Is it true that cats have nine lives? One 4-year-old American cat named Sugar definitely seems to have more than one. Sugar fell from the 19th floor of her owner’s home in Boston last month and was only hurt a little on her chest.
“This story isn’t much of a surprise,” said Jake Socha, a scientist at Virginia Tech University, US, in an interview with the BBC. “There have been lots of records of these cats surviving.”
Back in 1987, scientists studied 132 cats. All of them had been brought to a vet’s clinic in New York after falling from tall buildings. Around 90 percent of these cats were alive after their fall and only 37 percent had been seriously injured.
“Being able to survive falls is a critical thing for animals that live in trees, and cats are one of them,” said Socha.
Cats have developed special body structures to survive accidental falls. Their legs are muscular. This can protect their bones from breaking, Professor Andrew Biewener from Harvard University told the BBC. Cats can also spread out their legs like a parachute to reduce their falling speed, he said.
The strange part, according to scientists, is that cats have a better chance of survival if they fall from higher than seven stories. This is because cats have a good sense of which way is down. They can twist their bodies as they fall to make sure they land on their feet. A higher fall means more time for the cat to change its body position.
However, you should not throw your cat out of the window to see how this works. Most pet cats are overweight nowadays. They are not fit enough to change their position in midair, warned Steve Dale, an American cat behavior scientist.
“This cat (Sugar) was lucky,” Dale said. In fact, most cats would suffer serious lung damage, a broken leg or a broken jaw or teeth damage, he said.
小題1:What can we learn from Paragraph 3?
A．Cats really do have nine lives.
B．Many cats can survive falls.
C．Cats are the softest animals in the world.
D．More than half of the cats that fall from high places end up badly injured.
小題2:What does the underlined word “critical” mean in the context?
A．Important.B．Easy.C．Challenging. D．Serious.
小題3:Why can cats survive falls according to the article?
a. They have a hidden parachute in their bodies.
b. Their legs have developed in a way that protects their bones from breaking.
c. They can land on their feet.
d. They can twist their bodies to reduce the speed at which they are falling.
A．a(chǎn), bB．b, cC．c, dD．b, d
小題4:Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A．A pet cat that falls out of a tall building is not really at risk.
B．Sugar was lucky that she was only injured in the leg.
C．Cats are confused as to which way is down when they are in midair.
D．A cat that falls from the fourth story of a building is more likely to die than one that falls from the 10th story.

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:D

試題分析：文章介紹了為什么貓從高樓上摔下來不會受很重的傷的原因。
小題1:B 段落大意題。根據(jù)本段內(nèi)容可知很多貓從高空跌落都不會受很嚴(yán)重的傷，故B正確。
小題2:A 猜測詞義題。根據(jù)本句Being able to survive falls is a critical thing for animals that live in trees, and cats are one of them,說明生活在樹上的動物都有一種很重要的技能，能從高空跳下來，還不受傷，因為他們經(jīng)常這樣鍛煉，故Ａ正確。
小題3:B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第五段第二行. Their legs are muscular. This can protect their bones from breaking,說明b是原因，根據(jù)第六段3,4行They can twist their bodies as they fall to make sure they land on their feet.說明c也是原因，故B正確。
小題4:D 推理題。根據(jù)第六段1,2行The strange part, according to scientists, is that cats have a better chance of survival if they fall from higher than seven stories.說明從7樓以上掉下來貓更容易存活，故D的說法正確。
點評：本文很有趣味性，閱讀時關(guān)注細(xì)節(jié)和上下文，抓推理題和細(xì)節(jié)題。
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