January 16, 2014 –We know the saying“The early bird gets the worm”, but today you’re going to learn about the interesting saying “The early fish gets the bird.”
An African tigerfish(老虎魚) was seen jumping out of the air and catching a flying bird. The African tigerfish has bright red fins and very sharp teeth. There have been rumors(傳聞) this kind of fish preys on(捕食) birds since the 1940s, but no one was able to catch one.
"The whole action of jumping and catching happens so quickly that after we saw it, it took all of us a moment to really understand what we had just seen," said Nico Smit from Environmental Sciences and Management at North-West University.
Smit and his research team saw it at a lake in the Mapungubwe National Park in South Africa during summer. They found about 20 fish feeding on birds in the morning. Those birds may be out early to look for food, but we will never know for sure!
【小題1】The tigherfish ___________.

A．is from the USA B．has bright black fins 
C．has very sharp teeth D．was seen in a forest 
【小題2】The underlined word “one” in Paragraph 2 means _______.
A．a(chǎn) tiger B．a(chǎn) fish C．a(chǎn) bird D．a(chǎn) person 
【小題3】Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A．Nobody has heard of the rumors about the tigerfish before. 
B．It took Smit a moment to understand what he had seen about the fish. 
C．The interesting findings happened in a lake in the afternoon. 
D．The birds were caught by the tigerfish because they were out too early for food. 
【小題4】Where is the passage likely to be read?
A．In a poster. B．In a tour guide. 
C．In a newspaper. D．In a story book. 
【小題5】 Which is the best title for the passage?
A．The early fish gets the bird. B．Nico Smit and an African tigerfish. 
C．Nico Smit and his research team. D．The Mapungubwe National Park 


【小題1】C
【小題2】B
【小題3】B
【小題4】C
【小題5】A

解析試題分析：新聞報道介紹了一種新的生物，老虎魚。生存在非洲的老虎魚吃鳥，長著紅色的鰭和尖的牙齒，它捕食鳥的速度之快�，F(xiàn)在也沒有人能捕捉到一只老虎魚。接下來介紹了幾名目擊者的講述，當(dāng)中還有著名的科學(xué)家。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：老虎魚有什么？分析原文：The African tigerfish has bright red fins and very sharp teeth. 句意：這種非洲的老虎金魚有紅色的鰭和尖的牙齒。因此說明這種魚有牙齒。故選C
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：在第二自然段中劃線詞的代替的事物是什么？分析原文：There have been rumors(傳聞) this kind of fish preys on(捕食) birds since the 1940s, but no one was able to catch one.句意：有一些關(guān)于老虎魚的傳聞，說它能捕食鳥類，但是，沒有人能捕捉一條。從句意中明確代詞one代替的是老虎魚。故選B
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：根據(jù)短文下列描述正確的是哪一項？分析原文：The whole action of jumping and catching happens so quickly that after we saw it, it took all of us a moment to really understand what we had just seen.句意：老虎魚捕食鳥的整個過程很快就完成了，理解這一個事件還真是要花費(fèi)一段時間。因此第二項描述正確。故選B
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：這篇短文可能選自哪里？閱讀短文從中了解，介紹老虎魚不被人們所熟悉的物種，對它進(jìn)行了一個介紹，因此可能從報紙中摘錄。故選C
【小題5】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：選擇文章的最佳題目？分析原文： today you’re going to learn about the interesting saying “The early fish gets the bird.”句意：從短文的中心句中體現(xiàn)了題目，中心句意思為：今天，你們將要了解關(guān)于“早起的魚兒有鳥吃”。故選A
考點(diǎn)：新聞報道類短文閱讀。

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