Question

Hippos（河馬）live in Africa. Their sweat（汗水）is red. Sometimes they walk a long way to find water. In fact（事實(shí)上）hippos walk in the water. They can’t swim.

Hippos love to play in the water in the day. They liked to eat plants（植物）at night. They never eat meat. They are easy to be angry.

An adult（成年的）hippo is about 3,000 kg. He can run very fast. But he cannot run a long way. His longest tooth is about 60 cm. His open mouth is big. A child can get into it.

Crocodiles（鱷魚）eat young hippos. But they cannot hurt adult hippos.

1.Hippos can’t______ in the water.

A.runB.swimC.walkD.jump

2.Hippos never eat ______ .

A.meatB.plants

C.leavesD. fruit

3.Two adult hippos are about ______ kg.

A.2,000B.3,000

C.4,000D. 6,000

4.The mother hippos often go with their children because ______ .

A.the baby hippos are very naughty（頑皮的）

B.they like their children

C.crocodiles may eat baby hippos

D.they like to play games with them

5.The underlined（劃線的）word “hurt” from the last paragraph means “______ ” in Chinese.

A.傷害B.幫助

C.撫養(yǎng)D.破壞

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章介紹了河馬的生活習(xí)性。河馬生活在非洲，不會游泳，只是在水中行走。河馬以植物為食，不吃肉，容易生氣。河馬還體積龐大，奔跑迅速。

1.In fact，hippos walk in the water. They can’t swim.可知，河馬不會游泳。故選B。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由文章信息They liked to eat plants at night. They never eat meat可知，河馬從來不吃肉。故選A。

3.】推理判斷題。由文章信息An adult hippo is about 3,000 kg可知，兩頭成年河馬可重達(dá)6000kg。故選D。

4.推理判斷題。由文章信息Crocodiles eat young hippos.可知，河馬媽媽和小河馬待在一起是因?yàn)轺{魚可能會吃掉小河馬。故選C。

5.詞義猜測題。由文章信息Crocodiles eat young hippos. But they cannot hurt adult hippos.

可知，鱷魚吃小河馬，但是他們不能傷害成年河馬。hurt在這兒是“傷害”的意思。故選A。

考點(diǎn)：科普環(huán)保類短文閱讀。