《2025年能力培养与测试八年级英语上册人教版》

Ⅴ. 阅读短文,完成练习。
Strange Plants and Animals
1. ______
When it comes to laughing, this tree is really funny. This is because the fruit of this tree has a hole in it. If the wind blows, this amazing tree will “laugh”. When people first hear it laughing, they are usually quite surprised and begin to laugh along with the tree. It grows in the middle of Africa.
2. ______
Look at this plant. It grows in the southwest of Africa. It has only two leaves and a stem. Its two leaves continue to grow for its whole life. Does it look old? Not really. Actually, this plant can live as long as fifteen hundred years, so people call it a “living fossil”.
3. ______
A fish can fly? Most people don't think so. But look at this fish. It looks like a bird with its large wings. It can jump and fly out of the water, and flap(拍打) its wings up to 70 times a second to stay away from dangerous animals.
4. ______
Of course, birds can fly except kiwis. Kiwis are birds, but they can't fly. Kiwis can be as big as chickens. Like all birds, they lay eggs—big eggs. People call them kiwis because they make the sound: Kee-Wee. Kiwis live in New Zealand and are national animals of the country.
A. 选择正确的小标题,其中有一项多余。
A. Can't birds fly?
B. Can a fish fly?
C. Can a tree laugh?
D. Can a fossil be alive?
E. Can a bird fly?
1. C 2. D 3. B 4. A
B. 选择最佳选项。
(B)The flying fish will fly out of the water when ______.
A. it wants to breathe
B. it meets dangerous animals
C. the water is too dirty
D. it is hungry

答案： A. 1—4 CDBA
B. B