山東省青島市2021年九年級(jí)中考一模英語(yǔ)試卷分類(lèi)匯編：閱讀表達(dá)

山東省青島市

2021年九年級(jí)中考一模英語(yǔ)試卷分類(lèi)匯編

閱讀表達(dá)

2021年山東青島即墨區(qū)中考一模英語(yǔ)試題

V.閱讀表達(dá)。（共5小題，共15分）

閱讀下面短文，按要求完成各項(xiàng)任務(wù)。（共15分）

TherearemanyreasonswhyIencouragepeopletotravel,andIknowthattheexperiencewill

makeoneabetterperson.

IrememberwhenIwastraveling,Ibegantoknowtheworldbetter.Theworldisnotjustabout

me,mysmalltownandhome.Althoughyouwillmeetdifferentpeoplefromallovertheworld,you

willrealizethatpeoplearesimilarintheirdreams,hopesandfeelings.Enjoyexploring（探索）the

differentculture,andyouwillalsofindthatpeoplearedifferentinsomeofthethingstheydoand

howtheylive.Onceyouunderstandtheirways,itwillnotbestrangeorscary.Oftenwereadstories

aboutotherculturesinbooks.①Onlywhecwevisitthci）areas,dowefindthatthosestoriesare

somethingwrong.

Onethingyoumayfindoutisthatthereareproblemsallovertheworld.Wecan'tjustget

moneytosendtotheseareasandhopethatwillworkthemout.Theworldshouldgetinvolved（干

預(yù)）andhelpwherevertheseareaareproblems.Peopleeverywhereshouldbegivenachance.It'sso

easytoignore（忽視）thisifonedoesnottravelorexplore.Onecanlookaroundandseethatso

manypeoplehavemanychallengesworsethanours.Onecanrealizethatsometimesourbiggest

problemsarenotthatbigafterall.

Onyourjourneyyouwillmeetlotsofnewfriends.Talkingtostrangersandfindingabouttheir

livesaregreatwaystospendyourtime.Youwillcertainlybemoreconfidentafterhavingtodeal

withproblemsandmakemanydecisionsalongtheway.Whenyoutravel,youhavetobeonyour

owninsomesituations.Youwillsurpriseyourselfbyhowwellyoucandothat.Allyourspecial

experiencescouldmakeaninterestingbooktoread.（2）Itwouldbefilledwithyourspecial

memories.

Travelingaroundisawonderfulexperience.Ifwecouldalljusttravelalittlemoreandshare

ourexperiences,wewouldallhebetterpeopleandtheworldwouldbeabetterplace.

56.根據(jù)短文回答問(wèn)題

(1)Whydoesthewriterencouragepeopletotravel?

(2)Howwillyoubeafteryouhavetodealwithproblemsandmakemanydecisionsduringatravel?

57.請(qǐng)將①處劃線(xiàn)句了翻譯成漢語(yǔ)。

58.寫(xiě)出②處單詞指代的內(nèi)容。

59.從文章中找出"It'sawonderfulexperiencetotravelaround."的同義句。

60.根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容填空，每空一詞。

Iencouragepeopletotravel.Whiletraveling,wecanthedifferentculture.Oncewe

understandothers'ways,wewon'tfeelstrangeor.Whiletraveling,wemaynotthat

peopleeverywhereshouldhaveachance.Wecanalsorealizethatmaybeourbiggestproblemsare

notasasothers\Whiletraveling,wecanlearnhowtodealwithproblemsandmakemany

decisionsalongtheway.Thesewillourselves.So,wewillallbebetterpeopleandtheworld

willbeabetterplaceifwetravelalittlemore.

【答案】

56.(1).Travelingmakesoneabetterpersonandmakestheworldabetterplace.

(2).Iwillbemoreconfident.

57.只有當(dāng)我們參觀他們的地區(qū)時(shí)，我們才發(fā)現(xiàn)那些故事是有誤的。

58.Aninterestingbook.

