Question

　　If you want to learn something about birds please read the book“1001 Questions Answered About Birds”． But which chapter or part of the book you’d better read depends on what you are interested in． If you are interested in how many kinds of birds there are, please read The Classification of Birds． If you want to know something about where some kinds exist, where other kinds exist and the spreading out of birds’ existing, do read The Distribution of Birds． Leaving one place for another is called migration． “Internal”refers to the inside while “external”refers to the outside． If you catch a bird and put a mark on it before setting it free, it is bird banding． People make and put boxes in trees for birds to stay in certain woods, which is bird attracting． To protect birds from being harmed is called bird conservation． Stories about unknown secrets are mythology while old and general accepted ways are called tradition． To study how birds get used to their surroundings is to study their adaptability．

　　Now you can answer the following questions after reading the Table of Contents of the book “ 1001, Questions Answered About Birds．”

1001 Questions Answered About Birds

The Table Of Contents

Chapter I． The Classification of Birds

Chapter II． The Distribution of Birds

Chapter III． Birds Flight

Chapter IV． The Migration of Birds

Chapter V． The Internal Birds

Chapter VI The Exterior of Birds

Chapter VII． The Senses of Birds

Chapter VIII． The Life Cycle of Birds

Chapter IX． The Size of Birds

Chapter X．　　Numbers of Birds

Chapter XI．　　Birdbanding

Chapter XII． Birdwatching

Chapter XIII． Attracting Birds to the Garden

Chapter XIV． Bird Conservation

Chapter XV． Birds in Mythology, Tradition and History

Chapter XVI． Adaptability of Birds

Chapter XVII． Birds Books for a Home Library

1． Which chapter of the book is likely to have information on how far birds can fly?

A． Chapter V．　　B． Chapter III． C． Chapter XIV． D． Chapter VIII．

2． You are curious about and want to know how far birds can see． Which chapter of the book would you read?

A． Chapter XI． B． Chapter V．　　C． Chapter VI．　　 D． Chapter VII．

3． In which chapter would the author or writer be likely to give you information about the seasonal flight of birds like wild geese (大雁 )?

A． Chapter II． B． Chapter III．　　C． Chapter IV．　　D． Chapter VIII．

4． Which chapter would you read if you are to write about the courtship and mating or “marrying” of birds ?

A． Chapter XIII． B． Chapter VIII． C． Chapter VII． D． Chapter V

5． If you want to know how birds are endangered or in danger and how they should be protected, which chapter would you refer to ?

A． Chapter XIV． B． Chapter XIII． C． Chapter XV． D． Chapter X．

Answer 1

答案：B;D;C;B;A
解析：

要善于利用上下文的解释，准确理解生疏词汇尤其是科学术语，如：Classification、Distribution、migration、“Internal”、“external”、bird banding．、bird attracting、conservation（注意：不是conversation）、adaptability等等。

提示：

话题：阅读科普资料“生物话题”索引的技巧。重点：细节捕捉。