2016中考英语阅读每日一练：顾此失彼

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1、2016中考英语阅读每日一练：顾此失彼　　Notmanyyearsago,somefarmerswereworriedbecausehawksweretakingmanyoftheirchicken.Thefarmersdidn’tknowwhattodo.Finallytheywenttothecountryofficialsandaskedforhelp.　　“Killthehawks,”theofficialssaid,“Wewillevenpayforthem,”sothefarmersbegantothinkofwa

2、ystokillthehawks.　　Thefarmerskilledmanyhawks.Theynolongerhadtoworryabouttheirchickens.Buttheynowhadanewworry.Fieldmicewereeatingupalotofthefarmers’grain.　　Howdidthishappen?　　Hawkseatnotonlychickensbutalsofieldmice.Theyeatmorefieldmicethanchickens.Butthefarmersdidn’t

3、knowthis.Whentheykilledalotofhawks,theychangedthebalance.　　Whenpeoplemoveintoanewplace,theyoftendestroymanywildplants.Oftentheseplantsarefoodfortheanimals.Iftheanimalscan’tfindenoughplantstoeat,theywillstarveorhavetoleavetheplace.　　InonepartoftheUSA,forexamplethedee

4、rthereliketoeatacertainkindofwildroses.Themountainlionsthereeatthedeer.Thenumberofdeer,mountainlionsandwildrosesdoesn’tchangemuchifpeopleleavethingsastheyare.　　Butpeoplekilledmanymountainlionsinordertoprotectthedeer.Soonthereweresomanydeerthattheyateupallthewildrose

5、s.Thenthedeerbegantoeatthegreenleavesofyoungtrees.Thesetreeswereimportanttothefarmers.Sothefarmersthoughtofwaystoprotecttheirtrees.Nowthedeerhadnothingtoeat,andmanyofthemdied.Thiswasanotherlessonfromnature.　　Tokeepthebalanceofnatureisimportantforustoremember.　　根据以上短

6、文内容判断正误，正确的用“T”表示，错误的用“F”表示。　　1.Finallytheofficialstoldthefarmerstokillthehawks.　　2.Fieldmiceeatnotonlychickensbutalsothefarmers’grain.　　3.Whentheanimalscan’tfindenoughplantstoeatinaplace,theywillstarveorhavetoleave.　　4.Thenumberofanimalschangesmuchifpeopleleavethin

7、gsastheyare.　　5.Itisimportantforustokeepthebalanceofnature.　　1.选T。根据句子“Killthehawks,”theofficialssaid.可知，此题与短文内容相符合，所以可判断为正确。　　2.选F。本题句意为“田鼠不仅吃小鸡还吃农民的庄稼”，但由句子Fieldmicewereeatingupalotofthefarmers’grain.可知，田鼠只吃庄稼，　　3.选T。由句子Iftheanimalscan’tfindenoughplantstoeat,theyw

8、illstarveorhavetoleavetheplace.可知本题正确。　　4.选F。由短文内容可知，如果人们不破坏生态平衡，而顺其自然，则动物的数量不会有多大的改变。故本题与原文不一致，所以判断此题错误。　　5.选T。从短文的最后一句Tokeepthebalanceof