动物与植物为主题的阅读理解专项练—2023年初中英语中考二轮复习（含答案）

“动物与植物”为主题的阅读理解专项练
The lyrebird (琴鸟) is one of Australia’s best-known birds. It has a small head and long, strong legs. Its body is dark brown or gray. The female has a long brown tail behind her but the lyrebird is remembered because of the male’s extremely beautiful tail. It has sixteen feathers and is about one metre long. The two outer feathers of the tail are golden brown and curved. This curved shape reminds people of a musical instrument — the lyre. The other surprising thing about the lyrebird is that it can copy perfectly any sound around. It can remember the songs of about twenty other kinds of birds. These days, lyrebirds have been heard copying the sounds of car alarms and crying babies!
Lyrebirds are found in wet rainforest. Because they are not great flyers, they spend most of their time on the floor where there is plenty of food. They use their strong claws to turn over rocks to find something to eat.
After growing into an adult, the male makes a space in the forest, or builds a hill, and he dances on the hill. He spreads his tail forward over his head and shakes it, jumping and moving slowly from side to side. The male sings wonderful songs. How could any female refuse his love
The female builds her own nest in an old tree or on some rocks. It is a round nest with a hidden side entrance which helps to protect the eggs from other hungry animals. She lays a single egg and brings up her chick alone.
When in danger, lyrebirds will try to run away. They can use their wings to fly onto low trees and rocks. They also use strange sounds they can make to scare away their enemies.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1．Which of the following shows a lyrebird
A． B． C． D．
2．What ability makes the lyrebird unusual
A．It can fly very high in the sky. B．It can break rocks with its claws.
C．It can copy many sounds it hears. D．It can fight its enemies with tail.
3．What can we learn about lyrebirds
A．They usually eat leaves. B．They mainly live on the ground.
C．They are in danger of dying out. D．They always live in pairs and love each other.
4．What will happen after a hill is built
A．The female will soon lay an egg on it.
B．The female will take it as its new home.
C．The male will begin to watch its enemies.
D．The male will try to catch the female’s attention.
5．What’s the best title for the text
A．The development of lyrebirds
B．The living environment of lyrebirds
C．The lyrebird - one of Australia’s best-known birds
D．The lyrebird- a natural musical instrument
Every living thing needs to reproduce. Reproducing means creating more members of your group. In order for plants to reproduce, they have to spread their seeds (种子) to other areas. Plants have developed all kinds of ways to do this.
The simplest way is gravity. Many seeds are inside of fruit. When a piece of fruit gets too heavy, it falls from a tree to the ground. Sometimes animals will pick up the fruit and drop it in another area. That helps move the seed even farther away. Apples spread this way.
Other plants use wind to spread their seeds. Dandelions are a good example of this. Dandelion seeds are so light that when wind blows, it carries dandelion seeds to new places. Maple (枫树) seeds also use wind. Their seeds are connected with long, thin leaves that look like wings. When the seed falls from the tree, its “wings” help it fly farther from the tree.
Some animals help plants spread their seeds. The animals eat the seeds. While the seed is in the animal’s body, it stays whole. When the seed leaves the animal, it’s in a new place.
Ants also help spread seeds. Some seeds have a special smell that attracts ants. The ants bring the seeds back to their home, which of course is underground. They only eat part of the seed. They leave the rest of the seed underground. After that, the seed can start growing.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
6．What does the word “gravity” mean in the second paragraph？
A．The action that makes animals drop seeds.
B．The help that moves seeds even farther away.
C．The need that comes from animals and plants.
D．The force that causes fruit to fall to the ground.
7．How do maples spread their seeds
A．They use ants. B．They use wind.
C．They use smells. D．They use animals.
8．What do ants do to help spread seeds
a. They only eat part of the seed.
b. They help seeds fall from the tree.
c. They carry seeds to the underground home.
d. They pick up the fruit and move it far away.
e. They leave the rest of the seed underground.
