山西省山西大学附属中学2016届高三上学期（9月）模块诊断英语试题

山西大学附中 2015---2016学年高三第一学期（9月）月考 英语试题 考试时间：100分钟 满分：100分 注意：本考试严禁使用手机、电子词典或其它电子存储设备，违者按作弊处理。 第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共100分） 第1节 ：阅读理解（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A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A What’s on Your Pet’s Mind? In 1977, Irene Pepperberg of Harvard University began studying what was on another creature’s mind by talking to it. Her first experiments began with Alex. Alex was a one-year-old African grey parrot and Irene taught him to produce the sounds of the English language. “I thought if he learned to communicate, I could ask him questions about how he sees the world.” At the time, most scientists didn’t believe animals had any thoughts. They thought animals were more like robots but didn’t have the ability to think or feel. Of course, if you own a pet you probably disagree. But it is the job of a scientist to prove this and nowadays more scientists accept that animals can think for themselves. “That’s why I started my studies with Alex,” Irene said, “Some people act