阅读理解
Raccoons (浣熊) are very cute. It seems that they are always wearing a mask. Actually, they are also quite clever.
Not long ago, some scientists tested a group of raccoons. In the test, they showed the raccoons a cylinder (圆筒状容器). There was food on the top of the water in the cylinder. But the food was too low for the raccoons to get.
The scientists showed the raccoons how to put stones into the water to raise the water level. Only two of the eight raccoons in the study repeated what they did. Does this mean raccoons are not clever enough?
Not at all! In fact, the other raccoons proved (证明) themselves to be
creative. Some of them climbed onto the cylinder. They shook it back and forth until it tipped over (倾倒). At last they got the food inside. The others also had new ways to get the food.
From the test, we can see that the raccoons are not only clever, but also creative!
(
) 1. Where did the scientists put the food?
A. Beside the cylinder.
B. Under the cylinder.
C. Above the cylinder.
D. In the cylinder.
(
) 2. Why couldn't the raccoons get the food at first?
A. Because they couldn't reach the food in the cylinder.
B. Because the scientists didn't let them get the food.
C. Because they weren't interested in the food.
D. Because they weren't clever enough.
(
) 3. According to the passage, the underlined word “creative” in paragraph 4 means “
” in Chinese.
A. 有用的
B. 强壮的
C. 创新的
D. 灵活的
(
) 4. What's the main idea of the passage?
A. The raccoons like to eat all kinds of food.
B. The raccoons are clever and creative.
C. The raccoons like cylinders.
D. The raccoons are born for tests.
解析：
【分析】
1. 第1题：解题思路是回到原文定位食物位置的相关描述，找到第二段中“There was food on the top of the water in the cylinder.”这句话，即可确定食物所在位置。
2. 第2题：需定位原文中浣熊最初拿不到食物的原因，根据第二段“But the food was too low for the raccoons to get.”，结合食物在圆筒内的信息，判断拿不到食物的缘由。
3. 第3题：猜测划线词“creative”的含义，要结合后文浣熊的行为——不使用科学家教授的方法，而是想出爬圆筒摇晃倾倒等新办法获取食物，由此推断该词的中文意思。
4. 第4题：归纳文章主旨，需关注文章首尾的总结性语句，文章开头提到浣熊聪明，最后一段明确总结“From the test, we can see that the raccoons are not only clever, but also creative!”，据此确定主旨。
【解析】
1. 第1题：根据原文第二段“There was food on the top of the water in the cylinder.”可知，食物在圆筒状容器里，故选D。
2. 第2题：由原文第二段“But the food was too low for the raccoons to get.”，结合食物位于圆筒内的信息，可知浣熊够不到圆筒里的食物，所以最初无法获取食物，故选A。
3. 第3题：第四段提到其他浣熊没有重复科学家教的投石取水的方法，而是想出了爬圆筒、摇晃容器倾倒的新方式获取食物，说明它们能想出新颖的办法，因此“creative”的中文意思是“创新的”，故选C。
4. 第4题：文章开头点明浣熊很聪明，通过测试的具体内容，最后一段总结“From the test, we can see that the raccoons are not only clever, but also creative!”，这是文章的核心主旨，故选B。
【答案】
1. D
2. A
3. C
4. B
【知识点】
细节定位查找、词义猜测、主旨归纳
【点评】
本文通过科学家对浣熊的智力测试展开，题目考查了阅读理解的核心能力：细节信息提取、词义推断以及主旨归纳。题目设置紧密结合文本内容，需要学生精准定位原文信息，理解文本逻辑，才能准确作答。
【难度系数】
0.7