A．b, d, e B．a, b, d C．a, c, e D．b, c, d
9．What is the theme (主题 ) of the text
A．Nature. B．Culture. C．Education. D．Technology.
10．What’s the best title for the text
A．How Plants Spread Seeds B．Why Animals Pick Up Seeds
C．How Wind Helps Seeds Spread D．Why Seeds Have a Special Trip
There are about 5,000 different kinds of ladybugs(瓢虫) in the world. They come in many different colours like blue, yellow, white, orange and black.
In many cultures, people think ladybugs can bring good luck. Most people like them because they are beautiful and not bad for people’s health. But farmers love them because they eat plant-eating insects. One ladybug can eat up to 5,000 small insects in its lifetime!
Ladybugs are colourful for a reason. Their colours tell other animals, “Eat something else! I taste terrible.”
Ladybugs are happy in many different habitats, such as forests, cities and along rivers. Ladybugs like to keep warm. When the weather turns cold, they look for a warm place to hibernate (冬眠), such as inside houses.
Here are some other facts about ladybugs:
● Though most ladybugs eat small insects, a few kinds eat plants.
● Ladybugs will clean themselves after a meal.
● There are more than 400 kinds of ladybugs in North America.
11．How many kinds of ladybugs live in the world
A．About 80. B．About 400. C．About 1,000. D．About 5,000.
12．Why do farmers love ladybugs
A．Because they aren’t bad for people’s health. B．Because they eat plant-eating insects.
C．Because they never eat plants. D．Because they are beautiful.
13．What does the underlined word “habitats” mean in Chinese
A．季节 B．气候 C．沼泽地 D．栖息地
14．Ladybugs like to stay somewhere _________.
A．dry B．warm C．quiet D．tidy
15．Where can we probably ( 很可能) read the passage
A．In a magazine. B．On a menu.
C．In a guide book. D．In a sports newspaper
Mr. Green and his wife had a dog. When they went out, they always left the dog inside the house. One evening they wanted to go to the cinema, so they left the dog in the house and locked the door and their garden gate. They went off in their car.
When the film was finished, they went home. They opened the gate and put the car away. When they came to the front door, they found that the glass in the door was broken. The door was not locked and it was open. A robber! They went in and quickly looked in all the rooms to see if the robber had taken their things. However, everything was in the right place and nothing at all was missing.
The dog was sleeping in the sitting-room. The wife was angry with the dog.“Why didn’t you guard(保卫)the house ”she said. The dog was pleased to see Mr. and Mrs. Green. It began to wag(摇)its tail and then it went to a comer of the room and picked up something in its mouth. It went to the wife and dropped the thing at her feet. When she went to pick it up, she was very surprised. Can you guess what the dog’s present was It was a man’s finger!
The end of the story is this. Mr. Green telephoned the police and told them everything. Three days later the police caught the robber. They found him easily.
16．That evening Mr. Green and his wife __________.
A．took their dog to see a film
B．left the dog alone at home
C．went home before the film was finished
D．locked the door and could not open it
17．The robber stole(偷)__________.
A．everything from the house
B．something expensive from the house
C．nothing from the house
D．a car from the house
18．Why was the woman angry with the dog _________
A．Because she thought it had made the room dirty.
B．Because she thought it had broken the glass.
C．Because it wouldn’t go to the cinema with her.
D．Because she thought it hadn’t guarded the house.
19．The robber was caught easily because __________.
A．the police knew him
B．the police happened to meet him
C．Mr. Green know where he lived
D．he had one of his fingers
20．Mr. Green and his wife would _________.
A．like their dog more than before
B．drive the dog away from their home
C．let the dog bring home more presents
D．ask the police to take the dog away
We know the mosquito very well. Mosquitoes fly everywhere. They can be found almost all over the world, and there are more than 2,500 kinds of them.
