Question

    “Birds” and “airports” are two words that, paired together，don’t normally paint the most harmonious picture. So it really raises some eyebrows when China announces plans to build an airport that is for birds.

Described as the world’s first-ever bird airport, the proposed Lingang Bird Sanctuary(保护区）in the northern coastal city of Tianjin is, of course,not an actual airport. Rather，it's a wetland preserve specifically designed to accommodate hundreds-even thousands-of daily takeoffs and landings by birds traveling along the East Asian-Australian Flyway. Over 50 species of migratory (迁徙的）water birds，some endangered, will stop and feed at the protected sanctuary before continuing their long journey along the flyway.

Located on a former landfill site，the 150-acre airport is also open to human travelers.(Half a million visitors are expected annually.) However，instead of duty-free shopping，the main attraction for non-egg-laying creatures at Tianjin’s newest airport will be a green-roofed education and research center, a series of raised “observation platforms” and a network of scenic walking and cycling paths totaling over 4 miles.

“The proposed Bird Airport will be a globally significant sanctuary for endangered migratory bird species, while providing new green lungs for the city of Tianjin.” Adrian McGregor of an Australian landscape architecture firm explained of the design. Frequently blanketed in smog so thick that it has shut down real airports, Tianjin is a city---China’s fourth most populous----that would certainly benefit from a new pair of healthy green lungs•

1.The underlined phrase “non-egg-laying creatures” in Paragraph 3 refers to?

A. Visitors. B. Designers.

C. Endangered water birds. D. Planes.

2.What do we know about the airport according to the passage?

A. People cannot watch birds up close here.

B. It is located on a 150-acre landfill site.

C. It functions as an actual airport and a wetland preserve.

D. It provides migratory birds with food and shelter.

3.What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. The airport will become a permanent home for birds.

B. Tianjin will win worldwide fame in the future.

C. Tianjin’s air quality will improve thanks to the airport.

D. Tianjin will be able to accommodate more people.

4.What is this passage mainly about?

A. Airports shut down and open up.

B. China is to open the first Bird Airport.

C. Airports turn into green lungs.

D. Birds are no longer enemies to airports.

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.B

【解析】

本文是一篇新闻报道，主要介绍了中国将在天津建立鸟儿机场保护区的计划以及具体规划内容和其重大意义。

1.词义猜测题。根据画线词前的“instead of duty-free shopping”及画线词后的“a green-roofed education and research center, a series of raised “observation platforms” and a network of scenic walking and cycling paths totaling over 4 miles.”可知，天津鸟儿机场保护区对游客的主要吸引力将是一个绿色屋顶的教育和研究中心，观赏台以及一个总长超过4英里的风景优美的步行道和自行车道网络，而不是免税购物，由此可知画线词词义为“游客”，故A项正确。

2.细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Over 50 species of migratory (迁徙的）water birds，some endangered, will stop and feed at the protected sanctuary before continuing their long journey along the flyway.”可知，迁徙的候鸟可以在机场保护区停留和吃东西，然后继续飞行，也就是机场保护区可以为候鸟提供食物和住所，故D项正确。

3.推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“The proposed Bird Airport will be a globally significant sanctuary for endangered migratory bird species, while providing new green lungs for the city of Tianjin.”及“Tianjin is a city---China’s fourth most populous----that would certainly benefit from a new pair of healthy green lungs”可知，天津的空气质量和环境会因为这个鸟儿机场保护区得到很大的改善，故C项正确。

4.主旨大意题。通读全文，特别是根据第二段中的“Described as the world’s first-ever bird airport, the proposed Lingang Bird Sanctuary(保护区）in the northern coastal city of Tianjin is, of course,not an actual airport.”可知，本文主要介绍了中国将在天津建立鸟儿机场保护区的计划以及具体规划内容和其重大意义，故B项正确。