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【題目】Last week，Chicago became the first city in the US to join the “Lights Out Plan”．People turned off the lights in the city's tallest buildings so that thousands of birds could get to their winter homes.Every year in autumn，some birds fly over Chicago on their way to the south and come back the next spring.

Lights mean danger to birds.Birds find their way by looking at the stars in the sky.Lights in tall buildings are so bright that birds may mistake them as stars.This means they can not find the right way to go home.

This month，about 300 types of birds are flying over Chicago to go back to the south to live through the cold winter.

Birds fly to warmer places for a few reasons.Many birds cannot live in the cold，so they fly to warmer places.But there are other reasons，too.Birds need to look for food in the south.Another reason is that they want to have baby birds.Many birds like to have their baby birds in the same “house” they lived in last year，so they fly back there.

There are about 9，000 kinds of birds in the world，and about 600 kinds of birds migrate．Some birds can fly a very long way.Sometimes they fly to other countries.We have fewer birds today because there are fewer places for birds.

【1】Why did people in Chicago turn off the lights in the city's tallest buildings last week?

A. Because people wanted to save money.

B. Because people were afraid that birds would lose their way.

C. Because people were afraid that birds would make much noise.

【2】What does the underlined word “migrate” mean in Chinese?

A. 遷徙 B. 定居 C. 冬眠

【3】Today we have fewer birds because ________.

A. lots of birds are often ill

B. people kill lots of birds

C. there are fewer places for birds

【4】Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. All birds fly to warmer places every year.

B. Some birds have to fly to warmer places in autumn.

C. Some birds can fly a long way to other countries.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

文章大意：上周，芝加哥成為第一個在美國加入"熄燈計劃"的城市。人們關(guān)掉城市高樓大廈的燈光，是為了使成千上萬的鳥兒可以找到他們冬天的家。燈光對鳥類意味著危險，鳥兒通過看天上的星星找到路，高樓大廈里的燈光如此明亮以至于鳥兒們誤以為它們是星星，這意味著它們找不到回家的路。世界上約有鳥類9000種，約600種的鳥類遷徙。今天我們的鳥越來越少，因為供鳥棲息的地方越來越少了。

【1】細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中的句子People turned off the lights in the city's tallest buildings so that thousands of birds could get to their winter homes.可知，人們之所以關(guān)掉這座城市高樓大廈的燈光，是為了讓鳥兒找到回家的路，也就是他們擔心鳥兒們會迷路；故答案選B。

【2】詞義理解題。根據(jù)"Somebirdscanflyaverylongway．Sometimestheyflytoothercountries．"可知有的鳥兒每年都會飛很遠的距離，有的甚至要飛到其他國家去；可推知本句是在講許多種鳥類要飛到外地進行遷徙，所以migrate意思應該是“遷徙”，故答案選A。

【3】細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)"Wehavefewerbirdstodaybecausetherearefewerplacesforbirds．"可知現(xiàn)在有更少的鳥是因為適合鳥兒生活、生存的地方越來越少了；故答案選C。

【4】理解判斷題。根據(jù)There are about 9，000kinds of birds in the world，and about 600kinds of birds migrate（遷徙）可知不是所有的鳥都遷徙，只有部分，所以A選項是錯誤，故答案選A。