《2025年5年中考3年模拟英语湖南专版》

Passage 11(2022长沙,D 人与自然)
Otters(水獭) are cute water animals. These days, keeping otters as pets is getting popular. In Japan, some “otter cafés(咖啡馆)” are open for business.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 People can pay to play with the otters there and to take photos with them. In Indonesia, people go swimming with their pet otters and take funny videos. These photos and videos posted online have interested more people to buy otters as pets.
However, these enjoyable photos and videos hide the damage(损害) that the online trade is doing to otters. In fact, wild otters are facing many threats—they have long been hunted(猎杀) for their coats; in some places, fishermen have been killing otters in order to stop them from eating fish; and now, the online pet trade has become another big problem for otters.
In the wild, baby otters usually stay with their mothers during their first year of life. According to a report, 70% of the otters sold online are under one year old. These baby otters have been stolen from their mothers. When they are kept as pets by humans, they do not live full and natural lives.
Otters are very social. They live in family groups of up to 15 in the wild. Keeping an otter as a pet can make it very sad and lonely. These animals also need enough space to swim. Their owners' bathtubs(浴缸) or pools are nowhere near as large as the bodies of water in the wild.
On the other hand, otters simply don't make good pets. They have a very special fishy smell. If they are kept indoors, they will leave a lot of waste around the house. This would make the smell even more unpleasant. Besides, when otters are unhappy, they will make loud noises and even attack(攻击) people. If a person is hurt by an otter, he or she needs to go to hospital at once.
So, we should stop the otter pet trade and never share photos and videos about them online.
1.What does Paragraph 1 mainly talk about?
A.The ways of buying otters online.
B.The advantages of playing with otters.
C.The popularity of keeping otters as pets.
2.What does the underlined word “threats” mean in Paragraph 2?
A.机遇
B.威胁
C.选择
3.What do we know about otters in the wild?
A.They live in family groups of up to 15.
B.They don't need enough space to swim.
C.Baby otters never stay with their mothers.
4.Why don't otters make good pets?
a.They may attack people.
b.They may make loud noises.
c.They have a special fishy smell.
d.They need to go to hospital often.
A.a,b,c
B.a,b,d
C.b,c,d
5.What is the writer's main purpose of writing the text?
A.To tell people the otters' living habits.
B.To teach people how to keep a pet otter.
C.To call on people to stop the otter pet trade.

答案： 语篇解读 本文是一篇说明文。如今，养一只水獭作为宠物是一件很流行的事。但是，流行的背后是我们对水獭的伤害。作者通过事实告诉大家，水獭不适合养在家里做宠物。主题语境属于“人与自然”范畴中“自然生态”这一主题群，涉及子主题“动物的特征与生活环境”。
1.C 段落大意题。通读第一段可知，第一段围绕第二句展开，主要介绍了饲养水獭做宠物在日本和印度尼西亚很流行。C项能概括本段大意。故答案为C。
2.B 词义猜测题。由画线词后的破折号可知，下文“they have long been hunted...fishermen have been killing otters...the online pet trade has become another big problem for otters”是对threats的具体说明。再结合选项可知，threats的意思为“威胁”。故答案为B。
3.A 细节理解题。由第四段第二句“They live in family groups of up to 15 in the wild.”可知，A项正确。由第四段第四句“These animals also need enough space to swim.”可知，B项错误。由第三段第一句“In the wild, baby otters usually stay with their mothers during their first year of life.”可知，C项错误。故答案为A。
4.A 细节理解题。由第五段倒数第二句“Besides, when otters are unhappy, they will make loud noises and even attack people.”可知a,b正确。由第五段第二句“They have a very special fishy smell.”可知c正确。第五段最后一句提到了hospital，但主语不是otters而是a person,d项不正确。故答案为A。
5.C 写作目的题。结合文章最后一段可知，作者写这篇文章的目的是号召人们停止水獭宠物贸易。故答案为C。