题目内容
阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案
The dodo was a large bird that you might not think was a bird at all, for the dodo could not fly ．It was a member of the chicken family．The bird was discovered by European sailors in 1570 on Mauritius（毛里求斯）Island．
When the sailors talked about the strange bird that could not fly, you can imagine people found it hard to believe their story．The Europeans who settled on Mauritius Island and the pigs they brought with them found the birds very good to eat．So large number of dodoes were killed and by 1681 no living dodoes were found on the island．A few dodoes were brought to England in the 17th century, but for 200 years none have been seen alive．This is the reason for the phrase “as dead as a dodo”．Because they died out completely, the dodoes became very well-known．
(1)The writer tells us the dodo ________ ．
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A．existed between 1570 and 1681
B．has existed since 1507
C．doesn't exist now
D．may have existed
(2)What was so unusual about dodo as a bird?
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A．They looked like birds but couldn't fly．
B．They lived longer than other birds．
C．They were very good to eat．
D．They were all killed．
(3)Dodoes are no longer seen on Mauritius Island because they ________ ．
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A．were killed by pigs
B．were all taken to England
C．have been driven away by the settlers
D．have all been killed for food
(4)The phrase “as dead as a dodo”is sometimes used to describe something that ________．
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A．cannot protect itself from being eaten
B．cannot fly or move fast
C．no longer exists
D．is sure to die
(5)According to the second paragraph, whose story did people find it hard to believe?
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A．The Europeans'． B．The dodoes'．
C．The settlers'． D．The sailors'．
