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专题04阅读理解之说明文12篇(中考真题)

（2023·广东·统考中考真题）Someanimalscaneasilyfindtheirwayhomeafteralongjourney.Howdotheymakeit?Scientificresearchshowsthattheyarebornwithcertainunusualabilitiesfordirection.

Acertainkindofants,forexample,cancounttheirstepstoavoidgettinglost.Theycangoasfaras110metresandbringfoodhome.Theseantsliveintheopendesert(沙漠),sotheyhavenothingtoguidethemalongtheway.It’slikesomeonewalkingsixkilometresthroughadarkforest.

Somefishhaveanunbelievablesenseofsmell.Theycansmellevenasingledropoftheirhomewaterinalargeseaarea.Someseabirdshaveasimilarability.Theyareabletomakeasmellmapoftheirflyingarea.

Someanimalscansensetheearth’smagneticfield(磁场),whilehumanscan’t.Thismagneticfieldguidesacertainkindoffishwhentheyswimalongwaytoaplaceandthenback.Howcanthiskindoffishdothat?Itisstillamystery.Scientistshavenogoodanswersyet.

However,animalswithsuchunusualabilitiesstillhavedifficultydealingwithenvironmentalchangescausedbyhumanactivities.Forexample,manybirdsdependonstarsfordirection,buttheygetlosteasilyatnightwhencitylightsarekeptonallnight.Tosolvethisproblem,wecansimplyturnoffsomelightsatnight.Clearly,onesmallactofhumansmaymeanalottoanimals.

1．Whereisthispassagemostprobablyfrom?

A．Astorybook. B．Anartmagazine.

C．Aguidebook. D．Asciencemagazine.

2．Howcanacertainkindofantsfindtheirway?

A．Byimaginingtheway. B．Bycountingtheirsteps.

C．Bybringingfoodtogether D．Bywalkingthroughaforest.

3．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“mystery”inparagraph4probablymean?

A．Secret. B．Choice. C．Reason. D．Feeling.

4．Whatarepeopleadvisedtodoaccordingtothelastparagraph?

A．Tohelpanimals. B．Totravelatnight.

C．Tokeepcitylightson. D．Todevelopunusualabilities.

5．Whichcanbethebesttitlefo