B
The brown bear is a large animal. His neck is very short. His head is big, and his tail is very short.
The brown bear lives in the forest. He likes to make his home in a hollow(中空的) tree. He eats wild fruit that he finds in the forest. He also likes honey, and often breaks the hives (蜂巢) of the wild bees. The brown bear finds them by the smell of the honey. When he finds a hive, he climbs the tree and gnaws the tree for hours and hours. In this way, he makes a hole in the tree and gets the honey.
During the winter, the brown bear sleep for months. He lies in a hole where he makes a bed of leaves for himself. The snow comes and covers his hole. He closes his eyes and sleeps there all winter. When spring comes, the brown bear wakes up and begins to walk about the forest again.
()16. What does the brown bear look like?
A. He is not a large animal.
B. His coat is thin.
C. He has a short neck.
D. His head is very small.
()17. Where does the brown bear live?
A. In the sea.
B. In a hollow tree.
C. In the river.
D. In the snow.
()18. What kind of food does the brown bear like?
A. Salty.
B. Sweet.
C. Sour.
D. Bitter.
()19. What does the underlined word "gnaws" mean in Chinese?
A. 咬
B. 抓
C. 爬
D. 吮
()20. What does the brown bear do all winter?
A. He lies on a bed of snow.
B. He eats honey in the tree.
C. He talks with his family.
D. He sleeps all the time.

16.C 17.B 18.B 19.A 20.D

【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解题，需通过定位原文对应信息解答各小题：16题考查棕熊外貌，17题考查棕熊栖息地，18题考查棕熊喜好的食物，19题考查词义猜测，20题考查棕熊冬季行为。解题时需带着问题回原文找关键句，对比选项得出答案。
【解析】
16题：根据原文第一段“His neck is very short. His head is big...”，A选项“不是大型动物”与原文“large animal”矛盾，B选项“皮毛薄”未提及，C选项“脖子短”符合原文，D选项“头很小”与原文“head is big”矛盾，故选C。
17题：根据原文第二段“He likes to make his home in a hollow tree”，可知棕熊住在空心树里，A、C、D选项均不符合，故选B。
18题：根据原文第二段“He also likes honey”，蜂蜜属于甜的食物，A（咸）、C（酸）、D（苦）均不符合，故选B。
19题：根据语境，熊找到蜂巢后爬树，长时间“gnaws”树来弄洞取蜂蜜，结合动作逻辑，“gnaws”意为“咬”，故选A。
20题：根据原文第三段“During the winter, the brown bear sleep for months... sleeps there all winter”，A选项“躺在雪床上”与原文“bed of leaves”矛盾，B选项“吃蜂蜜”是夏季行为，C选项“和家人交谈”未提及，D选项“一直睡觉”符合原文，故选D。
【答案】
16.C 17.B 18.B 19.A 20.D
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解、词义猜测
【点评】
本文围绕棕熊的特征、栖息地、食物及冬季习性展开，题目均为基础细节查找和简单词义猜测，只要能准确定位原文信息即可轻松解答，是典型的基础阅读理解题。
【难度系数】
0.8

C
Mr Green and his wife had a dog. When they went out, they always left the dog inside the house. One evening they wanted to go to the cinema, so they left the dog in the house and locked the door and their garden gate. They went off in their car.
When the film was finished, they went home. They opened the gate and put the car away. When they came to the front door, they found that the glass in the door was broken. The door was not locked and it was open. A robber(强盗)! They went in and quickly looked in all the rooms to see if the robber had taken their things. However, everything was in the right place and nothing at all was missing.
The dog was sleeping in the sitting-room. The wife was angry with the dog. "Why didn't you guard(保卫) the house?" she said. The dog was pleased to see Mr and Mrs Green. It began to wag(摇) its tail and then it went to a corner of the room and picked up something in its mouth. It went to the wife and dropped the thing at her feet. When she went to pick it up, she was very surprised. Can you guess what the dog's present was? It was a man's finger!
The end of the story is this. Mr Green telephoned the police and told them everything. Three days later the police caught the robber. They found him easily.
()21. That evening Mr Green and his wife .
A. took their dog to see a film
B. left the dog alone at home
C. went home before the film was finished
D. locked the door and could not open it
()22. The robber stole(偷) .
A. everything from the house
B. something expensive from the house
C. nothing from the house
D. a car from the house
()23. Why was the woman angry with the dog?
A. She thought it had made the room dirty.
B. She thought it had broken the glass.
C. It wouldn't go to the cinema with her.
D. She thought it didn't guard the house.
()24. The robber was found easily because .
A. the police knew him
B. of the dog's help
C. Mr Green knew where he lived
D. the police happened to meet him
()25. Mr Green and his wife would .
A. like their dog more than before
B. drive the dog away from their home
C. let the dog bring home more presents
D. ask the police to take the dog away

21.B 22.C 23.D 24.B 25.A

【分析】
做此类英语阅读理解题，需先通读全文把握故事脉络，再针对每个题目，带着题干关键词回原文定位对应语句，对比选项与原文内容，筛选出正确答案。本题均为细节理解题，需精准查找原文细节信息。
【解析】
21题：定位原文第一段“One evening they wanted to go to the cinema, so they left the dog in the house”，可知格林夫妇将狗独自留在家，对应选项B。A项未提及带狗看电影；C项与“film was finished后回家”矛盾；D项原文未提到锁门后打不开，均错误。
22题：定位原文第二段“everything was in the right place and nothing at all was missing”，可知强盗未偷任何东西，对应选项C。A、B项称偷了东西，D项称偷车，均与原文不符。
23题：定位原文第三段妻子的话“Why didn't you guard(保卫) the house?”，可知妻子生气是觉得狗没看家，对应选项D。A、B、C项均无原文依据。
24题：原文提到狗叼来强盗的手指，警察据此轻松抓到强盗，对应选项B。A、C、D项均不符合故事逻辑。
25题：狗帮助格林夫妇抓住了强盗，他们会更爱这只狗，对应选项A。B、C、D项均不符合情理。
【答案】
21.B 22.C 23.D 24.B 25.A
【知识点】
英语阅读理解（细节理解题）、故事类阅读
【点评】
本题为叙事类阅读理解，侧重考查学生对原文细节信息的查找与理解能力，题目难度较低，只要仔细阅读原文即可准确作答。
【难度系数】
0.8