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采集蝴蝶标本在维多利亚女王时代的英国非常流行。英国大蓝蝶的标本很受欢迎,它不很大,也不很蓝,并不特别美丽,但数量稀少,且生活在人迹罕至的荒野。即便如此,仍然有大量的大蓝蝶被制作成标本。在19世纪末,已经开始有人呼吁保护它。进入汽车时代,到大蓝蝶栖息地更加方便,有的地方的大蓝蝶已经绝迹,保护更为迫切。1930年.英国建立了第一个大蓝蝶保护区。九年之后,保护区内的大蓝蝶种群灭绝了。此后,虽然保护区越来越多,但是大蓝蝶的数量越来越少。上世纪五十年代,英国大约还有数万只大蓝蝶,到1972年只剩下300多只。1975年,英国通过《野生动植物保护法》,首次把大蓝蝶列为法定保护对象,但已无济于事。1979年,英国最后一只大蓝蝶死去。这是为什么呢? 

每年六、七月间,是英国大蓝蝶飞翔的季节。大蓝蝶成虫的寿命只有四、五天,在短暂的生命结束前,雌大蓝蝶必须找到合适的百里香产卵。百里香必须是生长在红蚁巢的边上,而且含苞待放。卵被产在百里香的花蕾里。一两周后,大蓝蝶幼虫孵化出来,就以花为食,大约两周,在蜕了三次皮后,幼虫掉到了地上,等待红蚁。幼虫靠分泌蜜汁吸引红蚁。红蚁将其带回蚁巢,为了得到蜜汁,它会用触角拍打它。蜜汁分泌完时,幼虫就有生命危险,这时它会像红蚁幼虫那样蠕动,发出红蚁的气味和声音,让红蚁误以为它是蚁巢中的一员。 

大蓝蝶幼虫要在蚁巢中整整待上十个月,不仅能躲避天敌,还以红蚁的卵和幼虫为食。但是大蓝蝶幼虫仍然面临重重危险。红蚁蚁后会误以为它是一只以后也将变成蚁后的超级红蚁幼虫,而让工蚁杀死它;如果蚁巢规模太小,或者又来了另一只大蓝蝶幼虫,食物不够,最终也会饿死。 

但红蚁本身对生活环境也有要求:它们喜欢温暖,在朝南向阳的山坡筑巢,地面上草的高度最好只有2~3厘米,因为草太高会遮住阳光,蚁巢温度太低,红蚁幼虫会冻死。当大蓝蝶的栖息地被划为保护区后,禁止烧荒、放牧,野草疯长:本来还有野兔能在一定程度上抑制草的生长,但在上世纪50年代,一种传染性很强的病毒入侵英国,使野兔的数量锐减99%。草越长越高,大蓝蝶依赖的红蚁迅速消失,被另一种较耐寒的红蚁取而代之。这种红蚁也喜欢吃蜜汁,但它们能识破伪装,将大蓝蝶幼虫杀死。等到草皮高度超过10厘米,连百里香也难以生长、繁殖了,等人们发现这一奥秘,已经太迟了,英国大蓝蝶灭绝了。 

为了让大蓝蝶再次飞翔,英国逐渐恢复了52处百里香草地,并通过割草、放牧控制草皮的高度,红蚁数量随之上升。1983年,大蓝蝶被从瑞典带到英国。到2008年,已有上万只。大蓝蝶成了第一个成功获得重生的濒危蝴蝶物种。

第3段中划线部分提到大蓝蝶幼虫面临的“重重危险”不包括:

A.巢中有一只大蓝蝶幼虫 

B.被红蚁蚁后视为竞争对手 

C.红蚁蚁巢规模太小 

D.蚁巢中红蚁幼虫数量过多

答案

参考答案:D

解析:解析 本题考查细节理解。 根据文章第三段。“重重危险”包括:蚁后认为它是超级红蚁幼虫,提前杀死它;蚁巢规模太小,其食量不够;蚁巢中出现另一只大蓝碟幼虫与它竞争。由此可知,A、B、C三项正确。D项在原文第3段中未提及,排除。 本题答案为D。 考点:文章阅读

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阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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Three days went by, and we only knew Paws was         the bed because when we walked past it we heard deep growling.
1 wanted to somehow let him know he was      and loved. So I put on a hard hat and a pair of welding gloves. 1         under the bed toward Paws, with my face to the
      and only the top of my head facing him. 1       out to stroke (抚摩) him gently over and over again.
He growled and tried to      and bite me. It was scary but I knew he couldn’t         me, so I just kept going. Slowly, he began to        . Then I slid out from under the bed and left the room.
Several hours later. I noticed a cat on the bed. It was Paws all         on the pillows! I couldn’t believe it.
That dear cat became the        of our household. Although Paws finally died of cancer, his legacy (馈赠)-my        and firm belief in the power of love lives on.
小题1:
A.cuteB.strongC.fierceD.smart
小题2:
A.aroundB.inC.outD.away
小题3:
A.loveB.attackC.refuseD.trust
小题4:
A.pleaseB.joinC.seeD.satisfy
小题5:
A.deathB.sightC.observationD.sleep
小题6:
A.simplyB.hardlyC.easilyD.gradually
小题7:
A.senseB.interestC.faithD.feeling
小题8:
A.comfortB.convinceC.protectD.tame
小题9:
A.namedB.appointedC.acceptedD.made
小题10:
A.onB.besideC.underD.inside
小题11:
A.hopefulB.pitifulC.carefulD.safe
小题12:
A.hidB.slidC.shelteredD.slept
小题13:
A.bedB.skyC.floorD.feet
小题14:
A.turnedB.pickedC.pulledD.reached
小题15:
A.playB.scratchC.lickD.push
小题16:
A.hurtB.botherC.avoidD.betray
小题17:
A.get angryB.give upC.run awayD.calm down
小题18:
A.stepped outB.stood outC.stretched witD.stuck out
小题19:
A.hopeB.loveC.supportD.comfort
小题20:
A.normalB.nobleC.strangeD.continued
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