，细枝的规格要改变，于是，好像从电话里接到了新的命令，所有的工蚁又转而寻找新型号的细枝。如果你破坏了蚁丘某一部分的结构，数百只蚂蚁会过来掀动那一部分，移动它，直到恢复原来的样子。当它们觉察到远方的食物时，于是，长长的队伍像触角一样伸出来，越过平地，翻过高墙，绕过巨石，去把食物搬回来。

⑥白蚁在有一个方面更为奇特：群体变大时，其智慧似乎也随之增加。小室里有两三只白蚁，就会衔起一块块土粒木屑搬来搬去，但并没有什么结果，什么也没有建造起来。随着越来越多的白蚁加入，似乎达到了某种临界质量或法定数，于是思维开始了。它们开始把小粒叠放起来，霎时间竖起一根根柱子，造成一个个弯度对称的美丽拱券。一个个穹顶小室组成的晶状建筑出现了。迄今还不知道它们是怎样交流信息的，也无人明白，正在建造一根柱子的白蚁们怎样知道停止工作，全队转移到一根毗邻的柱子，而时候一到，它们又怎样知道把两根柱子合拢，做成天衣无缝的拱券。一开始使它们不再把材料搬来搬去，而是着手集体建筑的刺激物，也许是在它们的数目达到特定阈值时释放的外激素。它们像受了惊一样做出反应，它们开始骚动、激奋，然后就像艺术家一样开始工作。（节选自刘易斯?托马斯《作为生物的社会》，有删改）

7．生物学界为什么认为“昆虫群居的活动跟人类事务总有点联系”的观点是“相当糟糕的态度”?(4分)

8．结合具体的语境，说说“蚂蚁的确太像人了，这真够让人为难”的含义。（4分）

9．本文作为科普作品，幽默、风趣、有人情味是它的语言风格之一，请举例分析这种语言特点及其好处。(5分)

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三、实用类文本阅读(13分)

7. (满分4分) 因为生物学界认为昆虫行为是绝对有异于人的，(2分)把昆虫群居的活动跟人类事务相联系是违反科学的。(2分)

8. (满分4分) 讽刺人类的自大心理，渺小的蚂蚁的很多行为与我们相似，我们却不愿意或不敢承认这一事实，真是有些为难。

9. (满分5分) 作者往往把生物的行为拟人化，这就形成了一种幽默风趣的语言风格。(2分)如说蚂蚁“喂养家畜”“使用童工”“它们什么都干，就差看电视了”等等，就是把生物当作人来写，让人觉得亲切。(1分)

好处：作为科普作品，幽默、风趣的语言风格便于向大众普及科学知识，激发大众对科学的关注和热爱，能够化雅为俗，拉近同读者的距离，吸引他们的阅读兴趣。(2分)(意思对即可)

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外研社初一（下）任务型阅读理解专项练习一 A few years ago, an Englishman __(1)____（call）Roy Jones went on holiday to a small seaside town in the west of England. He swam in the sea one day. But when he opened his mouth, his false teeth were in the sea water and he _______( can not find) them. The next year, Mr. Jones returned to the same town on holiday. One day he drank coffee in a coffee shop;he told the story of his lost teeth to the manager. The manager looked very surprised. He said that he found a set of false teeth on the beach last month. Then he asked Roy Jones to try it on. “OK”, said Mr. Jones. “I think it may be mine.” When Mr. Jones put the false teeth into his mouth.He was happy. They were really his lost false teeth. 1. 在(1)(2)处用所给词的适当形式填空. (1) (2) 2.在短文中找出went back 的同义词。________________ 3.Where did Mr.Jones lose his false teeth? _____________________________ 4.Who found his false teeth? _________________________ 5.Which is the best title of the passage? ______ A. A coffee shop B.A good holiday C. A set of false teath D. It may be yours 二 One afternoon Mrs.Green’s husband wanted to catch the 3:30 flight to London to have (1) important meeting. She was very surprised when he telephoned her at 5 o’clock and said that he was still at the airport. “What happened to you?”asked Mrs Green. “Well,” said Mr. Green, “Everything was going fine. I got my ticket, checked my luggage and waited (2)( 排队) at the gate. I walked across the runway to the airplane and I saw my friend Jack Scott, who was an airplane engineer. I shouted to him and a policeman caught me.” “Why did he catch you?” “I don’t know(3),”said Mr.Green, “As soon as he heard my shout, he ran towards me and caught me.”“What did you shout to your friend?” “All I said was ‘Hi, Jack’.(4) You know that’s the usual way we say hello to our friends.” “But you don’t know the sentence ‘Hi,Jack’ also means to take control of a plane by force(武力).” 1. 在(1)处填上适当的冠词:_________ 2.根据括号的汉语提示在(2)处写出单词或短语:_________ 3.对(3)部分进行改写,并保持句意不变。 I_____ ______ _____. 4.根据文章的内容判断正(T)误(F)。 () Mr. Green would take control of a plane by force. 5.请把(4)翻译成汉语.__________________________________ 三 My name is Daisy. Let me tell you something about my family. I live w______ my mother and father in a flat. The flat is on the fifth floor of a tall building. There are 14 f______ and a parking garage(车库) in the basement(地下室). My father parks his car there. Our flat is not in the center of the city. It is 2 miles from the center. My father works in the city, so he goes to work by bus every day. He doesn’t drive his car. He uses his car only on weekends. He takes us to the country or to the beach. Our flat has three bedrooms. There is a bedroom for my mother and father, one for me and one for my brother. There is a living room, a kitchen and a bathroom. 我们没有花园，但有一个小阳台。There are some plants on the balcony. In summer we often sit out on the balcony because it gets very hot inside the flat. Our flat is small, but we are very happy in it.