caterpillars

高一英语阅读理解试题（自然类）

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eapieceofstring(线)

blemistotakeoutthatpieceoficewiththehelpof

mustnottouchtheicewithyourfingers.

Youmayaskyourfriendstotrytodothatwhenyouarehavingdinnertogether.

tusaltwhenyoucarryoutthis

experiment.

makesicemelt(融化).nitmelts,

dicecubewillmakethesaltwaterfreezeagain.

Afteraminuteortwoyoumayraithepieceofstringandwithityouwillrai

yourpieceofice!

,forexample,thereisicenearthedoor

ofyourhou,on’tput

enoughsalt,thewaterwillfreezeagain.

u_______whenwecarryoutthixperiment.

lt

gwillittaketocarryoutthixperiment?

nutesorso.

enminutes.

thetaskofthixperiment?

icecubeintotheglassofwaterwiththehelpofthestring.

ttheicecubeintheglassofwaterwiththehelpofthestring.

ttheicecubeintheglassofwaterwithyourfingers.

esaltontheicecubeandthenputthestringacrossit.

ythingsatleastareudinthixperiment?

.

earnsomethingabout_______fromthepassage.

【答案与解析】本文讲述了把立方形的冰块放入水杯中，如何用细绳掏出冰块的实验。

1.D。咱们进行实验时必需用什么？文章第2段最后一句说当进行实验时你必需用salt(盐)。

由此可知答案是D。

2.C。文章第4段的Afteraminuteortwo...(一两分钟后你可以提起细绳…)，由此可知进

行这个实验仅需一两分钟时间。

3.B。这个实验的任务是什么呢？由文章第1段第3句Theproblemistotakeoutthat

pieceoficewiththehelpofthestring(问题是如何用细绳将冰块拿出)，由此可知答案为

B。

4.B。实验中至少用了几样东西？从全文可知道至少用了string,salt,aglassofwater,ice

cube这4种东西。

5.C。通过这段文字咱们了解了一些什么知识？实验用salt把ice融化，这应属于化学转变。

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Bambooisoneofthenature’oplecallthisplant

atree,butitisakindofgrass.

Likeotherkindsofgrass,abambooplantmaybecutverylowtotheground,butit

escientistrecordedonebambooplantthat

grewalmostmetersin24hours!Bamboogrowsalmosteverywhereintheworld

remorethan1,000kindsofbamboothatgrowaroundthe

worldonbothmountainsandplains(平原).

yonly

growtobeafewcentimeterswidewhileothersmaygrowtomorethan30

antalsocomesindifferentcolors,fromyellowtoblackto

green.

ten

teroffact,thecables(绳索)that

holdupthehangingbridgeacrosstheMinRiverinSichuanaremadeofbamboo.

Thebridgehasbeeninuformorethan1,000years,andisstillholdingstrong.

InAfrica,engineersareteachingpoorfarmershowtofindwaterusingbamboo.

TheAfricancountriesneedcheapwaystofindwaterbecautheyhaveno

money,sthatbamboo

pipesanddrills(钻)canhelptomake

thepoorthirstyfieldstobewatered.

amboolikegrass?

verywhere.

ortandgreen.

tence“whileothersmaygrowtomorethan30centimetersacross.”

means“Someotherbambooplantsmaygrowtobevery_______.”

etextweknow______.

oplecallbambooplanttrees

oplantmaygrowmetersinthreedays

booplantchangesitscolorswhenitgrows

eheldbybamboocablewasbuiltthousandsofyearsago

theengineersteachthepoorfarmersinAfricatomakeuofbamboo?

eitiscolorful.

eitisudbyAsians.

fthefollowingisNOTtrue?

remanydifferentkindsofbamboowithdifferentcolors.

madeofbamboocanlastforoverathousandyears.

canbeudforbuildings,bridgesandwateringprojects(工程).

plantsareabletogrowwellinanypartoftheworld.

【答案与解析】这是一篇关于竹子的说明文。讲述了竹子的生优势、种类、颜色、用途等。

1.C。由第2段的第1句咱们可以推测出竹子与其他草类相似的地方是growbackvery

quickly。

2.C。阅读第3段的第2句Theymayonlygrowtobeafewcentimeterswidewhile

othersmaygrowtomorethan30centimetersacross可推知：while(表对比，意为“而”)

前面讲有些竹子(bamboo)很细，只有(only)几厘米粗，而与相较，while后面则讲有些竹

子长得很壮，可以有30厘米粗。因此答案选C。

3.B。由第2个题目咱们可知竹子一天能长米，那么三天就可以长米。

4.A。按照第5段第2句Becautheyhavenomoney可知要选用bamboo。

5.D。第2段的倒数第2句中说exceptEurope，由此可知答案为D。

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Cantreestalk?Yes—istshavereasonstobelievethattrees

gago,rearcherslearnedsome

willowtree(柳树)attackedinthewoodsbycaterpillars(毛毛

虫)changedthechemistryofitsleavesandmadethemtastesoterriblethatthe

nmore

astonishing,thetreentoutaspecialvapour—asignalcausingitsneighboursto

changethechemistryoftheirownleavesandmakethemlesstasty.

