上海高考英语二轮讲义-阅读理解主旨大意题（原题版）

这是一份上海高考英语二轮讲义-阅读理解主旨大意题（原题版），共17页。学案主要包含了常见考法等内容，欢迎下载使用。
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\l "_Tc148898652" 解题攻略3
\l "_Tc148898653" 题型01 文章大意题3
\l "_Tc148898654" 题型02 段落大意题5
\l "_Tc148898655" 题型03 标题归纳题7
\l "_Tc148898657" 高考练场9
\l "_Tc148898657" 变式演练 PAGEREF _Tc148898657 \h 13
题型简介
主旨大意题主要考查考生对文章中心思想或段落大意的归纳、概括和总结能力。它要求考生能够理解文章的整体结构和主要内容，把握作者的写作意图。
这种题型在高考英语阅读中占有重要地位，因为它能体现考生对文章全局的把握，是一种高层次的阅读理解能力考查。一般来说，每篇阅读理解文章都会涉及至少一道主旨大意题，或者与主旨相关的题目，如最佳标题题等。主旨大意题的设问方式多样，位置通常在文章后的题目开头或结尾部分，但也可能出现在中间位置。
命题类型
文章主旨题：这类题目要求概括整篇文章的中心思想。例如，“What's the main idea f the passage?” 或者 “The passage is mainly abut...”。 答案选项通常是对文章核心内容的综合表述，涵盖了文章多个段落的要点信息。
段落主旨题：主要针对文章中的某一个段落，考查考生对该段落中心内容的理解。如 “What's the main pint f the third paragraph?”。答案往往是该段落主题句的同义替换或者对段落细节信息的概括。
最佳标题题：要求考生从选项中选择一个最适合文章的标题。像 “Which f the fllwing is the best title fr the text?”。标题要能够准确地反映文章的主题，并且具有吸引力，同时还要简洁明了，避免范围过大或过小。
解题思路
寻找主题句法
位置判断：主题句在文章中的位置通常有一定规律。大部分情况下，主题句出现在文章的开头部分，开门见山地阐述文章主旨；有些文章主题句在结尾，起到总结全文的作用；还有少数文章主题句在中间，需要结合上下文来判断。
特点把握：主题句一般具有概括性强、涵盖范围广的特点，能够准确地表达文章或者段落的核心内容。例如，在一篇讲述环境保护措施的文章中，开头的主题句可能是 “Varius effective measures have been taken t prtect the envirnment in recent years.”。
归纳法
细节整合：如果文章没有明显的主题句，就需要对文章的细节信息进行归纳总结。把各个段落的主要内容提炼出来，寻找它们的共同点或者关联点，从而概括出文章的主旨。
注意事项：在归纳过程中，要避免遗漏重要信息，同时也要排除那些只涉及部分内容的选项。比如，一篇文章分别介绍了科技对教育、医疗和交通的积极影响，归纳主旨时就要涵盖这三个方面，不能只强调其中一个领域。
关注关键词法
高频词识别：注意文章中反复出现的关键词。这些关键词往往与文章的主题密切相关。例如，一篇文章多次出现 “AI（人工智能）”“machine learning（机器学习）”“big data（大数据）” 等词汇，那么文章主旨很可能是关于人工智能技术及其相关应用的。
同义替换词注意：同时还要留意与这些关键词意思相近的表达，它们也有助于确定文章主旨。比如，除了 “AI” 之外，还出现了 “artificial intelligence technlgy” 等表达。
命题方式
【常见考法】主旨大意题经常使用的提问方式有：
1) What is the text mainly abut?
2) What is the best title fr the text?
3) What can be a suitable title fr the text?
4) What's the mainly abut?
5) What's the main idea discussed in the first/secnd/third/.. paragraph?
题型01 段落大意题

一、常见设问方式
 What des the authr tell us in Paragraph
 The main idea f the secnd paragraph prbably is ________.