59.Travelingaroundisawonderfulexperience.

60.(1).explore(2).scary(3).ignore(4).big(5).surprise

2021年山東省青島市局屬四校聯(lián)考中考一模九年級(jí)英語(yǔ)試題

V.閱讀表達(dá)（共15分）

閱讀下面短文，回答66至70小題。（共8分）

WhenWangHaiyanwasyoung,herfavoritetoysweren't

Barbiedolls.Instead,shestartedlearningtomakeshadowpuppets

fromherfatherat13.Now43,Wanghasspentthirtyyears

practicingandspreadingtheart.

Shadowpuppetryisaformoftheaterthatusespuppetsmadefromleather（皮）orpaper,

accompaniedbymusicandsinging.InventedduringtheWesternHanDynasty,ittellsusabout

folkstoriesandhistoricalstories,passingdowncultureandcustomsoverthousandsofyears.

Shadowpuppetryisallaboutcreatingthepuppetsandperformingwiththem.Wang's

hometownofHuaCounty,Shanxiisknownasthebirthplaceofthefolkart.

Puppet-makersmustfollow24stepstomakethepuppets,includingwashingtheleather,

carving（雕亥ij）andpainting,accordingtoWang.Carvingisthemostdifficultpart.

“Wehaveaspecialcarvingtechnique（技巧）--movingtheleatherundertheknife,^Wangsaid.

Youhavetoholdtheknifestillinyourrighthandandonlymovetheleatherinyourlefthand.

IttookWangthreeyearstomasterthisskill.Sheusedabrick（磚塊）tomakeherlefthand

strongwhilepracticing.Ittakesabout3,000carvestomakeashadowpuppet."The

complicated（復(fù)雜的）stepsmakeithardtohanddownthefolkart,^^shesaid.

ButWanghasusedsomenewwaystodoso.In2016,shemadeshadowpuppetsbasedon

somecartoonseriesandgavealivestreamingperformance（直播）.Sheusedcolorslikeblueand

purplethatarehardlyseeninshadowpuppetryandaddedmorestickstothepuppetstomakethe

performancelivelier.

66.TranslatetheunderlinedwordsShadowpuppetryintoChinese.（1分）

67.Whenandwherewasshadowpuppetryinvented?（2分）

68.HowlongdidittakeWangtomasterthecarvingtechnique?（l分）

69.AccordingtoWang,whyisitdifficulttohanddownshadowpuppetry?（2分）

70.Whatisthelastparagraphabout?（Nomorethantenwords）（2分）

It\aboutthenewways______________________________________________________

閱讀下面短文，完成71至75小題。（共7分）

B

Doyouoftenputoffdoingsomethingthatyoushouldbedoing?It'scalledprocrastination（拖

延癥）.Mostofthetasksthatyouprocrastinateonaren'tactuallydifficulttodo-youhavethe

skillstocompletethem-youjustdon'twanttostartthemforonereasonoranother.

2-MinuteRuleisamethodofdealingwiththeproblemandthegoalistomakeiteasierfor

youto

getstartedonthethingsyoushouldbedoing.Itincludestwoparts.PartOnecomesfromDavid

Allen'sbook,GettingThingsDone.It*ssurprisinghowmanythingsweputoffthatwecouldget

doneintwominutesorless,forexample,takingoutthelitter,cleaningupyourdeskandsending

anemail.Ifatasktakeslessthantwominutestocomplete,thenfollowtheruleanddoitright

now.

Canallnfyour20alsbeachievedinlessthantwominutes?Ofcoursenot.Buteverygoal

canbestartedintwominutesorless.Andthafsthepurposebehindtherule'ssecondpart.Once

youstartdoingsomething,it*seasiertocontinuedoingit.Themostimportantpartofanynew

habitisgettingstartednotjustthefirsttime,buteachtime.Ilovethe2-MinuteRulebecauseit

acceptstheideathatallgoodthingshappenonceyougetstarted.

