Many animals recognize their food because they see it. So do humans. When you see an apple or a piece of chocolate, you know that these are things you can eat. You can also use other senses when you choose your food. You may like it because it smells good or because it tastes good. You may dislike some types of food because they do not look, smell or taste very nice. Different animals use different senses to find and choose their food. A few animals depend on only one of their senses, while most animals use more than one sense.
Although there are many different types of food, some animals spend their lives eating only one type. The giant panda eats only one particular type of bamboo(竹子) . Other animals eat only one type of food even when given the choice. A kind of white butterfly(蝴蝶) will stay on the leaves of a cabbage, even though there are plenty of other vegetables in the garden. However, most animals have a more varied(多樣化) diet . The bear eats fruits and fish. The fox eats small animals, birds and fruits. The diet of these animals will be different depending on the season.
Humans have a very varied diet. We often eat food because we like it and not because it is good for us. In countries such as France and Britain, people eat foods with too much sugar. This makes them overweight, which is bad for their health. Eating too much red meat and animal products, such as butter, can also be bad for the health. Choosing the right food, therefore, has become an area of study in modern life.
小題1:We can infer from the text that humans and animals _________.
A．depend on one sense in choosing food
B．a(chǎn)re not satisfied with their food
C．choose food in similar ways
D．eat entirely different food
小題2:Which of the following eats only one type of food?
A．The white butterfly.B．The small bird.
C．The bear. D．The fox.
小題3:Certain animals change their choice of food when ___________.
A．the season changes
B．the food color changes
C．they move to different places
D．they are attracted by different smells

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:A

試題分析：本文介紹了動(dòng)物和人選擇食物的方法以及一些動(dòng)物選擇食物的偏向性。
小題1:C 推理題。根據(jù)文章第一行Many animals recognize their food because they see it. So do humans.可知?jiǎng)游锖腿祟愒谶x擇食物的時(shí)候，使用的方法可能是一致的，故C正確。
小題2:A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段4,5行A kind of white butterfly(蝴蝶) will stay on the leaves of a cabbage, even though there are plenty of other vegetables in the garden.可知A正確。
小題3:A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句The diet of these animals will be different depending on the season.說(shuō)明有些動(dòng)物的食譜可能會(huì)隨著季節(jié)的變化而發(fā)生改變。故A正確。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文介紹了動(dòng)物和人選擇食物的方法以及一些動(dòng)物選擇食物的偏向性�？疾榭破疹惗涛拈喿x，此類文章的最大的障礙是詞匯以及考生對(duì)閱讀內(nèi)容的不熟悉，需要考生在閱讀的時(shí)候有足夠的耐心。要養(yǎng)成在上下文串聯(lián)中猜測(cè)詞義的能力，根據(jù)上下文中出現(xiàn)的同義詞，近義詞，反義詞，以及詞義的解釋來(lái)理解生詞。同時(shí)要抓住文章的中心，不要受其他信息的影響。要根據(jù)題目及選項(xiàng)以及文章的上下文串聯(lián)合理的判斷推理。
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Reduce. Be a responsible shopper, and take care of your electronics so they will last longer.
Re-use. Donate or sell your old high-tech equipment.
Recycle. To find a responsible recycler, contact a local or state environmental group.
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B．E-waste, a big threat to us.
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D．Goodbye, e-waste.
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B．Because they can make people sick, as long as people use them.
C．Because they contain poisonous chemical substances.
D．Because they take too much space when placed in trashes.
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D．Protecting the environment is important.
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A．Taking care of your electronics so they will last longer.
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B．To help your pupils to take care of the ocean, the best area to take them to is a marine association.
C．Children can learn the topics more successfully when they experience them directly.
D．A marine association has the same program for children of different ages.
小題5:The text is most probably taken from _______.
A．a(chǎn) teacher’s presentation
B．a(chǎn) marine biologist’s report
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A．large animal were not easy to survive in the changing environment
B．small species survived as large animals disappeared
C．large sea animals may face the same threat today.
D．Slow-growing fish outlive fast-growing ones
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A．the stock of large predators in some old fisheries has reduced by 90%
B．there are only half as many fisheries are there were 15 years ago
C．the catch sizes in new fisheries are only 20% of the original amount
D．the number of larger predators dropped faster in new fisheries than in the old
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A．fishing technology has improved rapidly
B．then catch-sizes are actually smaller then recorded
C．the marine biomass has suffered a greater loss
D．the date collected so far are out of date.
小題4:Dr Myers and other researchers hold that _______.
A．people should look for a baseline that can’t work for a longer time
B．fisheries should keep the yield below 50% of the biomass
C．the ocean biomass should restore its original level.
D．people should adjust the fishing baseline to changing situation.
小題5:The author seems to be mainly concerned with most fisheries’ _______.
A．management efficiency
B．biomass level
C．catch-size limits
D．technological application.

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