The World's Largest Insect .This giant insect can be used as a toy.
A child ties one end of a string to a stick and the other end around the "neck" of an insect. Holding the stick, the child lets the insect go. With a loud whirring sound, the insect takes off, pulling the string in a large curve over the child's head. The child laughs as the stick jumps around. The child is African, and the toy is the African Goliath beetle, the largest insect in the world.
The Goliath is a true insect because it has six legs and a body that is divided into three parts. Like all beetles, it has two pairs of wings. The front pair are thick and stiff and protect the back pair, which are soft. It is these soft back wings that make the beetle fly forward. They also cause the loud whirring sound the beetle makes when it flies. To steer, the beetle twists and turns its legs the same way you steer a bike by turning its front wheel.
African children often use the Goliath beetle as a toy. Although it is over 15 centimeters long, it is quite harmless.
小題1: The African Goliath beetle is _______. 
A．the world's largest insect
B．a(chǎn) toy used in many parts of the world
C．the only insect found in Africa
D．the world's smallest insect
小題2:What do African children often use the Goliath beetle as?
A．a(chǎn) tool.B．a(chǎn) toy. C．harmfull insects.D．Good animals.
小題3:We know the Goliath beetle is a true insect because it _______. 
A．makes a whirring sound when it flies B．has both soft and hard wings
C．has six legs and a body with three parts D．can fly
小題4:When flying, the Goliath steers by_______. 
A．turning its soft back wings
B．twisting and turning its hard front wings
C．twisting and turning its legs
D．twisting and turning its whole body

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:C

試題分析：世界上最大的昆蟲是非洲的花金龜科大甲蟲，非洲孩子經(jīng)常把Goliath beetle看作是玩具。繩子的一頭栓在一個棍子上，另一頭拴住甲蟲，然后讓它飛。它飛的樣子很像我們其車的樣子。雖然有15厘米長，不過它無害。
小題1:主題歸納題。根據(jù)the toy is the African Goliath beetle, the largest insect in the world.（玩具是非洲的(非洲產(chǎn)的)花金龜科大甲蟲，世界上最大的昆蟲。）可知，the African Goliath beetle是世界上最大的昆蟲。所以選A。
小題2: 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)African children often use the Goliath beetle as a toy. 可知，非洲孩子經(jīng)常把Goliath beetle看作是玩具。所以選B。
小題3: 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The Goliath is a true insect because it has six legs and a body that is divided into three parts. （)花金龜科大甲蟲是真正的昆蟲因為它有六條腿和有三部分組成的身體。）可知選C。
小題4:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)To steer, the beetle twists and turns its legs the same way you steer a bike by turning its front wheel. （為了飛行，甲殼蟲彎轉它的腿就像我們騎自行車轉動前輪一樣。）可知選 C。
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