题目内容
7.For professional athletes,it's all about training,speed,strength,and endurance.It's no different for the homing pigeon (传信鸽)-the flying athletes,but they're not going for the gold with every race.They just want to go home.When you walk into Mike Beavers'pigeon loft (鸽棚) you'll hear the happy coo (咕咕叫) from his flock of homing pigeons.Beavers raises and races these birds near Kingsley,Iowa,USA.
"Most people don't believe me,"says Beavers."They ask,‘How do you do that?'Then once you start explaining it,it really kind of catches their interest and they say,‘Wow,that's pretty awesome.'"
His love for the birds took off when he was a kid and he's spent the past 30years building his team of racing pigeons.It's a family hobby."I got out of it for a few years and after I got married,my daughter came along and it was something that she and I could do together because I don't shop,"says Beavers.
Beavers has about 150birds,but these aren't ordinary pigeons.They're born to race,conditioned to travel long distances,and they have the instinct (本能) to always return home no matter where they are.
"They come back because this is home,"says Beavers."This is where they were born and raised and it's just their instinct to go home.Nobody even really knows the reason.It's one of nature's secrets and nobody has found it yet."
These pigeons are kind of like a flying GPS.That's what makes them so special.If you take a wild pigeon you find under a bridge and take it out 100miles away,it is just going to find the closest bridge and that's going to be its new home.It is the instinct that is bred into these birds over centuries and centuries.
31.What do most people think of Beavers'raising homing pigeons after his explanation?B
A.Boring but acceptable.
B.Interesting and acceptable.
C.Surprising and unacceptable.
D.Understandable but unacceptable.
32.It can be inferred from the passage that BeaversD.
A.often goes shopping with his family
B.has never stopped raising homing pigeons
C.has raised homing pigeons for two decades
D.shares this pigeon?raising hobby with his daughter
33.In what way are homing pigeons different from ordinary pigeons?A
A.They can locate their home.
B.They are equipped with GPS.
C.They like to live under a bridge.
D.They can't travel long distances.
34.The homing pigeons can fly back home becauseB.
A.they are well trained
B.they have the instinct
C.they are equipped with GPS
D.they don't travel long distance
35.The main purpose of the passage is toD.
A.compare homing pigeons with other pigeons
B.give advice on how to raise homing pigeons
C.encourage people to find the secrets of homing pigeons
D.introduce a man who raises and races homing pigeons.
分析 本文主要介绍了Mike Beavers饲养传信鸽多年并且后来和女儿一起从事这一活动的故事,并且描述了信鸽的长远飞行、总能找到自己的家及定位精准等特点.
解答 31-35 BDABD
31.B 细节理解题.根据第二段最后Then once you start explaining it,it really kind of catches their interest and they say,‘Wow,that's pretty awesome.'"可知,在听了他的解释后他们是很感兴趣和认可的.故选B.
32.D 推理判断题.由第三段I got out of it for a few years and after I got married,my daughter came along and it was something that she and I could do together because I don't shop,可知,养信鸽中断了几年,在婚后和女儿一起又从事这一行为,排除A和B,确定D为正确答案;以及本段首句His love for the birds took off when he was a kid and he's spent the past 30years building his team of racing pigeons.可知这一善行已经持续了30年了,排除C,故选D.
33.A 细节理解题.由第四段but these aren't ordinary pigeons.They're born to race,conditioned to travel long distances,and they have the instinct (本能) to always return home no matter where they are.可知,信鸽与普通鸽子的区别在于他们在任何时候都可以找回自己的家,即具备定位功能,排除D;第六段These pigeons are kind of like a flying GPS是说他们有点像GPS定位系统,当没有安装这一系统;排除B;文中最后是以在桥下发现的信鸽总能找回自己的家为例而不是说它们喜欢住在桥下;排除C.所以选A.
34.B 细节理解题.第五段"They come back because this is home,"says Beavers."This is where they were born and raised and it's just their instinct to go home.说明找回自己的家是信鸽的本能;故选B.
35.D 文章意图题.本文主要介绍了Mike Beavers饲养传信鸽这一故事,并且描述了信鸽的定位精准等特点,并没有提到与其他鸽子的具体比较,也不是就如何饲养信鸽的建议和鼓励人们找出传信鸽的秘密,所以选D.
点评 在做故事类阅读文章时可以先通读全文,再阅读题干要求,带着问题去读文章会更节省时间,也能做到针对性更强一些.
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