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【題目】Some Fun and Interesting Facts

◆ Do you think what color oranges are? The common answer to this question is “Orange”. However, the first oranges from Southeast Asia were actually green. Up to now, oranges in warmer areas like Vienam and Tailand still stay green when they are fully grown.

◆ There was a man named John Chapman who planted thousands of apple trees. But the apples on those trees were much more bitter(哭的) than the ones you’d find in the suppermarket today. John didn’t expect apples to be eaten whole, but rather made hard apple cider(蘋果酒).

◆Like most four-legged animals, cats have five toes on the front paws, but their back paws only have four toes. Scientists think they four-toe back paws might help them run faster. Do you know any other fun fact about cats?

◆Walt Disney might have been the firs it gloves on his characters，as the star Mickey Mouse in 1929's The Opry House（《奧普里之屋》）.Besides being easier to interest, there's another reason why Disney did so:”We didn't want him to have mouse hands because he was supposed to be more human. "Disney once said.

【1】What does the underlined word "they” refer to?

A. Warmer areasB. Oranges in warmer areas

C. The first orangesD. People from Vietnam and Thailand

【2】John expected his apples to be

A. known by more peopleB. sold in the supermarket

C. eaten only by himselfD. made into hard apple cider

【3】How many toes does a normal cat have in total?

A. FourteenB. Sixteen

C. Eighteen.D. Twenty

【4】Disney put gloves on Mickey Mouse in order to ___________.

A. make him look more humanB. protect his hands

C. help him to run fasterD. make him feel more comfortable

【5】Which is NOT a fact according to the information above?

A. The first oranges weren’t orange.

B. John’s apples weren’t sweet enough.

C. Walt Disney put gloves on his characters to interest people.

D. Cats have fewer toes on their front paws than then ones on their back paws.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】A

【5】D

【解析】

這篇短文主要講述了一些有趣的事實。

【1】詞句猜測。根據(jù)文中oranges in warmer areas like Vienam and Tailand still stay green可知，下文中theny指的是“溫暖地區(qū)的橙子”。故選B。

【2】細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文中John didn’t expect apples to be eaten whole, but rather made hard apple cider(蘋果酒).可知，約翰希望他的蘋果能做成硬蘋果酒。故選D。

【3】數(shù)字計算。根據(jù)文中Like most four-legged animals, cats have five toes on the front paws, but their back paws only have four toes.可知，5*2+4*2=18。故選C。

【4】根據(jù)文中there's another reason why Disney did so:”We didn't want him to have mouse hands because he was supposed to be more human. "Disney once said.可知，目的是為了使它看起來更像人類。故選A。

【5】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文中cats have five toes on the front paws, but their back paws only have four toes.可知，貓的前爪有五個腳趾，而后爪只有四個腳趾。，選項D的說法是錯誤的。故選D。