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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

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  One day Bob took two of his friends into the mountains.They put up their tents and then rode off to a forest to see how the trees were growing.

  In the afternoon when they were about ten kilometers from their camp(营地), it started to snow.More and more snow fell.Soon Bob could hardly see his hands before his face.He could not find the road.Bob knew there were two roads.One road went to the camp and the other went to his house.But all was white snow.Everything was the same.How could he take his friends back to the camp?

  Bob had an idea.The horses!Let the horses take them back!But what would happen if the horses took the road to his house?That would be a trip of thirty-five kilometers in such cold weather!

  It was getting late.They rode on and on.At last the horses stopped.Where were they?

  None of them could tell.John looked around.What was that under the tree?It was one of their tents!

(1)

John and his two friends went to the forest to ________.

[  ]

A.

build their camp

B.

find their way home

C.

enjoy the mountains in the snow

D.

watch the trees in the forest

(2)

They could not find their way back because ________.

[  ]

A.

there was only one road to their camp

B.

they couldn't decide which of the two roads led to their tents

C.

there were no roads in the mountains at all

D.

everything was covered by the white snow

(3)

It is clear that they wanted the horses to take them to ________.

[  ]

A.

John's house

B.

the camp

C.

the forest

D.

the mountains

(4)

The horses stopped because ________.

[  ]

A.

it was getting late

B.

they were tired after running for a long way

C.

they knew that they had got to the camp

D.

they had seen John's house

(5)

The story happened ________.

[  ]

A.

on a cold winter day

B.

on a dark snowy evening

C.

in a cold camp far from villages

D.

at night when nothing could be seen

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