【正文】 around, turning the fragile hive under his nose. Each cell was a perfect hexagon(六邊形). How did the bees fit the cells together so neatly? And how did they make each cell sixsided? Could they count? Lost in thought, his foot came down on something ... “Truman! You39。re mining my city!” “Get your stupid tubes out of here，Bryan! I39。m trying to…” The towel tubes on the floor suddenly reminded him of something. The beehive! Looking closer, he noticed the tubes were arranged with one in the middle, surrounded by six others, just like the cells of the hive. Just to be sure, he tried five and then seven tubes surrounding the center tubes, but neither way fit. Six was the only number that worked. “Bees don39。t count to six,” he said aloud. “The cells have to be sixsided. Truman ran to Bryan and threw his arms around his brother. Bryan, you did it! Now I can build a model beehive with your tubes! I mean — if it39。s O. K. with you.”（1）Where did Truman find the beehive? A.In Bryan39。s city.B.Inside the garage.C.In the living room.D.Inside the wood pile.（2）What do we know about the beehive? A.It was hidden by Bryan.B.It was easy to break.C.It was ruined by Truman.D.It was a perfect hexagon.（3）How did Truman probably finish his homework in the end? A.With his teacher39。s aid.B.By building a city.C.With Bryan39。s help.D.By killing the bees.【答案】（1）D（2）B（3）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，杜魯門回家時(shí)正在為如何取得蜂巢作業(yè)而煩惱，正在地上用紙管建城市的弟弟布萊恩，無意中給哥哥杜魯門提供了蜂巢的線索，杜魯門找到蜂巢后，通過觀察得到了做蜂巢作業(yè)的靈感。(1)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)弟弟Bryan的話“In the wood pile by the garage.39。39。 以及下文的“Bending down, Bryan pointed out the hive deep inside the pile. Truman carefully removed the hive out.”可知，蜂巢是在木頭堆里找到的。故選D。(2)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第八段中的“Back in the living room, Truman paced around, turning the fragile hive under his nose.”可知，這個(gè)蜂巢易碎。故選B。(3)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Truman ran to Bryan and threw his arms around his brother. Bryan, you did it! Now I can build a model beehive with your tubes! I mean — if it39。s O. K. with you.”可知，杜魯門在弟弟布萊恩的幫助下完成蜂巢作業(yè)。故選C。【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解題型的考查，是一篇記敘文閱讀，要求考生準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，結(jié)合題目要求，選出正確答案。8．閱讀理解 We all think plants were expected to get larger with increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but changes in temperature, humidity(濕度)and nutrient availability seem to have trumped the benefits of increased carbon dioxide said researchers from the National University of Singapore. 45 percent of the species studied now reach smaller adult sizes than they did in the past. The researchers pointed out that warmer temperatures and changing habitats, caused by climate change, are possible reasons for shrinking creatures. We do not yet know the mechanisms(機(jī)制)involved, or why some organism are getting smaller while others are unaffected, the researchers said. Until we understand more, we could be risking negative consequences that we can39。t yet quantify. The change is big in coldblooded animals. Only two decades of warmer temperatures are enough to make retiles (爬行動(dòng)物)smaller. An increase of only 1 degree centigrade caused nearly a 10 percent increase in metabolism(新陳代謝). Greater use of energy resulted in tiny tortoises and little lizards. Fish are smaller now too. Though overfishing has played a part in reducing numbers, experiments show that warmer temperatures also stop fish growing. Warmblooded animals aren39。t immune(免除)from the size change caused by climate change. Many birds are now smaller. Soay sheep are thinner. Red deer are weaken And polar bears are smaller, pared with historical records. This is not the first time this has happened in Earth39。s history. 55 million years ago, a warming event similar to the current climate change caused bees, spiders and ants to shrink by 50 to 75 percent over several thousand years. That event happened over a longer time than the current climate change. The speed of modem climate change could mean organisms may not respond or adapt quickly enough, especially those with long generation times climate change will be shown in the future.（1）What does the text mainly talk about? A.Why some species bee smaller.B.How climate changes in Earth39。s history?C.Climate change has many negative effects.D.Species are being smaller as climate gets warmer.（2）The underlined word trumped m the first paragraph probably mean_________. A.strengthenedB.gainedC.beatenD.equaled（3）Researchers from the National University of Singapore believe that________. A.they have found the exact causes for creatures getting smallerB.all the animals on the earth have bee smallerC.climate change has more negative effects on warmblooded animalsD.increase in energy use can lead to creatures getting smaller（4）What does the author feel about the climate change? A.DisappointedB.OptimisticC.WorriedD.Shameful【答案】（1）D（2）C（3）D（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了氣候變暖導(dǎo)致許多生物個(gè)體變小這一現(xiàn)象，氣候變化已對浮游生物產(chǎn)生了有害影響，人類需要盡快采取措施。（1）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第一段中的“We all think plants were expected to get larger with increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but changes in temperature, humidity(濕度)and nutrient availability seem to have trumped the benefits of increased carbon dioxide”可知科學(xué)家原來以為二氧化碳的增加會導(dǎo)致物種變大，但是氣候的變化讓物