备战2026年中考英语新热点时文阅读5（含答案解析）

中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台 备战2026年中考时文阅读5 文章导读 阅读理解 A篇：大象分为左象鼻或右象鼻 B篇： 数学家祖冲之 C 篇： 中国瓷器的历史和特点 D篇： 秧歌机器人 A Left or right You've already noticed that some people are right-handed while others are left-handed. But did you know that elephants are left-or right-trunked People can tell this by looking at the wrinkles(褶皱) on their trunks, a study in Science found. Elephants can use their trunks to do many things, like picking up food, spraying (喷洒)water or sand across their backs to cool off, and sending warnings(警告) to other elephants. The muscles(肌肉) and wrinkles of the trunks help them do these things. Wrinkles make the trunk move flexibly. Scientists found that elephants like to bend(弯曲) their trunks to one side to put food in their mouths. Over time, this side of their trunk gets more wrinkles than the other. This is what makes them either left-or right-trunked. The chances(几率) of elephants being left-trunked or right-trunked are about 50:50. This is very different from people.For us, the rate of left-handed to right-handed is about 10:90, according to CBS News. More interestingly, Asian elephants have more wrinkles on the top of their trunks than African elephants. African elephants have two finger-like structures(结构) at the end of their trunks to grab things, but Asian elephants have only one.So, Asian elephants wrap(卷) their trunks around things to grab them more often than African elephants do. This leads to more wrinkles. 1. Which word can take the place of“flexibly” in Paragraph 2 A. quickly B. freely C. strongly D. safely 2. How can people tell if an elephant is left-or right-trunked A. By looking at the color of their trunks. B. By checking the size of their ears. C. By measuring the length of their trunks. D. By checking the wrinkles on their trunks. 3. What did scientists discover about elephant trunks A. Most African elephants are right-trunked. B. It is hard for African elephants to wrap their trunks around things. C. Asian elephants have more wrinkles on the top of their trunks. D. African elephants have longer trunks than Asian elephants. 4. What is the passage mainly about A. The importance of trunk wrinkles for elephants. B. The differences between Asian and African elephants. C. How elephants can be left or right-trunked. D. How elephants live their daily lives. B Zu Chongzhi is one of the greatest mathematicians in ancient China. He was born during the Northern and Southern 1 (dynasty). His family were very talented. They had been studying maths and astronomy for generations (世代). From a young age, Zu 2 (teach) natural science, astronomy, maths, philosophy and so on. The little boy was interested in all of these subjects, especially in maths. Zu was best known for his calculation of pi. According to historical records, he did all the work using nothing but 3 (wood) sticks. It took him lots of time to work out the value (值)—between 3.1415926 and 3.14159 ... ...