The olinguito（小尖吻浣熊）is new to science. Although lt has been living in the cloud forests of South Amcrica for some time.
Scientists say the olinguito is the first new carnivore（食肉動物）discovered In the Americas in more than 30 years. It is a hairy orange-brown creature with a sweet face and big eyes The animal has small. rounded ears and lives in the trees An adult weighs one kilogram and measures about 75 centimeters. with half of those centimeters taken up by its ringed tail Most of the time. it likes to eat fruit, although it also eats meat. Active at night, the animal has lived in Colombia and Ecuador for a long time. But the olinguito did not exist in science books before now.
Kristofer Helgen, director at the National Museum in Washington, led the research team that confirmed the existence of the olinguito. It had been mistaken more than a century ago for a look-alike animal -- a similar but larger olingo(尖吻浣熊). Mr. Helgen had been studying olingos in a museum for ten years. At that time. he observed a difference in the size and shape of the heads and teeth. That led him on an effort to prove he was looking at an animal never before described by science. He got lucky when he communicated with a zoologist in Ecuador. The animal expert there made a short video that shows an olinguito in the trees. The video confirms that the oiinguito is different from the olingo     Mr. Helgen says tens of thousands of olinguitos live in the wild and are not in danger of disappearing forever. Human beings, however, are moving closer to the olinguito habitat in the Andean cloud forests. The research team estimates that 42 percent of historic olinguiio habitat has been removed
小題1:Comparcd with most carnivores. the olinguito may seem more _____.
A．terrbleB．fierceC．cleverD．lovely
小題2:The onlinguito was unknown to people in the past because ____
A．it was mistaken for another species
B．it was active in the eveing
C．it was too small to be seen clearly
D．it covered itself by its long tail
小題3:What does the underlined word "That" in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A．Having been studying olingos for ten years.
B．The short video the animal expert made.
C．His communication with an expert in Ecuador.
D．Differences between olingos and olinguitos.
小題4:We can infer from the text that ______.
A．the olinguito could be made full use of
B．the number of olinguitos is in the conutrol
C．the clinguito is a completely new species up to now
D．people know more and more about animals

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:D

試題解析：本文介紹了才以前被認為跟相似物種是同一類的一種被人們重新認識和了解的可愛的小動物小尖吻浣熊：
小題1:D細節(jié)推理題。根據(jù)第一段第二句話：It is a hairy orange-brown creature with a sweet face and big eyes這是一個毛茸茸的橙褐色的生物，有一張可愛的臉和一雙大眼睛，對小尖吻浣熊的外觀的介紹可以得出D正確。
小題2:A細節(jié)推理題。根據(jù)第三段It had been mistaken more than a century ago for a look-alike animal -- a similar but larger olingo(尖吻浣熊).它曾被誤認為一個多世紀前一個一樣的動物——一種類似但更大的尖吻浣熊（尖吻浣熊），可以判斷出A正確。。
小題3:D詞義猜測題。根據(jù)前句At that time. he observed a difference in the size and shape of the heads and teeth. 在那個時間。他觀察到的頭和牙齒的大小和形狀的差異。使他在努力證明他是在尋找一種從來沒有被科學所描述的動物，可以判斷出D正確。
小題4:D推理判斷題。A選項文章中沒有提及，B選項不對是因為文章中Mr. Helgen says tens of thousands of olinguitos live in the wild，C更錯是因為文中It had been mistaken more than a century ago for a look-alike animal -- a similar but larger olingo(尖吻浣熊).，通過通過全文可以得出D正確。
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