CHICAGO,Illinois–Listen!Upinthesky!What’sthatloud,const...
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CHICAGO, Illinois – Listen! Up in the sky! What’s that loud, constant and harsh Buzzing sound? It’s a grass eater in a bad mood! It’ a blender full of gravel! No. It’s Supercicada!
A cicada is a large insect with a fat body and big clear wings. It is gentle and harmless — except for one thing. It can do considerable harm to silence with its very loud mating call.
Every 17 years, a certain type of cicada — actually not the biggest kind — comes out of the ground in young form, climbs up a tree, sheds its hard shell, and opens up a lovely set of wings. After living underground in larval form for all those years, it now has about one month to buzz around and find a mate.
The 17-year type of cicada is common only in the eastern half of the United States. This year’s appearance in May and June happened mostly in parts of the United States. Because of the huge noise factor, a number of planned events had to be put off — such as outdoor concerts.
The noise made by just one male cicada can reach 90 decibels. That’s as loud as a kitchen blender. So many cicadas appear in some places that they actually break tree branches with their weight. As many as 1.5 million cicadas can crowd onto just one acre of trees.
The appearance of the 17-year variety may not be appreciated by all nearby humans. But it is appreciated by many nearby birds, squirrels, dogs, and cats. Dogs especially love the things — not because of their sound but because of the taste.
David Hammond of Chicago runs a restaurant. They decided this year to give cicadas a try — not raw, but fried and eaten with some kind of dip.
1. What does exactly the sound comes from in the sky?
A. a grass eater B. a kitchen blender C. a kind of insect D. some birds
2. The underlined word “larval” in the third paragraph means__________.
A. fat and young B. hard and harmless
C. nice and lovely D. strong and silent
3. From the passage we know that _____________.
A. the noise of a cicada bothered people’s normal life
B. these adult cicada stayed in other places for 17 years
C. the cicada makes a loud call to fight for a place to feed
D. people in Illinois enjoy the sound of the crowd of cicadas
4. The following statement is TRUE except ____________.
A. cicadas have clear and lovely wings in the adult form
B. cicadas can buzz for about one month to find a mate
C. cicadas love to gather in a large crowd in the same places
D. female cicadas make noises loudly like a kitchen blender.
5. In the passage the writer is trying to _______________.
A. introduce us a kind of delicious taste—cicada
B. state us a kind of insect in detail as a piece of news
C. call for all the people to protect the natural environment
D. bring in a kind of insect as some animals’ favorite food
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