 The first paragraph is mainly abut ________.
 Which f the fllwing can best summarize Para.1?
 What is the first paragraph mainly abut?
二、首尾兼顾法寻找主题句：
1.段首段尾：段首--主题句多为段首一两句(观点或对象)；段尾--主题句也常为段尾句(结论或总结)。
2.段中：主题句有时在段中(前面的话是为引出主题）。
3.无主题句：有时没有主题句，需根据段落内容自己概括。
（2025年长宁一模）
Unemplyment is a significant prblem in many develping cuntries. Withut steady wrk, individuals struggle t rise ut f pverty, and the cmmunity as a whle als misses ut. Many unemplyed peple culd have dne much gd thrugh their labur if they had been given the pprtunity t cntribute. Wrse, withut pprtunities fr prper emplyment, yung peple smetimes turn t crime and vilence in rder t prvide fr themselves. Thus, giving peple pprtunities t wrk is essential fr the cmmunity’s well-being.
43. What is paragraph 1 mainly abut?
A. The rle f the gvernment in creating jb pprtunities.
B. The imprtance f educatin fr reducing unemplyment rates.
C. The necessity f prviding wrk pprtunities t prevent crime.
D. The cnsequences f unemplyment n individuals and cmmunities.
题型02 文章大意题

一、提问方式
 What’s the main idea/pint f the passage?
 The passage is mainly abut ________.
 The passage is mainly cncerned abut ________.
 Which f the fllwing best states the main idea f the passage?
 Which f the fllwing statements best expresses the main idea/theme f the passage?
 In this passage the authr discusses primarily ________.
 The subject discussed in this text is ________.
 The general/main idea f the passage is abut ________.
二、主旨大意归纳法：
1.略读法：读文章标题；读首尾段落；读段落首尾句；留意表句段关系的关联词之后的内容。
2.文体法：新闻报道、议论文和说明文--主题句在首段；记叙文、议论文--主题句一般在尾段。
3.词语法：在文中出现频率较高的主题词。
4.概括法：无主题句的文章，需读者自己概括大意。
✱找主题句的技巧：
1. 段落中出现表示转折的词语(如hwever, but, in fact, actually等)时，该句很可能是主题句。
2. 首段出现疑问句时，对该问句的回答很可能就是文章主旨。
3. 作者有意识地重复的观点，通常是主旨；反复出现的词语，一般为体现文章主旨的关键词。
4. 表示总结或结论的句子常包含therefre, thus, in shrt, cnclude, cnclusin等词，通常是主旨。
（2025年普陀区一模）
Summerhill
This is a stry f a mdern schl—Summerhill. Summerhill began as an experimental schl. It is n lnger such;it is nw a demnstratin schl, fr it demnstrates that freedm wrks. When my wife and I began the schl, we had ne main philsphy:t make the schl fit the child— instead f making the child fit the schl.
Obviusly, a schl that makes active children sit at desks studying mstly useless subjects is a bad schl. It is a gd schl nly fr thse wh believe in such a schl, fr thse uncreative citizens wh want bedient, uncreative children wh will fit int a civilizatin whse standard f success is fame and frtune.
I had taught in rdinary schls fr many years. I knew the ther way well. I knew it was all wrng. It was wrng because it was based n an adult cnceptin f what a child shuld be and f hw a child shuld learn.
Well, we set ut t make a schl in which we shuld allw children freedm t be themselves. In rder t d this, we had t abandn all disciplines, all directins, all suggestins, all mral training, and all religius instructins. We have been called brave, but it did nt require curage. All it required was what we had—a cmplete belief in the child as a gd, nt an evil, being.
My view is that a child is brn wise and realistic. If left t himself withut adult suggestins f any kind, he will develp as far as he is capable f develping. Lgically, Summerhill is a place in which peple wh have the inherent ability and wish t be schlars will be schlars;while thse wh are nly fit t sweep the streets will sweep the streets. But we have nt prduced a street cleaner s far. Nr d I write this snbbishly(势利的), fr I wuld rather see a schl prduce a happy street cleaner than an anxius schlar.