No one likes the mosquito. But the mosquito may decide that she loves you. She Yes, she. It’s true that male mosquito doesn’t bite(咬) and only the female mosquito bites because she needs blood to lay eggs. She is always looking for things or people she wants to bite. If she likes what she finds, she bites. But if she doesn’t like your blood, she will turn to someone else for more delicious blood. Next time a mosquito bites you, just remember you are chosen. You’re different from the others!
If the mosquito likes you, she lands on your body without letting you know. She bites you so quickly and quietly that you may not feel anything different. After she bites, you will have an itch(痒) on your body because she puts something from her mouth together with your blood. By the time the itching begins, and she has flown away.
And then what happens Well, after her delicious dinner, the mosquito feels tired. She just wants to find a place to have a good rest. There, on a leaf or a wall, she begins to lay eggs, hundreds of eggs.
21．“Mosquito” means _______ in Chinese.
A．苍蝇 B．蜻蜓
C．跳蚤 D．蚊子
22．We know mosquitoes very well because ___________.
A．they can be found easily B．they fly here and there
C．there are many kinds of them D．they can fly
23．If the mosquito doesn’t bite you, it will ________.
A．get angry with you B．be afraid of you
C．make a lot of noise D．choose another one
24．The mosquito bites you _________.
A．when you’re asleep B．because you have choose it
C．too quickly to let you know D．but doesn’t like you
25．Which of the following sentences is wrong
A．The itching begins after the mosquito bites you.
B．You feel terrible when the mosquito bites you.
C．Mosquitoes use blood to lay eggs.
D．All the mosquitoes don’t like to bite people for blood.
Most people who work in the office have a boss (老板). So do I (我也是). But my boss is a little unusual(不寻常 ). What's unusual about him It's a big dog. Many men have dogs, but few men bring their dogs to the office every day. My boss's dog. Robinson, is big and brown. My boss brings him to work every day. He takes the dog to meetings and he takes the dog to lunch. When there is telephone call for my boss, I always know if he is in the office. I only look under his desk. If I see something brown and hairy ( 毛 绒 绒 的 ) under it, I know my boss is somewhere in the office. If there is no dog , I know my boss is out.
26．People________bring dogs to the office.
A．usually B．always C．hardly ever D．often
27．My boss is Robinson's________.
A．boss B．owner C．classmate D．teacher
28．Robinson goes to meetings________my boss.
A．for B．without C．with D．instead of
29．Robinson is always under the desk if the boss is________.
A．in the office B．at meetings C．out of the office D．out of work
30．The passage tells us the boss________the dog very much.
A．looks like B．hates C．likes D．dislikes
Once there were many thousands of Gourma Desert (沙漠) elephants in Mali, a country in West Africa. Now, there are fewer than four hundred.
Why did the number of the elephants drop so quickly On the one hand, the elephants’ main lake, their only water source (来源), dried up. On the other hand, the land which the elephants lived on was overused by humans.
To protect the elephants’ living environment, the Mali Elephant Project (MEP) was started in 2007. MEP met with local people and helped them make rules of using land and water. As a result, the situation became better and there was more food, forest and grassland.
However, from 2012 to 2016, poaching (偷猎) and illegal trade in the elephants increased rapidly. Eighty-three elephants were lost in 2015 alone, and another fifty-one elephant were killed in 2016. “If this situation goes on, all the Gourma elephants will be killed by 2020,” said a member of MEP.
Luckily, the voice of MEP was heard. More organizations (组织) have joined together to educate the local people that trading elephants is against the law. Elephant poaching has dropped to a very low level. The local people have learned to live peacefully with the elephants, one of the wildlife treasures in the world.
31．MEP was started to ________.
A．raise more elephants in Mali B．stop the main lake from drying up
C．discover water source for elephants D．protect the elephants’ living environment
32．What does the word “illegal” in Paragraph 4 mean in Chinese
A．公平的 B．亏损的 C．非法的 D．合理的
33．Eighty-three elephants were lost ________.
