【正文】 placed under the skin of an animal39。s shoulder to keep its ID number. Once the chip is in place, the pet does not feel it anymore. When lost pets are brought to animal shelters, people there use a special tool to look for the microchip and read the ID number on it, then they39。ll call the microchip pany to match the number to the information of the pet39。s owner. This is how the shelter was able to tell Jennifer that they had found Scrub. Microchips have helped thousands of owners get their lost pets back. In New York, a dog named Roxy was missing for months. Then a woman found her on a busy street in New Jersey. No one knows how the dog got to a different state. However, thanks to her microchip, Roxy was soon returned to her grateful owner. In 2008, a couple got their cat George back after he had disappeared 13 years earlier! When George got lost, the couple tried everything to find him. They visited animal shelters every day for six months, made posters and even offered a $500 reward（酬金）. As years went by, they thought George would never be back till they got the call from an animal shelter. Without the microchip, the cat would never be able to e home again. Microchips can not only work for a pet39。s whole life but help lost pets no matter how far they39。ve been away from home. This is why microchips may be just the thing to help bring missing pets back home.（1）How did Jennifer find her pet cat? A.By visiting animal shelters.B.By offering a $500 reward.C.With the help of the microchip.D.With the help of a woman in New Jersey.（2）Which statement about microchips is NOT true according to the passage? A.They are very small puter chips.B.They are under an animal39。s skin of its shoulder.C.They can help the owners to find the longlost pets.D.They can only work for a lost pet that39。s far away from home.（3）The right order of how animal shelters help lost pets return home is . ①Get the ID number of the lost pet.②Call the owner to bring the lost pet home.③Look for the microchip of the lost pet.④Call the microchip pany to match the number to the information of its owner. A.③①②④B.③④①②C.①③④②D.③①④②（4）According to the passage, we can know that . A.the couple thought the microchip wasn39。t helpful at allB.Scrub didn39。t feel unfortable with the microchip in its bodyC.it took a long time to match Roxy39。s ID number to her owner39。s informationD.Jennifer herself found her cat according to the ID number on its microchip（5）What is the main idea of the passage? A.The reasons why pets got lost.B.Different ways to find the lost pets.C.The ways how people care for the lost pets.D.The introduction of how microchips help the lost pets return home.【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）D（4）B（5）D 【解析】【分析】大意：本文主要介紹芯片怎樣幫助走失的寵物回家，動(dòng)物收容所通過(guò)詹妮弗寵物貓皮膚下的芯片上的身份證號(hào)碼聯(lián)系上了失主詹妮弗，芯片幫助了數(shù)千名失主找到他們的寵物。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)then they39。ll call the microchip pany to match the number to the information of the pet39。s owner. This is how the shelter was able to tell Jennifer that they had found ，詹妮弗通過(guò)芯片的幫助找到他的寵物貓，故選C。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)Microchips can not only work for a pet39。s whole life but help lost pets no matter how far they39。ve been away from ，微芯片不僅能效力寵物的一生而且無(wú)論丟失的寵物離家有多遠(yuǎn)都能幫助。D選項(xiàng)描述跟原文描述不一致，故選D。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù) When lost pets are brought to animal shelters, people there use a special tool to look for the microchip and read the ID number on it, then they39。ll call the microchip pany to match the number to the information of the pet39。s owner. 可知，動(dòng)物收容所首先尋找丟失寵物的微芯片，其次獲取它的身份證號(hào)碼，然后打電話給芯片公司將號(hào)碼和它的主人的信息匹配，最后打電話給失主領(lǐng)回丟失的寵物，故選D。 （4）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)Once the chip is in place, the pet does not feel it ，Scrub身上放了芯片沒(méi)有什么不舒服感，故選B。 （5）主旨題。本文主要介紹芯片怎樣幫助走失的寵物回家，故選D。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解。細(xì)節(jié)題和主旨題是閱讀理解題中?？碱}型。細(xì)節(jié)題需要從文中尋找答案；主旨題需要通讀全文，了解大意之后找出中心思想。二、中考英語(yǔ)完形填空（含答案詳細(xì)解析）9．閱讀下面短文，掌握大意，然后從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 Have you ever eaten a dandelion （蒲公英）? Me neither. Have you ever blown it to make a wish? Me, too. Time to pick dandelions, Athena, Mum opened the car door and I entered with a 1 . My hometown is in Greece （希臘）, where dandelions are 2 on the menu. But I didn39。t eat dandelions. Why did I have to 3 them with my family every spring? Then I said goodbye to my new friend Brigid, whose family had 4 moved in our neighborhood in New York. I was 5 Brigid didn39。t ask where we were going. Nobody in America ate dandelions. I always worried that 6 would notice us picking dandelions. We 7 into a wild field. Hundreds of lively yellow flowers appeared everywhere. Then we stopped our car. Dad went over to cut dandelions and put them in his bag. But I just hid in the book. 8 do we cat dandelions? I asked. The best food in the world. Dad answered, shaking a handful of greens. 9 we were ready to leave, we had enough dandelions. On the way home, Mum and Dad talked about hosting a dinner party for the new neighbors to try our 10 Greek food. The night of the party, Brigid arrived with her parents. Mum served 11 different。Greek foods. Our guests ate everything. Finally came the dandelions. Wait! I said to Brigid. But it was too 12 . You ate the dandelions! I told her. We both 13 , and she ate another bite. 14 , she said. Mum was smiling at us. After dinner. Brigid and I went to the backyard and lay on the grass. The stars reminded me of dandelions in the soft field. I closed my eyes and made a 15 : to be as openminded as my family and my new friend.1. A. bagB. bookC. menuD. flower2. A. everB. neverC. alwaysD. hardly3. A. pickB. plantC. watchD. water4. A. quicklyB. quietlyC. finallyD. recently5. A. sadB. gladC. proudD. disappointed6. A. anyoneB. someoneC. everyoneD. no one7. A. ranB. flewC. droveD. walked8. A. HowB. WhyC. WhenD. Where9. A. WhenB. SinceC. UnlessD. Although10. A. newB. fastC. expensiveD. traditional11. A. itB. herC. himD. them12. A. lateB. earlyC. luckyD. quick13. A. bowedB. shookC. laughedD. greeted14. A. Be carefulB. Never mindC. Not badD. You39。 re wele15. A. wishB. reportC. speechD. Suggestion【答案】 （1）A；（2）C；（3）A；（4）D；（5）B；（6）B；（7）C；（8）B；（9）