Wanttostudybetter?Justpickupyourbooks（2-MinuteRule）andbeginreadingorlearning,

and

soonyouwillmemorizetheknowledgethatseemsdifficulttolearn.

Wanttobecomeabetterwriter?Justwriteonesentence（2—MinuteRule）andyou'llprobably

findyourselfwritingforanhour.

Wanttomakereadingahabit?Justreadthefirstpageofanewbook（2—MinuteRule）and

beforeyouknowit,youhavereadthefirsttenpages.

Usenext120secondstogetonethingdone.Go!

71.Accordingtothepassage,whatisprocrastination?（1分）

72.WhatdoesItinParagraph2referto?（1分）

73.將劃線(xiàn)句Canallofyourqoalsbeachievedinlessthantwominutes?翻譯成漢語(yǔ)(1分)

74滲照示例，列舉2-MinuteRule能幫助我們做的事情。(2分)

①studyingbetter

②

③

75.根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容填空，每空不超過(guò)兩個(gè)單詞。(每空0.5分，共2分)

2—MinuteRuleisamethodpeopleuse(1)problems.Itincludestwoparts.Ifwe

candosomethingintwominutes,weshoulddoitrightnow.Ifittakes(2)twominutes

tofinishsomething,weshouldgetstartedat(3).Becauseonceyoustartdoing

something,youwillcontinuedoingitmore(4)andallgoodthingswillhappen.

答案：

A

66.皮影戲

67.ItwasinventedduringtheWesternHanDynastyinHuaCounty,Shanxi.

或DuringtheWesternHanDynastyinHuaCounty,Shanxi.

68.Threeyears./IttookWangthreeyearstomasterthecarvingtechnique.

69.Becauseofthecomplicatedsteps.

或Thecomplicatedstepsmakeithardtohanddown/spreadshadowpuppetry.

(凡是符合題意均可得分)

70.It\aboutthenewwaysWangusedtospread/handdownthefolkart/shadowpuppetry.

(凡是符合題意均可得分)

B.

71.Procrastinationisputtingoffsomethingthatyoushouldbedoing.

或Puttingoffsomethingthatyoushouldbedoing.

72.2-MinuteRule

73.你所有的目標(biāo)都能在不到兩分鐘內(nèi)被完成/實(shí)現(xiàn)嗎？

74.②becomingabetterwriter(3)makingreadingahabit

75.（l）tosolve（2）over（3）once（4）easily

山東省青島市膠州市2020-2021學(xué)年中考英語(yǔ)一摸試題

VI.閱讀表達(dá)。（本題10小題，滿(mǎn)分20分）

A

閱讀下面短文，回答56至60小題。

MyhusbandandIboughtahousewhenwewereinourfifties.Oneofthereasonswe

boughtitwasthatitwassoattractive.IthadabigJapaneseredpine,whichlookedbeautifulinour

frontyard.For20years,itwasabeautytoallwhopassedby.Raccoons（浣熊）climbeditstruck（樹(shù)

干）andsquirrelsplayedinitsbranches.Itshadedthebrightsunovermysmallgardenofrosesand

bushes（灌木叢）thatFdplantedforbees.

Earlylastyear,aheavysnowfallhitourcity.WhilewewereenjoyingaquietSaturday

morning,thehouseshookandweheardaloudcrash（撞擊聲）.Thetreehadfallen,takingout

mostofthebushesinouryard.Sowecalledforestryworkers,whocutoffitstruckandbranches

andtookthewoodaway.Afteraweek,theyardwasstillamess,withwoodshavings（木屑）and

holeseverywhere.

InMarch,IboughtafewnewbushandroseseedlingstoreplacethosethatIthoughthadn't

lived.ButinMay,plentyofnewflowersweregrowingintheyard!Asthesunshonedown,the

flowerswereabletogrowandattractbees.Myoldbushesgrewbackandwerehealthierthanever

before!Ouryardturnedintoabeautifulgarden.Andthissummer,oneyearlater,alloftheplants

arethreetimesbiggerthantheywerebefore.

