Ⅳ. 配对阅读。根据五个人喜爱的动物，选出动物对应的特征，其中有两项是多余的。
1. Giraffes are Tom's favourite animals. He thinks they are tall and beautiful.
2. Lily loves penguins best, and she thinks they are cute and interesting.
3. Tony thinks tigers are the best because they are strong.
4. Lisa likes elephants because they are strong and helpful.
5. The cute koalas are always Mary's favourite.
A. They have red eyes and long ears. They like eating carrots. They're cute.
B. They are not very tall and they are black and white. They are good at swimming.
C. They have long necks. They eat leaves on the trees.
D. They're from Australia. They sleep in the daytime. They are very lovely.
E. They are big and they have long trunks. They can help people with difficult work.
F. They have sharp teeth and they eat meat. They are scary. Don't go near them.
G. They are from China. They are black and white, and they like eating bamboo. They're very shy.

Ⅳ. 1.C 2.B 3.F 4.E 5.D

【分析】
这是一道动物主题的信息配对题，解题思路非常清晰：第一步先逐个通读5个题干，提取每个题干中对应喜爱动物的核心标志性特征；第二步逐一比对7个选项的动物特征描述，将动物和对应的特征一一匹配，最后剩下的两个多余选项（分别对应兔子、熊猫）没有对应的题干，直接排除即可。比如看到长颈鹿首先联想到长脖子，看到企鹅联想到黑白、擅长游泳，看到老虎联想到凶猛食肉，看到大象联想到长鼻子、能帮人干活，看到考拉联想到澳大利亚、白天睡觉，顺着这个常识思路就能快速完成配对。
【解析】
1. 题干1的核心动物是长颈鹿，长颈鹿最典型的特征是长脖子，能够吃到高处树上的树叶，和选项C的描述完全吻合，因此选C。
2. 题干2的核心动物是企鹅，企鹅体型不高大，体表黑白配色，擅长在水中游泳，和选项B的描述完全吻合，因此选B。
3. 题干3的核心动物是老虎，老虎属于大型食肉猛兽，长有锋利的尖牙，性情凶猛，和选项F的描述完全吻合，因此选F。
4. 题干4的核心动物是大象，大象体型庞大，长有标志性的长象鼻，能够帮助人类完成很多繁重困难的工作，和选项E的描述完全吻合，因此选E。
5. 题干5的核心动物是考拉，考拉是澳大利亚特有的动物，有白天睡觉的习性，外形软萌可爱，和选项D的描述完全吻合，因此选D。
【答案】
1.C 2.B 3.F 4.E 5.D
【知识点】
阅读理解信息匹配，常见动物英文常识
【点评】
本题属于生活化的基础配对题型，难度较低，既考察了学生快速抓取文本关键信息的能力，也能帮助学生积累各类常见动物的相关英文表达，做题时只要结合基础的动物常识，区分开不同动物的标志性特征，就能轻松选出正确答案。
【难度系数】
0.8

Ⅴ. 根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
There are lots of stories about animals that live long. Some people say snakes can live for hundreds of years. Some say birds can sleep for years. After they wake up, they are living! These stories are very interesting for us to read.
But do you think they are true? No! Most animals don't live as long as people do. Of course, it's hard to know an animal's age, because animals can't say "I'm ... years old." But here is the truth of animals' age.
An elephant is very old at sixty. A horse is old at sixty. A bear can live to be about thirty. A monkey can live to be about twenty. The longest living birds are parrots and eagles. They can live to be about fifty.
There's one animal that lives longer than people. That's the tortoise. One tortoise is said to have lived to be two hundred years old. Maybe it's true, because the tortoise doesn't like to move.
1. Are the snakes the oldest animals?

2. How long can a bear live?

3. Which birds are the longest living birds?

4. How long may a tortoise live?

5. Why does the tortoise live the longest life according to the passage?

Ⅴ. 1. No, they aren't.
2. A bear can live to be about thirty
years old.
3. Parrots and eagles.
4. It may live to be two hundred years
old.
5. Because it doesn't like to move.

【分析】
这是一篇细节类阅读理解题，解题思路非常清晰：首先先通读全文，了解文章核心是介绍不同动物的真实寿命，之后逐个分析每个问题的疑问类型和关键词，带着关键词回到原文中定位对应的段落和语句，直接匹配原文信息就能得到正确答案，不需要额外做复杂推理，注意回答要对应疑问词的要求，一般疑问句要先给出Yes/No的判断，特殊疑问句要精准对应疑问词的提问内容，保证答案和原文信息完全一致。
【解析】
1. 本题为一般疑问句，提问蛇是否是最长寿的动物。原文第二段明确说明“蛇能活数百年”的传言是虚假的，后文还介绍了大象、鹦鹉、乌龟等寿命更长的动物，因此蛇不是最长寿的动物，给出否定回答。
2. 本题用How long提问熊的寿命，回到原文第三段定位语句"A bear can live to be about thirty."，直接提取信息整理即可得到答案。
3. 本题提问最长寿的鸟类种类，定位原文第三段语句"The longest living birds are parrots and eagles."，提取核心主体即可作答。
4. 本题提问乌龟的寿命，定位原文最后一段语句"One tortoise is said to have lived to be two hundred years old."，结合题干中的may调整表述即可。
5. 本题提问乌龟长寿的原因，定位全文末尾的语句"Maybe it's true, because the tortoise doesn't like to move."，直接提取原因内容即可。
【答案】
1. No, they aren't.
2. A bear can live to be about thirty years old.
3. Parrots and eagles.
4. It may live to be two hundred years old.
5. Because it doesn't like to move.
【知识点】
阅读细节定位，疑问句规范作答
【点评】
本题属于基础级的阅读细节题，所有答案均能在原文中直接找到对应内容，无需复杂推理，主要考查学生快速抓取文本关键信息的能力，同时巩固学生对一般疑问句、特殊疑问句的正确应答规范，适合小学或初中低年级的学生做阅读基础训练。
【难度系数】
0.8