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摘要： What may other birds think when a cuckoo lays an egg in their nest? A. They push it out of their nests. B. It seems that they don’t know what has happened. C. They don’t know like it but can’t do anything about it. D. They welcome the egg and the young cuckoo. B Bicycles are very popular around the world today. People ride their bicycles for exercise and enjoyment. In some places, people use a bicycle to get to work. In other places, bicycle riding is a very popular exercise to people who live in cities. But who invented the first bicycle ? In 1791, a Frenchman named Comte de Sivrac invented and owned the first bicycle. Mrs. Sivac rode the bicycle in Paris. The handlesand the seat were wooden. This bicycle was very difficult to move. A rider even had to pick up the front wheel to change direction. Finally, the bicycle had no brakes for stopping or pedals for the feet! Riding a bicycle was a great risk. In 1817, a German named Baron von Drais de Sauerbrun made the first bicycle better. The seat became more comfortable. The wheel could now change direction. His ride in the forest took only one hour instead of three hours on foot, which surprised people at that time. Sauerbrun brought this kind of bicycle from Germany to France. Then Denis Johnson, an Englishman, made a bicycle for women. It had space for their dresses to hang down. But these bicycles still had no brakes or pedals, and riders often got hurt. These bicycles and the people who rode them were not very popular. It took another forty-five years for the bicycle to become popular. More than100 years later, bicycle riding is more popular than ever. In fact, in India and China, there are still many more bicycles than cars.

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     When people visit Switzerland for the first time, they look with great interest, not only at the mountains
but also at a type of clock-a Cuckoo-clock, on sale there. Cuckoo-clocks are very popular with tourists
looking for a souvenir. A Cuckoo-clock has a small painted cuckoo that comes out near the top of the clock
every half an hour and says, "Cuckoo". Every hour it comes out and says "Cuckoo" the right number of times.
It does not get a sore throat at midnight or mid-day! Children find these clocks wonderful. Adults gradually
get annoyed because the cuckoo never misses an hour or a half hour, and this makes a short sleep in an
armchair rather difficult.
     In Europe, the cuckoo's call is a welcome sign that summer is on the way. This is the time when the
mother cuckoo flies round, looking for a nest (巢) to lay one of her eggs. She chooses a nest belonging to
another bird which already has eggs. When the nest is left unnoticed for a minute or two, the cuckoo rushes
down, lays an egg and hurries off. In this way, she may lay her eggs in as many as four different nests. not
one of which has been built by herself.
     When a cuckoo egg hatches (孵化), the baby bird is bigger and stronger than the other nestlings. Step by
step, it pushes other baby birds and any unhatched eggs out of the nest. In this way, it receives all the food
from its foster-parents (养父母) and has a better chance of surviving.

1. When tourists first visit Switzerland, _____.

A. they are impressed by the mountains
B. they do not find the mountains interesting
C. the Cuckoo-clocks are more interesting to them than the mountains are
D. they find neither the mountains nor the clocks interesting

2. Which of the followings is NOT true?

A. Cuckoos often lay eggs in other birds' nests.
B. If it's exactly 12 o'clock now, the cuckoo will say "cuckoo" twelve times.
C. The cuckoo does not say"cuckoo" at midnight and mid-day.
D. The adults don't like the Cuckoo-clocks as much as the children.

3. Tourists like to buy Cuckoo-clocks _____.

A. to remind them of a visit
B. because they can tell time exactly
C. to amuse their children
D. because they are cheaper than other clocks

4. Why are Europeans happy to hear the call of the cuckoo?

A. They like to catch and eat this large bird.
B. The bird has a beautiful way of singing.
C. This bird is used to tell the time in Switzerland.
D. It makes them think that warmer weather is coming.

5. What may other birds think when a cuckoo lays an egg in their nest?

A. They push it out of their nest.
B. It seems that they don't know what has happened.
C. They don't like it but cannot do anything about it.
D. They welcome the egg and the young cuckoo.

