《2025年实验班提优训练五年级英语上册译林版》

一、阅读短文,完成下列各题。
Many animals do strange things before an earthquake.
Some animals make much noise before an earthquake. Dogs shout loudly before an earthquake. Horses on farms run around in circles. Mice leave their holes and run away. Cows give less milk. In a small town in Italy,cats raced down the streets in a group. That happened only a few hours before an earthquake. In the US,a man kept some little pet frogs. One day,the frogs jumped around more than ever. They made loud noise,like big frogs. That night,an earthquake struck the city.
People want to know when an earthquake is coming. Then they can get away safely. Right now,there is no way to know when an earthquake will happen.
词汇积累 earthquake /ˈɜːθkweɪk/ 地震 in circles 绕圈
mice /maɪs/ (mouse 的复数)老鼠 frog /frɒɡ/ 青蛙
strike /straɪk/ (疾病、灾难等)侵袭 safely /ˈseɪfli/ 安全地
(一)根据短文内容,选择正确的答案。
(C)1. The writer talks about ______ kinds of animals in the passage.
A. four B. five C. six
(C)2. Horses may ______ before an earthquake.
A. make much noise B. leave their holes C. run around in circles
(B)3. The story about the cats happened in ______.
A. China B. Italy C. the US
(B)4. The underlined word "strange" means ______ in Chinese.
A. 滑稽的 B. 奇怪的 C. 危险的
(二)新考法 搜集资料 你知道其他动物在地震前的反应吗？查一查,写一写。
Before the earthquake, fish may jump out of the water.

答案： (一)1.C 2.C 3.B 4.B (二)Before the earthquake, fish may jump out of the water. (答案不唯一)