Can you imagine living in the desert for a whole year, watching the activities of a group of busy ants? Deborah Gordon did exactly that. She finally found out that there were four main groups of workers in the ant team: cleaners, haulers(搬運(yùn)工), gatherers and security (安全) ants. Each group did their own job to finish the task of the whole team.
Cleaner ants carried waste food from inside the nest to outside. Hauler ants walked on the top of the nest and cleared rubbish. Gatherer ants went out to find food for the whole team and security ants fought against anyone who wanted to hurt the members of the team.
While she was watching the ants in the desert, Deborah found that the most interesting part was watching the ants dealing with difficulties, such as fighting against other insects that wanted to destroy their nest, or a big fire. At those moments, they would all stop what they were doing and go to help security ants to protect their home.
What do we do when people around us meet difficulties? What have we done to turn our world into a better place? It’s time to think.
小題1: If there was a fire near their home, the groups of ants would________.
A．just do their own job
B．run away at once
C．help to fight against the fire
D．go back into their nest
小題2:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Cleaner ants carried waste food from outside the nest to the inside.
B．Gatherer ants went out to find food for themselves.
C．Each group did their own job when meeting difficulties.
D．There were some other insects that wanted to destroy their nest.
小題3:The writer mainly wants to tell us____________.
A．everyone should help others when they meet difficulties
B．there were four groups of workers in the ant team
C．how Deborah Gordon lived in the desert
D．Deborah Gordon is a brave woman

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:A

試題分析：你能想象生活在沙漠中待一年，在一年中都在觀察螞蟻的活動嗎？黛博拉·戈登做到了。她發(fā)現(xiàn)螞蟻團(tuán)隊(duì)有四個團(tuán)隊(duì)：清潔工、搬運(yùn)工、采集和安全，每組做他們自己的工作來完成整個團(tuán)隊(duì)的任務(wù)。通過幾個實(shí)例說明螞蟻是一個團(tuán)結(jié)互助的集體。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：如果大火在螞蟻家的附近，他們將會做什么？分析原文：At those moments, they would all stop what they were doing and go to help security ants to protect their home.句意：在那個時刻，他們將會停下他們正在做的事，并且去幫助負(fù)責(zé)安全的螞蟻共同保護(hù)他們的家。分析與第三項(xiàng)符合。故選C
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：通過短文，下列描述正確的是哪一項(xiàng)？分析原文：fighting against other insects that wanted to destroy their nest.句意：他們與破壞他們巢穴的昆蟲斗爭。因此說明還是有一些昆蟲想破壞螞蟻的家園。故選D
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：作者主要想告訴我們什么？分析短文的最后一段，作者用兩個問句的形式來總結(jié)全文，當(dāng)我們遇到我們周圍的人有困難，我們應(yīng)該怎么做？如何讓我們的環(huán)境變得更好？其實(shí)答案就在描述螞蟻的團(tuán)隊(duì)精神。從而充分的說明，當(dāng)我們遇到某人有困難的時候，我們應(yīng)該互相幫助。故選A
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