Question

8．Do you know that animals have love for each other and their children just like us humans？Let me tell you some moving stories of great animal parents．
Several years ago a heavy rain hit a town and made the river go up．When the rain stopped，people found that a dog swam to an island in the river twice a day for tow weeks．Why did she do so？Her four children were there．The mother swam there every day to feed her babies．This true story moved many people．
Another story is about chimpanzees（猩猩）．A scientist named Jane Goodall spent 14 years living with chimpanzees in Africa．She found that chimpanzees also cared for those that were hurt or got lost．"It is not only humans who have duties，animals also do．"she said．
  Two birds in Chengdu also showed their parental（父母的） love．Their baby was hurt and fell on the street in the center of the city．Cars were driving past but the brave parents rushed down to the road and took the little bird away with their claws（爪子）．
54．After the heavy rain，the mother dog swam to the islandB．
 A．to look for food                        
B．to feed her babies
 C．to move some people                    
D．to carry things to her owner
55．The scientist found chimpanzeesA．
A．cared for the hurt or lost ones              
B．often left for a far place
C．always stayed in the same place            
D．didn't care about each other
56．The two birds rushed down and took the little one away becauseD．
A．they didn't like their baby                  
B．they were not kind enough
C．they wanted to teach their baby             
D．they wanted to save their baby
57．From the passage we knowC．
A．dogs like to swim across the river in a heavy rain             
B．mother birds don't want to save their children 
C．animal parents love their children a lot           
D．all animals want to move people very much．

Answer 1

分析 本文通过狗妈妈游河喂宝宝，大猩猩照顾受伤和迷路的猩猩和成都两只鸟妈妈勇救落在街道中央的小鸟这样三个故事，表明动物也同人类一样，双亲对孩子的伟大的爱．至情至理，让人深受感动．

解答 54． B．细节理解题．根据第二段倒数第二句"The mother swam there every day to feed her babies．"可知狗妈妈每天游去喂她的孩子们．"故选B．
55． A．细节推理题．根据第二段的最后一句话"She found that also chimpanzees cared for those that were hurt or got lost"可知她发现黑猩猩也会照顾那些受伤或迷路的猩猩"故选A．
56． D．事实推理题．根据Their baby was hurt and fell on the street in the center of the city．Cars were driving past but the brave parents rushed down to the road and took the little bird away with their claws（爪子）．可知两只鸟是为了救小鸟．"故选D．
57． C．主旨大意题．根据Do you know that animals have love for each other and their children just like us humans？Let me tell you some moving stories of great animal parents以及下文所列举的三个故事，可知三个故事所表达的是动物非常爱他们的孩子．故选C．

点评 本题考查逸闻趣事类阅读．文章讲述的是动物也同人类一样，双亲对孩子的伟大的爱的故事．在阅读这类短文时，应理解文章的深层含义，也就是它的主题．在此需要注意的是，现在的阅读理解题在测试事实类的理解题的同时，往往有一道推理类理解测试题．