题目内容
Everyone knows that flamingos are tropical birds. A resident of Ottawa, however, spotted a flamingo one cold November day. The bird, called Elisha, was more than 300 miles from home when she landed in Ottawa. Elisha was living in a bird compound in a small town near Connecticut when she got lost. Why was the bird flying around? “She was probably trying to migrate,” says a naturalist. “A flamingo’s natural instinct is to migrate to warmer weather in winter.”
For the past few years, Elisha has lived in a bird compound with other birds, ducks, and swans. In summer, the birds spend their time in a shallow pond. In winter they live in a large, heated greenhouse. One day, Elisha took off and flew about 50 miles to the Connecticut River. Her caregivers tried to get her back and planned to clip（夹住）her wings so she wouldn’t fly away again. But every time they approached, Elisha managed to get away. “That’s a smart bird,” said a news reporter. “She probably knew she was about to get her wings clipped.”
Back in Ottawa, wildlife experts were trying to rescue Elisha before she froze to death. But it wasn’t easy. First they put up a giant mirror to attract her and placed plates of food next to her. Next, they gathered together plastic flamingos . They set the plastic birds up in a park nearby, “We were hoping that Elisha would like being in a group, even if it is plastic. Maybe she would fall in love or something,” a rescue worker said. That didn’t work either. “She’s not easy to catch, ” said a compound worker in Connecticut. “We couldn’t catch her either. She seems to like her freedom.”
Finally, after a dozen rescue attempts by almost 100 volunteers, Elisha was captured. “I guess she got hungry,” said a rescue worker. “We were about to give up when we saw her looking for food at the edge of the river. She couldn’t find anything to eat because the water was frozen. ” Elisha put her head in the water to feed. When she came up they caught her in a net. Then she flew back to Connecticut, this time by plane.
1．Why was Elisha found in Ottawa in November?
A．She was meant to find something to eat.
B．She got lost in an attempt to migrate.
C．She intended to stay away from a bird group.
D．She had to land in Ottawa for a break.
2．Which of the following was NOT used when people tried to catch Elisha?
A．A large mirror. B．Plates of food.
C．Plastic flamingos. D．Ducks and swans.
3．What can we learn from the text?
A．It is more than 300 miles away from Ottawa to Connecticut.
B．Two attempts had been made before Elisha was captured.
C．Elisha was almost frozen to death when caught in a net.
D．Rescue workers gave up their effort to catch Elisha.
4．What can we infer from the text?
A．Elisha didn’t like her caregivers and managed to get away.
B．Connecticut is a tropical area.
C．The rescue of Elisha cost a lot of money.
D．Elisha would never try to leave her group again.
5．Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A．The Lost Flamingo B．Lost & Found
C．Bird Rescuers D．Flamingos
BDACA
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“Oh! You had us all worried!” says Grandpa. “You little devil, I’m just glad you’re all right, but next time try not to fall asleep and scare us like that, okay?” says Dad. Whew! I pulled it off (成功). Now to keep my mo
uth shut. And I did, for over 42 years. Once in a while, a kid pulls the wool over people’s eyes. So that’s one of my little secrets I’ve never revealed before. Don’t tell anyone now!
【小题1】The place where the boy was hiding smelt terrible because it .
| A．was too wet there | B．was used as a barn |
| C．was dirtied by animals | D．was just under the garage |
| A．Happy – excited – nervous. | B．Regretted – happy – anxious. |
| C．Excited – nervous – disappointed. | D．Happy – nervous – regretted. |
| A．Children can win others’ trust more easily than adults. |
| B．Children can tell a lie that others believe to be true. |
| C．Children can be easily fooled by adults. |
| D．Children are good at telling lies. |
| A．a teenager | B．a naughty boy child |
| C．a young adult | D．a middle – aged man |
In Greek mythology（神话）, the gods punished Sisyphus by forcing him to roll a rock up a steep hill for eternity（来世）. But he was probably better off than if they’d forced him to sit and stare into space until the end of time, conclude the authors of a new study on keeping busy. They found that people who have something to do, even something pointless, are happier than people who sit around.
“The general phenomenon I’m interested in is why people are too busy doing what they are doing in modern society,” says Christopher K. Hsee, of the University of Chicago. “People are running around, working hard, the way beyond the basic level.” Sure, there are reasons, like making a living, earning money, and so on. But, Hsee says, “I think there’s something deeper: We have extra energy and we want to avoid idleness.”
In a study 98 students were asked to complete two surveys. After they had completed the first they were made to wait 15 minutes to receive the next one. They were given a choice of either handing in the first survey nearby or at a more distant location they had to walk to. Whichever option they chose, they received a chocolate bar. Not everyone chose to go to the faraway location. Two-thirds chose the lazy option. Yet those who chose to stay busy by going to the faraway location were found to be happier than those who had stayed put.
But if the chocolate bars offered at the two locations were different, they were more likely to choose the far location—because they could make up a good and acceptable reason for the trip, Hsee and his colleagues say.
Hsee thinks it may be possible to use this principle—people like being busy, and they like being able to show being busy right or reasonable—to benefit society. “If we can find a way for idle people to engage in activity that is at least not harmful, I think it is better than destructive business,” he says. Hsee himself has been known to give a research assistant a useless task when he doesn’t have anything to do, so he isn’t sitting around the office getting bored and depressed.
【小题1】The author starts the passage with the Greek mythology story to ________.
| A．make it easier to understand the passage |
| B．draw readers’ attention to Greek culture |
| C．show Greek people enjoyed being busy |
| D．bring about the subject of the passage |
| A．make others think they are not lazy |
| B．keep their energy at the basic level |
| C．earn more money to support their family |
| D．avoid the state of having nothing to do |
| A．remained there | B．kept occupied | C．got around | D．stayed awake |
| A．Blue. | B．Empty. | C．Contented. | D．Trapped. |