A．in 2012 B．in 2015 C．in 2016 D．in 2020
34．We can learn from the last paragraph that ________.
A．the number of organizations has dropped B．there is much less elephant poaching now
C．the local people keep the elephants at home D．the whole world live peacefully with elephants
35．This passage is mainly about ________.
A．the rules of using land and water B．the education of the local people
C．the work of Mali Elephant Project D．the situation of Gourma Desert elephants
These years some pandas from China are taking their special vacations in some other countries. They will get back home at the planned time. But this May, two pandas living in Canada had to get back to China before their vacation really ended.
The two pandas were happy to live in the Calgary Zoo in Canada, but when COVID-19 broke out (爆发), there was problem—it was difficult for the zoo to get them enough bamboo (竹子).
Er Shun and Da Mao arrived in the Calgary Zoo in 2018 after spending five years in their first home—the Toronto Zoo. They were to live in the Calgary Zoo until (直到) 2023. Over the difficult times, there were no flights from China to Canada, so bamboo from China couldn’t get to Canada by plane. The Calgary zoo tried to get bamboo from the U.S to feed the two pandas, but they said the pandas didn’t like to eat it at all. In the end, they had to ask China for help and decided to let the pandas go back home early.
The two cute pandas were the stars in the Calgary Zoo. People in Canada liked them very much. Many of them weren’t happy to see the animals leave. But in China the pandas can get enough bamboo to eat. The Calgary Zoo had to do this.
36．Why did the two pandas get back to China this May
A．Because they couldn’t have enough food to eat in Canada.
B．Because they were not popular with the people in Canada.
C．Because they had to get back to China at the planned time.
37．What does the underlined word “flights” mean
A．协议 B．航班 C．捐赠
38．What did the Calgary Zoo do when there wasn’t enough bamboo
A．They fed other things to the two pandas.
B．They flew to China to get enough bamboo.
C．They tried to get bamboo from another country.
39．What can we learn from the passage
A．The two pandas got to Canada in 2013.
B．Bamboo cannot grow well in America.
C．Our country asked to let the pandas come back early.
40．What does this passage mainly tell us
A．Pandas in other countries had no food to eat.
B．Pandas became popular stars around the world.
C．The two pandas in Canada came back home early.
参考答案：
1．D 2．C 3．B 4．D 5．C
【分析】本文讲述了琴鸟是澳大利亚最著名的鸟类之一。雄鸟的尾巴非常漂亮，它有十六根羽毛，大约一米长。尾巴外面的两根羽毛呈金黄色，呈弧形。这种弯曲的形状使人联想到一种乐器——七弦琴。另一个令人惊讶的地方是它可以完美地复制周围的任何声音。它能记住大约20种其他鸟类的叫声。
