Question

Animal experts in Croatia say a bear has learned how to trick people to let him in by knocking at the door.

They believe the 220- kilogram brown bear probably learned the trick while nudging (輕推) a door to get it to open.

Experts have a guess that the nudging was mistaken by the owners for knocking and that the bear, pleased by the result, repeated the trick.

The Loknar family from Gerovo in western Croatia said the bear had knocked at their door three times and they were now refusing to answer the door.

‘‘We jumped out of the window as he came in through the door and went into the kitchen to take some food for the first time.” Mum Nevenka Loknar told a reporter from a local newspaper. “I opened the door and saw him standing there and I didn’t believe my eyes at first, then I ran for it as he walked in as if it was the most normal- thing in the world.”

Bears are a common thing in the woods around here, but no one has ever heard of a bear that knocks at the door.

Mum Nevenka Loknar said, “The bear is so intelligent. It’s incredible. We’ve tried to put up lots of obstacles to stop him coming in, like a wire fence but he still gets through. I wouldn’t be surprised if he knew how to use wire cutters.”

1.According to experts in Croatia, how did the bear learn the trick?

A．By knocking at the door several times.       B．By accident.

C．By learning from the owner of a family.       D．By imitation.

2.What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 5 refers to?

A．Eating at the kitchen.                     B．Knocking at the door.

C．Walking into the house.                   D．Answering the door.

3.It is ________ in Gerovo that a bear knocks at the door.

A．unusual           B．a troubling problem  C．common          D．an exciting experience

4.Mum Nevenka Loknar was surprised that the bear ________.

A．didn’t attack her family

B．knew how to use wire cutters

C．jumped across her wire fence three times

D．was clever at getting through the obstacles

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了克羅地亞的動物專家說熊學會了敲門來讓它進去，專家猜測可能熊是偶然學到的，后來人們給它設置一些障礙，它照樣能通過障礙，人們認為它是非常聰明的，難以讓人相信。

1.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Experts have a guess that the nudging was mistaken by the owners for knocking and that the bear, pleased by the result, repeated the trick.被熊偶爾學到的，故選B。

2.詞義猜測題。根據(jù)I ran for it as he walked in as if it was the most normal- thing in the world.故選C。

3.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Bears are a common thing in the woods around here, but no one has ever heard of a bear that knocks at the door.故選A。

4.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段可知Mum Nevenka Loknar很吃驚看到熊能通過障礙，故選D。

考點：故事類短文閱讀。

點評：詞義猜測題體現(xiàn)了應用英語的重要能力，也是高考閱讀理解中必考的題型。它不但需要準確無誤地理解上下文，而且要有較大的泛讀量，掌握或認識較多的課外詞匯�？忌鷳獙W會通過構詞、定義、同位、對比、因果、常識、同義、反義及上下文線索等確定詞義。