38. What is the main idea f the passage?
A. Summerhill Schl uses a unique educatinal apprach centered n giving children freedm.
B. Summerhill Schl believes every child has the ptential t becme a successful schlar.
C. Summerhill Schl rejects strict discipline and fcuses n a child-centered envirnment.
D. Summerhill Schl challenges the traditinal mdel by emphasizing children's independence.
（2025年嘉定一模）
Sme dishes give ff an unmistakable air f elegance. Take a flawlessly clear cnsmmé (清炖肉汤) fr instance. Others are less s, like a pizza with a dense crust. And then there are dishes that seem t bridge the gap, appearing n menus acrss the range f taste and class. The chclate fndant is ne such dessert, lved fr its simple, rich pleasure and luxury.
Thugh different in technique, bth chéfs shared a visin f the fndant as a fancy, rich treat, a dessert designed t satisfy bth the taste buds (味蕾) and a desire fr elegance. Initially, it was a delicacy reserved fr high-end dining rms and the mst exclusive restaurants. In America, it became a symbl f refined dessert culture, representing a particular kind f elegance.
46. What is the main idea f the passage?
A. The chclate fndant's simplicity makes it easy fr chefs t prepare.
B. The chclate fndant has gne frm a high-end dessert t a cmmn treat.
C. The chclate fndant riginates in France and then spread t the whle wrld.
D. The chclate fndant is superir t ther desserts because f its mlten center.
题型03 标题归纳题

一、提问方式
 The best title f the passage is ________.
 Which f the fllwing is the best title f the passage?
 What wuld be the best title fr the passage?
 The mst apprpriate title f the passage is ______.
二、文章标题四大特性：
1.概括性：概括全文，体现主旨；
2.针对性：内涵相符，范围一致；
3.新颖性：新颖奇特，吸引眼球；
4.简短性：名词短语,动名词短语或祈使句。
文章标题干扰项特点：断章取义(仅为文中一细节)；以偏概全；离题太远。
(一)理解标题的三大特点：1. 概括性——准确而又简短；2. 针对性——标题外延正好与文章内容相符；3. 醒目性——能引发读者的阅读欲望。
(二)确定文章标题：1. 正面肯定法：在理解文章主旨的基础上，看哪个选项能准确概括主旨；2. 反面否定法：撇开原文，拿各个备选项去设想用它们写出来的“文章”将是什么内容，然后和原文章对照，一一排除不符选项；3. 研读、比较四个选项：研读四个选项里面的中心词、修饰词的变化、概括性等。
（2025年长宁一模）
We ften picture tday’s teens as scial-media addicts. They stare at their phnes 24/7 and lash ut when they can’t have their WeChat fix. But the truth is mre cmplicated: While they depend n scial media t keep up with friends, it des have a tendency t make them feel helpless under the pressure, and they knw it.
When I spke t fur students at Ntre Dame High Schl in Sherman Oaks, Calif., as part f my natin-wide teen listening tur, they tld me they make cnscius chices abut wh they share things with n scial media, hw they manage their accunts and hw they handle their wn burnut.
While teens generally acknwledge that scial media helps them keep up with their friends, arund 45% f them say they feel trubled by the drama they ften encunter, accrding t Pew Research Center. Rughly fur in 10 teenagers say they feel pressure t pst nly things that shw them in a psitive light r that generate a lt f cmments r likes.
The Sherman Oaks teens I spke with say they t have taken breaks t avid burnut. They all have friends wh dn’t even bther with scial media, and they say they admire it. Still, the fear f missing ut usually draws them back. Or, as ne f the fur students tld me, “It kind f gets a little lnely after a while.”
