Question

Green invaders are taking over America. Not invaders from space, but plants! You might not think of plants as dangerous, but in this case they are threatening nature’s delicate food chain.

The invaders are plants brought here from other countries to make gardens and yards look pretty. Ever since people started to arrive on America’s shores, they have carried along trees, flowers, and vegetables from other places. Now there are so many of those plants, they are crowding out the native plants that have lived here since before human settlers arrived.

And that’s a problem, says Dr. Doug Tallamy. He’s insect expert at the University of Delaware. He explains that almost all the plant-eating insects in the United States are specialized, which means they eat only certain plants. Monarch butterfly caterpillars(幼虫),for example, dine on milkweed. If people cut down milkweed and replace it with another plant, the butterflies will not have the food source that they need to survive.

But the trouble doesn’t stop there. When insects can’t get the right plants to eat and they die off, then the birds don’t have enough bugs for their meals. Tallamy points out that almost all migrating birds depend on insets to feed their young.

“We cannot let the plants and animals around us disappear.” says Tallamy, “The way to preserve them is to give them food to eat. But when we plant non-native plants, we are clobbering the food chain, because then we don’t have the insects the birds need to live.”

Fewer of the right plants mean fewer bugs, and fewer bugs mean fewer birds. And that’s bad for the Earth, because we need a variety of living things to keep the planet healthy and beautiful.

The good news is, garden centers sell native plants. “Just Google ‘native plants’ and your location, and you can find out which plants really belong where you live,” says Tallamy

1.How did green invades arrive at America?

A.They fell down from space.

B.They floated to the America’s shores.

C.They were brought in from foreign countries

D.They has lived here since human settlers arrived

2.According to Dr.Tallamy, which of the followings about the insects in the US is NOT true?

A.Almost all the plant-eating insects in a place eat certain plants.

B.Monarch butterfly caterpillars can’t survive without milkweed.

C.If insects can’t eat the right plants, they will find another one.

D.The insects’ death will greatly affect the migrating birds’ survival

3.The underlined word “clobber” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to _________.

A.protect B. damage C. create D. collect

4.We can know whether a plant is native by _________.

A.Googling on the Internet B. asking Dr. Doug Tallamy

C. looking up in books D. searching in garden

5.What is the best title of the pass age?

A.Green invaders——local living things

B. Green invaders——dangerous food chain

C.Green invaders——environmental protectors

D. Green invades——threat to local nature

Answer 1

1.C

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：文章主要叙述的是外来的植物对当地大自然带来的威胁。并告诉人们你可以找出哪些植物真的属于你住的地方。

1.1】C细节理解题。根据第二段第一句The invaders are plants brought here from other countries to make gardens and yards look pretty.它们是从国外引进的植物。从这里可知选C。

2.2】C细节理解题。根据第四段第二句When insects can’t get the right plants to eat and they die off,找不到合适的植物他们就会灭绝，选项C不符原文，故选C。

3.3】B词义猜测题。根据倒数第三段最后一句because then we don’t have the insects the birds need to live.从这里可知它的意思是“破坏”。故选B。

4.4】A细节理解题。根据最后一段第二句“Just Google ‘native plants’ and your location, and you can find out which plants really belong where you live,” 只是谷歌“植物”和你的位置, 并且你可以找出哪些植物真的属于你住在哪里。故选A。

5.5】D标题归纳题。根据全文的内容来看主要叙述的是外来的植物对当地大自然带来的威胁。故选D。

考点：考查说明文阅读。