四、2025·苏州立达中学期末改编阅读理解15分
Do you like playing little jokes玩笑 on your friends and
family? A new study found we're not the only ones that like doing
this. Big apes类人猿 have great fun doing this too. A group of
scientists spent a lot of time studying the apes from San Diego Zoo
in the US and Leipzig Zoo in Germany. They were surprised to find
out apes love to monkey around in many ways.
Some apes would give their friends something only to take it
back quickly, or even tickle使发痒 each other happily. They liked
to catch their friends' hair and some even walked into their friends
and fell over for fun. Often, if one ape didn't play back, the other
ape would keep doing the same funny things again and again. The
young apes, around three to five years old, enjoyed doing this the
most, just like little kids do. Dr Isabelle Laumer, one scientist in
this group, told the newspaper, "When little kids play jokes on their
mothers, they like to watch how mothers feel carefully. We see that
in these great apes too. " What's more, the study found that these
young apes make special sounds when playing jokes, different from
the sounds they often make. It's their way to show their happiness
for monkeying around.
Next, scientists need to spend more time finding out why the
apes love playing jokes on each other. They think knowing this can
help us learn more about how apes and people show their feelings.
()1. 中考新考法 细节多选 What fun things would apes do to joke
with each other?
①They give food to others and take it back. ②They walk
into each other. ③They tickle each other. ④They play
jokes on their mothers.
A. ②③④ B. ①②④ C. ①③④ D. ①②③
()2. What can we know from the text?
A. People can learn a lot from apes.
B. People are smarter than some apes.
C. People and apes do things differently.
D. People and apes have fun in the same way.

()3. 中考新考法 推断文章主题 What does the passage mainly talk
about?
A. Apes Eat a Lot.
B. Apes and People.
C. Apes Around the World.
D. Apes Love Playing Jokes.

四、【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了科学家们研究发现猿类跟人类一样也喜欢和自己的朋友、家人开玩笑。
1.D [解析]细节多选题。根据“Some apes would give their friends something only to take it back quickly，or even tickle(使发痒) each other happily. They liked to catch their friends' hair and some even walked into their friends and fell over for fun.”可知，猿类会互相挠痒痒，会互相撞倒，还会把给朋友的东西很快拿回来，而“play jokes on their mothers”是对人类小孩行为的描述，并非猿类之间互相开玩笑的行为，所以①②③符合题意。故选D。
2.A [解析]细节理解题。根据最后一段“Next，scientists need to spend more time finding out why the apes love playing jokes on each other. They think knowing this can help us learn more about how apes and people show their feelings.”可知，科学家们正在深入研究猿类为什么喜欢互相开玩笑，并认为这一发现可以帮助我们更深入地了解猿类和人类如何表达情感，所以猿类的行为和情感表达方式对人类有重要的学习价值。故选A。
3.D [解析]主旨大意题。通读全文内容可知，文章主要介绍了猿类也喜欢互相开玩笑这一研究发现，并详细描述了猿类开玩笑的行为和特点。故选D。

【分析】
本次题目为中考英语阅读理解题，包含细节多选、细节理解、主旨大意三类题型。解题思路如下：1. 第1题需定位原文中描述猿类互相开玩笑的具体行为，排除属于人类小孩的行为，选出符合的选项；2. 第2题需找到原文中与选项对应的依据，判断哪个选项符合文意；3. 第3题需通读全文，归纳文章核心内容，确定主旨。
【解析】
1. 第1题：细节多选题。根据原文第二段“Some apes would give their friends something only to take it back quickly, or even tickle each other happily. They liked to catch their friends' hair and some even walked into their friends and fell over for fun.”可知，猿类互相开玩笑的行为包括：给朋友东西再收回、互相挠痒痒、互相撞倒；而“play jokes on their mothers”是人类小孩的行为，并非猿类的，因此①②③符合题意，故选D。
2. 第2题：细节理解题。根据原文最后一段“Next, scientists need to spend more time finding out why the apes love playing jokes on each other. They think knowing this can help us learn more about how apes and people show their feelings.”可知，研究猿类的玩笑行为能帮助人类了解自身和猿类的情感表达，说明人类可以从猿类身上学到很多，故选A。
3. 第3题：主旨大意题。通读全文可知，文章主要介绍了科学家的研究发现：猿类和人类一样喜欢互相开玩笑，并详细描述了猿类开玩笑的行为特点，因此文章主旨是“猿类喜欢开玩笑”，故选D。
【答案】
1.D 2.A 3.D
【知识点】
细节理解题、主旨大意题、说明文阅读
【点评】
本题为中考新考法的阅读理解题，涵盖细节多选、主旨推断等题型，要求学生具备准确定位原文信息、区分不同主体行为、归纳文章主旨的能力，是中考英语的常规考查题型，注重对文本细节和整体理解的结合。
【难度系数】
0.6