39. Which f the fllwing is the best title f the passage?
A. The dwnside f scial media: Why teens get addicted
B. The scial media: Mre cnnectivity than islatin amng teens
C. The unseen cnsequences f scial media: A teenage perspective
D. The influence f scial media: A cmprehensive teenage analysis
（2025年金山一模）
I was walking hme when a well-dressed man plitely stpped me. “Culd yu tell me which way t Blr and…” He struggled t get the next wrd ut with a pained lk, but I knew better than t finish his sentence fr him. “… Bathurst?” he said after several secnds f trying. When I answered, he tld me that he didn’t actually need t knw. He was practising stuttering (口吃) penly, he explained, hping t becme mre cnfident ding s arund strangers.
As fr me, I’d say that my stutter has nt “magically disappeared” because I’ve simply fund ways t cnceal (隐藏) it. But I have a better therapy nw-I will grw alngside it, an identity inseparable frm the way that I speak. Thinking abut this, I decided t tell the man, wh was still lking at me hpefully: “______.”
39. What’s the best title fr this passage?
A. My stutter, myselfB. New definitins fr stutter
C. Stutter, a life-changing disabilityD. A special encunter with stutterers
题型01 段落大意题
(上海市实验学校2024-2025学年高三上学期十月月考试题)
These are knwn prblems, and there are plenty f ideas ut there t slve them. “Figure-strming” is a way fr peple t cmbat grup-think by pretending t be an influential persn trying t address the prblems. Sme simpler rules are much mre likely t help. Define the limits f a brainstrming sessin upfrnt. Try t make a specific thing wrk better rather than t sht fr the Mn. Invlve peple yu dn’t knw, as well as thse yu d. Start by getting peple t write their ideas dwn in silence, s extrverts and bsses have less chance t dminate. And be clear abut the next steps after the sessin is ver; the attractin f hlding a “design sprint (冲刺)”, a weeklng, clear-the-diary way fr a team t develp and test prduct prttypes, is that the thread cnnecting ideas t utcmes is tight. All f them wuld make brainstrming a little mre thught-prvking and less heart-sinking.
46. What is the last paragraph mainly abut?
A. Varius slutins t the prblems with brainstrming.
B. Hw “figure-strming” cntributes t brainstrming.
C. Reasns why brainstrming sessins are painful.
D. Thught-prvking versus heart-sinking.
(2024年新课标高考英语I卷B篇)
“I am nt crazy,” says Dr. William Farber, shrtly after perfrming acupuncture (针灸) n a rabbit. “I am ahead f my time.” If he seems a little defensive, it might be because even sme f his cwrkers ccasinally laugh at his unusual methds. But Farber is certain he’ll have the last laugh. He’s ne f a small but grwing number f American veterinarians (兽医) nw practicing “hlistic” medicine – cmbining traditinal Western treatments with acupuncture, chirpractic (按摩疗法) and herbal medicine.
Farber, a graduate f Clrad State University, started ut as a mre cnventinal veterinarian. He became interested in alternative treatments 20 years ag when he suffered frm terrible back pain. He tried muscle-relaxing drugs but fund little relief. Then he tried acupuncture, an ancient Chinese practice, and was amazed that he imprved after tw r three treatments. What wrked n a veterinarian seemed likely t wrk n his patients. S, after studying the techniques fr a cuple f years, he began ffering them t pets.
Leigh Tindale’s dg Charlie had a serius heart cnditin. After Charlie had a heart attack, Tindale says, she was prepared t put him t sleep, but Farber’s treatments eased her dg’s suffering s much that she was able t keep him alive fr an additinal five mnths. And Priscilla Dewing reprts that her hrse, Nappy, “mves mre easily and rides mre cmfrtably” after a chirpractic adjustment.
Farber is certain that the hlistic apprach will grw mre ppular with time, and if the past is any indicatin, he may be right: Since 1982, membership in the American Hlistic Veterinary Medical Assciatin has grwn frm 30 t ver 700. “Smetimes it surprises me that it wrks s well,” he says. “I will d anything t help an animal. That’s my jb.”