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　　When people visit Switzerland for the first time, they look with great interest, not only at the mountains but also at a type of clock－a Cuckoo-clock, on sale there．Cuckoo-clocks are very popular with tourists looking for a souvenir．A Cuckoo-clock has a small painted cuckoo that comes out near the top of the clock every half an hour and says,“Cuckoo”．Every hour it comes out and says“Cuckoo”the right number of times．It does not get a sore throat at midnight or mid-day!Children find these clocks wonderful．Adults gradually get annoyed because the cuckoo never misses an hour or a half hour, and this makes a short sleep in an armchair rather difficult．

　　In Europe, the cuckoo's call is a welcome sign that summer is on the way．This is the time when the mother cuckoo flies round, looking for a nest(巢)to lay one of her eggs．She chooses a nest belonging to another bird which already has eggs．When the nest is left unnoticed for a minute or two, the cuckoo rushes down, lays an egg and hurries off．In this way, she may lay her eggs in as many as four different nests, not one of which has been built by herself．

　　When a cuckoo egg hatches(孵化), the baby bird is bigger and stronger than the other nestlings．Step by step, it pushes other baby birds and any unhatched eggs out of the nest．In this way, it receives all the food from its foster-parents(养父母)and has a better chance of surviving．

(1)

When tourists first visit Switzerland, ________．
[　　]
A．	they are impressed by the mountains
B．	they do not find the mountains interesting
C．	the Cuckoo-clocks are more interesting to them than the mountains are
D．	they find neither the mountains nor the clocks interesting

(2)

Which of the followings is *NOT* true?
[　　]
A．	Cuckoos often lay eggs in other birds' nests．
B．	If it's exactly 12 o'clock now, the cuckoo will say“cuckoo”twelve times．
C．	The cuckoo does not say“cuckoo”at midnight and mid-day．
D．	The adults don't like the Cuckoo-clocks as much as the children．

(3)

Tourists like to buy Cuckoo-clocks ________．
[　　]
A．	to remind them of a visit
B．	because they can tell time exactly
C．	to amuse their children
D．	because they are cheaper than other clocks

(4)

Why are Europeans happy to hear the call of the cuckoo?
[　　]
A．	They like to catch and eat this large bird．
B．	The bird has a beautiful way of singing．
C．	This bird is used to tell the time in Switzerland．
D．	It makes them think that warmer weather is coming．

(5)

What may other birds think when a cuckoo lays an egg in their nest?
[　　]
A．	They push it out of their nest．
B．	It seems that they don't know what has happened．
C．	They don't like it but cannot do anything about it．
D．	They welcome the egg and the young cuckoo．

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When people visit Switzerland for the first time，they look with great interest，not only at the mountains but also at a type of clock—a Cuckoo-clock，on sale there．Cuckoo-clocks are very popular with tourists looking for a souvenir．A Cuckoo-clock has a small painted cuckoo that comes out near the top of the clock every half an hour and says，“Cuckoo”．Every hour it comes out and says “Cuckoo” the right number of times．It does not get a sore throat at midnight or mid-day! Children find these clocks wonderful．Adults gradually get annoyed because the cuckoo never misses an hour or a half hour，and this makes a short sleep in an armchair rather difficult．

In Europe，the cuckoo's call is a welcome sign that summer is on the way．This is the time when the mother cuckoo flies round，looking for a nest（巢）to lay one of her eggs．She chooses a nest belonging to another bird which already has eggs．When the nest is left unnoticed for a minute or two，the cuckoo rushes down，lays an egg and hurries off．In this way，she may lay her eggs in as many as four different nests．not one of which has been built by herself．

When a cuckoo egg hatches（孵化），the baby bird is bigger and stronger than the other nestlings．Step by step，it pushes other baby birds and any unhatched eggs out of the nest．In this way，it receives all the food from its foster-parents（养父母）and has a better chance of surviving．

1．When tourists first visit Switzerland，．

A．they are impressed by the mountains

B．they do not find the mountains interesting

C．the Cuckoo-clocks are more interesting to them than the mountains are

D．they find neither the mountains nor the clocks interesting

2．Which of the followings is NOT true?

A．Cuckoos often lay eggs in other birds' nests．

B．If it's exactly 12 o'clock now，the cuckoo will say “cuckoo” twelve times．

C．The cuckoo does not say “cuckoo” at midnight and mid-day．

D．The adults don't like the Cuckoo-clocks as much as the children．

3．Tourists like to buy Cuckoo-clocks ．

A．to remind them of a visit

B．because they can tell time exactly

C．to amuse their children

D．because they are cheaper than other clocks

4．Why are Europeans happy to hear the call of the cuckoo?

A．They like to catch and eat this large bird．

B．The bird has a beautiful way of singing．

C．This bird is used to tell the time in Switzerland．

D．It makes them think that warmer weather is coming．

5．What may other birds think when a cuckoo lays an egg in their nest?

A．They push it out of their nest．

B．It seems that they don't know what has happened．

C．They don't like it but cannot do anything about it．

D．They welcome the egg and the young cuckoo．

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