Question

Mr. Ellis is very old. He has seen many changes in his hometown. He knows that things are different now. But he never forgets the old days. He often talks about his favorite birds, the robins(一种小鸟— 知更鸟). “When I was a boy, these houses were not here. These were wild fields and tall trees. Every spring the robins would come. Thousands of them would fly up to the south. They spent the winter in the south. Some would build their nests(巢)in the trees near our houses. Then people started to cut down trees, and they built more houses. The robins stopped coming. They couldn’t build their nests near our houses because there were no trees.” “Now there are too many houses and too many roads. There are no places for the robins. They do not come any more.”

根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)。

1.Mr. Ellis often talks about his family.

2.The birds, the robins spent the winter in the south.

3.The robins built the nests in the trees.

4.Then people cut down trees because they wanted to build some houses.

5.From the passage we can know that there were many houses there in the old days.

Answer

1.F

2.T

3.T

4.T

5.F

【解析】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.根据文中He often talks about his favorite birds, the robins(一种小鸟— 知更鸟). 可知这个说法是错误的，故选F。

2.根据文中They spent the winter in the south.可知，这个说法是正确的。故选T。

3.根据文中Some would build their nests(巢)in the trees near our houses.可知，这个说法是正确的。故选T。

4.根据文中Some would build their nests(巢)in the trees near our houses.可知，这个说法是正确的。故选T。

5.根据文中“Now there are too many houses and too many roads. There are no places for the robins. They do not come any more.”可知，在过去没有许多房子。故选F。

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(三)细读原文，捕捉相关信息词，掌握短文细节内容。这是解题的关键，应特别注意以下几点：

1. 抓住四个"W"和一个"H"，就是边读边用铅笔做些标记，把What (事件)，When(时间)，Where(地点)，Why(原因)，How(经过)划出来。抓住了四个“W”和一个“H”，就抓住

了文章的全貌，一些直接性的问题便可解决。

2.抓住连接词及起关键作用的副词、代词、介词、插入语等。因为这些词具有因果，让步，递进，转折，指代，列举及承上启下等各种连接上下文的特殊功能。这对考生分清

文章层次，辨明各种关系，了解人物心理，推断作者意图，进行逻辑推理等手段来分析难点，都具有举足轻重的作用。

4.根据题意，初选答案。这一步须仔细审题，领会测试要求，确定解题方法。对那些明显的，有把握的题可以断然确定，不必把其余三个答案再作推敲而浪费时间：有些略难

的题，应再查阅短文(不是重读一遍)，迅速找出依据，予以排除。