26. What des paragraph 3 mainly talk abut?
A. Steps f a chirpractic treatment.
B. The cmplexity f veterinarians’ wrk.
C. Examples f rare animal diseases.
D. The effectiveness f hlistic medicine.
题型02 文章大意题
(上海市宝山区上海大学附属中学2024-2025学年高三上学期期中英语考试)
Almst half a millin yung ak (橡树) trees have been saved after The Times revealed they were due t be destryed because f delays in gvernment help t create mre wdland.
A tree nursery said in March that it had been unable t find buyers fr the ne and tw-year-ld seedlings f England’s natinal tree.
After The Times reprted n the plan, dzens f charities, cmmunity grups and individuals all ver the cuntry gt in tuch with Maelr t ask if they culd help.
Natasha Smers, a vlunteer fr Save the Oaks, said, “The supprt we’ve seen shws hw a cmmunity can cme tgether in difficult times. It’s clear that peple want t act fr a better future, ne where humanity and nature are cnnected.”
39. What is the passage mainly abut?
A. A prspective apprach t planting.
B.A natinwide effrt t save ak trees.
C. A tree nursery devted t preserving endangered trees.
D. A species f trees that are threatened with extinctin.
(2024年新课标高考英语II卷C篇)
We all knw fresh is best when it cmes t fd. Hwever, mst prduce at the stre went thrugh weeks f travel and cvered hundreds f miles befre reaching the table. While farmer’s markets are a slid chice t reduce the jurney, Babyln Micr-Farm (BMF) shrtens it even mre.
BMF is an indr garden system. It can be set up fr a family. Additinally, it culd serve a larger audience such as a hspital, restaurant r schl. The innvative design requires little effrt t achieve a reliable weekly supply f fresh greens.
Specifically, it’s a farm that relies n new technlgy. By cnnecting thrugh the Clud, BMF is remtely mnitred. Als, there is a cnvenient app that prvides grwing data in real time. Because the system is autmated, it significantly reduces the amunt f water needed t grw plants. Rather than watering rws f sil, the system prvides just the right amunt t each plant. After harvest, users simply replace the plants with a new pre-seeded pd (容器) t get the next grwth cycle started.
Mrever, having a system in the same building where it’s eaten means zer emissins (排放) frm transprting plants frm sil t salad. In additin, there’s n need fr pesticides and ther chemicals that pllute traditinal farms and the surrunding envirnment.
BMF emplyees live ut sustainability in their everyday lives. Abut half f them walk r bike t wrk. Inside the ffice, they encurage recycling and waste reductin by limiting garbage cans and aviding single-use plastic. “We are passinate abut reducing waste, carbn and chemicals in ur envirnment,” said a BMF emplyee.
11. What des the text mainly talk abut?
A. BMF’s majr strengths.B. BMF’s general management.
C. BMF’s glbal influence.D. BMF’s technical standards.
题型03 标题归纳题
(上海市向明中学2024-2025学年高三上学期期中测试卷)
“Gd mrning, everyne. Gd mrning.” It’s 5:30 a. m. , and a speaker-annuncement jlts me awake frm a dead sleep. “We have abut 20 r s humpback whales utside ur ship.”
I launch myself ut f bed, darting ut f my cabin and up t a viewing deck. There they are, arching their knbby drsal fins gracefully abve the water and casting their flukes int the crisp mrning air befre taking a shallw dive. Shrtly after, the sunrise annunces itself. Then, icebergs appear ut f the mist.
Once a pstdc and research scientist at the University f Michigan, Kurt Hillig takes phts f everything frm flwers t glaciers alng the way. Recrd keeping. “This is here nw and I’m here nw,” he says. “I’m trying t capture it befre it disappears, s I can share it with ther peple shw them this is what the wrld culd have been, if we hadn’t been s driven by prfit instead f pleasure.”
