《2025年基础训练大象出版社九年级英语全一册人教版》

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Lots of people who are afraid of snakes have never even seen one. So where does peope's fear come from? Scientists wonder about this, too. They did experiments with adults, kids and even babies.
The experiment shows that we may not be born to be afraid of snakes, but we are born able to see them quickly. In tests with pictures, people picked out snakes faster than flowers and frogs. People also found spiders (蜘蛛) and other angry faces faster than safe things like flowers. It seems like we find things that might be dangerous to us faster than things that aren't.
So why does it matter if we're afraid of snakes? It may not matter much to us, but it matters to snakes. People protect animals they like, not animals they fear. Snakes may not be as cute as dolphins, but they're important to the environment. Snakes eat pests (害虫). Snakes are also food for other animals, so when we kill snakes, we're hurting other animals, too.
How do we get past our fears to give snakes a chance? Some students were once invited to go on a field trip. Guides helped them find and catch snakes in the forest. Everyone could touch and hold a snake safely. It turned out that snakes weren't so bad when you got to know them. Most students who were afraid of snakes before the field trip weren't afraid after that. In fact, snakes even became some students' favorite animals.
Remember: always respect snakes whether you're afraid of them or not.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
(B) 31. What is the result of the scientists' experiment?
A. People find safe things faster.
B. People find dangerous things faster.
C. People are born to be afraid of snakes.
D. People are born to see angry faces slower.
(B) 32. What can we know from Paragraph 3?
A. Snakes are bad for other animals.
B. Snakes are good for our environment.
C. Too many snakes can harm other animals.
D. It's good to kill as many snakes as possible.
(D) 33. What did the students do on the field trip?
A. They brought some snakes to the forest.
B. They saw snakes eat some small animals.
C. They caught a lot of snakes by themselves.
D. They got closer to snakes and learned about them.
(A) 34. After the field trip, how did most students probably feel when seeing snakes again?
A. Safe. B. Nervous. C. Shy. D. Funny.
(C) 35. What is the best title for the text?
A. Killing Dangerous Snakes
B. Where to Find Snakes
C. Living with Snakes Peacefully
D. How to Protect Snakes

答案： 31.B 32.B 33.D 34.A 35.C