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8.Mosquitoes have an extraordinary ability to target humans far away and fly straight to their unprotected skin.Regrettably,mosquitoes can do more than cause an itchy(发痒的)wound.Some mosquitoes spread several serious diseases,including Dengue,yellow fever and malaria.Over one million people worldwide die from these diseases each year.New research now shows how mosquitoes choose who to bite.
Mosquitoes need blood to survive.They are attracted to human skin and breath.They smell the carbon dioxide gas,which all mammals breathe out.This gas is the main way for mosquitoes to know that a warm-blooded creature is nearby.
But mosquitoes also use their eyes and sense of touch.Michael Dickinson is a professor at the California Institute of Technology.His research shows how these small insects,with even smaller brains,use three senses to find a blood meal.
Michael Dickinson's team used plumes-a material that rises into the air of carbon dioxide gas into a wind tunnel.They then used cameras to record the mosquitoes.The insects followed the plume.
Then,the scientists placed dark objects on the lighter colored floor and walls of the tunnel.Mr.Dickinson said,at first,the mosquitoes showed no interest in the objects at all."What was quite striking and quite surprising is that the mosquitoes fly back and forth for hours.These are hungry females and they completely ignore the objects on the floor and wall of the tunnel.But the moment they get a hit of CO2,they change their behavior quite obviously and now would become attracted to these little visual blobs (斑点)."
This suggested to the researchers that a mosquito's sense of smell is more important in the search for food.Once mosquitoes catch a smell of a human or animal,they also follow visual signals.
32.What do mosquitoes mainly use to find their targets?A
A.Sense of smell
B.Sense of touch
C.Sense of sight
D.Smart brains
33.The first response of the mosquitoes to the objects in the experiment isC.
A.to fly to the dark ones
B.to catch and stick to them
C.to take no notice of them
D.to attach themselves to them
34.How can we avoid being attacked by mosquitoes according to the text?D
A.Don't let them see us.
B.Use dark objects to stop them.
C.Make them fly back and forth for hours.
D.Attract them to objects full of carbon dioxide gas.
35.What can be the best title for the text?C
A.How Do Mosquitoes Survive?
B.Why Do Mosquitoes Need Blood?
C.How Do Mosquitoes Choose to Bite You?
D.Why Do Mosquitoes Attack the Human Being?
分析 本文解释了蚊子叮人的依据,文章中通过实验证明了蚊子依据二氧化碳来追踪叮咬目标.
解答 32.A 细节理解题.根据第三段最后一句"This gas is the main way for mosquitoes to know that a warm-blooded creature is nearby"可知,蚊子通过闻气体的味道发现周围的温血动物,故选A.
33.C细节理解题.根据第六段第二句中的"the mosquitoes showed no interest in the objects at all"可知,实验开始时,蚊子对物体没有显出任何兴趣,故选C.
34.D 推理判断题.根据第六段最后一句中的"But the moment they get a hit of CO2,they change their behavior quite obviously and now would become attracted to these little visual blobs"可知蚊子通过CO2来寻找目标,所以可以推理出,要避免蚊子的叮咬,可以用含有CO2的物体来引开它们,故选D.
35.C 主旨大意题.文章通过试验介绍了蚊子通过CO2的味道来寻找目标,所以选C.
点评 阅读理解题测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力,要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系,对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断;或根据作者所阐述的观点理论,对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释.考生首先要仔细阅读短文,完整了解信息,准确把握作者观点.
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