2015年高中英语阅读理解 第四部分 动物世界(一)练习.doc

第四部分 动物世界（一）1. Why Are The Rats Traveling?老鼠为何迁徙北欧一些国家有一种老鼠，不仅繁殖能力强，而且特别喜欢迁徙，其频率之高、速度之快，令人们瞠目而困惑。为何这种老鼠不像我们的家鼠一样喜欢呆在一个特定的地方，而不辞辛苦地挪窝呢？请看这篇文章，它会告诉你什么。In some North European countries such as Norway and Sweden, there is a kind of rats called traveling rats, which produce their young seven or eight times a year. The young will grow up in about six months and produce their own young. So, in a few years these rats increase in great numbers. Usually they live together in holes in the depth of high mountains and live on grass and roots of trees. What is strange is that every three or four years, they will migrate in thousands or even in millions, leaving a few of them in their original living place.The migration mainly goes on at night. In daytime, they eat and rest. At night, they go just straight forward, even if there is a river before them: the rats in the front will drown themselves while the ones after them will make their way on the bodies of the drowned rats. Sometimes the number of the moving rats may decrease because of illness, bad weather or attacks from eagles, wolves and so on. Once they reach the seaside, they keep on fearlessly and get drowned to the last one of them.Why do they make such a migration? Some suggest that there may be too many of them to find food. Some suggest that the migration is the result of the bad temper of the rats. But all these remain to be proved.Comprehension Questions:1. Usually a two-year-old traveling rat may have had its babies _ at the least.A. twice B. seven times C. ten times D. fourteen times2. What do traveling ants feed on? _A. Grass and roots of trees. B. Crops such as corn, rice, and wheat. C. Grass, roots of trees and fishes in the sea. D. Roots of grass, trees and flowers.2. Can Penguins Fly?企鹅会飞吗?企鹅会飞吗？估计我们没有人在现实中或者在电视上看到过，不过它们确实属于鸟类。它们的翅膀哪里去了？翅膀退化后变成了什么？它们的生活为何离不开水？小企鹅又是怎么被抚养起来的？企鹅的生活本身有许多有趣之处，让我们带着兴趣走进文章。Penguins are birds who lost the ability to fly millions of years ago. These birds are such good swimmers that they seem to fly along in the water. They are as graceful and swift underwater as other birds are in the air. Penguins can reach speeds of 15 miles an hour, using their flippers as paddles, much like other birds using their wings in the air, for these flippers actually developed from wings. Penguins steer and change directions with their feet and tails.Penguins travel beneath the surface of the water looking for food. All their food comes from the sea, and they hunt fish, shrimp, and squid. Penguins can dive 300 feet down into the water, but they must surface for air. They spend months at sea without returning to the land. On land, they hop, waddle, walk or slide on their bellies if they want to go faster. They climb out of the water to rest, to lay their eggs, to raise their young, and to escape their enemies.The female Emperor penguin comes on land, lays one egg on the bare ice, then immediately returns to the ocean. The male keeps the egg warm for two months until it hatches by rolling it onto his webbed feet and covering it with his fatty lower belly. During this two months period, the male does not eat!Comprehension Questions:1. The penguin _A. can fly though it has no wings. B. cannot fly though it belongs to the bird family. C. can fly because it used to be a bird. D. may be called a fish because it can live in the water.2. Penguins present flippers were _ millions of years ago.A. their paddles B. their feet C. their wings D. their tails3. When a penguin is going to change its direction, it will depend on its _ A. feet and tails. B. flippers and feet. C. wings. D. eyes.4. By what means will a penguin go fastest? _ A. By hopping. B. By waddling. C. By walking. D. By sliding on his belly.5. What will a penguin probably do if he wants to get free from his enemy? _A. It may return to the land. B. It may pretend to lay an egg. C. It must fight with its enemy. D. It may stay still deep in the water.(BCADA)猫头鹰在你的眼中是不是有种灵性？在漆黑的夜晚，它那犀利的眼光能够准确而迅速地捕捉到猎物，是何原因？其夜晚出没的生活习性中究竟隐含着什么秘密？猫头鹰几乎专以鼠类为食，是重要的益鸟，而且猫头鹰是唯一能够分辨蓝色的鸟类。由于它们的外貌丑陋，叫声凄厉，给人以恐怖的感觉，因而招致一些人的厌恶，甚至有一些迷信传说，认为它是不吉利的鸟，其实都是不正确的。让我们一起来看看这篇文章，它会告诉你什么信息。