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阅读短文回答问题专项训练 主题：Western Monarch Butterflies（西部帝王蝶） Passage 1 In the small seaside town of Pacific Grove, California, western monarch butterflies used to fill the air. Every late fall and winter, tens of thousands of them would fly there to rest. That’s why this town has a nickname: “Butterfly Town, U.S.A.” Read and answer the questions. 1. Where is Pacific Grove? _________________________________________________________ 2. What kind of butterflies used to fill the air there? _________________________________________________________ 3. When do the butterflies fly to the town? _________________________________________________________ 4. Why is the town called “Butterfly Town, U.S.A.”? _________________________________________________________ 5. Did many butterflies go there to rest? _________________________________________________________ Passage 2 But now, western monarch butterflies are in great danger. In one week in December 2022, volunteers counted about 16,000 butterflies in Pacific Grove. But in a similar week in December 2025, there were only 107 butterflies. Read and answer the questions. 1. Are western monarch butterflies in great danger now? _________________________________________________________ 2. How many butterflies did volunteers count in December 2022? _________________________________________________________ 3. How many butterflies were there in December 2025? _________________________________________________________ 4. Is the number of butterflies getting bigger or smaller? _________________________________________________________ 5. Where did the volunteers count the butterflies? _________________________________________________________ Passage 3 Pesticides, habitat loss and climate change are hurting them. Scientists say that if nothing changes, western monarchs may disappear by 2080. Read and answer the questions. 1. What is hurting the western monarch butterflies? _________________________________________________________ 2. What may happen if nothing changes? _________________________________________________________ 3. When may western monarchs disappear? _________________________________________________________ 4. Who says they may disappear? _________________________________________________________ 5. What are the three main problems for the butterflies? _________________________________________________________ Passage 4 Luckily, people in Butterfly Town are taking action. Museum workers and volunteers count butterflies every week. The data helps scientists track changes in the monarch population. They also ask people to help by planting flowers and not using pesticides. Read and answer the questions. 1. What are people in Butterfly Town doing? _________________________________________________________ 2. Who counts the butterflies every week? _________________________________________________________ 3. How does the data help scientists? _________________________________________________________ 4. What do they ask people to do to help? _________________________________________________________ 5. Why is counting butterflies important? _________________________________________________________ Passage 5 “Monarchs are light as paper clips, but they can fly more than 160 kilometres in a day. We should protect these small but powerful creatures,” a museum worker said. Read and answer the questions. 1. How heavy are monarch butterflies? _________________________________________________________ 2. How far can they fly in a day? _________________________________________________________ 3. Who said we should protect them? _________________________________________________________ 4. What does the museum worker call the butterflies? _________________________________________________________ 5. What should we do for the butterflies? _________________________________________________________ 参考答案 Passage 1 1. It is in California. 2. Western monarch butterflies used to fill the air there. 3. They fly there every late fall and winter. 4. Because tens of thousands of butterflies fly there to rest every year. 5. Yes, they did. Passage 2 1. Yes, they are. 2. They counted about 16,000 butterflies. 3. There were only 107 butterflies. 4. It is getting smaller. 5. They counted them in Pacific Grove. Passage 3 1. Pesticides, habitat loss and climate change are hurting them. 2. Western monarchs may disappear by 2080. 3. They may disappear by 2080. 4. Scientists say that. 5. The three main problems are pesticides, habitat loss and climate change. Passage 4 1. They are taking action to help the butterflies. 2. Museum workers and volunteers count the butterflies every week. 3. It helps scientists track changes in the monarch population. 4. They ask people to plant flowers and not use pesticides. 5. Because it helps scientists track changes in the monarch population. Passage 5 1. They are light as paper clips. 2. They can fly more than 160 kilometres in a day. 3. A museum worker said that. 4. He called them small but powerful creatures. 5. We should protect them. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $