阅读下面的短文，并完成短文后的任务。Have you ever wondered why birds sing? Maybe you thought that - 初中英语试题 - 超级试练试题库

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阅读下面的短文，并完成短文后的任务。
Have you ever wondered why birds sing? Maybe you thought that they were just happy. After all, you probably also sing or whistle when you are happy.
Some scientists believe that birds do sing some of the time just because they are happy. However, they sing most of the time for a very different reason. Their singing is actually a warning to other birds to stay out of their territory.
Do you know what a “territory” is? A territory is an area that an animal, usually the male, claims（宣称）as its own. Only he and his family are welcome there. No other families of the same species（物种）are welcome. Your yard and house are your territory where only your family and friends are welcome. (76▲) If a stranger should enter your territory and want to hurt you, you might shout. Probably this would be enough to frighten him away.
If so, you have actually frightened the stranger away without having to fight him. (78▲)一只鸟也将会做同样的事. But he expects an outsider almost any time, especially at nesting （筑巢）season. So he is screaming（尖叫）all the time, whether he can see an outsider or not. This screaming is what we call a bird’s song, and it is usually enough to keep an outsider away.
Birds sing loudest in spring when they are trying to attract a mate（同伴）and warn others not to enter the territory of theirs.
You can see that birds have a language of their own. Most of it has to do with attracting mates and setting up territories.
小题1:根据 (76) 处划线部分的意思来完成下面句子。（每空一词，共2词）
You might frighten a stranger away by _______ _______ him if he should enter your territory and want to hurt you.
小题2:根据文章，给下列问题选择最佳选项。
What is a bird’s “territory”? ( )

A．A place where other families of the same species are welcome.

B．A place where a bird can sing loudly.

C．An area where birds often fight against each other.

D．An area which a bird considers to be its own.

小题3:将 (78) 处划线句子翻译成英语。
_______________________________________________________________.
小题4:从文中找出一个与“establish” 同义的短语，并填在横线上。
____________________________________________.
小题5:概括本文的中心大意（不超过10个单词）。
_______________________________________________________________.

答案

小题1:shouting at /to
小题2:D
小题3:A bird will also do the same thing. /A bird will do the same thing, too./A bird will do the same thing as well.
小题4:set up
小题5:The reason(s) why birds sing

解析

小题1:根据文章的句子：you might shout.可知你可以大叫，by后面接动名词：shouting at /to sb向某人叫喊
小题2:细节题：根据第三段的句子：A territory is an area that an animal, usually the male, claims（宣称）as its own.可知选D
小题3:翻译此题的时候注意“也”的表达：too，as well（放在句末），also（放在句中）。
小题4:最后一段出现的setting up territories.可知是建立领地， set up相当于 establish
小题5:文章的第一段的句子：Have you ever wondered why birds sing? 是主题句：概括为：The reason(s) why birds sing

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试题【阅读下面的短文，并完成短文后的任务。Have you ever wondered why birds sing? Maybe you thought that 】；主要考察你对划线提问型等知识点的理解。[详细]

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The Winter Olympics are also called the White Olympics. At this time, many colorful stamps are published (发行) to mark (标志) the great Games. The first stamps marking the opening came out on January 25, 1932 in the United States for the 3rd White Olympics. From then on, publishing stamps during the White Olympics became a rule.
During the 4th White Olympics, a set of stamps were published in Germany in November 1936. The five Olympics rings were drawn on the front of the sportswear. It was the first time that the rings appeared on stamps celebrating the White Olympics.
In the 1950"s, the stamps became more colorful. When the White Olympics arrived, the host countries (东道国) as well as the non-host countries published stamps to mark the Games. China also published four stamps in February 1980, when Chinese sportsmen began to take part in the White Olympics.
Japan is the only Asian country that has ever held the White Olympics. Altogether 14,500 million stamps were sold to raise (筹集) money for this sports meeting.
Different kinds of sports were drawn on these small stamps. People can enjoy the beauty of the wonderful movements of some sportsmen.
小题1:The White Olympics and the Winter Olympics are different games.
小题2:The Winter Olympics are held every four years。
小题3:Only the host countries can publish stamps to mark the Games.
小题4:In November 1936，the five Olympics rings were first drawn on the front of the sportswear.
小题5:Japan is the only Asian country that has ever held the White Olympics.

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阅读短文，回答问题。
Bill is only fifteen years old, but he’s already very rich. Two years ago, Bill began a football website(网站) for young people. “I became interested in computers when I was 8 because my father’s job is with computers. As a little boy, I also loved football and so I decided to make a website, especially for people of my age.”
Bill started the “Football OK!” website two years ago, and now more than 20,000 people visit it every day.
Bill is a schoolboy and a businessman as well. He usually gets up at six o’clock and looks at his e-mails. Then he goes to school from nine to four. In the evenings, he always works for about four hours on his website.
Bill’s next plan is a new website:“At the moment I am thinking about a new website on American football, maybe for next year.”
And is Bill the same person that he was three years ago? “No, I am very different now. I have met a lot of interesting people on the website and I have traveled all over the world.” Bill doesn’t know about the future. “Maybe I will sell the websites. I really don’t know. I’ll just wait and see.”
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
小题1:How old was Bill when he became interested in computers?
小题2:What’s the name of Bill’s website?
小题3:When does he usually get up?
小题4:Is Bill the same person that he was three years ago?
小题5:What is Bill’s next plan?

