题目内容
翻译下列短语。
【小题1】笔友
【小题2】给家人写信
【小题3】Canadian (国名)
【小题4】左拐
【小题5】在……对面_____________
【小题1】Pen pal
【小题2】write to one’s family
【小题3】Canada
【小题4】Turn lest
【小题5】across
解析【小题1】考查单词拼写。Pen pal="pen" friend“笔友”。故填Pen pal。
【小题2】考查固定短语。write to sb“给某人写信”。故填write letters to one’s family。
【小题3】考查词性转换。Canadian“加拿大人,加拿大的”;名词是Canada。故填Canada。
【小题4】考查固定短语。turn left“左转”。故填Turn lest。
【小题5】考查方位介词。across“穿过,对面”;opposite“在......对面”。故填across。
阅读下面的短文,并完成短文后的任务。
Have you ever wondered why birds sing? Maybe you thought that they were just happy. After all, you probably also sing or whistle when you are happy.
Some scientists believe that birds do sing some of the time just because they are happy. However, they sing most of the time for a very different reason. Their singing is actually a warning to other birds to stay out of their territory.
Do you know what a “territory” is? A territory is an area that an animal, usually the male, claims(宣称)as its own. Only he and his family are welcome there. No other families of the same species(物种)are welcome. Your yard and house are your territory where only your family and friends are welcome. (76▲) If a stranger should enter your territory and want to hurt you, you might shout. Probably this would be enough to frighten him away.
If so, you have actually frightened the stranger away without having to fight him. (78▲)一只鸟也将会做同样的事. But he expects an outsider almost any time, especially at nesting (筑巢)season. So he is screaming(尖叫)all the time, whether he can see an outsider or not. This screaming is what we call a bird’s song, and it is usually enough to keep an outsider away.
Birds sing loudest in spring when they are trying to attract a mate(同伴)and warn others not to enter the territory of theirs.
You can see that birds have a language of their own. Most of it has to do with attracting mates and setting up territories.
【小题1】根据 (76) 处划线部分的意思来完成下面句子。(每空一词,共2词)
You might frighten a stranger away by _______ _______ him if he should enter your territory and want to hurt you.
【小题2】根据文章,给下列问题选择最佳选项。
What is a bird’s “territory”? ( )
A.A place where other families of the same species are welcome. |
B.A place where a bird can sing loudly. |
C.An area where birds often fight against each other. |
D.An area which a bird considers to be its own. |