英语阅读理解

英语阅读理解

-The flying fox

 The flying fox is not a fox at all. It is an extra large bat 

that has got a fox’s head, and that feeds on fruit instead 

of insects (

昆虫

). Like all bats, flying foxes hang 

themselves by their toes when at rest, and travel in great 

crowds when out flying. A group will live in one spot for 

years. Sometimes several hundred of them occupy (

占据

) a 

single tree. As they return to the tree toward sunrise, they 

quarrel among themselves and fight for the best places until 

long after daylight.

Flying foxes have babies once a year, giving birth to 

only one at a time. At first the mother has to carry the baby 

on her breast wherever she goes. Later she leaves it hanging 

up, and brings back food for it to eat. Sometimes a baby bat 

falls down to the ground and squeaks (

尖叫

) for help. Then 

the older ones swoop (

俯冲

) down and try to pick it up. If 

they fail to do so, it will die. Often hundreds of dead baby 

bats can be found lying on the ground at the foot of a tree.

1. The passage tells us that there is no difference 

between the flying fox and the ordinary bat in______.

A. their size. B. their appearance.

C. the kind of food they eat. D. the way they rest.

2. Flying foxes tend to ______.

A. double (

翻一番

) their number every year.

B. fight and kill a lot of themselves.

C. move from place to place constantly.