【创新设计】2016-2017学年高中英语 Module 6 Old and New单元综合检测卷 外研版必修3.doc

Module 6 Old and New 第Ⅰ卷 第一部分　阅读理解(共两节，满分40分) 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和D)中，选出最佳选项。 A It was a painful Sunday for the National Zoo in Washington，D.C.After hearing sounds of sadness from Mei Xiang，its mother，zookeepers discovered the giant panda cub(幼崽) born last weekend had died. The zoo workers who took care of Mei Xiang and her cub are puzzled by the cub’s death.“Every loss is hard，” said the National Zoo director Dennis Kelly.“This one is especially devastating(骇人的)．” Panda cubs are not strong.They are born entirely blind and covered with only a thin coat of fur.Most are not longer than five inches at birth.Developments are slow in a cub’s early days.A baby panda cannot see for more than a month after being born and cannot walk for the first 75-80 days of its life.It depends entirely on its mother for guidance and comfort. The relationship between a panda cub and its mother is very important but can also be dangerous.Grown female pandas are about 1,000 times heavier than their cubs.While wanting to nurse，mothers can sometimes hurt their weak babies.Though this unfortunate accident is common，the cub found at the National Zoo showed no signs of trauma(外伤)．Its complete heart and lungs showed that Mei Xiang did not hurt the cub. Officials said Mei Xiang was not acting like her usual self but was slowly beginning to eat again.She was reported to be holding a plastic toy at night as comfort for the loss of her cub.Zookeepers will continue to watch Mei Xiang until she returns to her normal behavior.The National Zoo hopes to learn from this tragedy and gain a better understanding of cub health in giant pandas. 1．What happened in the National Zoo of Washington D．C.? A．The baby giant panda died. B．The mother giant panda died. C．The baby giant panda escaped. D．The mother giant panda was ill. 答案　A 解析　细节理解题。根据第一段中的“...zookeepers discovered the giant panda cub(幼崽) born last weekend had died.”可知，华盛顿国家动物园里出生仅几天的熊猫幼崽死了。 2．The sentence “Every loss is hard.” in