六、阅读理解。(2025·江苏连云港·中考)
Hello from nature’s foodies

As a proud grizzly bear, I say hello from Alaska. We eat anything we can get our paws on. One of my favourite meals is catching fresh salmon. There's nothing quite like the pleasure of a stomach full of fresh fish!
I'm a blue whale. I may eat up to 3.6 million krill(磷虾) per day! You may wonder why such huge animals live on such tiny food? It's because our mouths only have rows of baleen(鲸须). It lets water flow out while holding in tiny things.
I'm a hummingbird. We eat flower nectar(蜜). We fly around a few thousand flowers each day to get as much food as possible. As we move our wings really fast, we burn through energy fast. So we need to keep feeding.
Hello~from~a~sloth~in~the~South~America! Our favourite food? Low-energy leaves! Do we eat a lot? No. We slow-movers don't need a lot of energy. Even our stomachs work so slowly that after a meal, we're too tired to do anything but... sleep!
(
C
)1. Why does a blue whale live on tiny living things?
A. It is the largest sea animal.
B. It is too slow to catch large fish.
C. It only has baleen instead of teeth.
D. It likes a stomach full of tiny food.
(
C
)2. What decide how much hummingbirds and sloths eat?
A. Living places.
B. Diet lists.
C. Daily activities.
D. Body sizes.
(
A
)3. Which part of a magazine is the text probably from?
A. Wildlife.
B. Landscapes.
C. Travelling.
D. Photography.
解析:
【分析】
本题为中考英语阅读理解题,包含细节理解题和主旨大意题。解题思路如下:
1. 第1题:属于细节查找题,需定位到蓝鲸的相关段落,找到其以微小生物为食的原因,对应选项即可。
2. 第2题:需分别定位蜂鸟和树懒的段落,分析两者进食量差异的原因,判断共同影响因素。
3. 第3题:为主旨判断题,需通读全文,明确文章核心内容,结合杂志板块特点选出答案。
【解析】
1. 第1题:定位到蓝鲸的段落,原文提到“You may wonder why such huge animals live on such tiny food? It's because our mouths only have rows of baleen(鲸须).”,可知蓝鲸以微小生物为食是因为口中只有鲸须,无法捕食大型生物,对应选项C。
2. 第2题:定位蜂鸟段落,“As we move our wings really fast, we burn through energy fast. So we need to keep feeding.”说明蜂鸟因日常活动(快速振翅)消耗能量快需大量进食;定位树懒段落,“We slow-movers don't need a lot of energy.”说明树懒因日常活动(行动缓慢)消耗能量少进食少,两者进食量均由日常活动决定,对应选项C。
3. 第3题:全文介绍了灰熊、蓝鲸、蜂鸟、树懒四种野生动物的饮食习性,核心围绕野生动物展开,因此最可能来自杂志的“Wildlife(野生生物)”板块,对应选项A。
【答案】
1. C 2. C 3. A
【知识点】
阅读理解细节理解;阅读理解主旨大意;英语科普文阅读
【点评】
本文是一篇介绍不同野生动物食性的科普类短文,题目设置以细节题和主旨题为主,侧重考查学生快速定位原文信息、理解文章主旨的能力,整体难度适中,符合中考英语阅读理解的命题特点。
【难度系数】
0.6