《2026年名校金典课堂九年级英语上册人教版成都专版》

五、阅读短文，根据短文内容选择正确答案。
Scientists have always believed that snails are not able to find their way home，but a housewife called Ruth Brooks has found that it is not true.
Brooks got angry with the snails in her garden. They ate many of her vegetables. She didn't want to kill them，so she took them to another place. However，she found that they always seemed to come back.
Brooks did a test. She marked the snails in her garden with nail polish(指甲油).
She placed the snails in the area around her home and made notes of how they moved.
She found that snails have a good ability to find their way home:the longest distance（距离）a snail traveled was 90 meters.
Brooks has been named Britain's best amateur（业余的）scientist after her work won the BBC Radio 4 project—So You Want To Be A Scientist.
She said，“I've always wanted to know whether the snails could come back when I move them，and if they do，how far was it from their homes?”
“I would say that it would be safe to take your snails away about 100m or even farther. If you put them somewhere nice with some food，you can be almost certain that they won't come back.”

(B)1. What does the underlined word “it” in the first paragraph refer to?
A. The snails are in her garden.
B. Snails can't find their way home.
C. Snails have the ability to find their way home.
(A)2. Why did Brooks take the snails to another place?
A. The snails ate her vegetables.
B. She wants to kill them in a quiet place.
C. She wanted to know about the snails' growth.
(B)3. She marked the snails to find out .
A. which one ate her vegetables
B. whether they could come back
C. which one would travel the farthest
(B)4. According to Brooks，which of the following statement is TRUE?
A. Most of her snails traveled 90 meters.
B. Snails are good at finding their way home.
C. Snails can travel anywhere and come back.
(C)5. What is Brooks' advice for keeping snails away?
A. Take them to scientists.
B. Mark them with nail polish.
C. Move them to a nice place with food.

答案： B; A; B; B; C