高中英语人教版选修9阶段质量检测（四）　Unit 4　Exploring plants含解析.docVIP

阶段检测(四)　Unit 4　 Exploring plantsA卷　学业水平达标 【说明】　本试卷满分120分，考试时间100分钟 Ⅰ.阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) A Along the river banks of the Amazon and the Orinoco there lives a bird that swims before it can fly, flies like a fat chicken, eats green leaves, has the stomach of a cow and has claws (爪) on its wings when young. They build their homes about 4.6 m above the river, an important feature (特征) for the safety of the young. It is called the hoatzin. In appearance, the birds of both sexes look very much alike with brown on the back and cream and red on the underside. The head is small, with a large set of feathers on the top, bright red eyes, and blue skin. Its nearest relatives are the common birds, cuckoos. Its most striking feature, though, is only found in the young. Baby hoatzins have a claw on the leading edge of each wing and another at the end of each wing tip. Using these four claws, together with the beak(喙), they can climb about in the bushes, looking very much like primitive birds must have done. When the young hoatzins have learned to fly, they lose their claws. During the drier months between December and March hoatzins fly about the forest in groups of 20 to 30 birds, but in April, when the rainy season begins, they collect together in smaller living units of two to seven birds for producing purposes. When danger comes in the form of a snake or a monkey, the young hoatzins — maybe three in one family — jump over the side and into the river. They swim about under the water until it is safe to return and then, using their claws, lift themselves up through the branches and get back home. When they have learned to fly they lose their claws and escape enemies not by swimming but by flying off, in a slow and heavy way, to a neighboring tree. 语篇解读：生活在亚马孙丛林中的麝雉在学会飞之前就会游泳了。它头上长有美丽的羽冠，喙很硬。麝雉栖息于河边的森林中，擅长游泳，常常在水面上方的树枝上筑巢。雏鸟翅膀上长有爪子?长大后爪子消失?，能用爪子和喙攀登树木，与成鸟一样也会游泳。 1．What is the text mainly about? A．Hoatzins in dry and rainy seasons. B．The relatives and enemies of hoatzins. C．Pr