Look after your Pet!Cat Grass. Your cat will love this green grass.

   YOU WILL NEED

   Small planter (花盆) 

   Potting soil 

   Water 

   Cat grass seeds you can buy at plant stores 

   HERE’S HOW 

   Fill the planter with soil. Add water until the soil is slightly wet. Throw seeds across the top layer (層) of soil,then press them into the soil. Wet the soil again. Keep the soil wet until the grass begins to sprout—about one to two weeks. Then water as needed. When your grass grows,invite your cat to this all-you-can-eat salad bar.

   Sounds Great—Bottled Music 

   YOU WILL NEED 

   The same plastic bottles

   Water 

   HERE’S HOW 

   Fill the plastic bottles with different amounts of water. Arrange the bottles in order from most to least full. Blow across the top of each bottle and compare the different sounds you make.

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   Changing the amounts of air and water in the bottles lets you change the pitch (音高) 一how high or low the sound is. When you blow across the tops of the bottles,you are making the air inside vibrate (振動) . In bottles with more air,vibrations are slower,so the pitch is lower.

1. Where can you get cat grass seeds?

   A. In the pet hospital.

   B. At the plant store.

   C. From the post office.

   D. In the music hall.

2. Which of the following is the RIGHT order to grow cat grass?

a. Press the cat grass seeds into the soil.

b. Put soil into the planter.

c. Finally water the soil in the planter.

d. Throw cat grass seeds on the soil.

e. Add water and make the soil slightly wet.

   A. b-e-d-a-c   B. d-b-e-c-a

   C. e-b-a-c-d   D. a-c-b-e-d

3. The underlined word “sprout” means “ ” in Chinese.

   A. 發(fā)芽   B. 枯萎

   C. 結(jié)果   D. 戊盛

4. Which of the following is NOT true?

   A. There are different amounts of water in the bottles.

   B. Blow across the top of each bottle to make music.

   C. Arrange the bottles in any order you like.

   D. In bottles with more air,the pitch is lower.

5. Which can be properly put in?

   A. WHEN   B. WHY

   C. WHERE   D. WHAT

1. B 2. A 3. A 4. C 5. B

  本文教給我們?nèi)绾畏N植貓草以及如何用瓶子制造音樂。

1. B細節(jié)理解題。由第一欄的buy at plant stores可知,可以在植物商店購買貓草種子。

2. A細節(jié)理解題。由第一欄的HERE’S HOW中的內(nèi)容可知,種植貓草正確的順序應是:把泥土裝進花盆—往泥 土里加水,使其稍微濕潤—把貓草種子撒在土上—按壓貓草種子使其入土—最后再次給泥土澆水。由此可 知A項為正確答案。

3. A同義猜測題。由下文的one to two weeks可猜測此處指 貓草種子發(fā)芽的時間,由此猜測sprout意為“發(fā)芽”。

4. C細節(jié)理解題。由第二欄的HERE’S HOW中的“Arrange the bottles in order from most to least full. ” 可知,瓶子是按照順序排列的,由此可知C項與原文內(nèi)容不符。

5. B主旨大意題。第二欄的最后一段主要告訴我們吹瓶子制造的聲音有高有低的原因,故選B項。

slightly adv.輕微地 amount n.數(shù)量 arrange v.安排;整理

題目來源:一本英語閱讀理解與完形填空150篇中考 > TEST12

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