Question

【題目】Scientists have always believed that snails are not able to find their way home. But Briton Ruth Brooks, a retired teacher, has found that it is not true.

Brooks started working on snails after she got angry with the snails in her garden. The snails ate her vegetables. She didn't want to kill them, so she took them to another place. But she found they always seemed to come back. Brooks tried to mark the snails in her garden with nail polish (指甲油). She placed the snails in the place around her home and made notes of their movements. She found that snails have a strong homing instinct (本能); the longest returning snail traveled back 90 meters.

People started to call Brooks Britain's best amateur (業(yè)余的) scientist after her work won the BBC's prize “To Be A Scientist”. She said, “I've always wanted to know whether the snails that eat my plants just come back when I move them, and if they do, how far is it from their home?” "I would say on the evidence (證據(jù)) that it would be safe to take your snails away 100 meters or even farther. If you put them somewhere nice with some food, you can be almost sure that they won't come back."

【1】What does the underlined word “it” in the first paragraph refer to?

A. The snails are in her garden. B. Ruth Brooks has a garden.

C. Snails have a strong homing instinct. D. Snails can't find their way home.

【2】Why did Brooks take the snails to another place?

A. She wanted to kill them in a quiet place. B. She wanted to know about the snails' growth.

C. The snails ate her vegetables D. She is retired and has a lot of free time

【3】She marked the snails to fiind out________.

A. which one ate her vegetables B. whether they could come back

C. which one would travel the farthest D. how many snails there were in her garden

【4】According to Brooks, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Snails are good at finding their way home. B. Most of her snails traveled 90 meters

C. It's impossible to stop snails from coming home. D. Snails can travel anywhere and come back

【5】What is Brooks' advice for keeping snails away?

A. You'd better kill them. B. Take them to scientists.

C. Mark them with nail polish. D. Move them to a nice place with food.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 D

【2】 C

【3】 B

【4】 A

【5】 D

【解析】

短文大意：本文通過布魯克斯對(duì)蝸牛歸巢能力的研究，推翻了科學(xué)家的傳統(tǒng)認(rèn)知：蝸牛不可能找到回家路。

【1】題意：第一段劃線的“it”是指什么?考查詞義理解題。find發(fā)現(xiàn)，后接賓語從句；根據(jù)開頭Scientists have always believed that snails are not able to find their way home.，可知it指的是科學(xué)家們一直的看法，故選D。

【2】題意：布魯克斯為什么把蝸牛帶到另一個(gè)地方?考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The snails ate her vegetables. She didn't want to kill them, so she took them to another place. 蝸牛吃了她的蔬菜，但她不想殺他們所以把他們帶到另一個(gè)地方，可知選C。

【3】題意：她在蝸牛身上做記號(hào)以找出_____。考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)下文She found that snails have a strong homing instinct; the longest returning snail traveled back 90 meters. 她發(fā)現(xiàn)蝸牛有很強(qiáng)的歸巢本能，可知選B。

【4】題意：根據(jù)布魯克斯的觀點(diǎn)，下列哪個(gè)陳述是正確的?考查細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。A. Snails are good at finding their way home. 蝸牛善于找到回家的路；根據(jù)She found that snails have a strong homing instinct，可知說法正確。B. Most of her snails traveled 90 meters她的大部分蝸牛都能跑90米；根據(jù)the longest returning snail traveled back 90 meters.，可知說法錯(cuò)誤。C. It's impossible to stop snails from coming home. 不可能阻止蝸�；丶�；根據(jù)If you put them somewhere nice with some food, you can be almost sure that they won't come back.，可知說法錯(cuò)誤。D. Snails can travel anywhere and come back蝸�？梢匀ト魏蔚胤铰眯校�然后回來；根據(jù)If you put them somewhere nice with some food, you can be almost sure that they won't come back.，可知說法錯(cuò)誤。綜合以上分析，故選A。

【5】題意：布魯克斯有什么建議讓蝸牛遠(yuǎn)離它們？考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后If you put them somewhere nice with some food, you can be almost sure that they won't come back. 如果你把它們和一些食物放在一個(gè)好的地方，你幾乎可以肯定它們不會(huì)再回來了，可知選D。