中考真题2024年山东省济宁市阅读理解D篇-蚊子的雨中生存术：轻盈与智慧的较量

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文章主要探讨了蚊子在雨中如何避免被雨滴伤害，并详细描述了蚊子的生理结构和行为特征，从而解释了为什么蚊子在雨中不会被雨滴打死。

Sometimes when the rain falls hard and fast on you, it might hurt a little. But what happens when it hits a mosquito (蚊子)?

有时候，当大雨倾盆而下，你可能会感到有点不适。但是，当雨滴落在蚊子身上时会发生什么呢？

In 2012, David Hu, a scientist at Georgia Tech, became interested in this problem and decided to do a research. He used a high-speed camera so that he could watch the mosquitoes in very slow_ motion and find out what they’re doing when they’re out in the rain.

2012年，佐治亚理工学院的科学家大卫·胡对这个问题产生了兴趣，并决定进行研究。他使用高速摄像机，以便以非常慢的动作观察蚊子，并找出它们在雨中时的行为。

What he found is that when a raindrop falls on a mosquito, it’s like when a bus hits a person. Besides, the little insect (昆虫) is hit by a raindrop about once every 20 seconds. So why don’t we see many dead mosquitoes after it rains?

他发现，当雨滴落在蚊子身上时，就像公共汽车撞到人一样。此外，这只小昆虫大约每20秒就会被雨滴击中一次。那么，为什么雨后我们看不到很多死蚊子呢？

A mosquito is as big as a raindrop, but it is much lighter —0.002g only. This saves its life in raindrop hits. Because the mosquito is so light, when it is hit by a raindrop, it won’t experience a force that is strong enough to kill it.

蚊子的大小和雨滴差不多，但它要轻得多——只有0.002克。这在雨滴撞击中救了它的命。因为蚊子非常轻，所以当它被雨滴击中时，它所经历的力还不足以杀死它。

The study also found that when a mosquito is hit by a raindrop, the insect is pushed by the raindrop and falls together with it. But the mosquito doesn’t get wet easily because it is covered with hairs which keep off water. After dropping about 6 cm, it will roll off the raindrop and fly away.

研究还发现，当蚊子被雨滴击中时，雨滴会推动蚊子并与之一起落下。但蚊子不容易被打湿，因为它的身上覆盖着防水的毛发。在下降约6厘米后，它会从雨滴上滚落并飞走。