Question

【題目】

Sun bears（馬來(lái)熊）are the smallest of the world’s eight bears species（物種）. They have a black coat and a white or golden colour on their bodies. Their homes are in the tropical（熱帶雨林）of Southeast Asia. They live in trees and eat both plants and animals. They can grow to be 1.4 metres in height and 65 kilograms in weight. They usually live alone and are happy to spend most of their time by themselves.

Scientists studied sun bears in the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Center. They found that although sun bears live alone, they have developed a surprising social skill. They can copy (模仿) other sun bear’s facial expression (面部表情) as a form of communication. They can even copy exact muscular (肌肉的) movements that other sun bears make- such as making a face.

The ability to copy facial expressions is found in humans, gorilla’s (大猩猩), some monkeys and some other animals. But until now, only humans and gorillas have the ability to exactly copy facial expressions. However, scientists found that sun bears can copy facial expression as well as humans and gorillas. This surprised them because sun bears are alone and they have no close relationship with human beings.

Although they live alone in the wild, the sun bears in the study often played gently with each other. Sometimes they played with faster actions as hitting and biting. Scientists are still not sure what messages the sun bears were sending to one another.

【1】According to the passage, where do sun bears usually live?

A. In caves.B. In trees.C. By the river.D. On the ice.

【2】From the passage, we can learn something about sun bears EXCEPT that _______________.

A. they like to live alone in the wild and only eat animals

B. they can copy other sun bears’ facial expressions for communications

C. they can copy exact muscular movements of other sun bears

D. they have no close relationship with human beings

【3】Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A. A warm home on the earthB. A brave animal in the forest

C. A new friend of human beingsD. A surprising skill of sun bears

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【解析】

短文大意：本文是科普文，介紹了馬來(lái)熊的生活習(xí)性和驚人技能。

【1】題意：根據(jù)這篇文章，馬來(lái)熊通常住在哪里?考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)They live in trees and eat both plants and animals.可知它們生活在樹(shù)上，故選B。

【2】題意：除了 ，我們可以從這篇文章中學(xué)到一些關(guān)于馬來(lái)熊的知識(shí)�？疾榧�(xì)節(jié)判斷。A.他們喜歡獨(dú)自生活在野外，只吃動(dòng)物；B. 他們可以模仿其他太陽(yáng)熊的面部表情來(lái)交流；C. 他們可以模仿其他太陽(yáng)熊的肌肉運(yùn)動(dòng)；D. 他們與人類沒(méi)有密切的關(guān)系。根據(jù)They live in trees and eat both plants and animals.它們生活在樹(shù)上吃植物和動(dòng)物，可知they like to live alone in the wild and only eat animals說(shuō)法錯(cuò)誤，故選A。

【3】題意：下面哪個(gè)可能是這篇文章的最佳標(biāo)題?考查標(biāo)題歸納。A. 地球上溫暖的家園；B. 森林里勇敢的動(dòng)物；C. 人類的新朋友；D. 馬來(lái)熊的驚人技能。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，結(jié)合Scientists studied sun bears in the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Center. They found that although sun bears live alone, they have developed a surprising social skill.可知介紹的是馬來(lái)熊的生活習(xí)性和驚人技能，故選D。