39. The best title fr the passage is ________.
A. Last-Chance TurismB. A Sustainable Expeditin
C. Escaping t Endangered PlacesD. Risky Adventures: The Last Frntier
(2024年全国高考英语甲卷B篇)
Animals can express their needs using a lt f ways. Fr instance, almst all animals have distinct vcals (声音) that they rely n t either ask fr help, scare away any dangerus animals r lk fr shelter. But cats are special creatures wh pssess amazing vcalizatin skills. They are able t have entire cnversatins with humans using mews and yu're able t interpret it. If a pet cat is hungry, it will keep mewing t attract attentin and find fd. Hwever, when a cat is lking fr affectin, they tend t prduce stretched and sft mews. Mewing starts as sn as a baby cat is brught t life and uses it t get the mther's attentin and be fed.
Cats have many heightened senses, but their sense f smell is quite impressive. They use their nses t assess their envirnment and lk ut fr any signs f danger. They will sniff ut specific areas befre they chse a place t relax. Hwever, anther way the cats are able t distinguish between situatins is by lking fr familiar smells. Yur cat will likely smell yur face and stre the smell in its memry and use it t recgnize yu in the future. That's why mst pet cats are able t tell immediately if their wners were arund any ther cats, which they dn't usually like.
Dgs are knwn fr their impressive fetching habit, but cats take this behavir up a ntch. Many cats will find randm bjects utside and bring them t their wners. This is a very ld habit that's been present in all kinds f predatrs (食肉动物). Cats bring gifts fr their wners t shw they lve yu. These adrable little hunters are just ding smething that it's been in their nature since the beginning f time. S just g alng with it!
7. What is a suitable title fr the text?
A. Tips n Finding a Smart CatB. Understanding Yur Cat's Behavir
C. Have Fun with Yur CatD. Hw t Keep Yur Cat Healthy
（2025年崇明一模）
The Pulitzers are American awards given within the United States fr utstanding achievement in jurnalism as well as bks, drama and music. Under these headings, there are 22 categries including nline jurnalism, newspaper reprting, fictin, histry, music, drama, petry, phtgraphy and mre. Recipients can be a news rganizatin, an individual r a grup f peple.
Each f the first 21 winners receives a $15,000 cash prize and a certificate. The twenty-secnd prize, hwever, is the Public Service Prize, which is always given t a news agency. Instead f cash, the news rganizatin receives the Pulitzer Gld Medal. The name f the year’s winner is n ne side f the cin and the year is n the ther. All winners are hnred and awarded their prizes at an annual lunch party. The event takes place at Clumbia University, which was riginally tasked with administering the award, and usually ccurs in May.
If it hadn’t been fr a Hungarian-American named Jseph Pulitzer, the awards wuld never have cme int existence. Pulitzer was brn int a wealthy family in Hungary in 1847. He made his way t America and built a career in jurnalism. He develped a reputatin as an ambitius and energetic yung jurnalist. By 1872 Pulitzer had becme a publisher, and six years later he wned a newspaper cmpany. In 1883 he purchased yet anther newspaper. He became knwn as smene wh was nt afraid t take a public stand against crruptin (腐败).
After a successful career in jurnalism, seven years befre his death, Pulitzer wrte a will, leaving $2,000,000 t Clumbia University. The mney was t establish a schl f jurnalism at Clumbia and a set f awards. Pulitzer’s desire was t raise the standards f jurnalism. He hped the prize wuld act as a stimulus fr jurnalists t wrk fr excellence — then and int the future.
Faithfully fllwing Pulitzer’s instructins, Clumbia University awarded the very first Pulitzer Prizes in 1917. Tday these awards are cnsidered sme f the mst distinguished prizes in America.
36. What can be knwn abut the Pulitzers?
A.Their recipients all get cash prizes. B. There are 21 winners each year.