The owl is a bird that flies at night. Because of its very soft feathers, it flies as silently as a breeze, swooping down on mice, gophers, rats, and sometimes even on such large animals as rabbits and squirrels and skunks.It catches them in its long, strong claws. In a single night some owls can eat their own weight in mice and rats.Owls are big. Owls are little. Some are as big as a fireplug. Some are so small that they would fit in your pocket. But dont try to put one there, or you will get scratched and bitten!North, south, east, and westowls live almost everywhere. Some live in forests or parks, probably close to where you livemaybe even in your own backyard. Listen, and you might hear one at night. Some owls make beautiful, sad music.Owls can see better at night than most animals, and they hunt for their food in the dusk and dark. They sleep during the day, hidden among the tree branches.If you found an owl in the daytime sitting on a tree branch, you might think at first it wasnt real. It would probably just sit there not moving a feather. It wouldnt even move its eyes. It couldnt because an owls eyes cannot move.The only way an owl can look around is to turn its head. But it can turn its head almost all the way around. And it can turn it so fast that you can hardly see it move.People say owls make sounds of whoo-whoo-whoo, and some do.But owls also make sounds like those of other animals: Some meow like a kitten, yap like a puppy, or hiss like a snake.Sometimes when owls make their sounds, they frighten the animals they are hunting. The animals give themselves away by running. Then the owls catch them.Some people say owls are wise, but there is no proof that owls are smarter than any other bird.C. In only one night an owl is able to catch and eat many mice and rats which will weigh as much as its own weight. D. In a certain night, some owls may be eaten by mice and rats.3. If an owl wants to see whats on the left, it will _A. turn its head. B. turn its eyes.C. either turn its head or turn its eyes. D. feel it with its claws.4. Which of the owls characteristics helps it catch animals easily at night? _ A. It flies as silently as a breeze. B. It can see better at night than most animals.C. It can sometimes make different sounds to frighten the animals. D. All the above.5. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? _A. Owls can fly without making any noise. B. Owls may be found by other animals easily. C. Owls are among the smartest birds in the world. D. Owls need not sleep at all.(BCADA)4. Butterflies Are Very Beautiful Insects蝴蝶是美丽的昆虫人们总会用美丽的蝴蝶作为美丽环境的陪衬。它们轻盈的身姿、曼妙的身影、优美的舞动，令人赞叹大自然的美丽。然而蝴蝶除了美丽的外表，还有拟态的生存策略、有趣的生活习惯，快来看看下面的文章吧。Butterflies are very beautiful insects. They belong to the butterfly family. We can see them in the daytime. When we enjoy flowers, well see them flying around. They look more lovely than the flowers. But butterflies are not only friends of the plants, but also enemies of them.Butterflies are common all over the world, but the ones in hot countries are usually bigger and more brightly colored than those in cooler countries, and there are different kinds. Usually the male butterfly is more brightly colored than the female. The females have bigger and heavier bodies, since they carry the eggs. The gay colors of the male help to attract the female and duller colors of the female make them less likely to be caught by the enemies before they have laid their eggs.Many butterflies have round marks on their wings that look like eyes. When they are resting, and their wings are folded, these cannot be seen. When a bird sees one, and begins to attack it, the butterfly opens its wings. The bird thinks that it sees two eyes staring at him, and frightened, it flies away.Comprehension Questions:1. Which of the following is likely to be the most brightly colored? _A. A female in a hot country. B. A male in a cool country. C. A dead leaf butterfly with its wings closed D. A male in a hot country.2. The gay colors of the male help to _ A. frighten birds away. B. bring females to it. C. make it more difficult to see. D. protect the female.3. Female butterflies are safer from enemies because they _ A. are bigger. B. are heavier.C. cannot be seen with their wings closed. D. have colors that are not so bright.4. Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage? _A. There are not so many kinds of butterflies in cool countries as in hot countries.B. Male butterflies usually weigh less than female ones.C. All butterflies cannot be seen when they close their wings.D. Birds are enemies of butterflies.5. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? _A. The male butterfly is usually brighter than the female one.B. A butterfly is always brighter to see when resting.C. The Dead Leaf Butterfly has holes in its wings.D. When a bird is about to catch a butterfly, the bird closes its wings.(BBDCA)5. Why Does The Mosquito Bite You?蚊子为何咬你呢Do you know how the female mosquito decides whom to bite? She chooses her victims carefully. First she uses sensors to find her victim. If she lik