《2026年天利38套中考试题分类英语》

(2025·山东威海)根据短文内容，从每题所给的选项中选出一个语法正确的答案。
Everything in the natural world works effectively(有效地). Take a look at woodpeckers, for example, and you'll understand.
A woodpecker taps(轻叩) its head against wood nearly 12 000 times a day. Doing something like that all day long must hurt! Think of how you would feel if you hit your head against something _1_ only once.
However, in nature, everything happens for a reason. Woodpeckers have long, sharp beaks which they use to make holes in trees to _2_ tasty insects inside. Their special toes allow them to hold on tightly(紧紧地) as they bang their heads against trees. They also have a strong tail feather, which they use to keep their balance while they _3_.
But how do woodpeckers _4_ brain injuries(伤害)? One of the most interesting things about woodpeckers is their tongue. It is very long—sometimes twice as long as the bird itself. The woodpecker can wrap(包) its long tongue _5_ its brain inside its head. Each time the bird hits a tree with its head, its tongue protects its brain from injury.
That's _6_ a woodpecker can tap all day long and not get a headache.
1. A. thick
B. smooth
C. hard
2. A. smell
B. watch
C. find
3. A. sleep
B. work
C. fly
4. A. get
B. avoid
C. protect

5.A. around

B. along

C. above

6.A. why

B. when

C. where

答案： 1.C 【解析】形容词辨析。根据上文“A woodpecker taps(轻叩) its head against wood nearly 12 000 times a day. Doing something like that all day long must hurt!”可知，一只啄木鸟每天啄木近 1.2 万次。像那样整天撞击头部一定很痛。由此可知，此处指如果你的头只碰撞一次坚硬的东西，想想你会有什么感觉。thick 厚的;smooth 光滑的;hard 坚硬的。
2.C 【解析】动词辨析。根据上文中的“they use to make holes”及下文中的“tasty insects inside”可知，此处指用喙在树上凿洞以找到里面的昆虫。smell 闻;watch 观看;find 找到。
3.B 【解析】动词辨析。根据上文中的“They also have a strong tail feather, which they use to keep their balance”及常识可知，此处指啄木鸟也有一根强壮的尾羽，可以在它们工作时帮助它们保持平衡。sleep 睡觉;work 工作;fly 飞。
4.B 【解析】动词辨析。根据下文中的“its tongue protects its brain from injury”可知，此处指但是啄木鸟如何避免大脑受到伤害。get 得到;avoid 避免;protect 保护。
5.A 【解析】介词辨析。根据语境可知，此处指啄木鸟可以用它的长舌头包裹住自己头部的大脑。wrap sth. around sth. 用……包裹……。
6.A 【解析】表语从句引导词。根据语境可知，上文主要介绍了啄木鸟的特殊身体结构如何帮助它在高频敲击树木时避免头部受伤。由此可知，此处指这就是啄木鸟能整天轻叩树木而不头疼的原因。why……的原因;when 什么时候;where 哪里。
词汇积累
natural adj. 自然的 understand v. 理解,懂得
happen v. 发生 special adj. 特殊的,特别的
think of 想象,想一想
亮点句积累
That’s why a woodpecker can tap all day long and not get a headache. (最后一段)
分析 why 引导表语从句
译文 这就是啄木鸟可以整天轻叩(树木)而不头痛的原因。