Question

Green invaders are taking over America. Not invaders from space, but plants! You might not think of plants as dangerous, but in this case they are threatening nature’s delicate food chain.

The invaders are plants brought here from other countries to make gardens and yards look pretty. Ever since people started to arrive on America’s shores, they have carried along trees, flowers, and vegetables from other places. Now there are so many of those plants, they are crowding out the native plants that have lived here since before human settlers arrived.

And that’s a problem, says Dr. Doug Tallamy. He’s insect expert at the University of Delaware. He explains that almost all the plant-eating insects in the United States are specialized, which means they eat only certain plants. Monarch butterfly caterpillars(幼蟲),for example, dine on milkweed. If people cut down milkweed and replace it with another plant, the butterflies will not have the food source that they need to survive.

But the trouble doesn’t stop there. When insects can’t get the right plants to eat and they die off, then the birds don’t have enough bugs for their meals. Tallamy points out that almost all migrating birds depend on insets to feed their young.

“We cannot let the plants and animals around us disappear.” says Tallamy, “The way to preserve them is to give them food to eat. But when we plant non-native plants, we are clobbering the food chain, because then we don’t have the insects the birds need to live.”

Fewer of the right plants mean fewer bugs, and fewer bugs mean fewer birds. And that’s bad for the Earth, because we need a variety of living things to keep the planet healthy and beautiful.

The good news is, garden centers sell native plants. “Just Google ‘native plants’ and your location, and you can find out which plants really belong where you live,” says Tallamy

1.How did green invades arrive at America?

A.They fell down from space.

B.They floated to the America’s shores.

C.They were brought in from foreign countries

D.They has lived here since human settlers arrived

2.According to Dr.Tallamy, which of the followings about the insects in the US is NOT true?

A.Almost all the plant-eating insects in a place eat certain plants.

B.Monarch butterfly caterpillars can’t survive without milkweed.

C.If insects can’t eat the right plants, they will find another one.

D.The insects’ death will greatly affect the migrating birds’ survival

3.The underlined word “clobber” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to _________.

A.protect B. damage C. create D. collect

4.We can know whether a plant is native by _________.

A.Googling on the Internet B. asking Dr. Doug Tallamy

C. looking up in books D. searching in garden

5.What is the best title of the pass age?

A.Green invaders——local living things

B. Green invaders——dangerous food chain

C.Green invaders——environmental protectors

D. Green invades——threat to local nature

Answer 1

1.C

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章主要敘述的是外來的植物對當(dāng)?shù)卮笞匀粠�來的威脅。并告訴人們你可以找出哪些植物真的屬于你住的地方。

1.1】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第一句The invaders are plants brought here from other countries to make gardens and yards look pretty.它們是從國外引進(jìn)的植物。從這里可知選C。

2.2】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段第二句When insects can’t get the right plants to eat and they die off,找不到合適的植物他們就會滅絕，選項C不符原文，故選C。

3.3】B詞義猜測題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段最后一句because then we don’t have the insects the birds need to live.從這里可知它的意思是“破壞”。故選B。

4.4】A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段第二句“Just Google ‘native plants’ and your location, and you can find out which plants really belong where you live,” 只是谷歌“植物”和你的位置, 并且你可以找出哪些植物真的屬于你住在哪里。故選A。

5.5】D標(biāo)題歸納題。根據(jù)全文的內(nèi)容來看主要敘述的是外來的植物對當(dāng)?shù)卮笞匀粠�來的威脅。故選D。

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