Giraffe

The giraffe is the tallest modem land animal. It can be over 5.5 meters tall. Its neck alone may be 1.9 meters long. Yet the giraffe has onlyseven bones in its neck,the same number as in the humans ’. Even a small bird has many more bones in its neck than a tall giraffe. Each bone

in a giraffe ’s neck is very long,while the bones in a human ’s neck are short. That makes the difference. A female giraffe gives birth to one baby at a time. The baby,called a calf,is about 1.9 meters tall at birth. By the age of eight it is full-grown. The giraffe eats mostly leaves. Because it has a long neck,it can reach the high leaves on the trees.

() 1. In this passage the underlined word giraffe means .

A.鯨魚 B.長(zhǎng)頸鹿 C.大象 D.河馬

() 2. The bones in a bird’s neck are .

   A. as big as in a human ’s neck  B. as big as in a giraffe’s neck

   C. many more than in a human ’s neck   D. much smaller than in a giraffe’s neck

() 3. Which of the following is TRUE?

   A. A giraffe has only seven bones.

   B. The giraffe is the largest animal on the land.

   C. It takes eight years for a giraffe to grow up.

   D. Most of the leaves on the trees are eaten up by giraffes.

() 4. When a giraffe is born,it is about .

   A. 5. 5 meters long   B. 5. 5 meters tall

   C. 1. 9 meters long   D. 1. 9 meters tall

() 5. We can guess when a giraffe sees a tiger .

   A. it will run away as fast as possible

   B. it will run to eat the tiger

   C. it will make the tiger bring it something to eat

   D. it will make one of the smallest animals bring the tiger something to eat

2.C

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1. B詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)文章描述可以猜測(cè)出這種動(dòng)物是長(zhǎng)頸鹿D

2.C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五句“ Even a small bird has

many more bones in its neck than a tall giraffe. ” 可知

選C。

3. C細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二句“By the age of eight it

is full - grown. ” 可知選 C。

4. D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第四句“The baby, called a

calf, is about 1. 9 meters tall at birth.”可知選 D。

5. A推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二句“The giraffe eats

mostly leaves. ”可知長(zhǎng)頸鹿不是肉食動(dòng)物，故BCD都不正確。

題目來(lái)源：2016年新編漁夫閱讀英語(yǔ)閱讀理解與完形填空八年級(jí) > 星期三 Giraffe

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