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请认真阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。
Microblogs: a two-sided blade(双刃剑)
Micro-blogging has been growing quickly over the past year. As a result, many other forms of social networking are no longer popular, even if they just came into being several years ago. However, micro-blogging is a two-side blade. It helps, but it also hurts.
Micro-blogging is famous for spreading messages almost immediately. It also helps the public manage some agencies and organizations. For example, in March 2011, some micro-bloggers persuaded the Nanjing government to stop cutting 600 old trees in the downtown area; after a serious earthquake and tsunami(海啸) hit Japan, micro-bloggers called for giving a helping hand to the Japanese victims. In July, micro-bloggers made clear the “Guo Meimei” scandal（丑闻）, and brought the Red Cross Society of China under investigation.
Like everything in life, micro-blogging also has an opposite side.
Guo Meimei, who was involved in the scandal of the Red Cross Society, suffered from all kinds of online attacks, and said she was being followed up on and even threatened. Another problem is the spreading rumors（谣言）, such as the rumor that Shanxi was going to be struck by a big earthquake and “Jin Yong’s death”—Jin Yong is a Chinese novelist famous for his wuxia novels.
In the online world, large amounts of information is easily spread to a large network, but sometimes there is no official source. So it’s highly important for everyone to have the ability to tell truth from rumor. It is also suggested that Internet companies should stop the accounts of users who spread rumors.
小题1:Why are many forms of social networking no longer popular?
小题2:What is micro blogging famous for?
小题3:Who persuaded the Nanjing government to save 600 old trees?
小题4:What are bad points of micro-blogging?
小题5:How can people deal with the online world?

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A) 根据所读内容，在文章后第62—71小题的空格里填入恰当的单词。每个空格只填1个单词。
Venice, a city in the northeast of Italy, is famous throughout the world for its buildings and romantic canals (运河). But in February every year, people come to Venice for another reason. The city carnival fills the place with excitement and fun. This year, the celebration runs from February 4 to 21.
Colorful costumes have always played a very important role in the Venetian carnival. The carnival happens at the start of the Christian fasting (斋戒) period of Lent. It was traditionally a time to go a bit crazy with eating, drinking, dancing and dressing up before the fast began. People used masks to hide their social identity so that the nobility(贵族) would look no different from the commoners.
Today the carnival is largely for the tourists. “Venetians don’t dress up for Carnival after the age of 10.” Giuseppina Giudice, who has lived in the city all her life, told the Guardian. “All we see of Carnival is a river of strangers who flow into town to feel ‘Venetian’. They fill it, buy a cheap mask and leave with nothing but photographs of St Mark’s Square.”
Some locals want to bring back the original (最初的) feel of Carnival. In 2009, two social networking groups started organizing their own carnival. Visitors were invited. But there were no expensive tickets or fancy ball dresses---- just an old-fashioned Italian street party. “Tourists are welcome to our party ---- the more we can show them about the real Venice rather than the postcard Venice, the better,” Matteo Secchi, one of the organizers, told the Guardian.

Topic: Carnival in Venice
Location	Venice lies 小题1: of Italy.
小题2:	This year people 小题3: the carnival from February 4 to 21.
Traditions	﹡It’s a time to go 小题4: with eating, drinking, dancing and dressing up before fasting begins. ﹡People always wear colorful costumes and 小题5: to hide their social identity.
小题6:situations	﹡Today the festival is largely for every 小题7: . ﹡Some locals want to bring back the original 小题8: of Carnival. ﹡In 2009, two social networking groups 小题9: their own carnival. They wanted to show what an old-fashioned Italian street 小题10: should be like.

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阅读答问。阅读下面的材料，然后根据材料内容回答问题。
Annie lived alone in Chicago. One day, she fell down in her bedroom and broke her leg. So she tried to call her friend Lisa. But she dialed(拨打) a wrong number. The call reached Taylor, an 18-year-old girl. She was a college student and she lived hundreds of miles away from Chicago.
At that time Taylor was reading in bed. She thought it was somebody playing a joke. When she was going to hang up the phone, she heard a woman saying “Help! Help! ” From it Taylor thought something bad must have happened to the woman. After she got the woman’s name and address, Taylor called 911 at once. Then she tried to make Annie feel comfortable. She spoke to Annie on the phone till the doctors arrived at Annie’s house. At last Annie was taken to hospital in time.
As soon as Annie felt better, she wrote a letter to Taylor to thank her.
小题1:Who answered the telephone?
小题2:How did Taylor help Annie?
小题3:Why did Annie write the letter to Taylor?

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