2012年湖北高考英语考试说明(word版)(9)

5. Why does the author compare the parent-teen war to a border conflict? A. Neither has any clear winner. B. Neither can be put to an end. C. Both can continue for generations. D. Both are about where to draw the line.

6. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean? A. The teens accuse their parents of misleading them.

B. The teens agree with their parents on the cause of the conflict. C. The teens blame their parents for starting the conflict.

D. The teens tend to have a full understanding of their parents. 7. Parents and teens want to be right because they want to ______. A. gain respect from the other B. get the other to behave properly C. give orders to the other D. know more than the other

8. What will the author most probably discuss in the paragraph that follows? A.Examples of the parent-teen war.

B. Causes for the parent-teen conflicts. C. Future of the parent-teen relationship. D. Solutions for the parent-teen problems. 【答案】5. D 6. C 7. A 8. D

Howling is a behaviour commonly observed among a wolf pack. As pack animals,wolves work together to hunt and rely on howling as an important means of communication among each other. There are different explanations of a wolf’s howl and it appears that there may be more to discover.

One theory is that wolves howl to bond better together. It’s almost as if howling together helps the pack stay together. Perhaps something similar to people feeling a sense of involvement with each other when singing a song together. But this theory may be wrong, explains Fred H. Harrington, a