Question

【题目】Liverpool city council want to clear the city of fat pigeons. They say that people are feeding the birds, which makes them fat. The pigeons get bigger because their normal diet would consist of seeds and insects, not high-fat junk food they are eating in the city centre.

The council want people to know that everyone who feeds the pigeons is responsible for the streets being so crowded with these birds. They hope to encourage the birds to move away from the city centre and into parks and open spaces.

Ten robotic birds have been brought into the city centre to scare the pigeons away and visitors are asked not to give the pigeons any food. The mechanical birds - known as “robops” - will sit on the roofs of buildings. They can be moved around to different locations. They look like a peregrine falcon, which is a bird that kills pigeons. They even make noises and flap their wings to scare the pigeons. They hope that the pigeons will go away before the city becomes the European Capital of Culture in two years.

【1】Pigeons in Liverpool get fat because they eat ________ .

A．birds B．seeds

C．insects D．high-fat junk food

【2】What do Liverpool city council try to do?

A．They want the pigeons to move out of the city centre.

B．They want people to feed the pigeons with healthy food.

C．They want people to keep the pigeons at home.

D．They want to keep robotic birds instead of pigeons.

【3】The robotic birds are used to _________.

A．make the city colorful

B．drive away the pigeons

C．help feed the pigeons

D．show people directions

【4】This passage is most probably a(n) __________.

A．notice B．news report

C．short story D．advertisement

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】B

【4】B

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了利物浦市政厅要市民清楚，他们喂养的鸽子目前严重影响了市民的居住环境，建议把他们放到公园或者空旷的地方，并且目前政府已经采取了一些措施。他们希望在两年后这个城市成为欧洲文化之都。

【1】D推理判断题。由第一段可知The pigeons get bigger because their normal diet would consist of seeds and insects, not high-fat junk food they are eating in the city centre.在市中心，人们给鸽子喂的是高脂肪的垃圾食品，使得鸽子变大。可以推断人们肥胖的原因也是喜食高热量的垃圾食品，故选D。

【2】A细节理解题。根据第二段They hope to encourage the birds to move away from the city centre and into parks and open spaces他们希望鼓励这些鸟飞离城市中心到公园和开发空间里去。故选A。

【3】B细节理解题。根据第三段Ten robotic birds have been brought into the city centre to scare the pigeons away 十只机器鸟被带到市中心去吓跑鸽子。故选B。

【4】B题材判断题。通读全文可知，本文是一篇关于喂养鸽子对城市影响的文章，应为新闻报道，故选B。