训练2：（济南中考）One such scientist is Clint Perry from Queen Mary University of London. He designed experiments(实验) where bees chose between two spots, one above and one below a black bar. If they landed above, they got a sweet drink below a terrible one. Perry made the test easier or harder by moving the landing spots further from or closer to the black bar. Perry found that bees avoided difficult tests and tried when it was easy, suggesting they can judge their chances of “passing”.
2. What may Clint Perry's experiments suggest about bees?

A.They are more intelligent than monkeys.
B.They prefer sweet drinks to terrible ones.
C.They can judge their chances of success in a task.
D.They have excellent memory and language skills.

2. C 语义转换题。根据“Perry found that bees avoided difficult tests and tried when it was easy, suggesting they can judge their chances of 'passing'.”可知他发现蜜蜂会避开困难的测试而尝试容易的,这表明它们可以判断自己“通过”的机会,即它们可以判断自己在任务中成功的机会。

例题 3:(聊城中考)2015，the school started offering door-to-door education to students with physical problems ... The teachers have walked over 60,000 kilometers over the past seven years because many students live in mountain villages. “Although we feel tired sometimes, we feel our work is valuable after seeing the students' progress, even just a little bit,” Xie said.
4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A.Xie said the teachers always felt tired.
B.Xie thinks their work is useful and important.
C.Each teacher has walked over 60,000 kilometers.
D.The school offered door-to-door education to all the students.
解析:B 判断正误题。根据“we feel our work is valuable after seeing the students' progress”可知看到学生们的进步后，老师们觉得自己的工作很有价值，由此可知谢认为他们的工作有用且重要。

4. B 判断正误题。根据“we feel our work is valuable after seeing the students' progress”可知看到学生们的进步后，老师们觉得自己的工作很有价值，由此可知谢认为他们的工作有用且重要。

训练3： （德州中考）You already know why cicadas are so unbelievably noisy: males produce the sound to attract females ... There are more than 3,000 kinds of cicadas, which fall into two types: annual cicadas, which emerge(出现) every year, and periodical cicadas, which spend most of their lives underground and only emerge once every few years. The 17-year cicada is one of the periodical cicadas with the longest known insect life cycle. Every 17 years, like clockwork, they appear. Shortly after hatching(孵化) from its egg, a 17-year-old cicada nymph(若虫) digs down into the ground, where it spends—as its name suggests—the first 17 years of its life.
1. Which one is TRUE about periodical cicadas?

A.All of them make loud noises.
B.They emerge every year.
C.They hatch underground.
D.They have different life-cycle lengths.

1. D 判断正误题。根据“The 17-year cicada is one of the periodical cicadas with the longest known insect life cycle.”可知周期蝉有不同的生命周期长度。

例题4:(内江中考)Then, the postman handed eight 100-rupee(卢比,货币单位) notes to Amma.
After counting the money, she took out one note and gave it to the postman.
1. How much money did Amma receive this time?

A.8 rupees.
B.100 rupees.
C.800 rupees.
D.1,000 rupees.

1. C 数字计算题。根据“Then, the postman handed eight 100-rupee notes to Amma.”可知艾玛这次收到了800卢比。