The water hyacinth (水胡蘆) grows in tropical (熱帶的) countries. It has beautiful purple-blue flowers,but everybody hates it.

   Millions and millions of these plants grow in rivers and lakes. Sometimes the plants become so thick that people can walk on them. People cannot travel in boats on the water,and they cannot fish in it. The plants stop the water from moving. Then the water carries diseases. Farmers cannot use the water on their land.

   Now scientists think that water hyacinths can be useful. The plants are really a free crop. No one has to take care of them. They just grow and grow and grow. What can farmers use them for?

   Some fish like to eat them. Farmers can grow these fish in the lakes and rivers.

   Workers can collect and cut the plants with machines. Then they can also make fertilizer to make their crops grow better. They can also make feed (飼 料) for their farm animals.

   Maybe it will be possible to make methane gas (沼氣) for energy. Methane gas can be made from plants. We bum gas from petroleum (石、油) for energy. Then poor tropical countries will not have to buy so much expensive petroleum. Maybe in the future people will love the water hyacinth instead of hating it.

1. What color are the flowers of the water hyacinth?

   A. Yellow.

   B. Purple-blue.

   C. Black and white.

   D. Pink.

2. Paragraph 2   mainly tells us .

   A. how water hyacinths grow in lakes

   B. where water hyacinths live

   C. why people hate water hyacinths

   D. what makes the water carry diseases

3. Which of the following shows the water hyacinth is useful?

   A. Farmers can feed their fish with the water hyacinth.

   B. The water hyacinth grows so thick in rivers.

   C. Boats can't move in the water with the water hyacinth.

   D. The water hyacinth stops the water from running fast.

4. The underlined word “fertilizer” means “”in Chinese.

   A. 資源   B. 財(cái)富

   C. 垃圾   D. 肥料

5. According to the passage,which of the following is TRUE?

   A. People must take good care of water hyacinths.

   B. Scientists think water hyacinths are useless plants.

   C. Maybe we can make methane gas from water hyacinths in the future.

   D. People love water hyacinths very much now.

1. B 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. C

導(dǎo)讀水葫蘆以前是不被人喜歡的植物，但是現(xiàn)在科學(xué)家認(rèn)為 水葫蘆有一定的利用價(jià)值。

1. B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段的purple-blue flowers可知，水葫蘆的花是藍(lán)紫色的。

2. C主旨大意題。通讀第二段可知，本段主要講了人們不喜歡水葫蘆的原因:人們不能乘船在水上自由滑行，也 不能釣魚，里面的水?dāng)y帶疾病等。

3. A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第四段的內(nèi)容可知，魚喜歡吃水葫蘆，故農(nóng)民可以用水葫蘆來養(yǎng)魚，由此可知正確答案為A項(xiàng)。

4. D詞義猜測題。畫線詞后面提到了 fertilizer可以使莊稼長得更好，由此可猜測fertilizer意為“肥料”，故選D項(xiàng)，其他三項(xiàng)均不符合此處語境。

5. C推理判斷題。由最后一段第一、二句“Maybe it will be possible to make methane gas for energy. Methane gas can be made from plants. ”可推斷，可能將來我們可以 利用水葫蘆來制造沼氣，故選C項(xiàng)。

題目來源：一本英語閱讀理解與完形填空150篇中考 > TEST2

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