Lifemightbehardforyouatthemoment,butyouneverknowwhatthefutureholds.Itmight

justbemuchbrighter.

56.Whathappenedtothegardenlastyear?

57.Howoldarethecouplewhentheyboughtthehouse?

58.What'syourunderstandingofthelastsentenceinthepassage?

59.HowdidtheauthorfeelaboutheryardlastMay?

60.Ifsomethingbadhappenedtoyou,whatwouldyoudo?

B

閱讀下面短文，完成61至65小題。

Youmayhaveheardthesaying,"Whenlifegivesyoulemons,makelemonade（檸檬汁）

Sincelemonsarethoughttobebitter（苦的）andlemonadesweet,（A）thesayingtellsyoutomake

thebestoutofabadsituation.

Unluckily,whensomethingbadhappens,it'snotuncommonformostpeopletotalkaboutit

toanyonewhoUllisten,andcomplainaboutlife,uWhyme?"That'slikegettingabagoflemons,

puttingthemdown,andthinking,"Lemonstastebad!（B）我寧愿吃巧克力!”Ifyoudon'tmake

anythingwiththelemons,theywillgobad.

Butwhatifyoudidsomethingwiththem?Whatifyoumadelemonade?Isn'titpossibleto

dosomethingsimilarwithabadsituation?

Here'sanexample:Let'ssayyou'reabouttogotothemovie,butyoudiscoveryouhavea

flattire（癟胎）.Youthinkitaterriblething.Afterall,youarereallylookingforwardtospending

sometimewithRyanGoslingandEmmaStone.Nowyou'reallstressedout,hatingthetire,the

car,andyourlife.ButwhatifyoucalledAAA（美國(guó)汽車(chē)協(xié)會(huì)）,gotyourtirefixedorgotcaught

uponthingsthatyou'dbeenmeaningtodo?Whatifyoudidsomereadingorhadcoffeewitha

friendinstead?Asawfulexperiencecanbeturnedintosomethingbetter.Youcan'tchangewhat

hashappened,right?Somakethebestofit.I'mnotsayingitwillbeeasy.Theeasythingtodois

complainaboutyourbadsituationandnotthinkaboutwhatitcouldbeturnedinto.

Nexttimewhensomebadthingshappen,stopandthink,“HowcanIturnthisaround?How

canImakeitaniceexperience?”Youneedn'tfeardifficulties.Aslongasyoukeeponchangingit,

youwillseethegoodatlast.

將（A）劃線(xiàn)句子Ihesayingtellsyoulomakethebesloutofabadsituation.翻譯成漢語(yǔ)。（2分）

將（B）處漢語(yǔ)翻譯成英語(yǔ)。（2分）

Whatdoes“過(guò)"inthelastparagraphreferto（指的是）？（2分）

從文中找出與“Ifyoudon'tgiveup,allwillbeniceintheend.”句子意思相同或相近的句子。

（2分）

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容填空，每空一詞。（2分）

Thewriterusestheexampleofseeingamovietotellus,whensomethingbadhappens,we'd

betternotcomplainit,but①it,tryourbestto②

itintogoodthings.

答案：

1.Aheavysnowfallhitthecity,thetreefelldown,andtookoutmostofthebushesintheyard.

2.theywereintheirfifties.

3.Keepapositiveattitude./Alwaysbehappy.

4.Shefeltamazed/surprised/glad/...

5.Iwillalwayskeepapositiveattitude,andbelievethefuturewillbemuchbrighter.B答案：

61.這個(gè)諺語(yǔ)告訴你在不利的情況下實(shí)現(xiàn)最佳的結(jié)果。

62.I'dratherhavechocolate!

