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【題目】 Oink! The Year of the Pig is coming. How much do you know about pigs? Do you like them? Many people don't, because they believe that pigs are naturally fat, lazy and dirty. But are any of those things true?

It is true that pigs are fat. They eat a lot. But they are useful to us. We get more than just pork from pigs. We can use their skin to make shoes. We can use their hair to make brushes. Pigs also provide us with ingredients for drugs like insulin(胰島素). Insulin can treat diabetes (糖尿病).

People sometimes say. “You are as stupid as a pig.” But pigs are not stupid. In fact pigs are one of the 10 smartest animals. They have a good memory and can tell different shapes apart. Many experts think pigs are easier to train than dogs or cats. In France, people teach pigs to find truffles(松露). With their good sense of smell, they can find truffles even faster than dogs.

When you see pigs, they are usually in dirty water or mud. That's because pigs have no sweat glands(汗腺). On hot days, they have to cool themselves in water or mud. This keeps insects away from them as well. Mud can also protect their skin from sunburns.

These stereotypes about pigs often make us hold a negative(負(fù)面的) view about the animal. For example, If someone eats a lot, we say that they have “pigged out”. If someone's room is very messy, we might say his or her room looks like a pigsty(豬圈).

But people in ancient China really liked pigs. People thought the pig's big head and ears were a symbol of good luck. If someone had a round and chubby(胖乎乎的) face, he or she was thought to be blessed(有福氣的). People also believed the animal, stood for wealth, as humans use every part of the pig. Piggy banks are a symbol of this. Most children have a piggy bank that they can use to save money.

【1】People can use pigs' skin to___________.

A.make clothesB.make insulin

C.make shoesD.make brushes

【2】According to the passage, pigs can____________.

A.tell one hundred different colors apart.B.find truffles with their good eyesight.

C.be of great help to people like dogs.D.get away from insects with their owners' help.

【3】Which of the following best explained the underlined word “stereotypes”?

A.fixed ideasB.feelingsC.mistakesD.decorations

【4】Why did the people in ancient China like pigs?

A.People thought pigs were blessed by God.

B.People believed the animal stood for health.

C.People knew pigs were one of the 10 smartest animals.

D.People thought pigs can bring good luck to them.

【5】The writer wrote this passage mainly to_____________.

A.tell that pigs are not stupid, dirty or fat at all.B.criticize people who don't really know about pigs.

C.point out that pigs can do a lot of things for people.D.help people know more about the pigs.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【5】D

【解析】

文章大意：文章主要介紹了豬的習(xí)性以及在古代豬是有福氣的象征等。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段第二行“We can use their skin to make shoes”“我們可以用它們的皮膚做鞋�！惫蔬xC。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段第二行“They have a good memory and can tell different shapes apart”“它們的記憶力很好，能分辨出不同的形狀。”可知，A說(shuō)法是錯(cuò)誤的；根據(jù)文章第三段最后一行“With their good sense of smell, they can find truffles even faster than dogs”“它們嗅覺(jué)靈敏，能比狗更快地找到松露。”可知，B說(shuō)法是錯(cuò)誤的；根據(jù)文章第三段第三行“Many experts think pigs are easier to train than dogs or cats”“許多專(zhuān)家認(rèn)為豬比狗或貓更容易訓(xùn)練�！笨芍�，C說(shuō)法是正確的；根據(jù)文章第四段第二、三行“On hot days, they have to ……from sunburns”“在炎熱的日子里，它們必須在水里或泥里冷卻自己，這樣可以使昆蟲(chóng)遠(yuǎn)離它們，泥也可以保護(hù)它們的皮膚免受曬傷�！笨芍�，D說(shuō)法是錯(cuò)誤的，故選C。

【3】詞句猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)文章第五段第二、三行“If someone's room is very messy, we might say his or her room looks like a pigsty(豬圈) ”“如果某人的房間很亂，我們可以說(shuō)他或她的房間看起來(lái)像豬圈�！笨赏浦�stereotypes是固定觀念的意思，fixed ideas固定觀念；feelings感覺(jué)；mistakes錯(cuò)誤；decorations裝飾品，故選A。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段第一、二行“People thought the pig's big head and ears were a symbol of good luck”“人們認(rèn)為豬的大腦袋和大耳朵是好運(yùn)的象征”，可知，中國(guó)古代人喜歡豬因?yàn)樗麄冋J(rèn)為豬可以給他們帶來(lái)好運(yùn)氣，故選D。

【5】主旨大意題。通讀全文可知，文章主要講的是豬的習(xí)性以及在古代豬是有福氣的象征，所以作者寫(xiě)這篇文章是為了讓人們更了解豬，故選D。