Most students have biology classes in the classrooms or the labs in China．But several days ago，I had a biology class outside in my American schoo1．
My biology teacher，Mr.Kwak，divided us into three groups and asked us to play a game about natural selection(選擇)and how birds find food．
He gave the first group one spoon per person，the second group forks and my group"knives．I thought we were going hunting，so knives might work better．Surprisingly，he told us to pick up the beans on the grass with our tools．
When the game started all of us ran to the grass area．We squatted(蹲)down and looked for beans．It was hard to pick up something that small，especially from the grass .
When I almost fired a bean，it dropped back to the ground．When I finally picked up several beans．one of my friends ran into me．I couldn’t keep my balance and fell over．All my beans dropped to the ground!Just at that moment，Mr．Kwak called us back．I had to leave the game and of course I got a bad result．I couldn’t help thinking that if I were a bird living on Galapagos Island，I would be dead soon．
The fun game made me realize that natural selection is redly competitive(競爭的)．Everyone is trying his or her best to—survive．

【小題1】What did the writer’s group use to pick up the beans?

A．Spoons． B．Forks． C．Knives． D．Hands．
【小題2】How many beans did the writer get at last?
A．None． B．One． C．Several． D．Many．
【小題3】Which of the following is TRUE?
A．The writer did a good job in the biology class．
B．The writer had a biology class outside their schoo1．
C．The writer found that picking up the beans from the grass was hard．
D．The writer didn’t find enough food for the birds on Galapagos Island．
【小題4】What’s the meaning of the underlined word“survive’’in the last paragraph?
A．Find food． B．Remain alive．
C．Be lovely． D．Keep balanced．
【小題5】What was the aim of Mr．Kwak’s class?
A．To play an interesting game．
B．To pick up the beans．
C．To know different kinds of birds．
D．To learn natural selection．


【小題1】C
【小題2】A
【小題3】C
【小題4】B
【小題5】D

解析試題分析：本文敘述了作者的生物老師Mr.Kwak組織了戶外活動，把學(xué)生分成三組，分給不同的組不同的工具，來比賽看哪個組撿到的豆子最多，作者一組用的是刀子，一開始這組撿到了幾顆豆子，最后因為有同學(xué)撞身上了，失去平衡，因此把所有的豆子全部散了，結(jié)果作者一組比賽輸了。因為現(xiàn)在的社會是競爭的社會，所以每個人盡最大的努力去生存下去。
【小題1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)my group knives 可知作者的一組，生物老師給的工具是刀子，故選C。
【小題2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)All my beans dropped to the ground!可知最后所有的豆子都散在了地上，故選A。
【小題3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)It was hard to pick up something that small，especially from the grass .可知作者發(fā)現(xiàn)從草地上撿起豆子很難，故選C。
【小題4】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)The fun game made me realize that natural selection is redly competitive. Everyone is trying his or her best 可推出因為現(xiàn)在的社會是競爭的社會，所以每個人盡最大的努力去生存下去，故選B。
【小題5】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)asked us to play a game about natural selection(選擇)and how birds find food．可知了解物竟天擇的說法，故選D。
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