Communication,ofcour,doesn’alkto

eachotherbysmiling,that

birdsandanimalsuawholevocabularyofsongs,sounds,

dancetheirsignals,flyingincertainpatternsthattellotherbeeswheretofind

nectar(花蜜)houldn’ttreeshavewaysofndingmessages?

epassageweknowthatcaterpillars_______.

atingfallenleaves

doutaspecialvapour

illarswillstopeatingwillowtreeleaveswhich_______.

leasanttaste

municating

ingtothepassage,beescommunicatewitheachotherby_______.

unusualsounds

certainpatterns

【答案与解析】树同动物们一样也可以用自己的方式交流。

1.A。判断题。正因为毛毛虫感觉柳树叶可口，它们才吃柳树叶的。

2.A。语义理解题。从第1段第4句话Firstawillowtree(柳树)attackedinthewoods

bycaterpillars(毛毛虫)changedthechemistryofitsleavesandmadethemtasteso

terriblethatthecaterpillarsgottiredoftheleavesandstoppedeatingthem可以做

出正确选择。

3.D。语义理解题。从第2段倒数第2句话…flyingincertainpatternsthattellother

beeswheretofindnectar(花蜜)forhoney可以知道bees交流的方式。

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DoyouknowAustralia?ittle

liaisbig,butitspopulation

ulationofAustraliaisnearlyaslargeasthatofShanghai.

iesinAustralia

growverywell.

LastmonthwevisitedPerth,thebiggestcityinWesternAustralia,andwenttoa

wildflowers’esawalargenumberofwildflowerswehad

sfamousforitsbeautifulwild

ngeveryyearPerthhasthewildflowers’isiting

Perth,ownandhadarestnearapath

lyweheardbells

sawmadeuspickupallourthingsandrun

ereaboutthreehundredsheep

comingtowardsusdownthepath.

Australiaisfamousforitssheepandkangaroos(袋鼠).Afterashortdrivefromany

town,,sheep,everywhere

aresheep.

liais_______.

gestcountryintheworld

easShanghai

argeasChina

gestislandinthenorthoftheearth

ernmenthadmade_______.

ughlawstofightpollution

lawsthatitcanfightpollution

lawsthatitcanhardlyfightpollution

lawsbecauthepollutionisveryrious

fthefollowingisNOTtrue？

sfamousforitsbeautifulwildflowers.

sbiggerthananyothercityinWesternAustralia.

iesinthewestofAustralia.

rcityislargerthanPerthinAustralia.

hyoumayvisitawildflowers’showin_______.

fthefollowingistrue？

liaisfamousforitssheep,kangaroosandwildflowers.

acktothecarbecauwewereinthemiddleofwhitesheep.

undredsheepcametowardsusbecautheysawus.

otothecountrysideinAustralia,youwillealargenumberofwhite

sheep.

【答案与解析】本文主要介绍了澳大利亚的一些可能情况。

1.C。细节题。按照第1段的第2句ittle

smallerthanChina可知答案为C。

2.B。细节题。按照第2段的Thegovernmenthasmadeenoughlawstofightpollution

可知答案为B。

3.D。由第3段的第1句“thebiggestcityin…”咱们可以推测出是澳大利亚西部最大的

城市，而选项D则说它是澳大利亚最大的城市，所以D错误。

4.D。按照第3段中的LastmonthwevisitedPerth,thebiggestcityinWestern

Australia…答案为D。

5.D。从最后一段的Afterashortdrivefromanytown,youwillfindyourlfinthe

middleofwhitesheep…可以判断出选项D正确。

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ParacutinwasborninMexicoinFebruary,ndofoneweekParacutin

was500feethigh,anditisnowover9,aracutinisasleep.

WhatisParacutin?Itwasthefirstvolcano(火山)intheworldwhichwasenfrom

uary20,1943,apeasantandhiswife

re

lytheyheardnoisdeep

fternoontherewasa

santsranfrom

wthebirthofavolcano.

Largequantitiesofstoneandlava(岩浆)brokeoutandalittlehillbegantoform.

Byeveningthishillwas100feethighandhotashes(灰烬)werefallingonthevillage.

esnearthe

evillagewas

destroyed,squicklyreachedMexico

City,canogrewand

Paracutinwenttosleep.

tinwasoncethenameof________.

ge

an

sdestroyedinthegrowingupofthevolcano?

tlehillofstone.

lagerslivingcloby.

estsandfieldsroundParacutin.

icanpeasantandhiswife.

passagethewriteristryingto________.

aninterestinghappening

nascientifictheory

believesomething

aninterestingstory

nwelearnaboutvolcanoesfromthispassage？

canoesmayappearinplaceswherepeopledonotexpectthemtobe.

oesarealwaysgrowing.

oesareactivefromtimetotime.

canoesareactiveforonlytenyears.

【答案与解析】本文描述了1943年2月20日墨西哥Paracutin火山喷发的全进程。

1.B。细节题。从第2段第3句话中的theMexicanvillageofParacutin和第3段中的

Whenthevillagewasdestroyed,itsnamewasgiventothevolcano可知Paracutin

曾经是一个村子名。

2.C。细节题。按照第3段倒数第2句Thevolcanogrewandgrewfortenyearsand

hundredsofsquaremilesofforestweredestroyed可得答案为C。

3.A。判断题。此题可用排除法做，选项B、C、D显然与原文不符，故选A。

4.A。判断题。按照文章内容和一般常识可以排除选项B、C和D，而且从文章中咱们可以

了解到那个村落没有人知道会有火山暴发，所以答案应为A。