Passage 13
Otters(水獭) are cute water animals. Recently, there has been a trend(趋势) of keeping them as pets. In Japan, some otter cafés are open for business. People can pay to play with the otters there and to take photos with them. In Indonesia, people go swimming with their pet otters and take "funny" videos. These photos and videos posted online have attracted more people to buy otters as pets.
However, these photos and videos mask the fact that the online trade is doing harm to otters. In the wild, baby otters usually stay with their mothers during their first year of life. According to a report, 70 per cent of otters sold online are under a year old. These baby otters have been stolen from their mothers. When they're kept as pets by humans, they do not live full, natural lives.
Otters are very social. They live in family groups of up to fifteen in the wild. Keeping an otter as a pet can make it very sad and lonely. These animals also need enough space to swim. Their owners' bathtubs(浴缸) or pools are much smaller than the bodies of water in the wild.
There are other reasons why it is not wise to keep otters as pets at home. They have a very special fishy smell. If they're kept indoors, they will leave a lot of droppings(粪便) around the house. This would make the smell even more unpleasant. Besides, when otters are upset, they will make loud noises and even attack people. If a person is bitten by an otter, he or she needs to see a doctor immediately.
So, what can we do to stop the otter pet trade? Well, one of the main ways is to let more people know that otters should not be kept as pets. We should also keep an eye on online posts about these animals. When photos and videos show baby otters being kept or sold as pets, don't share them.
() 1.People like to keep otters as pets because they are .
A. lonely
B. cute
C. friendly
D. quiet
() 2.The underlined word "mask" has the closest meaning to "".
A. show
B. protect
C. hide
D. change
() 3.Because of the online pet trade, otters .
A. may often fall ill
B. can't live a social life
C. have no food to eat
D. have no place to swim
() 4.What does Paragraph 4 mainly tell us?
A. Otters don't make good pets.
B. Otters are dangerous to people.
C. Otters may live a hard life as pets.
D. Otters often make a mess in the room.
() 5.What is the writer's main purpose in writing this passage?
A. To stop people from keeping pets at home.
B. To introduce the ways of protecting pet otters.
C. To show the facts of the online otter pet trade.
D. To tell people to say no to the otter pet trade.

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

【分析】
这是一篇环保主题的说明文阅读理解，解题时首先通读全文，明确文章核心脉络：先引出饲养水獭当宠物的流行趋势，再揭露该线上贸易对水獭的伤害、饲养水獭作为宠物的诸多弊端，最后呼吁公众抵制水獭宠物贸易。之后按照不同题型的思路逐个突破：1题是细节题，直接回文定位开头介绍水獭特征的内容；2题是词义猜测题，结合转折逻辑的上下文推断划线词含义；3题是细节判断题，逐一比对选项和原文对应内容，排除无中生有的错误选项；4题是段落主旨题，抓住段落开头的主题句，排除片面的细节选项；5题是全文主旨题，结合首尾段的作者态度，区分局部事实和最终写作目的。
【解析】
1. 细节理解题：原文第一段开篇提到“Otters(水獭) are cute water animals. Recently, there has been a trend(趋势) of keeping them as pets”，直接说明人们饲养水獭当宠物的原因是水獭很可爱，故选B。
2. 词义猜测题：划线词所在句以转折词however开头，前文提到网上的可爱水獭照片视频吸引大量人购买水獭当宠物，后文点明线上贸易实际在伤害水獭，说明这些表面美好的内容“掩盖”了伤害水獭的真相，mask含义和hide（隐藏、掩盖）最接近，故选C。
3. 细节判断题：原文第三段提到水獭是高度群居的动物，野外最多15只组成家庭群生活，被当作宠物单独饲养的水獭会非常孤独，无法过正常的社交生活。选项A的“经常生病”、选项C的“没有食物吃”原文均未提及，选项D“没有地方游泳”表述错误，原文仅说明家中的浴缸泳池远小于野外水域，并非完全没有游泳的地方，故选B。
4. 段落大意题：第四段的主题句是段首句“There are other reasons why it is not wise to keep otters as pets at home”，后文列举的水獭有特殊腥臭味、乱排便、烦躁时会制造噪音甚至攻击人等内容，都是为了说明水獭并不适合作为宠物饲养，其余选项都只是段落里的局部细节，不能概括整段主旨，故选A。
5. 主旨大意题：全文既介绍了水獭宠物贸易对水獭本身的伤害，也说明了家庭饲养水獭的诸多弊端，最后一段明确呼吁公众采取行动抵制水獭宠物贸易，作者的核心写作目的是号召大家对水獭宠物贸易说不。选项A错误，文章并没有要求人们不要在家养所有宠物；选项B错误，文章核心不是介绍保护宠物水獭的方法；选项C错误，展示线上水獭宠物贸易的事实只是行文的铺垫，不是最终写作目的，故选D。
【答案】
1.B 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.D
【知识点】
细节理解，词义猜测，主旨大意
【点评】
本题属于中等难度的说明文阅读，覆盖了初中英语阅读理解最常见的三类考点，既考查学生快速回文定位细节信息的基础能力，也通过词义猜测和主旨类题型，锻炼学生结合上下文逻辑推断、整体把握文章核心态度的能力，同时引导学生关注野生动物保护的相关热点话题。
【难度系数】
0.7