Question

【题目】

A. quiet B. a large number of C. all day long D. noisy E. live on F. friendly G. sounds

The crow is an ordinary bird. It is about twenty inches long and black all over. Crows are dirty birds because they 【1】 old bad food. Crows eat a lot of waste food. In this way they are more useful to us than any other birds. They clean up the dirty things in our streets. Crows are always hungry. They look for food 【2】 , and in the evening you can see them in large numbers flying back to their nests in the trees. They sleep there at night.

Crows are much noisier than other birds. Very often 【3】 crows will get together on one house and talk. Sometimes they talk together, and sometimes they do it by turns like human beings. It is easy to tell from crows’ 【4】 whether they are pleased or angry.

Perhaps crows talk a lot because they are 【5】 birds. A pair of crows will live together all their lives, and if one of them dies, the other one becomes very sad and 【6】 for the rest of its life and sometimes it dies, too.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】C

【3】B

【4】G

【5】F

【6】A

【解析】

这篇短文主要讲述了乌鸦全身都是黑色的，他经常吃一些黑色的食物，并且经常吃一些垃圾，所以它是非常有用的鸟，它们喜欢在屋檐下一起交谈。

【1】句意：乌鸦是肮脏的鸟，因为它们以旧的坏食物为生。.

根据上文“Crows are dirty birds live on”可知下文是靠……谋生；短语live on…以……谋生。根据题意，故选E。

【2】句意：它们整天找食物。

根据下文“and in the evening you can see them in large numbers flying back to their nests in the trees.”可知，他们整天寻找食物。all day long整天。根据题意，故选C。

【3】句意：乌鸦比其他鸟吵闹得多。很多时候，很多乌鸦会聚集在一个房子里聊天。

根据下文“crows will get together on one house and talk.”可知，这里是说大量的乌鸦聚在一起。a large number of…大量的……。根据题意，故选B。

【4】句意：从乌鸦的叫声很容易看出它们是高兴还是生气。

根据下文“whether they are pleased or angry.”可知这里是说乌鸦的声音，sounds声音。这里是说乌鸦的声音。根据题意，故选G。

【5】句意：也许乌鸦会说很多话，因为它们是友好的鸟。

根据下文“A pair of crows will live together all their lives, and if one of them dies, the other one becomes very sad and ___6___ for the rest of its life and sometimes it dies, too.”可知，这里是说乌鸦是友好的鸟。friendly形容词，友好的。根据题意，故选F。

【6】句意：如果其中一个死了，另一个会在余生变得非常悲伤和安静，有时它也会死。

根据“the other one becomes very sad ”可知这里是并列关系，这里是说悲伤和安静的，quiet形容词，安静的。根据扎，故选A。