1．细节理解题。根据“…because of the male’s extremely beautiful tail. It has sixteen feathers and is about one metre long.”可知雄鸟的尾巴非常漂亮，它有十六根羽毛，大约一米长，与选项D图片一致，故选D。
2．细节理解题。根据“The other surprising thing about the lyrebird is that it can copy perfectly any sound around.”可知另一个令人惊讶的地方是它可以完美地复制周围的任何声音，故选C。
3．推理判断题。根据“they spend most of their time on the floor where there is plenty of food.”可知他们大部分时间都呆在有充足食物的地面上，故选B。
4．推理判断题。根据“He spreads his tail forward over his head and shakes it…The male sings wonderful songs. How could any female refuse his love ”可知它把尾巴向前伸过头顶，摇晃着尾巴，雄性唱着美妙的歌曲。雌鸟怎么能拒绝他的爱呢 可推测出雄鸟跳舞、唱歌来吸引雌鸟的注意，故选D。
5．最佳标题。根据文章第一句“The lyrebird is one of Australia’s best-known birds.”可知琴鸟是澳大利亚最著名的鸟类之一，所以最佳标题也是琴鸟是澳大利亚最著名的鸟类之一，故选C。
6．D 7．B 8．C 9．A 10．A
【分析】本文主要介绍了植物传播种子的方式。
6．词义猜测题。根据“When a piece of fruit gets too heavy, it falls from a tree to the ground”可知，植物最简单的传播方式就是当果实过于沉重时，从树上掉到地上的这种力量帮助植物传播种子，故选D。
7．细节理解题。根据“Maple (枫树) seeds also use wind”可知，枫树用风来传播种子，故选B。
8．细节理解题。根据“The ants bring the seeds back to their home, which of course is underground”“They only eat part of the seed”及“They leave the rest of the seed underground”可知，蚂蚁帮助传播种子的方式是：蚂蚁把种子带回它们地下的家；它们只吃一部分种子；它们把剩下的种子留在地下，故选C。
9．主旨大意题。本文主要讲述了大自然中植物传播种子的方式，故选A。
10．最佳标题。根据“Plants have developed all kinds of ways to do this”及全文的内容，可知，本文主要介绍了植物传播种子的方式，所以A选项“植物如何传播种子”符合本文标题，故选A。
11．D 12．B 13．D 14．B 15．A
【分析】这是一篇介绍瓢虫的科普类文章。介绍了瓢虫的种类，人们喜欢它们的原因以及它们的生活习性。
11．细节理解题。根据短文开头的句子“There are about 5,000 different kinds of ladybugs(瓢虫 ) in the world.”可知，世界上大约有5000种不同的瓢虫。故答案为D。
12．细节理解题。根据文中句子“But farmers love them because they eat plant-eating insects.”可知， 农民喜欢它们，因为它们吃以植物为食的昆虫。故答案为B。
13．词义猜测题。根据文中句子“such as forests, cities and along rivers.” 例如森林、城市和河流。这些都是瓢虫的栖息地，故答案为D。
14．细节理解题。根据文中句子“When the weather turns cold, they look for a warm place to hibernate (冬眠),”可知，瓢虫喜欢呆在暖和的地方。故答案为B。
15．推理判断题。这是一篇介绍瓢虫的科普类文章。介绍了瓢虫的种类，人们喜欢它们的原因以及它们的生活习性。最有可能是一篇杂志中的文章，故答案为A。
16．B 17．C 18．D 19．D 20．A
【分析】短文大意：格林夫妇养了一只狗，当他们外出的时候，他们会把狗留在家里为他们看门。一天晚上他们看电影回来，发现门上玻璃碎了，门开着，但家里的东西一切摆放整齐而且什么都没丢失。原因是当小偷去偷东西的时候，狗咬断了小偷的手指。从而帮助警察迅速破案。
16．细节理解题。根据文章第一段第二句When they went out, they always left the dog inside the house.可知选B。
17．细节理解题。根据文章第二段最后一句everything was in the right place and nothing at all was missing.可知选C。
18．细节理解题。根据文章第三段第二句The wife was angry with the dog. 和第三句“Why didn’t you guard(保卫)the house ”，可知选D。
19．细节理解题。选项A B C 文章没提到，故选D。
20．推理判断题。选项B指主人开车把狗送离家，C项指让狗带更多的礼物。D 项请警察把狗带走；而狗帮助主人看家，而且帮助警察破案，所以更加喜欢狗了，故选A。
21．D 22．B 23．D 24．C 25．B
【分析】试题分析：
21．“吸血”和“会飞”是mosquitoes的两个主要特征。根据这两个特点，联系生活常识，即可选定答案。另外，读罢全文之后，也能将其余选项予以排除。
22．“We know the mosquito very well. Mosquitoes fly everywhere.”一句是答案的出处。
23．答案就在“But if she doesn‘t like your blood， she will turn to someone else for more delicious blood.”这句话之中。
