哈佛英语时文Passage001：动物为什么会迁徙亲子伴读网

Week 1 Monday：动物为什么会迁徙

主题和体裁：新闻报道/应用文

难度星级：3星

语篇理解：5分钟

词汇语法专练：3分钟

Passage:001

Why do animals migrate? 

###动物为什么会迁徙

请注意：正文朗读现在开始：

We know that many animals do not stay in one place.

我们知道许多动物不会待在一个地方。

Birds, fish and other animals move from one place to another at a certain time.

鸟类、鱼类和其他动物在特定的时间从一个地方迁徙到另一个地方。

Most of them move to find food.

它们中的大多数迁徙是为了寻找食物。

They move for different reasons.

它们迁徙的原因各不相同。

Most of them move to find food more easily, but others move to get away from places that are too crowded.

它们中的大多数迁徙是为了更轻松地找到食物，但也有一些是为了离开过于拥挤的地方。

When cold weather comes, many birds move to warmer places to find food.

当寒冷的天气到来时，许多鸟类迁徙到更温暖的地方去寻找食物。

Some fishes give birth in warm water and move to cold water to feed.

一些鱼类在温暖的水中产卵，然后游到冷水中觅食。

The most famous migration is probably the migration of the fish which is called “salmon”.

最著名的迁徙可能是一种被称为 “鲑鱼” 的鱼类的迁徙。

This fish is born in fresh water but it travels many miles to salt water.

这种鱼出生在淡水中，但会游数英里到咸水中。

There it spends most of its life.

它在那里度过生命的大部分时光。

When it is old, it returns to its birthplace in fresh water.

当它变老时，会回到出生的淡水中。

Then it gives birth and dies there.

然后它在那里产卵并死去。

In the north of Europe, there is a kind of mice.

在欧洲北部，有一种老鼠。

They leave their mountain homes when their homes become too crowded.

当它们的山间家园变得过于拥挤时，它们就会离开。

They move down to the low land.

它们迁移到低地。

Sometimes they move all the way to the seaside and many of them are killed when they fall into the sea.

有时它们会一直迁移到海边，而且许多老鼠在掉进海里时会丧生。

Recently scientists have studied the migration of a special kind of lobsters.

最近，科学家们研究了一种特殊种类龙虾的迁徙。

Every year when the season of the bad weather arrives, the lobsters get into a long line and start to walk across the floor of the ocean.

每年，当恶劣天气季节到来时，这些龙虾会排成一长队，开始在海底行进。

Nobody knows where they go.

没人知道它们要去哪里。

So sometimes we know why animals move from one place to another but at other times we don't.

所以，有时候我们知道动物为什么会从一个地方迁徙到另一个地方，但有时候我们却不知道。

Maybe living things just like to travel.

也许生物就是喜欢迁徙吧。

### 读后训练

1. Most animals move from one place to another at a certain time to （      ）.

A. enjoy warmer weather

B. get food more easily

C. find fresh water

D. find beautiful places

答案：B

解析：文中提到“They move for different reasons. Most of them move to find food more easily”，说明大多数动物在特定时间迁徙是为了更轻松地获取食物，所以选B。

易错点：可能会误选A，文中虽然提到有些鸟在寒冷天气来临时迁徙到温暖地方找食物，但这不是大多数动物迁徙的普遍原因。

2. The fish called “salmon” spends a long time in （      ）.

A. salt water

B. fresh water

C. its birthplace

D. rivers

答案：A

解析：文中明确说“This fish is born in fresh water but it travels many miles to salt water. There it spends most of its life”，鲑鱼在咸水中度过大部分生命时间，所以选A。

易错点：可能误选B，鲑鱼只是出生在淡水，不是长时间待在淡水。

3. The mice in the north of Europe move when （      ）.

A. the weather is hot

B. there is not enough food

C. their living place gets too crowded

D. they are dying

答案：C

解析：文中提到“In the north of Europe, there is a kind of mice. They leave their mountain homes when their homes become too crowded”，可知欧洲北部的老鼠在居住环境过于拥挤时会迁徙，所以选C。

易错点：文中未提及天气炎热、食物不足和濒临死亡时老鼠会迁徙，容易因主观臆断选错。

4. Where do the special lobsters go according to the passage?

A. To warm water.

B. To cold water.

C. To salt water.

D. Nobody knows.

答案：D

解析：根据“Recently scientists have studied the migration of a special kind of lobsters. Every year when the season of the bad weather arrives, the lobsters get into a long line and start to walk across the floor of the ocean. Nobody knows where they go”，可知没人知道这种特殊龙虾去哪里，所以选D。

易错点：不要被文中其他动物迁徙到特定地方误导，这里明确说明不知道龙虾去向。

5. What's the main idea of the passage?

A. Animals move from one place to another because they like to travel.

B. The migration of the fish called “salmon” is the most famous.

C. Animals move from one place to another for different reasons.

D. Animals move in order to find food more easily.

答案：C

解析：文章开头指出动物会迁徙且原因不同，接着列举了鸟、鱼、老鼠、龙虾等动物的迁徙情况，说明动物迁徙有不同原因，C选项符合主旨。

易错点：A选项与文中“Maybe living things just like to travel”不符，这只是一种猜测；B选项只是文中一个例子；D选项只是部分动物迁徙原因，不能概括全文。

### 词汇语法专练

1. He won’t give up his dream（    ）  (用 easy 的适当形式填空).

答案：easily

解析：这里需要用副词修饰动词短语“give up”，“easy”的副词形式是“easily” 。

易错点：容易错填成“easy”，未注意到修饰动词要用副词。

2. There are too many people in the small room，so the room is very （    ） (拥挤的).

答案：crowded

解析：“拥挤的”英文是“crowded” ，这里作表语描述房间的状态。

易错点：拼写错误，或者混淆“crowd”（名词，人群；动词，聚集）和“crowded”的用法。

3. John’s wife had a new baby. (同义句转换) John’s wife gave（    ）  to a new baby.

答案：birth

解析：“have a baby”和“give birth to a baby”都表示“生孩子” 。

易错点：可能会填错单词或者不知道这个短语搭配。

4. I （    ） (用 read 的适当形式填空) three novels recently.

答案：have read

解析：“recently”（最近）是现在完成时的标志词，现在完成时结构是“have/has + 过去分词”，“read”的过去分词还是“read” ，主语是“I”，所以用“have read”。

易错点：容易忽略时态，填成“read” ，或者不清楚“read”的过去分词形式。

5. Can you tell me （    ）？

A. where is the theater

B. where the theater is

C. the theater is where

D. how can I get to the theater

答案：B

解析：这是一个宾语从句，宾语从句要用陈述语序，即“引导词+主语+谓语+其他”，A和D是疑问语序，C语序错误，所以选B。

易错点：不了解宾语从句的语序规则，错选A或D。

6. Tom has eaten several eggs. He wants to eat （    ） (又一，再一) one.

答案：another

解析：“another”表示“又一，再一” ，符合语境。

易错点：可能会混淆“another”“other”“the other”等词的用法。