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1、阅读理解入口练习（5）阅读理解-A Sure, human dads can play catch and help with homework, but can they give birth? Daddy sea horses can! This Fathers Day, while youre showing respect to your dad, remember some of the best dads in the world can also be found in the animal kingdom. Sea Horses: The Mr. Moms of the mar
2、ine world, male sea horses, carry up to 2,000 fertilized eggs in pouches in their stomachs until they hatch. Even after the babies are born, they stay inside the pouch until they are ready to venture out on their own. Microhylid Frogs: Buy these dads a Baby on Board sign to put on their backs! These
3、 froggy fathers from New Guinea play piggyback once their babies hatch from their eggs. One by one, the dad lets as many as 24 froglets climb onto his back for a family road trip. He hops about 50 feet each night, and one by one, his kids jump off along the way to begin new lives of their own. Darwi
4、ns Rheas: Thought your dad was overprotective? Darwins rhea, also known as South American ostriches（鸵鸟）, are so protective of their children that they routinely rush cowboys on horseback and have even been known to attack small airplanes on the ground if they get too close to their brood! Marmosets:
5、 These little monkeys do everything but Lamaze class（心理助产课）! Dedicated dads assist during labor by biting off the umbilical cord（脐带）and cleaning up the afterbirth. They also let Mom get some R&R（rest & recreation）by taking care of the kids when theyre not nursing. Sand Grouse: Talk about sponging of
6、f Dad! These pigeon-like birds live in areas where water is sparse, so fathers fly as many as 50 miles to get water for their kids. After they soak up the water in their breast feathers, they fly home and let their chicks suckle the moisture from their bodies.Fathers of the animal kingdom are not th
7、at different from our own beloved dads. This Fathers Day, when you are honoring your dad, honor animal dads, too, by practicing kindness and compassion toward all animals.1. The passage is mainly written to . A. introduce to us some unusual animalsB. distinguish between human and animal dadsC. raise
8、 our awareness of animal protectionD. praise animal dada for their sacrifices答案解析：答案为C。本题考查文章的写作目的。第一段引入动物世界也有最好的“爸爸”，中间段落介绍了这些动物爸爸如何精心照顾他们的幼崽，最后一段号召人们爱护动物，保护动物，点出文章的中心，也是本文的写作目的， 故C选项“提高我们的动物保护意识”符合题意。2. Among these animal dads, which have the ability to fly?A. Microhylid Frogs.B. Sea Horses.C. Dar
9、wins Rheas.D. Sand Grouses.答案解析：答案为D。本题为细节题。由倒数第二段 “Sand Grouse: Talk about sponging off Dad! These pigeon-like birds live in areas where water is sparse, so fathers fly as many as 50 miles to get water for their kids.”可知，D选项为正确答案。3. What these animals have in common is that .A. they carry their you
10、ng to wherever they pleaseB. theyre all devoted to their childrenC. theyre overprotective of their childrenD. they help their wives clean up the afterbirth答案解析：答案为B。本题为推理题。全文介绍了动物爸爸如何照顾他们的幼崽， 这些动物的共同之处就是他们都热爱自己的孩子，全心全意地照顾自己的孩子，故答案为B。4. When Microhylid Frogs play piggyback, they .A. let their kids ri
11、de on their backB. attack cowboys with their backC. carry their babies inside a pouchD. help their wife during the labor答案解析：答案为A。本题为细节题。由第三段 “Microhylid Frogs: One by one, the dad lets as many as 24 froglets climb onto his back for a family road trip.”可知，Microhylid Frogs让孩子们骑在他们的背上。故答案为A。阅读理解。Maggi
12、e was very glad that James was not a frequent visitor to the house. So far as the children were concerned, they had a mystery about him that stirred their imagination. He stirred Maggies anger, however, so that she often said to her husband, “Its mercy that brother of yours doesnt come often.” In fa
13、ct James came once a year, unexpectedly, around eight oclock in the evening, and he stayed for six hours of close discussion with his brother. His arrival was a signal to the children that their bedtime would be delayed. Not that he ever spoke to them or played with them. He took no notice of them,
14、as if he was unable to see children, at least until the time came for him to go. Instead, after his first greeting and a careless kiss, James took no notice of Maggie either, except to add, “Youll be getting on with the supper, Maggie.” Such was his regard for her. Maggie paid him back in her own wa
15、y. She kept the children up, the four of them, to keep her company, she said, but of course they sang and made a noise and broke the endless sound of Jamess voice. Very late, they dropped off to sleep in their chairs. Then, when James was about to go, Maggie woke them up and so more or less forced him to part with four shillings before he left. That gave her some satisfaction, for James, though rich, was mean. He always went home by the last train, just after two oclock. Maggies children secretly star
