Question

    Squirrels are getting ready for winter. They are looking for nuts(坚果) and seeds（种子）, digging holes in the ground or finding holes in trees. That’s where they store the food they will need during the coming months, when the weather is cold and sometimes snowy.

Squirrels spend a lot of time in trees, which are like restaurants for them. Among their favorite things to eat are nuts and other parts of trees, like tender buds (花苞).

Squirrels may also eat corn, insects and other animals. And, as anyone who has a bird knows, squirrels love bird food!

Squirrels stay active(活跃) all winter, so they need plenty of food to help keep up their energy（能量）. Squirrels tend to bury food underground, piece by piece. Some squirrels may gather（收集） food into piles that they put at the base of trees or bury underground.

When they need food, squirrels use their memory and smell to help them find what they buried. Sometimes, you’ll even see them digging through the snow.

Squirrels make nests in trees. Some squirrels spend much of the winter in underground tunnels (地道), where it is warmer.

When spring comes, squirrels change their eating habits to new plant growth, like buds and leaves. Sometimes they forget to dig up all their buried nuts.

That’s why you’ll sometimes find a little tree growing in a place where neither you nor your family planted it. It must have been the squirrels.

1.To get ready for winter, squirrels do all of the following EXCEPT(除了) ______ .

A.store leaves to keep warm B.look for nuts and seeds

C.find holes in trees D.dig holes in the ground

2.The underlined part “tend to bury” in Paragraph 4 means ______ .

A.never bury B.seldom bury C.usually bury D.hardly bury

3.According to the passage, we know that______ .

A.squirrels do not eat any other animals

B.squirrels sleep all the time during winter

C.squirrels plant young trees when spring comes

D.squirrels sometimes can't find all of their buried nuts

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

【解析】

本文主要介绍了松鼠为过冬做准备，包括寻找食物，在地上挖洞或者在树上寻找洞穴，以及他们过冬储藏食物的方法和如何寻找食物。最后松鼠到春天会改变饮食习惯，因此有时会忘记它们冬天储藏的种子。

1.细节理解题。由第一段前两句“Squirrels are getting ready for winter. They are looking for nuts and seeds, digging holes in the ground or finding holes in trees.”可知，松鼠为了过冬会寻找坚果和种子，在地上挖洞或者在树上寻找洞穴，但并不会储存树叶来保暖。故选A。

2.词义猜测题。由下文“Some squirrels may gather food into piles that they put at the base of trees or bury underground.”有一些松鼠会把食物藏在树里可推断，大多数松鼠储藏食物的方式还是把它们埋在土里，也就是它们通常将食物埋在土里，只不过有一些松鼠会藏在树里，因此tend to在这里代表usually。故选C。

3.推理判断题。根据第三段第一句“Squirrels may also eat corn, insects and other animals.”可知，松鼠是吃其他小动物的，故A错误；根据第四段第一句“Squirrels stay active(活跃) all winter”可知，松鼠整个冬天都很活跃，而不是一直在睡觉，故B错误；根据第七段最后一句“Sometimes they forget to dig up all their buried nuts.”可知，有时候松鼠会忘记把它们的食物全部挖出来，它们埋藏的种子有时候就会发芽，但并不意味着松鼠们会在春天种树，故C错误。故选D。