A(2025·江苏扬州树人中学期末)
Many baby animals start out to be small and helpless. Mum and Dad are there! Animals grow up in the love of their parents.
The baby penguins cannot find food by themselves. So they need to get food from their parents. The mother penguin tries her best to find enough food for the baby. The father penguin keeps the baby penguin warm.
The baby swans love to be on their mother's back. Sometimes there will be three or four baby swans on the mother swan's back. The baby swan plays on the mother swan's back during the day and sleeps on the back at night.
The baby ales need to learn how to breathe(呼吸). The mother whale teaches the baby how to make the old air out from the body and get the new air. The mother also shows the baby how to swim up and catch the fish.
Every mother kangaroo has a pouch(育儿袋). It is like a big bag and carries the baby kangaroos. The pouch is warm, and the babies can eat there. The mother kangaroo keeps her babies in her pouch wherever she goes, so it's very safe for the babies.
(
B
)1. Which word can best describe(描述) the mother penguin?
A. Interesting. B. Caring.
C. Beautiful. D. Happy.
(
B
)2. Which animal likes to play on its mother's back?
A. The baby penguin. B. The baby swan.
C. The baby kangaroo. D. The baby whale.
(
D
)3. What is the theme of the text?
A. Health. B. Travel.
C. Sports. D. Animals.
解析：
【分析】
这是一篇动物主题的基础阅读理解题，解题时可以先明确每个题干的要求，带着问题回到原文对应段落定位关键信息：第1题要找描述企鹅妈妈的合适形容词，直接定位企鹅相关的段落，找到企鹅妈妈尽全力给幼崽找食物的细节，就能判断出它的特质；第2题直接找“在妈妈背上玩耍”对应的动物描述，就能快速匹配答案；第3题是主旨类题目，通读全文，梳理文章介绍的四类动物亲代照顾幼崽的内容，就能直接得出文章主题。这类基础阅读题不需要复杂推理，准确定位原文信息就能选出正确答案。
【解析】
1. 定位到企鹅对应的段落，原文提到"The mother penguin tries her best to find enough food for the baby."，说明企鹅妈妈竭尽全力为幼崽寻找充足的食物，十分关爱自己的孩子，A.Interesting（有趣的）、C.Beautiful（美丽的）、D.Happy（开心的）都不符合该描述，只有B.Caring（体贴的、充满关爱的）符合。
2. 定位到天鹅对应的段落，原文明确说明"The baby swan plays on the mother swan's back during the day and sleeps on the back at night."，可知天鹅宝宝喜欢在妈妈的背上玩耍，对应选项B。
3. 全文开篇点明幼小动物在父母的关爱下成长，后续分别介绍了企鹅、天鹅、鲸鱼、袋鼠四种动物的亲代抚育幼崽的特点，所有内容都围绕动物展开，因此文章主题是动物，选D。
【答案】
1. B 2. B 3. D
【知识点】
细节信息定位，主旨大意归纳
【点评】
本题属于入门级的英语阅读理解题，所有题目的答案都能在原文中直接找到对应依据，几乎不需要额外的推理延伸，主要考察学生快速从文本中抓取关键信息的能力，适合小学高段或者初中低年级的学生巩固阅读基础。
【难度系数】
0.8
