Question

【題目】 Many students think that learning a new language is very hard. Now think how hard it is to learn English when your brain is only the size of a bird’s brain! The following is what some birds can do.

Many different kinds of birds can copy the sounds of language. African grey parrots (鸚鵡) are the most famous for this. Every December in London, the National Cage and Aviary Bird Show (全國寵物鳥展覽) tries to find the best “talking” bird in the world. One bird named Prudle stood out among the “talking birds”. She won this prize for twelve times.

Prudle was taken from her nest in Africa. She was sold to Iris Frost in England. Prudle knew almost 800 words in English. Prudle was also the oldest bird in the world that lived in a cage. Ms. Frost took care of the bird until Prudle died when it was 35 years old.

A different kind of bird named Puck was tested about the English words she knew. She knew more than 1,700 words.

If a bird can do it, anybody can do it.

【1】What can African grey parrots do?

A.Speak like a person.B.Sing like a person.

C.Copy the sounds of language.D.Have conversations with a person.

【2】What does the underlined phrase 'stood out" mean in Chinese?

A.隨機應變B.挺身而出C.站了起來D.脫穎而出

【3】How many times did Prudle win the prize for “talking birds”?

A.6 times.B.12 times.C.15 times.D.35 times.

【4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.Prudle knew more than 800 English words.B.Ms. Frost took care of Prudle.

C.Puck could speak English better than a person.D.Prudle and Puck died when they were 35 years old.

【5】Who was Iris Frost?

A.Puck's owner.B.Prudle’s owner.

C.A parrot.D.An English teacher.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】B

【5】B

【解析】

文章介紹了兩只鳥Prudle和Puck擁有超凡的語言學習能力。如果鳥類都能做到的話，我們人類為什么不能做到呢？

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第一句話“Many different kinds of birds can copy the sounds of language”可知，許多鳥類可以模仿語言的聲音，尤以非洲鸚鵡為最。故選C。

【2】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)下文“She won this prize for twelve times.”可知，此鳥在展覽中屬于出類拔萃的鳥，得了十二次獎。故選D。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段最后一句話“She won this prize for twelve times.”可知，Prudle一共獲得了十二次獎。故選B。

【4】推理判斷題。由“Prudle knew almost 800 words in English.”可知，Prudle知道將近800個英語單詞而不是800多個英語單詞，A選項錯誤；由“Ms. Frost took care of the bird”可知，Ms. Frost照顧Prudle，B選項正確；由“She knew more than 1,700 words”可知，Puck能知道1,700個單詞，但是文章沒有說明這跟人類相比是什么樣的程度，C選項錯誤；由“Prudle died when it was 35 years old”可知，Prudle活了35歲，但是文章未說明Puck也活了35年，D選項錯誤。故選B。

【5】細節(jié)理解題。由“Ms. Frost …when it was 35 years old.”可知，Iris Frost照顧Prudle，也就是它的主人。故選B。

對于閱讀題中選出正確答案的一項，需要采用“排除法”來做題。在做題時需要排查每個選項是否在原文中能夠原原本本找到，謹慎無中生有、似是而非的答案。例如小題4，選項A說的是“more than800 words”，而原文中說的是“almost 800 words”，故而錯誤；選項C， Puck英語說得比人類好，雖然它能說1,700個單詞，但是原文中并無直接指出它說得比人類好，主觀臆斷，故而錯誤；選項D，兩只鳥都活了35年，原文只有指出Prudle活了35年，并無說明Puck活了多久，隨意猜測，故而錯誤。故選B。