63.aterrible/badthing

64.Aslongasyoukeeponchangingit,youwillseethegoodatlast.65.accept,tum/change

2021年山東省青島市市北區(qū)中考一模英語(yǔ)試題

V.閱讀表達(dá)。（共10小題，共20分）

A

閱讀下面短文，完成56至60題。（共10分）

WhileFridaysarealwaysthebestdayoftheweek,June4,promisestobeevenmorespecial

thisyear.That'sbecauseitalsohappenstobeNationalDonutDay,whichmeansitisyourdutyto

consume■肖費(fèi)）oneofthedeliciousfriedtreats!Surprisingly,theholidaywasstartedbythe

SalvationArmytohelpraisemuch-neededmoneyfbrthepoor.

In1917,volunteersarrivedinFrancetotakecareofinjured（受傷的）WorldWarIsoldiers

（士兵）.Tocomfortthehomesicksoldiers,SalvationArmyEnsign（少尉）MargaretSheldonand

fellowofficerHelenPurvianceusedthelimited-flour,sugar,andoil-attheirdisposal（支配）to

makedonuts.

ThefreshdonutsbroughtgreatjoytotheUSsoldierswholinedoutsidetheservicehut（小

屋）,oftenwaitingpatientlyforhoursincoldweather,togettheirhandsonthespecialtreat.They

weresoondishedout（分發(fā)）asmanyas9,000piecesdaily.Thesuccesshelpedtoliftthespiritsof

USsoldiers.Later,itwassopopularthatNationalDonutDaybecameacelebration,whichfallson

thefirstFridayofJune.

TheholidayhassincebeenacceptedalloverAmericabydonutmakerswhooftencelebrateit

byhandingoutfreetreats.Thisyear,KrispyKremeandLamarsDonutswillgiveafreedonutto

allcustomers.Manyneighborhoodstoresalsotakepartinthisfuntraditionalactivity,sobesureto

checktovisittheoneclosesttoyou.ItisnotsurprisingtohearthatAmericansconsumeover10

billiondonutseveryyear.

ThoughdonutsarefirstanAmericantradition,similartreatsareenjoyedbycountriesaround

theworld.

56.InwhichcountrywasNationalDonutDayfirstcelebrated?（2分）

57.找至（I與"Afterthatpeoplelikedthisdaysomuchanditbecameagreatevent,whichtakes

placeonthefirstFridayofJune^意思相同或相近的句子（2分）

58.WhatistheexactdateofNationalDonutDaythisyear?（2分）

59.WhydidtheUSsoldierslovedonuts?（2分）

60.短文劃線(xiàn)處“班”指代內(nèi)容為（2分）

B

閱讀下面短文，完成61至65題。（共10分）

Manystudentssufferfromstressintheirdailylives.Theyareunderstressbecausetheirlives

arenotbalanced（均衡的）.Theyfocustoomuchonstudying,dealingwithpeer（同伴）pressure

andworryingaboutwhatothersthink,andnotenoughonotherthings.Youmaywonderwhether

stressisaseriousmatter.Theansweris"Yes”.Youshouldknowthatstressisarisktoyourhealth.

Ifyouwantlolivealongandhealthylife,youneedtobegintoguardagainststressfromayoung

age.

Herearesomewaystodealwithstressandbringbalancetoyourlife:

Bepositive

Onewaytocanceloutstressisthroughpositivethinking.Youshouldalwayslookonthe

brightsideoflife,andimaginethatyouwillhaveahappyandsuccessfulfuture.

Learntorelax

Forceyourselftotakeabreakfromyourstudiesandworriesaboutexams.Youcandothis

simplybytakingawalk,readingabook,goingtoaconcertorseeingafilm,orjustsittingina

privateplaceandbeingsilentforamoment.

Takeupahobby

Learntopaint,takeupskating,orstartplayingamusicalinstrument.Whenyouarebusy

withahobby,youwillleaveallyourworriesbehind.

Takecareofyourbody

Stressisyourbody'senemy.Takingregularexercise,eatingahealthydietandgettingenough

sleepareallthethingsthatcanhelpyou.

