Question

Mr. Ellis is very old. He has seen many⁽¹⁶⁾      in the world. He knows things are different  ,but he often remembers the old days. He likes talking about them. He often talks about his favourite⁽¹⁷⁾       the robins (知更鸟)，"When I was a little boy,these houses weren't here. Every spring the robins would come. There were thousands of them. They would fly up from the south,where they spent the^<I8)       Some would build their nests (巢)in the ⁽¹⁹⁾      near our houses. We knew it was spring when the robins came. When they left, we knew winter (²⁰)__________ ." "Then people ⁽²¹⁾      building more houses. They cut down trees and they filled the ⁽²²⁾      with houses. The robins stopped⁽²³⁾      back. Oh,we'd see some once in a while,but they could not⁽²⁴⁾      a right place to build their nests near our houses because the trees were gone." "Now there are too many houses and roads. There's no ⁽²⁵⁾      area for the robins. They don't come any more,which is sad." 

(   ) 16. A. places    B. changes C. people    D. houses

(   ) 17. A. animals    B. houses C. birds    D. days

(   ) 18. A. spring    B. summer C. autumn    D. winter

(   ) 19. A. trees    B. fields C. parks    D. buildings

(   ) 20. A. left    B. came C. reached    D. got

(   ) 21. A. stopped    B. went   C. started D. came

(   ) 22. A. fields    B. trees C. houses    D. forests

(   ) 23. A. returning    B. flying C. to return  D. to fly

(   ) 24. A. find    B. leave   C. see D. look

(   ) 25. A. building    B. feeding C. hunting  D. living

Answer 1

 16-20 BCDAB   21-25 CABAD