Question

The Japanese Macaca monkey has been studied in the wild for over 50 years, in 1952. on one small Japanese island, scientists dropped some 36 made dirt for the monkeys. The monkeys liked their taste, but they found the dirt 37.　 One clever 18-month-old monkey found he could 38 the problem by washing the sweet potatoes in a nearby river. She taught this to her mother. Her 39 also learned this new way and they taught their mothers too.

All the younger monkeys 40 learned to wash the dirty tweet potatoes to make them 41 to eat. But many old monkeys found it very hard to learn this and still ate the 42　 sweet potatoes.

Then something very surprising 43 . In the autumn of 1958. scientists found that the monkeys on other nearby 44 began washing their sweet potatoes too. Scientists still don't fully understand how this knowledge was 45　 from one island to another.

36, A. sweet potatoes　　 　 B green plants　　 C. hard stones　　 D. fresh nuts

37, A. beautiful　　　　 　 B. terrible　　　 C difficult　　　 D. interesting

38. A. find　　　　　　 　 B. reach　　　　 C. solve　　　　 D. understand

39. A. children　　　　 　 B. brothers　　　 C. sisters　　　　 D. friends

40. A quietly　　　　　 　　 B. easily　　　　 C angrily　　　　 D. awfully

41. A. nicer　　　　　 　　 B. smaller　　　 C. lighter　　　　 D. drier

42. A. small　　　　　 　 B. large　　　　 C. new　　　　　 D. dirty

43. A. took on　　　　 　 B. took off　　　 C. took place　　 D. took away

44. A. trees　　　　　 　　　　　　 B. islands　　　 C. beaches　　　 D. rivers

45. A. lowed　　　　　 　　 B. dropped　　　 C. passed　　　　 D. left

Answer 1

【主旨大意】本篇短文介绍了猴子们学习洗甘薯时，发生的有趣的情况，年轻的擅长学习， 年老的不擅长学习；另一些小岛的猴子君然也学会了洗甘薯。

36．A 根据下文第四行的甘薯可知，故选A。

37．B 根据短文内容发现甘薯上的脏东西很讨厌。。

38．C 动词词义的考查。本剧意思是“通过用河水洗甘薯解决了这一问题。Solve解决。

39.  D 由这两句话“She taught this to her mother. Her  39  also learned this new way and they taught their mothers too.“可知他们的妈妈不一样，说明不是兄弟姐妹。

40.  B 由下句老猴子们发现洗甘薯不容易，可知前边小猴子们很容易学会了洗甘薯。

41.  A 通过洗净脏东西可以使甘薯更好吃。

42.  D 由句意可知老猴子们发现洗甘薯很困难，因此他们继续吃脏的甘薯。

43.  C 考查词组的意思。Take place 发生。

44.  B 与第一段 “island”相对应。

45.  C 句意为：这个知识是怎么传递过去的。