Why don’t birds get lost on their long migratory (迁移的) flights? Scientists tried their best to find the   1   to this question for many years. The reasons have been discovered only lately.

    2   ago experiments showed that birds depend on the sun to guide them   3   . But what about birds that fly mainly by night?  4   with man-made stars have   5   that certain night-flying birds are able to follow the   6   in their long distance flights.

  One such   7   , a warbler (鸣禽), had spent its lifetime in a   8   and had never flown under a natural sky. Yet is showed its   9   by birth to use the stars for guidance. The bird's cage was put under a man-made star-filled sky at migration   10  . The bird tried to fly   11   the same direction as   12   taken by other birds in the building. Any 13 in the position of the make-believe (虚构的) stars   14   a change in the direction of its flight.

  Scientists think that warblers,  15  flying in daylight, use the sun for guidance. But stars are clearly their important   16   of navigation(导航). What do they do when the stars are   17   behind the clouds? Clearly, they find their way by such land   18   as mountains, coastlines and river courses. But when it's too   19   to see these, the warblers circle  201   , unable to find out where they were.

1. A. reply           B. answer      C. discovery      D. replies

2. A. Not long        B. Long       C. Centuries       D. Years

3. A. during the night                B. during daylight hours

  C. in winter                     D. in the dark

4. A. Examinations    B. Labs       C. Tests           D. In the dark

5. A. been proved     B. found       C. been found      D. proved

6. A. stars           B. moon        C. route          D. sun

7. A. star            B. scientist      C. bird           D. flight

8. A. forest          B. cage         C. nest           D. cave

9. A. strength        B. ability        C. experience     D. practice

10. A. time          B. place         C. way          D. season

11. A. to            B. towards       C. in            D. under

12. A. that          B. which         C. one           D. it

13. A. one          B. change        C. way           D. bird

14. A. caused        B. gave          C. resulted        D. meant

15. A. for           B. when         C. after           D. they are

16. A. ways         B. means         C. objects        D. homes

17. A. shown        B. covered        C. moved         D. hidden

18. A. areas         B. surface         C. marks         D. signs

19. A. far           B. high           C. dark          D. bright

20. A. helplessly     B. quickly         C. easily         D. freely

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