Question

【題目】 Which lunar（農(nóng)歷的）new year began in February this year? Of course, the answer is the Year of the Pig. But how much do you know about pigs? Most people think pigs are fat, lazy and dirty 【1】

【2】It is true that pigs are fat. They eat a lot. But they are helpful to us in many ways. We get more than just pork from pigs. We can use their skin（皮）to make shoes. We can use their hair to make brushes. Pigs also provide us with ingredients（成分）for drugs like insulin（胰島素）.

Pigs are smart animals. People sometimes say, “You are as stupid as a pig. But pigs are not stupid.【3】They have a good memory and can tell different shapes apart. Many experts think pigs are easier to train than dogs or cats. In France, people teach pigs to find truffles（松露）. In the UK, the Peppa Pig is popular, and everyone likes her in real life.

Why are pigs dirty? When you see pigs , they are usually in dirty water or mud.That's because pigs have no sweat glands（汗腺）. On hot days, they have to cool themselves in water or mud. This keeps insects off of them as well.【4】

Are pigs lazy? This may not be true for all the pigs. 【5】In Houston, US, there are pig races every year. Pigs have to run fast to win the races.

A. Are they lovely?

B. Are these things true?

C. Pigs can be useful to us.

D. Most pigs are heavy sleepers.

E. Some pigs can be good runners.

F. Pigs are one of the 10 smartest animals.

G. Mud can also protect their skin from sunburns.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】F

【4】G

【5】E

【解析】

豬是一個(gè)大家都知道的動(dòng)物，你對豬了解多少呢？你是不是覺得豬又懶又胖，非常笨，而且很臟？這篇短文給我們介紹了關(guān)于豬的一些事情，看完它你就知道，其實(shí)我們都誤會(huì)豬了。

【1】根據(jù)上文But how much do you know about pigs? Most people think pigs are fat, lazy and dirty可知，這里介紹的是大多數(shù)人對豬的看法，此空應(yīng)承接上文，繼續(xù)說明人們對豬的錯(cuò)誤認(rèn)識(shí)，故應(yīng)選D，意為“大多數(shù)豬都睡得很沉”。

【2】上文作者羅列了人們對豬的一些錯(cuò)誤認(rèn)知，下文就開始一一進(jìn)行辟謠。該空起著承上啟下的作用，故應(yīng)選B，意為“這些都是真的嗎？”

【3】根據(jù)這一段的開頭Pigs are smart animals.以及空前But pigs are not stupid.可知，這一段告訴我們豬其實(shí)并不笨，而且還很聰明。故F選項(xiàng)符合這一段的主旨，意為“豬是十大最聰明的動(dòng)物之一”。

【4】根據(jù)上文When you see pigs , they are usually in dirty water or mud. That's because pigs have no sweat glands（汗腺）. On hot days, they have to cool themselves in water or mud. This keeps insects off of them as well.可知，這一段介紹的是豬為什么總是很臟，一個(gè)原因是豬沒有汗腺，在炎熱的天氣里，它們會(huì)待在水里或者泥里來降溫。這里應(yīng)繼續(xù)說明豬身上總是有泥、很臟的原因，故應(yīng)選G，意為“泥巴也可以保護(hù)他們的皮膚不被曬傷。”

【5】根據(jù)下文In Houston, US, there are pig races every year. Pigs have to run fast to win the races.可知，這里提到了美國休斯敦的一個(gè)豬的跑步比賽，豬要跑得很快來贏得比賽。由此可知，豬其實(shí)并不懶，有些豬還跑得很快，故E選項(xiàng)符合文意，選E。

這是一篇科普說明文，短文中糾正了人們對豬這種動(dòng)物的一些錯(cuò)誤看法。短文主題明確，敘述清晰，內(nèi)容貼近日常生活，非常有趣味性和知識(shí)性，比較容易理解。題型是選擇適當(dāng)?shù)木渥友a(bǔ)全短文，要求從后面的七個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出五個(gè)，填到文章適當(dāng)?shù)奈恢茫�考查學(xué)生們閱讀理解能力和邏輯思維能力。做題時(shí)，應(yīng)先通讀短文，了解文章大意；然后閱讀后面的句子，弄清楚每句話的意思；接下來根據(jù)語境和上下文的邏輯，選擇適當(dāng)?shù)木渥�。�?yīng)注意先易后難，解決了較容易的，難題也就比較好解決了。這篇短文的結(jié)構(gòu)也比較清晰，從第二段開始，每一段都有主旨句，可以幫助我們更好的理解文意，對解題也很有幫助。例如第3小題，根據(jù)這一段的開頭Pigs are smart animals.以及空前But pigs are not stupid.可知，這一段告訴我們豬其實(shí)并不笨，而且還很聰明。故F選項(xiàng)符合這一段的主旨，意為“豬是十大最聰明的動(dòng)物之一”。