24．答案的依据是“…she lands on your body without letting you know. She bites you so quickly and quietly that you may not feel anything different.”一句。
25．其余三项在文中都有明确的说明。根据上面那个小题的内容，B项明显是错误的。
26．C 27．B 28．C 29．A 30．C
【分析】这是一篇记叙文，文章主要介绍了一位老板和他的狗的故事。这位老板到哪里都带着自己的狗，即使是参加会议或者吃饭。因此作者就能根据能不能看到狗，来判断自己的老板是不是在办公室。
26．细节理解题。根据“Many men have dogs, but few men bring their dogs to the office every day”许多人养狗，但是很少人每天把狗带到办公室来；可知人们很少带狗去办公室。故选C。
27．细节理解题。根据“My boss’s dog, Robinson”我老板的狗罗宾逊，可知我的老板是罗宾逊的主人。故选B。
28．细节理解题。根据“He takes the dog to meetings”他带着狗去开会，可知狗和老板一起去开会，用表示伴随的介词with。故选C。
29．细节理解题。根据“I only look under his desk. If I see something brown and hairy under it, I know my boss is somewhere in the office”我只要看看他的桌子下，如果我看见下面有棕色的、毛绒绒的东西，我知道我的老板在办公室里。可知如果老板在办公室，他的狗就在桌子底下。故选A。
30．推理判断题。作者描述了他的老板到哪里都带着他的狗，可知老板很喜欢这条狗。故选C。
31．D 32．C 33．B 34．B 35．D
【分析】这是一篇说明文，文章主要介绍了马里大象项目(MEP)保护大象的举措和努力。
31．细节理解题。根据第三段“To protect the elephants’ living environment, the Mali Elephant Project (MEP) was started in 2007”可知是为了保护大象的居住环境，成立了马里大象项目，故选D。
32．词义猜测题。根据“Eighty-three elephants were lost in 2015 alone, and another fifty-one elephant were killed in 2016”可知illegal表达的是贬义，既然是偷猎，那就是违法的，此处指的是“非法的，违法的”。故选C。
33．细节理解题。根据第三段“Eighty-three elephants were lost in 2015 alone”可知2015年失去83头大象，故选B。
34．推理判断题。根据最后一段“Luckily, the voice of MEP was heard. More organizations (组织) have joined together to educate the local people that trading elephants is against the law. Elephant poaching has dropped to a very low level. The local people have learned to live peacefully with the elephants, one of the wildlife treasures in the world”可知A选项“has dropped”表述错误；B选项表述正确，大象偷猎减少了很多；C选项“keep the elephants at home”表述错误；D选项“the whole world”表述错误。故选B。
35．主旨大意题。文章主要讲述了马里大象Gourma elephants的现状以及保护措施等等，主旨大意可概括为the situation of Gourma Desert elephants。故选D。
36．A 37．B 38．C 39．A 40．C
【分析】本文是新闻类阅读，报道了受疫情影响不得不在假期结束之前回国的两只大熊猫，此前在加拿大的生活。
36．细节理解题。根据“when COVID-19 broke out, there was problem—it was difficult for the zoo to get them enough bamboo”，可知它们在加拿大没有足够的食物吃，Because they couldn’t have enough food to eat in Canada符合题意，故选A。
37．词义猜测题。根据“so bamboo from China couldn’t get to Canada by plane.”，可知疫情期间中国到加拿大没有航班，故选B。
38．细节理解题。根据“The Calgary zoo tried to get bamboo from the U.S to feed the two pandas”，可知他们想从别的国家（美国）买竹子，They tried to get bamboo from another country符合题意，故选C。
39．推理判断题。根据“Er Shun and Da Mao arrived in the Calgary Zoo in 2018 after spending five years in their first home—the Toronto Zoo”，可知2018-5=2013，The two pandas got to Canada in 2013.符合题意，故选A。
40．文意理解题。根据“They will get back home at the planned time. But this May, two pandas living in Canada had to get back to China before their vacation really ended.”，可知加拿大的两只熊猫提前回家了，The two pandas in Canada came back home early符合题意，故选C。