题文
A few years I was on a bicycle trip when I got off my bike for a rest. I sat down on the grass. A fewseconds later, I was covered in ants. They were swarming all over me so I got up and brushed them off.
It was a strange experience but I soon forgot about it.
A couple of years later, I was living in Jordan. I had just moved into a modern flat and was unpacking
plates when I saw something move out of the corner of my eye. I looked over at the kitchen drawer and
there was a cockroach(蟑螂) crawling out of it. I screamed. Then I grabbed a can of insecticide and
sprayed it on the cockroach. He ran under the nearby bathroom door. It took me three days before I
found the courage to open the bathroom door to see if he was still alive. He wasn'
t.
Why did I react so violently to one lone insect when a closer encounter with hundreds of ants hardly
affected me? The answer is easy: because cockroaches are creepy crawlies(令人害怕的爬虫) and ants
aren't. Creepy crawlies are those little bugs which provoke feelings such as apprehension(忧虑), anxiety
or aversion(讨厌) - they make your skin crawl.
Did you know that some people feel such a fear of bugs that it becomes a phobia(恐惧)?
Psychologists have offered many explanations. Some say we associate them with dirt and disease. Or
that these are life forms that are so alien to us, that we find them repulsive(排斥的) for their dissimilarity.
Insects, however, don't fo
llow our rules - they just do what they want and invade our space.
Unfortunately, although insects and bugs have been a successful animal species up to now, many of them,
like many other species nowadays, are under threat of extinction. Entomologists(昆虫学家) warn that
this could upset entire ecosystems and lead to all kinds of disastrous consequences. So my plea to you is:
the next time you feel the urge to stamp on, splatter or spray a creepy crawly, give a thought to the planet
and stop. 1. Why did the author mention the ants in the beginning? A. Because the experience with the ants presents a sharp contrast to that with the cockroach later.
B. Because the author wants to show her preference to the ants and her dislike for the cockroach.
C. Because both ants and cockroaches are creepy crawlies that the author dislikes.
D. Because meeting the ants is an unusual experience that the author can hardly forget. 2. What does "insecticide" in the second paragraph probably mean?A. A kind of fruit juice.
B. A kitchen knife.
C. Liquid for killing insects.
D. Cleanser for the bathroom. 3. How does the author feel about the bugs like cockroaches? A. The author doesn't mind the contact with those harmless small creatures.
B. They make the author feel so awful that they should be killed.
C. They invade our space and become a threat to humans.
D. They still deserve a place for keeping the balance of the nature.hundreds of ants. 4. Which of the following is NOT the reason why the cockroach makes the author's skin crawl? A. It looks so strange and different that the author can't accept its appearance.
B. It can make the author feel sick and cause a strong dislike.
C. The author may relate it to something dirty or disease at the sight of it.
D. It reminds the author of the experience of meeting 5. Which of the following statements about bugs is NOT true according to the passage? A. Some people may be frightened so much by bugs that it leads to a psychological barrier in some
degree.
B. People can enjoy a cleaner living environment if more bugs like cockroaches are killed.
C. Many bugs are in danger of extinction so they should be placed under human's protection.
D. Some bugs are extremely unpleasant that people have a strong wish to destroy them. 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
1-5: A C D D B解析
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考点
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第一部分一般是文章的首段，主要用来提出文章的主题，即文章想要阐述、说明的主要内容；
第二部分是文章的主体，可由若干个段落组成，对文章的主题进行展开说明；
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从近几年的考试题来看，科普环保类的文章越来越与人们的实际生活相接近。由于此类文章缺乏故事情节，很多同学对此类文章感到费解。但一般的科普类文章都是就事论事，需要逻辑推理和想象的时候较少，因此此类阅读题也没有同学们想象中的那么难，只要多加训练，就能较好地答题。
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