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【題目】The next time you take medicine when you’re ill, you may eat a cone snail(芋螺). At least that’s what some scientists are hoping. Scientists have found that cone snails can help with backache, as well as toothache and other body problems.

There are over 600 different kinds of cone snails. This family is especially found in warm and hot waters in the oceans. They catch and eat small fish and even other cone snails. The snails have venom that they’ll give out and use to kill small animals they have caught because cone snails are slow-moving. Sometimes the venom can even kill people. But some scientists have discovered that the venom can also be used as medicine.

The shells of cone snils are often brightly colored, and have interesting shapes, many people think the shells are so beautiful that people kill them, collect lots of shells, and sell them around the world. The environment is also very dangerous for them because of fishing and boating.

Scientists want to help save the cone snails. They hope to make new rules to stop them from dying. If they die out, scientists may never discover what kinds of medicines they can give us.

【1】We can find a cone snail in ________ .

A. a warm river B. in a hot ocean

C. a cold ocean D. a lake

【2】What does the underline(下劃線) word “venom” mean in the second paragraph ? ________.

A. 盔甲 B. 毒液 C. 螺紋 D.鱗片

【3】People kill the cone snails in order to ________ .

A. sell their shells B. study their venom

C. save the environment D. kill animals

【5】 The best title of the passage may be ________ .

A. A Special Medicine B. Great Venom

C. Cone Snails D. Saving the Cone Snails

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文介紹的是芋螺的生存環(huán)境和用途，芋螺可以當(dāng)藥材，科學(xué)家們希望幫著拯救錐蝸牛。

【1】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)There are over 600 different kinds of cone snails. This family is especially found in warm and hot waters in the oceans.可知我們可以在溫暖的海水中找到那些錐蝸牛。故選B。

【2】B翻譯題。根據(jù)The snails have venom that they’ll give out and use to kill small animals they have caught because cone snails are slow-moving. Sometimes the venom can even kill people.句意：蝸牛的毒液，他可以用來殺死被捕捉來的小動物因為錐形蝸牛速度緩慢。有時毒液甚至可以殺死人。故應(yīng)該選B。

【3】A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The shells of cone snils are often brightly colored, and have interesting shapes, many people think the shells are so beautiful that people kill them, collect lots of shells, and sell them around the world.可知錐殼常有鮮艷的顏色，和有趣的形狀，許多人認(rèn)為貝殼是如此美麗，因此他們殺死他們，收集了很多貝殼，行銷全世界。故選A。

【4】主旨大意題。因為短文介紹的是芋螺的生存環(huán)境和用途，故選C。