C. They are awarded wrldwide.D. They g beynd jurnalism.
37. It can be inferred frm the passage that Jseph Pulitzer _____.
A. was humrus and curageus B. was raised up in a jurnalist’s family
C. had a strng sense f justice D. sught a gal f prducing wealth
38. Pulitzer established the prizes mainly t _____.
A. facilitate better jurnalismB. diversify ways f access t jurnalism
C. supprt Clumbia University D. stimulate peple t becme jurnalists
39. Which f the fllwing is the best title fr the passage?
A. Pulitzer Prizes: Jseph Pulitzer’s Lifetime Ambitin
B. Pulitzer Prizes: Sme f America’s Greatest Hnrs
C. Pulitzer Prizes: Awards fr Distinguished Jurnalists
D. Pulitzer Prizes: Annual Events at Clumbia University
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Human dctrs perfrm amputatins, surgical remvals f an arm, leg, r finger, after a serius injury. But new research shws that sme ants perfrm amputatins n injured ants t help them survive an injury. The behavir was dcumented in Flrida carpenter ants.
Tw carpenter ants are seen in a labratry at the University f Lausanne. Scientists said they either cleaned the wund using their muthparts r amputated the limb, r leg, by biting it ff. The chice f care depended n the injury’s lcatin. When it was further up the leg, they always amputated. When it was further dwn, they never amputated.
Erik Frank f the University f Würzburg in Germany is the lead writer f the research. Frank said the study describes “fr the first time hw a nn-human animal uses amputatins n anther individual t save their life.” He believes “that the ants’ ‘medical system’ t care fr the injured is the mst cmplicated in the animal kingdm,” and cmpares well t human medicine.
“Injuries further dwn the leg have an increased flw f hemlymph (血淋巴),” Frank said. S harmful bacteria can enter the bdy after nly five minutes. An amputatin wuld nt help infectin after that time. He cntinued, “Injuries further up the leg have a much slwer hemlymph flw, giving enugh time fr timely and effective amputatins.”
The study fund that after an upper leg injury, an ant that experiences amputatin has a survival rate f 90 t 95 percent. Fr lwer leg injuries in which just cleaning was perfrmed, the survival rate was abut 75 percent, cmpared t abut 15 percent fr injuries that received n care.
Ants can functin well withut ne f their six legs. And nly female ants perfrm the treatment f wunds by cleaning r amputatin. “All wrker ants are female. Males play nly a minr rle in ant cmmunity,” Frank said.
S why d ants d these amputatins? Frank said, “There is a very simple evlutinary reasn fr caring fr the injured. It saves resurces.” He nted that if an ant culd be saved with little effrt t remain prductive, “there is a very high value f ding s.” “At the same time, if an individual is t heavily injured, the ants will nt care fr her, but rather leave her behind t die,” Frank added.
43. The type f treatments applied t injured ants depends n ______.
A. hw the medical system f the ants is develped
B. whether the ant still remains prductive and valuable
C. which kind f ants perfrms the treatments f wunds
D. whether the ant suffers frm an upper leg injury r a lwer ne
44. What can we infer frm the survival rates mentined in the text?
A. The lcatin f the injury and the crrespnding treatment greatly affect the ant’s survival.
B. Cleaning the wund is mre effective than amputatin fr all leg injuries.
C. Injured ants with n care have a similar survival rate t thse with treatment in sme cases.
D. Amputatin is always the best way t ensure the survival f injured ants.
45. It can be cncluded frm Frank’s study that ______.
A. male ants prvide medical care fr the ant cmmunity
B. slightly-injured ants will receive n care t save resurces
C. the heavily injured ants will eventually die fr lack f medical care
D. the cleaning f an upper leg injury greatly increases the ants’ survival rate
46. What is the passage mainly abut?
A. Hw ants perfrm amputatins.B. Hw injured ants are dealt with.
C. Hw ants evlve and reprduce.D. Hw amputatins affect ants.