Question

完型填空（仔细阅读上下文，从A、B、C、D中选出最佳答案共10分）

Mr. Ellis is very old. He has seen     changes in his home town. He knows that things are different now. But he never forgets the old days. He likes to talk about them. He often talks about his favourite      _, the robins (知更鸟). "When I was a boy, these houses were not here. There were wide fields and tall trees. Every spring the robins would come. Thousands of them would fly up to the north from the south. They spent the    in the south. Some would build their nests (巢) in the     near our houses. We knew it was spring when the robins came. When they left , we knew winter      .

“Then people      building more houses. They cut down trees and they filled the fields      houses. The robins stopped      back. Oh, we’d seen some once in a while , but they couldn't find a right place       their nests near our houses because there were no trees."

"Now there are lots of houses and roads. There are no      area for the robins. They do not come any more, which is sad."

1.A. too much      B. much too      C. too many     D. many too

2.A. animals       B. houses        C. birds         D. days

3.A. spring        B. summer       C. autumn       D. winter

4.A. trees         B. fields         C. parks         D. buildings

5.A. left          B. came         C. reached       D. got

6.A. stopped      B. went          C. started       D. came

7.A. of           B. with          C. in           D. up

8.A. returning     B. flying         C. to return      D. to fly

9.A. to build      B. building       C. to live        D. to live in

10.A. building    B. feeding        C. hunting       D. living

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.B

9.A

10.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是Ellis先生经常想起以前的日子，在他小的时候，他经常看到一种鸟，这种鸟在他家附近的树上建造巢。但是现在人们砍倒越来越多的树，这种鸟再也不会出现了，所以Ellis先生很不喜欢这种变化。

1.too much：修饰不可数名词， much too：修饰形容词或副词， too many：修饰名词复数。根据语境可知应故选C。

2.the robins”可知，这里指的是他最习惯的鸟。故选C。

3.

4.trees：树木， fields ：田野， parks ：公园， buildings：建筑物。根据语境可知，这里指的是一些知更鸟会在离房子不远的树上筑巢。故选A。

5.

6.stopped ：停止， went：去， started：开始， came：来。根据语境可知，这里指的是人们开始建造更多的高楼。故选C。

7.建满房子。故选B。fill--- with---：充满、装满。

8. doing sh：表示停止（不再）做某事。此外，return不与back连用。故选B。

9.

10.building： 建筑， feeding ：饲养， hunting ：打猎， living：生存、生活。根据语境可知，这里指的是没有知更鸟的生存空间了。故选D。

考点：社会现象类短文。