《2025年经纶学霸阅读英语100篇五年级英语》

Wednesday 阅读理解 C
为何称他们为 “长颈鹿”？
Claude and Louis are "giraffes". So are police officers Hankins and Pearson. These men and women don't look like giraffes; they look like you and me. Then, why do people call them "giraffes"?
A giraffe, they say, is an animal that sticks its neck out, can see places far away and has a large heart. It lives a quiet life and moves about in an easy and beautiful way. In the same way, a "giraffe" can be a person who likes to "stick his or her neck out" for other people, always watches for future happenings, has a warm heart for people around, and at the same time lives a quiet and beautiful life himself or herself.
"The Giraffe Project" is a 10 - year - old group which finds and honors "giraffes" in the US and in the world. The group wants to teach people to do something to build a better world. The group members believe that a person shouldn't draw his or her head back; instead, they tell people to "stick their neck out" and help others. Claude and Louis, Hankins and Pearson are only a few of the nearly 1,000 "giraffes" that the group found and honored.
Claude and Louis retired with their savings. One day, however, they saw a homeless man looking for a place to keep warm and they decided that they should "stick their neck out" and give him some help. Today, they live in Friends' House, where they invite twelve homeless people to stay every night.
Police officers Hankins and Pearson work in a large city. They see crimes every day and their work is sometimes dangerous. They work hard for their money. However, these two men put their savings together and even borrowed money to start an educational center to teach young people in a poor part of the city. Hankins and Pearson are certainly "giraffes".
阅读短文，选择合适的选项。
(C)1. 细节理解 Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Some of the people around us look like giraffes.
B. Giraffes are the most beautiful animals in the world.
C. "Giraffes" is a name for those who are ready to help other people.
D. A "giraffe" is someone who can stick his neck out and see the future.
(B)2. "The Giraffe Project" is a group which appeared ten years ago.
A. of police officers
B. which appeared ten years ago
C. of ten - year - old children
D. which takes care of children
(B)3. 主旨大意 The passage mainly tells us what the Giraffe Project is.
A. what giraffes are like
B. what the Giraffe Project is
C. where the name "giraffes" comes from

答案： Wednesday
Q 答案详解
1 C 细节理解题。根据“In the same way, a ‘giraffe’ can be a person who likes to ‘stick his or her neck out’ for other people, always watches for future happenings, has a warm heart for people around”可知，“giraffes”是指那些愿意帮助他人的人,故选C。
2 B 细节理解题。根据“‘The Giraffe Project’ is a 10-year-old group which finds and honors ‘giraffes’ in the US and in the world.”可知，The Giraffe Project是一个十年前成立的组织，故选B。
3 B 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了美国Claude、Louis、Hankins和Pearson被叫做“长颈鹿”的故事以及重点介绍了“长颈鹿项目”，故选B。
A 易错警示 比喻意义的理解
核心难点：需理解“giraffe”并非指动物，而是比喻“敢于挺身而出、关心他人的人”。
易混淆点：可能误将选项中的“see the future”(字面理解为“预见未来”)当作字面含义，而非文中“关注未来需求”的象征意义。