单选题 We know that many animals do not stay in one place. Birds, fish and other animals move from one place to another at a certain time. They move for different reasons; most of them move to find food more easily, but others move to get away from place that are too crowded.
When cold weather comes, many birds move to warmer places to find food. Some fishes give birth in warm water and move to cold water to feed. The most famous migration (迁移) is probably the migration of the fish, which is called "salmon". This fish is born in fresh water but it travels many miles to salt water. There it spends its life. When it is cold, it returns to its birthplace in fresh water. Then it gives birth and dies there. In northern Europe, there is a kind of mouse. They leave their mountain homes when they become too crowded. They move down to the low land. Sometimes they move to the seaside and many of them are killed when they fall into the sea.
Recently, scientists have studied the migration of a kind of lobster (龙虾). Every year, when the season of the bad weather arrives, the lobsters get into a long line and start to walk across the floor of the ocean. Nobody knows why they do this, and nobody knows where they go.
So, sometimes we know why humans and animals move from one place to another, but at other times we don"t. Maybe living things just like to travel.
单选题 The majority of animals migrate for ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 事实细节题。根据文章第一段第三句“…most of them move to find food more easily…”可知,大部分动物的迁徙是为了寻找食物。
单选题 Salmon is known as a creature spending most of its life in ______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 事实细节题。根据文章第二段第三、四句“The most famous migration(迁移)is…travels many miles to salt water”可知,大马哈鱼会穷其一生从淡水河迁往海中。
单选题 Mice in northern Europe go away from homes when ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 推理推断题。根据文章第二段倒数第三、四句“In northern Europe, there is a kind of mouse. They leave their mountain homes when they become too crowded.”中的crowded可知,当居住的地方没有足够的空间时,老鼠就开始迁徒了。
单选题 The reason why the lobsters migrate is ______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 事实细节题。根据文章第三段最后一句“Nobody knows why they do this, and nobody knows where they go.”可知,没有人知道龙虾为什么要迁徙,要迁往何处。
单选题 The passage is mainly about ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 主旨大意题。文章一开头就点出主题“We know that many animals do not stay in one place.”接下来对动物的迁徙进行了描述和分析,由此可以判断,文章的标题应选A。