Question

Without flowers, many plants would not be able to reproduce (繁殖) and many insects would not be able to get enough food to live. Here are some interesting facts about flowers plants.

● Most plants grow flowers each year, but some take much longer. The century plant (龍舌蘭) grows only one flower and then it dies! Even more amazing is a plant from South America called Puya raimondii. It doesn’t grow a flower until it is 150 years old, and after that it dies, too.

● The smallest flowering plant in the world is thought to be the common watermeal (無根萍). Its leaves are only 1mm across!

● Bamboo has amazing flowering habits. There are many different kinds of bamboo in the world. And they have different flowering habits. A few flower each year, but most wait much longer. What is amazing is that all bamboo of the same kind will flower almost at the same time, where it is 6 growing! Nobody knows why.

● The white flower of the Amazon water lily (睡蓮)is the size of a football, and the flower turns purple after it has been pollinated (授粉).

● The Caucasian lime can grow in Britain. Its flowers are poisonous to bees. If they touch the flowers, they will die.

1.Which of the following plants needs the longest time to grow flowers?

A. The bamboo. B. The watermeal.

C. The Puya raimondii. D. The Caucasian lime.

2.From the fourth paragraph we know that ________.

A. bamboo is the most amazing plant in the world

B. all kinds of bamboo grow beautiful flowers every year

C. the flowers of a bamboo is as large as the size of a football

D. the same kind of bamboo will grow flowers at the same time

3.The Amazon water lily’s white flowers can ________.

A. change color B. grow long

C. kill bees D. attract insects

4.The underlined word “poisonous” in the last paragraph means “________” in Chinese.

A. 有香味的 B. 有毒的

C. 有吸引力的 D. 有營養的

5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Many insects get their food from flowers.

B. After growing a flower, the century plant will grow better.

C. The common watermeal has the smallest leaves in the world.

D. Bees will die if they touch the leaves of the Caucasian lime.

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：沒有花，許多植物將不能繁殖，而且許多昆蟲將不能獲得足夠的食物來生活。文章介紹了幾種花，如龍舌蘭、無根萍、睡蓮等。

1.細節理解題。文章第二段介紹了需要較長時間才能開花的植物，其中提到了Puya raimondii，所以選C。其它三項所列植物開花需要的最長時間均未提及。

2.細節理解題。由第四段中“... all bamboos of the same kind will flower at exactly the same time, wherever they are growing”可知選D。

3.細節理解題。由第五段“The white flower of the Amazon water lily is the size of a football, and the flower turns purple ...”可知the Amazon water lily可以從白色變成紫色，所以選A。

4.猜測詞義題。第六段“If they touch the flowers, they will die”中的they指代的是bees，the flowers指代的是the Caucasian lime的花。蜜蜂碰到the Caucasian lime的花就會死，說明the Caucasian lime的花有毒，所以選B。

5.推理判斷題。由第一段“... many insects would not be able to get enough food to liv”可知許多昆蟲是以花朵為食的，所以A項表述正確。由第二段中“The century plant grows only one flower after many years and then it dies可知the century plant”開花后就會死亡，所以B項表述不正確。由第三段中“The smallest flowering plant ... Its leaves are only 1mm across”推不出the common watermeal的葉子是世界上最小的，所以C項表述不正確；由最后一段的最后一句可知，蜜蜂碰到the Caucasian lime的花會死，并不是the Caucasian lime的葉子，所以D項表述不正確。

考點:科學類閱讀。