Laugh

Sometimeslaughteristhebestmedicineforstress.Seeingafunnyfilmortellingjokeswith

friendswilloftencheeryouupwhenyouarelow.

61.Whatisapossibleresultofstress?（2分）

62.Whatisthebestmedicineforstress?（2分）

63.將劃線(xiàn)句子Ifyouwanllolivealongandhcallhylife,youneedlobeginloguardagainsl

stressfromayoungage.翻譯成漢語(yǔ)。（2分）

64.Howcanyouforgetyourworries?（2分）

65.Thepassageismainlyabout（2分）.

答案：

A

56.America/TheU.S.

57.Later,itwassopopularthatNationalDonutDaybecameacelebration,whichfallsonthefirst

FridayofJune.58.June4.

59.BecauseitbroughtgreatjoytotheUSsoldiers./BecauseithelpedtoliftthespiritsofUS

soldiers.60.（fresh）donuts

B

61.Stressisarisktoyourhealth.62.Laughter.

63.如果你想擁有長(zhǎng)久健康的生活，你需要從年輕就開(kāi)始抵抗壓力。

64.Youcantakeupahobbyandbebusywithit./Bebusywithahobby.

65.waystodealwithstress

2021年山東省青島市嶗山區(qū)中考一模英語(yǔ)試題

VHL閱讀表達(dá)（本題9小題，共20分）

A

Whatwasyourfirstworkofart?Didyouuseyourfingerstopaintit?Didyoupaintitwith

crayons?Peoplehavealwayspainted.Theirtimesandplacesforpaintinghavebeendifferent.

Maybetheirtoolshave,too.Yettheirreasonsforpaintinghaveoftenbeenthesame.Thereasonis

simple.Paintingisfun!

Cavepaintings

Imaginelivinginacave（洞穴）.Howwouldyougetartsupplies?Thousandsofyearsago,cave

peopleburnedwoodandfoundcoloredrocks.Theybrokethemintosmallpieces,addedwater,and

madepaint.Theoldestpaintingsareoncavewalls.Someshowwildbears,horses,bulls,orcats.

Theyshowedthatpeoplehadbeenthere.Theyshowedwhatthepeoplehadseen.

InkPaintings

InChinalongago,artistsusedinkandwater.Theypaintedonlongpiecesofpapercalled

scrolls（卷軸）.Theyusedthebrushskillfully.Manyoftheirpaintingsshowedbeautyfromnature.

Otherstoldstories.Peoplecouldcarrythescrollswiththem.

OilPaintings

Inthe1400s,oilpaintwasinvented.Artistspainteditontocanvas（畫(huà)布）.Fromthenon,many

greatartistsinEuropeandAmericausedoilpaint.Theypaintedpeopleandnature.Theypainted

eventsfromhistory.Theyusedarttotellstories,teachideasandexpressmoods.

Newwaystopaint

Thesedays,artistspaintwhatevertheywant.Somechoosetheoldeststyles.Othersexperiment.

Theyuseberryjuices.Theypourpaintontoacanvasonthefloo匚Theyusetheirhairinsteadofa

paintbrush!Someartistspaintwithcomputers.Itisn'tmessyorsmelly.Youdon'tgettouseyour

fingers.Buttheysayit'sfiin.

56.Whydopeoplealwayspaint?

57.Howdidcavepeoplemakepaintthousandsofyearsago?(不超過(guò)15個(gè)詞)

58.將劃線(xiàn)句子Manyoftheirpaintingsshowedbeautyfromnature.翻譯成漢語(yǔ)。

59.WhatdoesItinthelastparagraphreferto?

60.What'sthebesttitleofthepassage?

【答案】56.Becausepaintingisfun.

57.Theybrokeburnedwoodandcoloredrocksintosmallpieces,addedwaterandmadepaint.

58.他們的很多畫(huà)作展現(xiàn)了自然之美。

59.Paintingwithcomputers.

