D. Because an earthquake had happened.

　　29. According to Brandie Smith,_____________.

　　A. many animals hearing is sharp

　　B. earthquakes produce two types of waves

　　C. primates usually gather together before a quake

　　D. humans can also develop the ability to sense a quake

　　30. Which animal seems unable to sense quake?

　　A. A giant panda. B. A flamingo. C. A lemur. D. A lizard.

　　31. What is the best title for the passage?

　　A. How animals survive a quake

　　B. How animals differ from humans

　　C. How animals behave before a quake

　　D. How animals protect their young in a quake

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　D

　　【河南省新乡市2018-2019学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题】Born in Detroit, Michigan, on January 10th, 1928. Philip Levine was formally educated in the Detroit public school system. After graduation from university, Levine worked a number of industrial jobs, including the night work in factories, reading and writing poems in his off hours. In 1953, he studied at the University of Iowa. There, Levine met Robert Lowell and John Berryman, whom Levine called his "one great guide".

　　About writing poems, Levine wrote: "I believed even then that if I could change my experience into poems I would give it the value and honor that it did not begin to have on its own. I thought too that if I could write about it, I could come to understand it: I believed that if I could understand my life--or at least the part my work played in it--I could write it with some degree of joy, something obviously missing from my life."

　　Levine published (出版) his first collection of poems. On the Edge in 1961, followed by Not This Pig in 1968. Throughout his life Levine published many books of poems, winning many prizes. A review said: "Levine writes poems about the bravery of men, physical labor, simple pleasures and strong feelings, often set in working-class Detroit or in central California, where he worked or lived."

　　He taught for many years at California State University, Fresno and served as Distinguished Poet in Residence for the Creative Writing Program at New York University. After retiring from teaching, Levine divided his time between Brooklyn, New York, and Fresno, California, until his death on February 14th, 2015. His final poem collection, The Last Shift, as well as a collection of essays (短文) and other writings, My Lost Poets: A Life in Poetry, were published in 2016.

　　32. How did Levine make a living right after graduation from his university?

　　A. He worked as a full-time writer.

　　B. He worked as a worker in factories.

　　C. He worked as a teacher in university.

　　D. He worked as a great guide in writing.

　　33. According to Levine's words, he thought_______.

　　A. he had lived the life he wanted

　　B. poems made him misunderstand life

　　C. his life was valueless and dishonorable

　　D. poems could give him much pleasure

　　34. What was the main subject of Levine's poems?

　　A. The scenes of his hometown

　　B. Love stories

　　C. The imaginary future

　　D. Life of common people.

　　35 Which poem collection was published after his death?

　　A. The Last Shift B. Not This Pig

　　C. My Lost Poets: A Life in Poetry D. On the Edge

第二节 （共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）

　　根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

　　【湖北省襄樊四中2019届高三11月份联考英语试题】Friendship is a gift of God. But it may be taken for granted in some cases and not valued. ____36____Say one has no child even after many years of marriage and the other has many children, more than they can manage. What do you think? Will the couple with many children value the children as much as the couple which has none? Everything is relative in life. We value what we don't have and give less value to what is freely available to us.____37____

Why should we value friendships? What qualities does a good friend bring to our relationship that makes the friendship so valuable? Let us examine some of these.