Question

【題目】閱讀下面短文, 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容. 完成下列各題。

Oink! The Year of the Pig is coming. Many people believe that pigs are naturally fat, lazy and dirty. But are any of those things true?

Pigs are fat. They eat a lot. But they are useful to us. We get more than just pork from pigs. We can use their skin to make shoes. We can use their hair to make brushes. Pigs also provide us with materials for medicine.

People sometimes say: "You are as stupid as a pig.” But pigs are not stupid. In fact, pigs are one of the 10 smartest animals. 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 which are a kind of plant with special smell. With their good sense of smell, pigs can find truffles even faster than dogs.

When you see pigs, they 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. Mud can also protect their skin from sunburns.

The wrong opinions about pigs often make us dislike the animal. For example, if someone eats a lot, we say that they have "pigged out". If someone's room is very messy, we might say his or her room looks like a place where pigs live.

But people in ancient China really liked pigs. People thought the pig's big head was a symbol of good luck. If someone had a round and chubby（胖乎乎的）face, he or she was thought to be blessed（有福氣的）.People also believed the animal stood for wealth. Piggy banks, a symbol of this. Most children have a piggy bank that they can use to save money.

【1】What does the author think of pigs?

The author thinks that they are __________________________________________.

【2】Why can a pig find the truffles quickly in France?

Because it has _______________________________________________________.

【3】What does the fourth paragraph mainly tells us?

It mainly tells us the reason why __________________________________________.

【4】According to the article, what was the symbol of good luck do ancient Chinese think?

______________________ was a symbol of good luck.

【5】What does the underlined word "this" in the last paragraph refer to?

It refers to _________________________________________________________.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】useful and clever/smart/not stupid

【2】good sense of smell

【3】pigs/they are usually in dirty water or mud

【4】The pig's big head

【5】wealth

【解析】

文章大意：豬年就要到了。許多人認(rèn)為豬天生肥胖、懶惰、骯臟。但實際上，豬并不愚蠢，它是十大最聰明的動物之一，而且對人類有很有用，中國古人認(rèn)為豬的大腦袋是好運(yùn)的象征。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)But they are useful to us.以及But pigs are not stupid. In fact, pigs are one of the 10 smartest animals.可知作者認(rèn)為豬是聰明的，而且對我們很有用，故答案為useful and clever/smart/not stupid。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)With their good sense of smell, pigs can find truffles even faster than dogs.可知，豬能很快找到松露是因為它有很好的嗅覺，故答案為good sense of smell。

【3】段意歸納題。根據(jù)第四段的內(nèi)容That's because pigs have no sweat glands . On hot days, they have to cool themselves in water or mud…….可知，本段主要給我們講述了豬為什么通常在臟水里或泥里，故答案為pigs/they are usually in dirty water or mud。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)But people in ancient China really liked pigs. People thought the pig's big head was a symbol of good luck.可知，中國古人認(rèn)為豬的大腦袋是好運(yùn)的象征，故答案為The pig's big head。

【5】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)上文Piggy banks, 可知存錢罐是用來存錢的，錢財代表的是財富，所以"this"應(yīng)該指的是“財富”，故答案為wealth。