Question

More and more birds are flying to settle at Qinghai Lake, one of the highest inland lakes in China, thanks to the protection efforts of local governments. Covering an area of over 4,000 square kilometers, Qinghai Lake is also the country’s biggest salt-water lake.

Located in Northwest China’s Qinghai Province, the lake is famous for the two islands at its northwest point--Cormorant Island and Egg Island.

The two islands have plenty of floating grass and various schools of fish, offering rich food sources for birds. The islands have become a paradise for different kinds of groups of birds and have been called ‘Bird Islands’.

Each March and April, when ice and snow covering the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau starts to melt, over 20 kinds of birds fly to the Bird Islands to lay eggs.

During the months, flocks of birds cover the whole sky over the islands and birds eggs can be found everywhere. Visitors can hear the singing of birds from miles away. These have become a world famous symbol of the lake.

To protect this paradise for birds and support calls for ecological protection, China set up the Qinghai Lake Natural Protection Zone at the end of 1997. Meanwhile, the State has pointed out the Bird Islands and Spring Bay of the Qinghai Lake as central protection zones.

Inspection officials and management employees often patrol the lake, improving local residents’ knowledge of related laws and spreading knowledge about animal protection to visitors. They are making great efforts to call on people to love and protect the birds.

At the same time, they have built special fences around the island area, to prevent wolves, foxes and other carnivorous animals, as well as illegal hunters from breaking up the birds’ nest-building, egg-laying and breeding. As a result, more and more birds are coming to the islands for sheltering and breeding.

1.Why are more and more birds coming to the biggest salt-water lake in the Great Northwest?

A. Because it is getting warmer and warmer.

B. Because it is being reformed

C. Because environments there are getting more and more agreeable for them to live in.

D. Because the people there are becoming richer and richer

2.The birds feed on _______according to the passage.

A. floating fish and various grasses   

B. grass moving on the water surface and different kinds of fish

C. salt water and plenty of grains  

D. corn from the local farmers

3.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The ice and snow covering the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau doesn’t change into water, unless more than 20 kinds of birds come to the Bird Islands

B. Flocks of birds fly up to the whole sky over islands to lay eggs

C. Visitors can listen to the singing of birds from miles away, but they couldn’t see any of the birds

D. “The ice on the Plateau begins to change into water” means spring is coming

4.The officials go around the lake mainly to _________

A. let the farmers there know the animal protection law

B. tell the farmers there some knowledge about animal protection.

C. call on people to love and protect the birds

D. all of the above

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.D

【解析】

试题分析: 本文讲述越来越多的鸟来到青海湖，由于当地政府保护措施的努力使这个地方成为鸟类的天堂，政府向人们普及鸟类保护法，教给人们如何保护鸟及鸟类知识，号召人们保护鸟。

1.C 细节理解题。根据第一段提到More and more birds are flying to settle at Qinghai Lake, one of the highest inland lakes in China, thanks to the protection efforts of local governments.越来越多的鸟飞到青海湖栖息是由于当地政府对于环境保护的努力，故选C项。

2.B 细节理解题。根据第三段提到The two islands have plenty of floating grass and various schools of fish, offering rich food sources for birds.两个岛上有丰富的水草与各种鱼类，为鸟提供丰富的食物，故选B项。

3.D 推断题。根据第五段提到During the months, flocks of birds cover the whole sky over the islands and birds eggs can be found everywhere可知鸟飞满天不是为了产卵，故B项错误；根据第五段提到Visitors can hear the singing of birds from miles away可知C项错误。根据第四段提到Each March and April, when ice and snow covering the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau starts to melt, over 20 kinds of birds fly to the Bird Islands to lay eggs可知当冰熔化时，春天也就到来，故判断A项错误，D项正确。

4.D 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段提到Inspection officials and management employees often patrol the lake, improving local residents’ knowledge of related laws and spreading knowledge about animal protection to visitors. They are making great efforts to call on people to love and protect the birds号召人们保护鸟类，了解鸟类保护法，保持鸟类的知识，故选D项。

考点: 科普类阅读。