阅读理解 (A)   Most people agree that honesty is a good thing. But does Mother Nature agree? Animals can't talk, but can they lie in other ways? Can they lie with their bodies and behavior? Animal experts may not call it lying, but they do agree that many animals, from birds to chimpanzees, behave dishonestly to fool other animals. Why? Dishonesty often helps them survive.    Many kinds of birds are very successful at fooling other animals. For example, a bird called the plover sometimes pretends to be hurt in order to protect its young. When a predator(猎食动物)gets close to its nest, the plover leads the predator away from the nest. How? It pretends to have a broken wing. The predator follows the "hurt" adult, leaving the baby birds safe in the nest.    Another kind of bird, the scrub jay, buries its food so it always has something to eat. Scrub jays are also thieves. They watch where others bury their food and steal it. But clever scrub jays seem to know when a thief is watching them. So they go back later, unbury the food, and bury it again somewhere else.   Birds called cuckoos have found a way to have babies without doing much work. How? They don't make nests. Instead, they get into other birds' nests secretly. Then they lay their eggs and fly away. When the baby birds come out, their adoptive parents feed them.   Chimpanzees, or chimps, can also be sneaky. After a fight, the losing chimp will give its hand to the other. When the winning chimp puts out its hand, too, the chimps are friendly again. But an animal expert once saw a losing chimp take the winner's hand and start fighting again.   Chimps are sneaky in other ways, too. When chimps find food that they love, such as bananas, it is natural for them to cry out. Then other chimps come running. But some clever chimps learn to cry very softly when they find food. That way, other chimps don't hear them, and they don't need to share their food.   As children, many of us learn the saying "You can't fool Mother Nature." But maybe you can't trust her, either.
单选题 A plover protects its young from a predator by______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】根据文章第二段倒数第二句“It pretends to have a broken wing”可知,应选D。
单选题 By "Chimpanzees, or chimps, can also be sneaky" (paragraph 5), the author means______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】结合倒数第三段以及全文可知,Chimpanzees, or chimps也是不诚实的动物,故选B。
单选题 Which of the following is true according to the passage?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】根据文章倒数第二段三、四句“But some clever chimps….. to share their food.”可知A正确。
单选题 Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】本文认为说谎可以帮助动物生存,并举出几个例子来证明这个观点,故选A。