Winter begins in the north on December 22nd. People and animals have been doing what they always do to prepare for the colder months. Squirrels (松鼠), for example, have been busy gathering nuts from trees. Well, scientists have been busy gathering information about what the squirrels do with the food they collect.
They examined differences between red squirrels and gray squirrels in the American state of Indiana. The scientists wanted to know how these differences could affect the growth of black walnut (黑胡桃) trees. The black walnut is the nut of choice for both kinds of squirrels. The black walnut tree is also a central part of some hardwood forests.
Rob Swihart of Purdue University did the study with Jake Goheen, a former Purdue student now at the University of New Mexico. The two researchers estimate that several times as many walnuts grow when gathered by gray squirrels as compared to red squirrels. Gray squirrels and red squirrels do not store nuts and seeds in the same way. Gray squirrels bury nuts one at a time in a number of places. But they seldom remember where they buried every nut. So some nuts remain in the ground. Conditions are right for them to develop and grow the following spring. Red squirrels, however, store large groups of nuts above ground. Professor Swihart calls “death traps for seeds”.
Gray squirrels are native to Indiana. But Professor Swihart says their numbers began to decrease as more forests were cut for agriculture. Red squirrels began to spread through the state during the past century.
The researchers say red squirrels are native to forests that stay green all year, unlike walnut trees. They say the cleaning of forest land for agriculture has helped red squirrels invade Indiana. Jake Goheen calls them a sign of an environmental problem more than a cause.
小題1:The study done by Rob Swihart and Jake Goheen is to ________.
A．find out the living conditions for squirrels
B．learn squirrels’ influence on black walnut trees
C．do something to get rid of squirrels
D．save the forests in the American state of Indiana
小題2:The difference between gray squirrels and red squirrels mainly lies in ________.
A．the way they gather the walnut
B．the time they have winter sleep
C．the place they have winter sleep
D．the place they store the walnuts
小題3:When Professor Swihart says “death traps for seeds”, he actually means that ________.
A．red squirrels eat more nuts than gray squirrels
B．gray squirrels and red squirrels will have severe fights
C．nuts above the ground will not develop into plants
D．seeds can be traps for other animals in the forest
小題4:According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A．The black walnut is equally attractive to both gray and red squirrels.
B．Gray squirrels do more harm to the forest than red squirrels.
C．Red squirrels and gray squirrels have helped the spread of walnut trees.
D．The cleaning of forest land benefits red squirrels directly.

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:A

試題分析：文章講述了紅松鼠和灰松鼠的生活習(xí)性以及它們的不同生活方式給環(huán)境帶來(lái)的影響。
小題1:根據(jù)第二段第二句“The scientists wanted to know how these differences could affect the growth of black walnut (黑胡桃) trees.”可知，科學(xué)家研究紅松鼠和灰松鼠以查明它們的生活習(xí)慣會(huì)對(duì)黑胡桃的生長(zhǎng)產(chǎn)生什么樣的影響。故選B。
小題2:根據(jù)第三段的“Gray squirrels and red squirrels do not store nuts and seeds in the same way.”可知，它們儲(chǔ)藏堅(jiān)果和種子的方法不一樣。故選D。
小題3:根據(jù)第三段最后一行“store large groups of nuts above ground”可知，堅(jiān)果埋在一個(gè)坑里的話(huà)，不容易成活。故選C。
小題4:根據(jù)第二段第二行的“as many walnuts grow when gathered by gray squirrels as compared to red squirrels”可知，紅松鼠和灰松鼠都喜歡黑胡桃，A正確；根據(jù)第四段“their numbers began to decrease as more forests were cut for agriculture”可知，灰松鼠依賴(lài)森林，B錯(cuò)；C、D未提及。故選A。
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