Most animals need a way to hide. Some have to hide from bigger animals. Most have to hide from people. But what is the best way for an animal to hide? Some foxes dig holes. Sea lions can go under the water. Squirrels can hide inside trees. But some animals have an even quicker way to hide. They just stay where they are!
An animal’s colour can help it hide. Some rabbits have fur that changes colour. In winter, their fur turns white. When snow falls, people can’t see these rabbits. The white rabbits hide in the best place of all—right inside their own fur!
Some fish can change their colour when they need to. They can become green or blue or brown. Then they swim deep under the water. When these fish don’t move, they look just like sand or rocks. So, other fish think they are just looking at the bottom (底部) of the sea and don’t know that there are fish hiding there. This helps the fish hide from other fish that might want to eat them.
Some bugs (小虫) have the same colour as some plants. Try to find an orange ladybug (瓢虫) sitting on an orange flower. Or try to find a green grasshopper (蚱蜢) in the green grass.
An animal’s shape can help too. The bittern (麻鸦) is a bird. Its body is long and thin. The bittern lives in tall grass. The long thin bird looks just like the grass around it. You can look at the grass all day but never see the bird hiding there.
() 1. How do foxes usually hide?
A. They dig holes.
B. They go under the water.
C. They hide inside the trees.
D. They change their colours.
() 2. Changing colours is a way to hide.
A. hard
B. fast
C. slow
D. useless
() 3. It is difficult to find a grasshopper in the grass because .
A. it has the same colour as the grass
B. it has the same shape as the grass
C. it is too small
D. it hides behind rocks
() 4. It’s usually hard to find a bittern in grass because .
A. it never moves
B. it’s very small
C. it has the shape of the grass
D. it doesn’t make any sounds
() 5. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Animals have different ways to find food.
B. Animals use their colour and shape to hide.
C. Animals need to hide for different reasons.
D. Animals live in many different environments.

1.A 2.B 3.A 4.C 5.B

【分析】本题为英语阅读理解题，解题思路是：1. 做细节题时，先提取题干关键词，带着关键词回原文定位对应句子，匹配选项得出答案；2. 做主旨题时，需总结全文各段核心内容，提炼文章主旨。具体到各题：第1题定位狐狸的隐藏方式，第2题判断变色隐藏的特点，第3题找蚱蜢难发现的原因，第4题找麻鸦难发现的原因，第5题总结全文核心，均通过原文定位或内容总结得出答案。
【解析】1. 题干关键词“foxes”，定位原文第一段“Some foxes dig holes.”，对应选项A，故选A；2. 原文提到“some animals have an even quicker way to hide”，结合“An animal’s colour can help it hide”，可知变色是快速的隐藏方式，对应选项B，故选B；3. 题干关键词“grasshopper”，定位原文第四段“Some bugs have the same colour as some plants. Or try to find a green grasshopper in the green grass”，可知蚱蜢与草颜色相同，对应选项A，故选A；4. 题干关键词“bittern”，定位原文第五段“The bittern... Its body is long and thin... looks just like the grass around it”，可知麻鸦形状像草，对应选项C，故选C；5. 全文围绕“动物用颜色和形状隐藏”展开，对应选项B，故选B。
【答案】1.A 2.B 3.A 4.C 5.B
【知识点】英语阅读理解、细节理解题、主旨大意题
【点评】本文是关于动物隐藏方式的说明文，主要考查学生的细节定位能力和主旨概括能力，题型常规，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.6