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Every spring scores of people flock to the Buzzard Festival（秃鹫节） at Hinckley, Ohio．They come to watch for buzzards．Most would be glad just to take a look at a buzzard．If they do see one of these “flying garbage cans”, it will probably be circling high in the sky．From there it can watch the ground for signs of the waste and the dead animals on which it feeds．

The buzzard is the ugliest bird in the United States．In fact, it may well be the ugliest bird in the world．It has a small, bare, pink head．Its thick body is covered with dark, rough feathers．

In spite of its looks, the buzzard is important to the people of Hinckley．It is their first sign of spring．After a winter in the south, buzzards return to their homes in the north．In the Hinckley area, they always return on March 15．No one knows why．But they have come back to Hinckley Ridge on that day, sure as clocks work, for at least forty years．

The excitement starts in February．By the middle of March it has reached a high peak．Bets are placed．Prizes go to the person who sees the first buzzard．Radio stations and newspapers tell of the coming festival．And on the weekend after March 15 the people of Hinckley hold their Buzzard Festival．

The people come and look around．They chat．They eat their pancakes and sausages．Then they drive past Buzzard’s Roost on Hinckley Ridge．

A lot of them stop near the road at the stand set up to give information to visitors．There they can hear, from a recording, the main facts about the buzzard．They can see a stuffed buzzard．They can look at some pictures taken of buzzards in other years．With good luck and a strong pair of field glasses, they may sight one or two live buzzards high in the sky．

Buzzards may be ugly．They may be “flying garbage cans”．But in Hinckley they are just as welcome as the swallows are in Capistrano in California．It would be a sad spring indeed if the buzzards ever failed to come back to Hinckley Ridge．

1．A good title for this story would be _________．

A．Why the Buzzard Has a Pink Head B．Buzzard, the Ugliest Bird

C．The Hinckley Buzzard Festival D．The Return of “The Garbage Can”

2．The buzzard is called the“flying garbage can”because it _________．

A．is ugly B．collect rubbish on the ground

C．looks like a garbage can D．eats waste and dead animals

3．The surprising thing about Hinckley’s buzzards is that _________．

A．they spend the winter in the south

B．they return on the same day each year

C．they come very close to the town

D．both buzzards and swallows return to Capistrano on March 15

4．At the information stand, visitors to Hinckley’s Buzzard Festival can _________．

A．learn some facts about the buzzard

B．take some pictures with the background of live buzzards

C．easily see a live buzzard

D．feed their pancakes and sausages to buzzards

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