《2025年5年中考3年模拟八年级英语下册北师大版北京专版》

四、阅读表达(第28—30题每题2分,第31题4分,共10分)
跨生物·象群交流
阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题。
When Dr Karen McComb came to Amboseli National Park, her first task was to learn the names of the one hundred or so elephants living there.
Scientists working in the park have learned to study elephants by watching them close. They have a list of almost one thousand elephants. There are records for all of the elephants born since 1972. Amboseli was a good place for Dr McComb to study animal communication. Elephants were a great subject because their lifestyle depends on communication.
Dr McComb and her team had learned a lot about elephant communication, but they kept on thinking about one puzzling (困惑的) question. Some families were better at distinguishing(辨别) calls of friends from those of strangers.
What made these families smarter than others? The scientists searched their records for an explanation. To their surprise, there was only one important factor(因素): The smarter families always had an older grandmother. The other elephants, as they did in all activities, waited for some signals(信号) from the grandmother when they heard a strange call. The older, more experienced grandmother was better at telling whether other elephants were strangers or friends just by their calls.
That was an important discovery. It showed how an elephant family depends on the experience of the grandmother.
28.How do scientists working in the park study elephants?
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29.Why did Dr McComb go to Amboseli?
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30.What did the other elephants do when they heard a strange call?
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31.新考法·开放性试题Do you think Dr McComb's research is useful? Why or why not?
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答案： 28.By watching them close. 根据第二段中的“Scientists working in the park have learned to study elephants by watching them close.”可知，科学家们通过近距离观察大象的方式来对大象进行研究。
29.To study animal communication. 根据第二段中的“Amboseli was a good place for Dr McComb to study animal communication.”可知，McComb博士去安博塞利是为了研究动物之间是如何交流的。
30.They waited for some signals from the older grandmother. 根据第四段中的“The other elephants，as they did in all activities，waited for some signals from the grandmother when they heard a strange call.”可知，它们听到奇怪的叫声时，会等待象奶奶所发出的信号。
31.Yes，I think her research is useful because it can help us learn more about how elephants communicate. 答案不唯一，符合题意即可。