Rhinos(犀牛) are big and can be dangerous. They are also shy and seldom seen. Once there were hundreds of rhino species, but today there are only five. One ancient rhino called Indricotherium was the largest land mammal that ever lived. It was 5m high at the shoulders, and 8.5m long— twice the size of today’s biggest elephant! The living rhinos are still big, averaging 2-3m long and weighing up to 3,600kg.
To see all five species of living rhino you would need to do a bit of exploring. First you might visit Africa for a look at the white rhino and the black rhino. They live in Africa’s dry woodlands and grasslands. Then you could head to India and Nepal for a look at the Indian rhino. It lives in the high grasslands near rivers, where you have to ride an elephant to find one. Finally you might travel to the rainforests on the islands of Indonesia to see the Sumatran and Javan rhinos. These are the smallest and rarest rhinos in the world and extremely difficult to find.
Most rhinos are gentle and timid (膽小的).They have a bad reputation for being very aggressive, but that may be partly because they get frightened easily. Also, they have poor eyesight. They rely on their strong sense of smell to tell them a stranger is approaching, but if the wind is blowing the wrong way, they may not know someone is there until it’s too late.
Rhinos can be found only in their habitats, which is why habitat destruction has caused rhino populations to decline. As they disappear from certain places, their absence leads to many changes to the landscape. For example, black rhinos in Africa only eat shrubs (灌木) and small trees, pruning (修剪) the plants and limiting their growth. Many other species benefit from this, and as rhinos disappear, so do many other animals sharing their habitat. Bushes and trees take over the land and force species like the antelope to leave in search of food. In a short time the whole habitat has changed

  1. 1.

    From the text we learn that ______

    1. A.
      rhinos are all big and dangerous
    2. B.
      rhino numbers have declined greatly
    3. C.
      rhinos are twice as large as elephants
    4. D.
      Indricotherium is the world’s biggest living animal now
  2. 2.

    The white rhino can be found in______

    1. A.
      Indonesia’s island
    2. B.
      Nepal’s high grasslands
    3. C.
      Africa’s dry woodlands and grasslands
    4. D.
      India’s high grasslands near rivers
  3. 3.

    What can we conclude from Paragraph 2?

    1. A.
      Most rhinos live alone
    2. B.
      Rhinos are disappearing from their habitats
    3. C.
      The five rhino species are all different in colour
    4. D.
      Rhinos’ habitat ranges from rainforests to grasslands
  4. 4.

    The underlined word “aggressive” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by_____

    1. A.
      energetic
    2. B.
      attractive
    3. C.
      useless
    4. D.
      fierce
  5. 5.

    The example of the black rhinos in the last paragraph is mainly to show that_____

    1. A.
      rhinos only eat plants
    2. B.
      all rhinos are endangered
    3. C.
      all the habitat of rhinos has been damaged
    4. D.
      the disappearance of rhinos has led to habitat change
BCDDD
試題分析:
1.推理題,由第一段第二行but today there are only five可以推出犀牛數(shù)量嚴(yán)重下降,所以選B
2.細(xì)節(jié)題,由第二段第三行They live in Africa’s dry woodlands and grasslands可以知道答案,所以選C
3.推理題,由他年齡大而且孩子又多,仍然堅(jiān)持和自己的老婆離婚,可以推出他很固執(zhí),所以選D
4.推理題,主要講述了在非洲,犀牛的恓息地在森林里和草地上;在印度犀牛的恓息地在熱帶雨林,不同地方的犀牛,恓息地不同,所以選D
5.推理題,由最后一段第三行their absence leads to many changes to the landscape可以推出犀牛的消失導(dǎo)致它們的恓息地改變所以選D
考點(diǎn):本文為一篇說明文。
點(diǎn)評:本文說明了犀牛的數(shù)量在嚴(yán)重下降。先通讀全文,然后帶著問題,再讀全文,找出答題所需要的依據(jù),完成閱讀。本文主要考查推理題,要求學(xué)生有很強(qiáng)的推理分析能力。
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