60.Paintingfromcavestocomputers./Differentstyles(kinds)ofpainting(s)./Thehistoryof

painting./Thedevelopmentofpainting.

【解析】

【分析】文章介紹了繪畫(huà)的發(fā)展歷史，介紹不同時(shí)期出現(xiàn)的不同的繪畫(huà)方式。

【56題詳解】

根據(jù)"Yettheirreasonsforpaintinghaveoftenbeenthesame.Thereasonissimple.Paintingisfirn!”

可知，他們作畫(huà)的理由往往是一樣的。原因很簡(jiǎn)單。繪畫(huà)很有趣，故填Becausepaintingisfun.

【57題詳解】

根據(jù)"Howwouldyougetartsupplies?Thousandsofyearsago,cavepeopleburnedwoodand

foundcoloredrocks.Theybrokethemintosmallpieces,addedwater,andmadepaint.”可知,幾千

年前，穴居人燒木頭，發(fā)現(xiàn)了彩色的巖石。他們把它們掰成小塊，加水，然后上色。故填

Theybrokeburnedwoodandcoloredrocksintosmallpieces,addedwaterandmadepaint.

【58題詳解】

Manyoftheirpaintings：他們的很多畫(huà)，是句子主語(yǔ)；showed：展示，謂語(yǔ)；beautyfromnature：

自然之美，故填：他們的很多畫(huà)作展現(xiàn)了自然之美。

【59題詳解】

根據(jù)"Someartistspaintwithcomputers.Itisn'tmessyorsmelly.Youdon'tgettouseyourfingers.^^

可知，這里說(shuō)的是電腦畫(huà)畫(huà)，所以It指的是“電腦畫(huà)畫(huà)”，故填Paintingwithcomputers。

【60題詳解】

根據(jù)整個(gè)文章的理解可知，主要介紹了不同時(shí)期出現(xiàn)的不同的繪畫(huà)方式，故填Paintingfrom

cavestocomputers./Differentstyles（kinds）ofpainting（s）./Thehistoryofpainting./The

developmentofpainting.

B

MonarchbutterfliesfromeasternCanadamakethemostamazingjourneyintheinsectworld.

Eachyear,thisbutterflytravelsabout3,000milestoitswinterhomeincentralMexico.Howcanit

flysofar?Andwhydoesitmakethislonganddangeroustrip?Scientistsstilldon'thaveananswer.

Formanyyears,peopleinMexicowonderedwheretheorange-and-blackbutterfliescame

fromeverywinter.Then,in1937,ascientiststartedtofollowandstudythebutterflies.Forthenext

20years,hediscoveredthatonebutterflystarteditstripinCanada.Fourmonthslater,itarrivedin

Mexico.

Thelength（長(zhǎng)度）ofthebutterflies9tripisonlyonepartofthemystery.Anotheramazingthing

isthatthebutterfliesalwaysretumtothesameareaincentralMexico.Howdothebutterfliesfind

theirwaybacktothesameplace?Thisisaninterestingquestionbecauseonlyeveryfourth

generation（代）makesthetripsouth.Inotherwords,thebutterflythattravelstoMexicothisyearis

thegreat-great-grandchi1dofthebutterflythattraveledtherelastyear.

Eachyear,fourgenerationsofaMonarchbutterflyfamilyareborn.Eachgenerationofthe

familyhasaverydifferentlife.ThefirstgenerationisborninthesouthinlateApril.Itslowlymoves

north,reproduces（繁衍）,andthendies.Onthetripnorth,twomoregenerationsareborn,

reproduce,anddie.Eachofthesegenerationsofbutterflieslivesforonlytwotofiveweeks.Inthe

autumn,thefourthgenerationofbutterfliesisborn.Thisgenerationhasamuchlongerlife.Itlives

forabouteightmonths.Thisgenerationofbutterfliesmakestheamazingjourneybacktothewinter

homeofitsgreat-great-grandparents.Thebutterfliesspendthewinterthere,andinspringthey

reproduc