【正文】 tons.B.As much as a baby elephant.C.About 80 tons.D.About 3 tons.（2）A bear can run people think it can. A.faster thanB.more slowly thanC.as fast asD.as slowly as（3）A male elephant won39。t stop following a female elephant to until the female elephant takes his love. A.fight with the baby elephantB.ask the lady elephant to help himC.show his love for a long timeD.find food together with her（4）A wolf won39。t hurt people except . A.in winterB.at an unusual timeC.in groupsD.that it is happy【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】文章大意：本文敘述了藍鯨是陸地上最大的動物，它的重量與24頭大象的重量相當。長約30多米，剛出生的藍鯨等于一頭大象的重量。文中還提到了貓、熊、馬、熊貓和狼這幾種動物的情況。 （1）細節(jié)理解題。根據It weighs（重） about 80 tonsmore than 24 big elephants. A new baby whale weighs as much as a big elephant. 可知一頭大象重3噸，故選D。 （2）細節(jié)理解題。根據A bear can run as fast as a ，當然比人跑得快，故選A。 （3）細節(jié)理解題。根據文中的語句A male elephant may show his lady love for up to three years until the female elephant takes his love.理解可知，一頭雄象可能會表現(xiàn)出他對雌象長久的愛，直到她接受了他的愛。故選C。 （4）細節(jié)理解題。根據文中的語句they only hurt people at an unusual ，狼只有在一些特殊情況下，才會傷害人類，故選B。 【點評】考查閱讀理解。本文主要考查細節(jié)理解題，首先仔細閱讀文后的問題，弄清問題的大意；然后帶著問題閱讀短文，抓住關鍵信息，選擇正確答案。14．閱讀理解 McDull is a cartoon pig character that was created in Hong Kong by Alice Mak and Brian Tse. Although McDull made his first appearances as a supporting character in the McMug ics, McDull has bee a central character, attracting a huge following in Hong Kong. McDull is a male pig who can be distinguished by a birthmark on his right eye. He has a heart of gold, but he isn39。t very smart and ordinary in every way。 nevertheless, he has many dreams. However, every time he tries, he fails。 he is disappointed, but tries again, exploring other dreams. In this way he creates his own colourful world. He lives his life simply and naturally. He is not perfect, but his attitude towards life, namely never giving up, makes him a popular character. The first McDull movie documented his life and the relationship between him and his mother. As in the ics, McDull is a piglet who lives with his mother, Mrs Mak, in Hong Kong. He is a kindergarten student. He has a happy school life with his classmates including geese, tortoises and other pigs. McDull and his mum love each other very much. McDull tries his best to make his mother proud of him and his mother tries hard to give McDull a happy childhood. After realizing his dream, McDull sets himself another target: to bee an Olympic champion just like female windsurfer Lee Laishan.（1）Who created McDull? A.Alice Mak.B.Brian Tse.C.Mrs Mak.D.Both A and B.（2）Which of the following statements is RIGHT? A.McDull is a female pig.B.McDull has a heart of gold.C.McDull is very smart.D.McDull isn39。t ordinary in every way.（3）What39。s McDull39。s attitude towards life? A.He lives his life simply.B.He tries and he fails.C.He never gives up.D.He is not perfect.（4）Which of the following statements is WRONG? A.Mrs Mak loves McDull very much.B.Mrs Mak tries hard to give McDull a happy childhood.C.Mrs Mak lives in Hong Kong.D.Mrs Mak lives with McDull and her husband.【答案】 （1）D（2）B（3）C（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文主要講述了McDull這一卡通人物的特征以及跟它有關的電影。 （1）細節(jié)題。根據第一段提到的 McDull is a cartoon pig character that was created in Hong Kong by Alice Mak and Brian Tse. 可知，McDull是由Alice Mak和Brian Tse一起創(chuàng)造的，故選D。 （2）細節(jié)題。根據第二段提到的 He has a heart of gold 可知，McDullhas a heart of gold，故選B。 （3）細節(jié)題。根據第二段提到的 He is not perfect, but his attitude towards life, namely never giving up, makes him a popular character. 可知它的生活態(tài)度就是不放棄，故選C。 （4）細節(jié)題。根據第三段提到的 As in the ics, McDull is a piglet who lives with his mother, Mrs Mak, in Hong Kong. 可知，沒有提到他的父親，故D選項錯誤，故選D。 【點評】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及細節(jié)題、推斷題和主旨題三種?？碱}型，細節(jié)題要注意從文中尋找答案；推斷題需要聯(lián)系上下文，推斷出需要的信息；主旨題需要通讀全文，了解大意之后找出中心思想。15．閱讀短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出最佳選項。 Do you know where . Rowling wrote the Harry Potter books? She wrote the first book in a coffee shop. Was it because she felt more creative when working there? The answer might be yes. Scientists found that moderate （適度的） noise can make people more creative, The New York Times reported. Scientists did tests on students. They divided them into four groups. They then asked the students to do certain tasks involving creative thinking. But each group did the task with different volumes （音量） of background noise. They found that students did best when working under moderate noise—70 decibels （分貝）. This is about the same volume of background noise in a cafe. Students did worse in low noise （50 dB）. This is the volume of a quiet room. They did the poorest when in a highnoise （85 dB） environment. This is the noise level in a factory. Moderate noise can distract （分心） people just enough so that they think more creatively. It helps you think outside the box, Raci Mehta, a lead researcher in the study, said to the Business Standard. On the one hand, working in a very quiet place can strengthen our focus. But it also stops us from thinking a