题目内容
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Every August on the island of Heimaey, young people often take a walk along the street throughout the night. Why their parents allow them to stay out ? The children of Heimaey are going to save young puffins ---- small black-and-white seabirds.
The cliffs(悬崖)above the town are home to a large group of puffins . The birds dig holes all around the cliffs . These holes are their homes. The young stay in the holes for about seven weeks. Then they begin to leave . Some move slowly on their undeveloped wings and feet down to the sea around Heimaey. There they swim, which they can do naturally , and learn to dive for fish . Others, however, may lose their way at night and find themselves in the town instead. On the ground, the young birds are in trouble. Because their wings are fully developed, they cannot take off quickly to sea and safety. The birds then become a good meal for cats and other animals .
For many years, islanders have help the young puffins. At night in late August, children carrying thick paper boxes and lights hurry out to catch puffins . They spend most of the night running after the birds. They put the birds they've caught into boxes and take good care of them .
The next morning the children take the puffins to the sea and set them free. The bird will live at sea until they are at least two years old. Then they will return to the cliffs to build homes of their own.
The children of Heimaey look forward to August !
16.Every August the children of Heimaey are allowed to stay out all night.
A.to catch puffins and take them home B.to save puffins from danger
C.to drive puffins away D.to run after puffins for pleasure
17.The young puffins that lose their way are in the danger of ______.
A.being killed by hunters B.knowing nothing about the sea
C.being eaten by animals D.having no fish to eat
18.The children put the seabirds into boxes and ______.
A.look after them carefully for several days, then set them free
B.set them free when they grow bigger and can take off to sea and safety
C.carry them to the sea right away to set them free
D.they don' t set them free until the next morning
19.The children look forward to August because ______.
A.they enjoy playing the game of running after seabirds
B.it' s time for them to go out at night to save puffins
C.it' s time for them to catch seabirds
D.they like to stay out at night to catch puffins
20.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A.Once a year the children are allowed to stay out at night to have a good time .
B.The earlier home for the young puffins is in the cliffs, not in the sand of shores .
C.Young puffins make their way down to the sea when they are about seven weeks old.
D.The young birds that get to the sea will stay there for at least two years before they return to the cliffs .
【小题1】B
【小题2】C
【小题3】D
【小题4】B
【小题5】A
完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Every year at this time I remember a Christmas when I was 8 years old. It is the one memory of Christmas that has 31 with me all my life. My children always loved listening to it. I 32 in a small community in Newfoundland, with the sea right at our door. My 33 was a sea captain and was away from home 34 of the year, but he was always home for Christmas. I remember how 35 I was. It would soon be Christmas and Dad would be home for 36 three months. Everything would be OK. Our home would be 37 and our time together would be 38 . My parents did what they could to give me and my four sisters what we needed, but not 39 what we needed.
That particular Christmas when my dad 40 me what I wanted for Christmas, I told him that I wanted a new pair of shoes and a beautiful hat. He knew that I needed new rubber boots because the old ones had 41 in them and I had to walk to school 42 them on rainy days. My Dad told me that I would have to choose, but I couldn’t have 43 . So I had to choose the rubber boots which weren’t expensive. All I could 44 during the weeks before Christmas was that I would have to 45 rubber boots with my new dress my mother was 46 for me.
Christmas morning came, and hidden in the toe of my stocking was a note that 47 “Look behind the kitchen door”. I did, and found another 48 : “Look behind the radio”. I did and found a box with a new pair of black leather 49 I had dreamed of. They were very dear and the most beautiful shoes I had ever seen. I knew my father 50 money long to buy them for me. I was so happy and grateful.
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