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2017年中考英语阅读理解训练：The giraffe
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2017年中考英语阅读理解训练：The giraffe
The giraffe is the tallest modern land animal. It can be over metres tall. Its neck alone may be long. Yet the giraffe has only seven bones in its neck, the same number as in the human. Even a small bird has many more bones in its neck than in a tall giraffe. Each bone in a giraffe's neck is very long, while the bones in a human neck are small. That makes the difference. A female giraffe gives birth to one baby at a time. The baby, called a calf, is about metres tall at birth. By the age of eight it is fullgrown. The giraffe eats mostly leaves. Because it has a long neck, it can reach the leaves high up on the trees.
(1)In this passage the underlined word “giraffe” means _______.
A.鲸鱼 B.长颈鹿 C.大象 D.恐龙
(2)The bones in a bird's neck is ________.
A. as big as in a human's neck B. not so big as in a giraffe's neck
C. many more than in a human's neck D. much smaller in a giraffe's neck
(3)Which of the following is true?
A. A giraffe has only seven bones
B. The giraffe is the largest animal on the land
C. It takes eight years for a giraffe to grow up
D. Most of the leaves on the trees are eaten by giraffes
(4)When a giraffe is born, it is about ______.
A. metres lon