18．ALL NEWl
REPTILE PETTING ZOO
at the Oak Park Nature Center
Kids!Are you tired of Mom or Dad dragging you to the same old petting zoos，where （if．you're lucky） you might get to touch a little rabbit or goat？
Mom or Dadf Are you tired of hearing your kids complain about how animals in the same old petting zoos are monotonous？
Consider This：
The fact is that most mammals are boringly warm，furry，and come in a limited range of dull colors．Reptiles，on the other hand，are cold-blooded and covered with scale（鱗） of attractive colorg，from bright green to bright，red to dark purple-red．Some，like the chameleon，can even CHANGE colors．Did you ever see a rabbit with scales and a purple tongue almost as long as its body？NO I Yet the blue-tongued skink （小蜥蜴） is all this and more!In our zoos，you can pet skinks，snakes，bearded dragons，and other fascinating creatures!Leam what these reptiles eat and how they care for their babies，which ones live in the desert and which live in wedands，which ones are meat-eaters and which are vegetarians （素食主義者），which ones are deadly poisonous and which are not．
SO REMEMBER：
If you're bored with furry animals like rabbits…
Then the place for YOU is the Reptile Petting Zoo!
Bring the WHOLE family--Grandpa，Grandma，Cousin Irene，even baby Joe!There's something for EVERYONE!
58．What does the underlined word"monotonous"in Paragraph 2mean？A
A．Boring B．Active C．Pleasant D．Unusual
59．People might like the animals in a reptile petting zoo because they areB．
A．warm and furry B．unusual and interesting
C．lovely and friendly D．frightening and dangerous
60．This passage is mainly written to．C
A．tell people when the Reptile Petting Zoo is open
B．tell people how to care for snakes and other reptiles
C．encourage people to visit the Reptile Petting Zoo
D．show people that many different types of reptiles live．
分析 這篇短文介紹的是一個新興的爬行動物園，在那里有小蜥蜴，蛇，長著長胡須的龍，還有一些有趣的爬行動物，還可以學習一些關于這些動物的知識．
解答 ABC
58 A 猜測詞義題． 根據文章第二段Are you tired of hearing your kids complain about how animals in the same old petting zoos are monotonous？可知你是否厭煩聽到你的孩子抱怨"相同的寵物動物里的動物是多么乏味啊"？故選A．
59 B 推理判斷題．根據第一二段的提問并結合第三段中的"In our zoos，you can see pet skink，snakes，bearded dragons，and other fascinating creatures!"可知，爬行動物園是不同尋常的和有趣的，故選B．
60 C 推理判斷題．根據短文對爬行動物園的介紹，并根據文章最后"If you're bored with furry animals like rabbits…Then the place for YOU is the Reptile Petting Zoo!"可知，作者寫這篇短文是為了吸引人們去爬行動物園，故選C．
點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
