Though giant pandas may appear perfectly happy chewing bamboos, scientists recently discovered that they would rather have something sweeter. Scientists chosebecause the animals are herbivores (食草动物), which would mean that they would love sweets. However, the plant they choose, the bamboos, has a very sugar content and is therefore not considered sweet. Could this mean that pandas have their hobby for sweet things? The pandas were given six kinds of sweet liquids that arefound in fruits and vegetables. They were also givenat the same time. In each of the taste tests, the animals the natural sweeter liquids and ignored the water. They ate up all the sweet liquids and the water was left untouched. What was even more interesting is that when the scientists the water with five different man-made sweeteners, ones that humans find delicious, the pandas were not as. In these tests, they picked the water instead. The scientists believe that it could be either because pandas found them to be too or not sweet enough and that the mixture could not the pandas. The scientists were not too by the results, since pandas in zoos have always shown a preference for treats like apples, sweet potatoes and even mooncakes. Scientists believe that the pandas may have once sweeter foods that were available in the lowland areas that they used to live in. But when human settlement in the lowland areas them to the bamboo forests in the mountains, they had no but to settle for the almost sugarless plants.
试题分析：本文讲述科学家做了几个实验来验证熊猫更偏爱甜的东西。 【小题1】考查细节理解。根据第一段第一句Though giant pandas may appear perfectly happy chewing bamboos,本文的研究对象主要是熊猫，可知科学家是选择熊猫来研究，故选D 【小题2】 考查形容词词义辨析。 A高的 B简单的C低的 D不同的， 根据句子the bamboos, has a very sugar content and is therefore not considered sweet竹子不被认为是甜的，可知其糖的含量应该较低，故选C 【小题3】 考查动词词义辨析。 A失去B跟随C开始D保持，根据句子Could this mean that pandas have their hobby for sweet things?科学家发现熊猫爱吃甜的，然而竹子不甜，难道这意味着熊猫失去了对甜食的爱好吗？故选A 【小题4】考查副词词义辨析。A特别地B艰难地C自然地D很少地，根据句子The pandas were given six kinds of sweet liquids that are found in fruits and vegetables熊猫应该是被给六种在水果蔬菜中很自然就能发现的甜的液体，故选C 【小题5】考查细节理解。根据本段最后一句They ate up all the sweet liquids and the water was left untouched.可知熊猫们同时也被给了水，故选B 【小题6】考查动词词义辨析。 A拿起B藏起C拒绝D分享，根据句子In each of the taste tests, the animals the natural sweeter liquids and ignored the water，熊猫喜爱甜的东西，可知在每次试验中，熊猫都是拿起甜的液体，忽略了水，故选A 【小题7】考查副词词义辨析。A大地B逐渐地C偶然地D完全地，根据句子In each of the taste tests, the animals the natural sweeter liquids and ignored the water. 熊猫喜爱甜的东西，可知在每次试验中，熊猫都是拿起甜的液体，完全忽略了水，故选D 【小题8】考查动词词义辨析。A混合B覆盖C交换D代替，根据句子What was even more interesting is that when the scientists the water with five different man-made sweeteners科学家们试验完天然甜食后，尝试用水和几种人造甜物混合，故选A 【小题9】考查形容词词义辨析。A有趣的B挑剔的C完美的D感兴趣的，根据句子In these tests, they picked the water instead，熊猫在这些实验中却只挑了水，可知混合后的东西人类觉得很美味，但是熊猫却不感兴趣故选D 【小题10】考查细节理解。根据句子The scientists believe that it could be either because pandas found them to be too or not sweet enough科学家认为熊猫只挑水的原因要么是它们太甜，要么是不够甜，故选B 【小题11】考查动词词义辨析。A伤害B拯救C吸引D改变，根据句子the mixture could not the pandas.熊猫宁愿选择水，可知这种混合物不能吸引熊猫，故选C 【小题12】考查形容词词义辨析。A高兴的B吃惊的C失望的D担忧的，根据句子The scientists were not too by the results, since pandas in zoos have always shown a preference for treats like apples, sweet potatoes and even mooncakes.因为动物园里的熊猫更偏爱苹果，马铃薯甚至月饼，可知科学家对于这种结果并不感到吃惊，故选B 【小题13】考查动词词义辨析。A喜欢B不喜欢C控制D忽视，根据句子Scientists believe that the pandas may have once sweeter foods that were available in the lowland areas that they used to live in，科学家相信熊猫曾居住在有甜食的低地，因此喜欢甜食，故选A 【小题14】考查动词词义辨析。A鼓励B强制C引进D引导，根据句子But when human settlement in the lowland areas them to the bamboo forests in the mountains,因为人类定居在熊猫曾居住的低地，迫使熊猫进入山间的竹林地带，故选B 【小题15】考查名词词义辨析。A愿望B机会C奇迹D选择，根据句子they had no 15 but to settle for the almost sugarless plants.熊猫居住的地方被人类占领，熊猫没有选择只好居住在无糖植物地区，故选D 考点：考查科技文阅读