题目内容
In Australia,there is a strange crab. Because it has a very big daw (螯) ，just like a violin,scientists 1 it “ Robocrab (机械螃蟹) ” The crab lives in the sand in the north of the country. For a male Robocrab,the mudflat is his 2 floor. He must depend on his moves to 3 a mate.
Male crabs attract passing females by waving their large yellow claws. If a female loves a male,she will go into his 4 in the sand,and if she likes the hole as much as she likes the wave,she’ll 5 and become the male crab's wife.
But how do females choose 6 two waving crabs? Now a team from the Australian National University in Canberra have worked out 7 female crabs are looking for.
In the hot Australian sun,scientists set up two robotic arms. The claws were different in size. And scientists waved 8 at a different speed. The team showed that females like males with larger claws 9 ,and more vigorous (精力旺盛的) waves,especially if the male is loved by two less athletic wavers.
For a male Robocrab at least,it should hang out with 10 friends.
1. A. call B. love
C. find D. make
2. A. walk B. jump
C. dance D. sleep
3. A. beat B. care
C. visit D. attract
4. A. mouth B. bag
C. hole D. street
5. A. stay B. leave
C. cry D. smile
6. A. behind B. through
C. between D. under
7. A. how B. what
C. when D. where
8. A. him B. them
C. it D. us
9. A. better B. less
C. best D. least
10. A. weak B. strong
C. kind D. large
导读澳大利亚有一种奇怪的螃蟹——机械螃蟹。它们拥 有一只特别大的螯，就像小提琴一样。雌蟹喜欢那些以 最大的舞蹈动作来吸引自己的雄蟹。
详析
1. A科学家把它叫做“机械螃蟹”，call意为“叫做，称呼”。
2. C由下文雄蟹必须依靠舞动自己的大螯来吸引雌蟹可知，此处的泥滩是他的“舞池”。
3. D 第二段第一句的“Male crabs attract passing females."给了我们提示，故选attract“吸引”。
4. C由下文的“if she likes the hole”可知，此处表示如果雌蟹爱上雄蟹，她就会钻进他的洞里。
5. A根据此处语境可知，雌蟹会留下来成为他的妻子。stay意为“留下”。
6. C雌蟹在两只都舞动大螯的螃蟹之间如何选择呢？between意为“在……之间”
7. B此处what引导宾语从句，并在从句中作looking for的宾语。
8. B此处由宾格them指代上文提到的the claws。
9. A雌蟹更喜欢螯较大的雄蟹。like sth. better意为“更喜欢
10. A对于一个雄蟹来说，要使自己在雌蟹面前更有吸引力，他最好选择跟软弱的朋友在一起消磨时间。
weak意为“虚 弱的，软弱的”，符合题意。
