Question

【題目】

Animals have their special ways to deal with hard times in nature. The superb fairy-wren, one kind of bright-blue bird in Australia, is one example. This year, a ten-year study showed that this small bird has eggs of different sizes in different kinds of weather. When the weather is hot and dry there is less food for young superb fairy-wrens, and they die easily. So the mother bird will make larger eggs to help her babies grow stronger inside before they break out of the eggs into the "hungry" world.

However, not all mother birds are able to do this. Only those with at least one male child can. When the weather is "good", the mother will make smaller eggs, and her sons will bring food back for their baby brothers and sisters from the eggs. With her sons' help, the mother can save more energy to make larger eggs when the weather is bad. Isn't this amazing?

【1】Which is the best title of the passage?

A.The Best Place for Birds.

B.The Hard Times in Nature.

C.Larger Mother Birds Have Larger Eggs.

D.Mother Bird Fights Weather Changes.

【2】What does the underlined word "this" mean in the passage?

A.Having eggs of different sizes.

B.Growing stronger inside the egg.

C.Saving food for weaker baby birds.

D.Helping baby birds break out of the eggs.

【3】What can we learn about superb fairy-wrens from the passage?

A.Baby birds grow well in hot, dry weather.

B.Male birds can usually live for over ten years.

C.Young male birds share the job of feeding the baby birds.

D.Mother birds make smaller eggs when there is less food outside.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】C

【解析】

文章以澳大利亞的美麗鷦鷯為例，介紹了在不同的天氣情況下，雌鳥(niǎo)會(huì)孕育大小不同的蛋，從而說(shuō)明動(dòng)物在自然界中有著特殊的應(yīng)對(duì)困難的方式。

【1】

最佳標(biāo)題題。根據(jù)文章開(kāi)頭“Animals have their special ways to deal with hard times in nature. The superb fairy-wren, one kind of bright-blue bird in Australia, is one example. This year, a ten-year study showed that this small bird has eggs of different sizes in different kinds of weather.”以及整個(gè)文章的理解可知，文章講述的是動(dòng)物有它們特殊的方式來(lái)應(yīng)付自然界的困難時(shí)期。并且舉例澳大利亞的美麗鷦鷯在天氣不好的時(shí)候產(chǎn)的蛋就大一些，天氣好的時(shí)候產(chǎn)的蛋就小一些，目的是保證將來(lái)孵出來(lái)的幼鳥(niǎo)能夠有能力沖出蛋殼，所以四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中D選項(xiàng)概括比較合適，故選D。

【2】

詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)文中“So the mother bird will make larger eggs to help her babies grow stronger inside before they break out of the eggs into the “hungry” world. However, not all mother birds are able to do this. Only those with at least one male child can. ”因此，雌鳥(niǎo)會(huì)制造更大的蛋，以幫助她的寶寶在它們沖出蛋進(jìn)入“饑餓”的世界之前，在里面長(zhǎng)得更強(qiáng)壯。然而，并不是所有的雌鳥(niǎo)都能做到這一點(diǎn)。只有那些至少有一個(gè)雄性寶寶的才可以�？芍�這里的this指代的是“雌鳥(niǎo)能夠產(chǎn)出不同大小的蛋”這件事情，故選A。

【3】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中“When the weather is hot and dry there is less food for young superb fairy-wrens, and they die easily. ”當(dāng)天氣炎熱干燥時(shí)，幼小的鷦鷯的食物就會(huì)減少，它們很容易死亡�？芍�A選項(xiàng)描述錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)文章的理解可知，B選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容在文中沒(méi)有顯示，所以排除B選項(xiàng)；根據(jù)文中“and her sons will bring food back for their baby brothers and sisters from the eggs. ”她的兒子們會(huì)把食物帶回給他們的從蛋殼里出來(lái)的弟弟妹妹們。可知C選項(xiàng)是正確的；根據(jù)文中“When the weather is hot and dry there is less food for young superb fairy-wrens, and they die easily. So the mother bird will make larger eggs to help her babies grow stronger inside before they break out of the eggs into the “hungry” world. ”當(dāng)天氣炎熱干燥時(shí)，幼小的鷦鷯的食物就會(huì)減少，它們很容易死亡。因此，雌鳥(niǎo)會(huì)制造更大的蛋，以幫助她的寶寶在它們沖出蛋進(jìn)入“饑餓”的世界之前，在里面長(zhǎng)得更強(qiáng)壯�？芍�，D選項(xiàng)描述是錯(cuò)誤的，故選C。