It was a great pleasure for the family to move to a house with a very big garden. Betty and Tony could climb up trees,grow flowers and even play badminton. They liked to watch the birds flying among the trees in the garden. They even started to put food out to attract more birds.

Everything was fine for a few days until one afternoon there was a strange bumping noise on a window. Betty went outside and found a small bird dead on the grass. Its neck seemed to be broken. “It must have flown into the window. ” Tony said when his sister Betty called him to have a look. “Ah, yes, look here. You can see the mark where it hit the window. There are a couple of tiny feathers stuck on the window. ”

“Poor thing!”Betty said.

During the next month, five more birds died in the same way. “Why would they fly to the windows? ” They wondered. Finally they knew the truth. When the birds were flying, they couldn’t see into the rooms. All they saw was the reflection (倒影)of the garden. They thought that they were flying into trees because they saw trees reflected by the window.

“Something has to be done to save the birds.” the parents decided.

At first, the family tried keeping curtains (窗帘)across the windows, but this made the room dark. Then they bought some strong black paper and cut out the shape of a hawk. They made six hawks ——one for each window. They stuck the hawks to the windows. They looked pretty and did not keep out much light. When the birds saw the hawks, they would fly away.

After that, there were no more dead birds. The family were much happier.

1.They put food out to attract birds because they .

A. had a special garden for birds

B. had too much bird food to feed the birds

C. wanted to see more birds flying in the garden

D. wanted to catch some birds in the garden

2. birds died in the garden.

A. Six B. Five C. Four D. Seven

3.The birds flew to the windows because they .

A. found the windows very big and clean

B. wanted to fight for more food

C. thought there were more trees ahead

D. wanted to go into the room

4.The underlined word “ hawk ” means .

A. 丛林 B. 鹰 C. 山脉 D. 燕子

5.The story is mainly about .

A. why those birds died in their garden

B. Betty and Tony were good at paper-cutting

C. how the family saved the birds in the garden

D. the family had a new house with a big garden

“My dear Mr Bennet,” said his lady to him one day, “have you heard that Netherfield Park is let (出租) at last?”

Mr Bennet replied that he had not.

“But it is,” returned she, “for Mrs Long has just been here, and she told me all about it.”

Mr Bennet made no answer.

“Do not you want to know who has taken it?” cried his wife impatiently?

“You want to tell me, and I have no objection (反对) to hearing it.”

This was invitation enough.

“Why, my dear, you must know, Mrs Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune (财富) from the north of England; that he came down on Monday to see the place, and was so satisfied with it that he agreed immediately with Mr Morris, the owner of Netherfield, and some of his servants are to be in the house by the end of next week.”

“What is his name?”

“Bingley.”

“Is he married or single?”

“Oh! Single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; 4 or 5,000 a year. What a fine thing for our girls! It is probable that he may fall in love with one of them, and so you must visit him as soon as he comes.”

“I see no chance for that. You and the girls may go, or you may send them by themselves, which

perhaps will be still better; for, as you are as handsome as any of them, Mr Bingley might like you the best of all.”

“But, my dear, you must indeed go and see Mr Bingley when he comes into the neighbourhood.”

“It is more than I can be sure, I assure (向……保证) you.”

“But consider your daughters. Sir William and Lady Lucas have decided to go, for in general, you know they visit no new comers. Indeed you must go, for it will be impossible for us to visit him, if you do not.”

But in fact Mr Bennet was among the earliest of those who waited to visit Mr Bingley. He had always planned to visit him, though to the last always assuring his wife that he should not go.

1.How did Mrs Bennet feel when she heard that Bingley would move there?

A. Excited and hopeful. B. Nervous and curious.

C. Surprised and crazy. D. Pleased and proud.

2.Why did Mr Bennet show no interest in Mr Bingley’s moving there when his wife talked about it?

A. Because his daughters were not pretty enough.

B. Because his wife was prettier than his daughters.

C. Because he didn’t care about his daughters’ happiness.

D. Because he didn’t want to show his true feelings to others.

3.What does the underlined word “that” mean?

A. Mr Bingley had decided to live there.

B. Mr Bennet himself would visit Mr Bingley.

C. Mr Bingley would like Mrs Bennet best.

D. Mr Bingley would fall in love with one of their daughters.

4.Why did Mrs Bennet mention “Sir William and Lady Lucas”?

A. To show Mr Bingley was well worth visiting.

B. To show Sir William and Lady Lucas were their friends.

C. To show it was polite for a couple to visit a new comer together.

D. To show Sir William and Lady Lucas were too proud to get along well with.

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