题文

Have you ever seen a horse with toes? Millions of years ago, horses had many toes. They had four toes on each front foot. They had three toes on each back foot. The horses were smaller than cats. These small horses lived in the forest. Their many toes helped the horses run over the soft wet ground. It was very hot in the forest. But the weather changed. It became cold. Many trees couldn’t live in cold weather. The trees died and fell. Forests became open field. The sun made the ground dry and hard. Horses began to change too. They began to get bigger. This took a long time. On the dry hard land, horses needed only their middle toes for running. At last their middle toes became hard. 小题1:Long ago, the horse had four toes on each of its __________. A．back feet B．front feet C．right feet D．left feet 小题2:The cats were __________ the horses at that time. A．as big as B．smaller than C．bigger than D．as small as 小题3:When the weather changed, __________. A．many trees grew well in cold weather B．animals began to change too C．cats were older than the horses D．horses were the same as they are

题型：阅读理解  难度：中档

答案

小题1:B 小题2:C 小题3:B

试题分析：短文大意：你见过马脚趾吗？数百万年前，马有许多脚趾。他们的每只前脚有四个脚趾，他们的每只后脚各有三趾。那时的马比猫小。这些小马住在非常炎热的森林中。但天气发生变化，开始变冷。许多树死亡了。森林变成了开放的领域。太阳使地面干硬。马也开始变化了。他们开始变得越来越大。。在干硬的土地，马匹需要他们的中趾运行。最后他们的中趾变硬了。 小题1:细节理解题。根据They had four toes on each front foot.可知选B。 小题2:细节理解题。根据首段最后一句The horses were smaller than cats.可知选C。 小题3:细节理解题。根据Horses began to change too. They began to get bigger.可知随着天气的改变，动物也开始改变，所以选B。

据专家权威分析，试题“Have you ever seen a horse with toes? Millions of years ago..”主要考查你对  历史文化类阅读  等考点的理解。关于这些考点的“档案”如下：

历史文化类阅读

考点名称：历史文化类阅读

• 历史文化类阅读：
  本类题型常用的方式是夹叙夹议。叙述的目的是为了议，所以要把握其议才是主要方面。
  阅读这类文章，先弄清其引入的话题，再弄清里面人物对其不同的看法，然后理解作者本身对话题的观点看法或思考。

• 初中英语阅读理解的解题技巧：
  一、要注意养成良好的阅读心理，阅读时要去掉杂念，心绪要安定，精神要专一，要形成一种惬意的顺向心理。
  切不可一遇到几个生词难句，就心烦意乱，失去自控能力。心理学家告诉我们，任何恐慌，过分紧张的情绪都会形成一种消极因素妨碍大脑的正常思维功能。
  因此，遇到困难一定要从容不迫，心无旁骛。这样才能对所读的文章印象清晰，理解深刻。
  
  二、要提高视读的速度，考阅读理解，从另一个方面来说，考的是考试速度。因此做阅读理解时，要注意培养自己快速阅读的习惯。
  切不可在个别难懂的词句上磨蹭，只要全篇理解了，个别难懂的词句可以根据上下文和构词法去猜测，去推断。
  
  三、对文章的评价分析，一定要坚持“词不离句，句不离篇”，要理解文章作者的原意，而不能按你自己的意愿去想当然。
  切记：一想当然，就会出错。