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. 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.D

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.A

10.D

【解析】

试题分析：埃利斯先生很老了。他看到了在他家乡的许多变化。他知道，现在情况不同了。但他不会忘记的日子。他喜欢谈论它们。他经常谈论他最喜欢的鸟， 知更鸟。每年春天， 知更鸟会来。成千上万的鸟会从南方飞到北方。

1.A. too much太多；B. much too太；C. many许多；D. many too不正确选项。 分析句意：埃利斯先生很老了。他看到了在他家乡的许多变化。分析：change是可数名词，因此表示太多，运用many.故选C

2.A. animals动物；B. houses房屋；C. birds 鸟；D. days天。分析句意：埃利斯先生知道，现在情况不同了。但他不会忘记的日子。他喜欢谈论它们。他经常谈论他最喜欢的鸟，知更鸟。联系下文，明确这是一种鸟，因此明确选择第三项。故选C

3.A. spring春季；B. summer 夏季；C. autumn秋季；D. winter冬季。分析句意：知更鸟在南方过冬。每年春天，知更鸟会来。成千上万的鸟会从南方飞到北方。联系下文，明确这种鸟是在南方度过冬天。故选D

4.A. trees树；B. fields田地；C. parks 公园；D. buildings建筑。分析句意：有些鸟会在我们的房子附近的树上筑巢。分析：这种鸟在树上筑巢，因此选择第一项。故选A

5.A. left离开；B. came来；C. reached到达；D. got得到。分析句意：当知更鸟回来了，我们知道春天来了。当它们离开了，我们知道冬天来了。联系上下文，明确更知鸟飞走了，冬天就来了，结合选项第二项正确。故选B

6.A. stopped停下；B. went走；C. started开始；D. came来。分析句意：人们开始砍伐树木，建造更多的房子，并且田地里也盖上了房子。考查固定短语start doing sth.开始做某事。故选C

7.A. of属于；B. with和；C. in在之内；D. up向上。分析句意：人们开始砍伐树木，建造更多的房子，并且田地里也盖上了房子。分析：考查固定短语：be filled with sth.故选B

8.A. returning 返回；B. flying飞；C. to return 去；D. to fly去飞。分析句意：知更鸟停止返回来了。有时我们会发现一些，但是，它们找不到一个地方去筑巢，因此没有树了。分析：考查固定短语stop doing sth.停止做某事。故选A

9.A. to build修建；B. building建筑；C. to live去居住；D. to live in去居住在。 分析句意：知更鸟停止返回来了。有时我们会发现一些，但是，它们找不到一个地方去筑巢，因此没有树了。分析：修饰名词place，因此运用不定式的形式。故选A

10.A. building修建；B. feeding喂；C. hunting打猎；D. living居住。分析句意：现在有许多房屋和道路。这儿没有知更鸟居住地方了。他们再也不会回来了。明确为没有知更鸟居住的地方了。故选D

考点：社会现象类阅读。