Question

Emily and Alex were happy when their family moved to a house with a very big garden. They could climb up trees, grow flowers and even play badminton. They liked to watch the birds flying among the trees in the garden. They even started to put food out to attract more birds.

Everything was fine for a few days until one afternoon there was a strange bumping noise on a window. Emily went outside and found a small bird dead on the grass. Its neck seemed to be broken.

“It must have flown into the window,” Alex said when his sister Emily called him to have a look. “Ah, yes, look here. You can see the mark where it hit the window. There are a couple of tiny feathers stuck(粘贴) on the window.”

“Poor thing!” Emily said.

During the next month, five more birds died in the same way. “Why would they fly to the windows?” they wondered. Finally they found out the truth. When the birds were flying, they couldn’t see into the rooms. All they saw was the reflection(反射) of the garden. They thought that they were flying into trees because they saw trees reflected by the window.

“Something has to be done to save the birds.” the parents decided.

At first, he family tried keeping curtains（窗帘）across the windows, but this made the room dark. Then they bought some strong black paper and cut out the shape of a hawk. They made six hawks – one for each window. They stuck the hawks to the windows. They looked pretty and did not keep out much light. When the birds saw the hawks, they would fly away.

After that, there were no more dead birds. The family were much happier.

1. They put food out to attract birds because they         .

A. had a special garden for birds

B. wanted to see more birds flying in the garden

C. had too much bird food to feed the birds

D. wanted to catch some birds in the garden

2.         birds died in the garden.

A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7

3. The birds flew to the windows because they         .

A. found the windows very clean

B. fought for more food

C. thought there were more trees ahead

D. wanted to go into the room

4.The underlined word “hawk” means         .

A. 鹰B. 丛林C.山脉D.燕子

5.The story is mainly about         .

A. why the birds died in the garden

B. the family were good at paper-cutting

C. the family had a very big new house

D. how the family saved the birds in the garden

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：这是一篇小故事，Emily and Alex搬到了一个有花园的房子里，他们很开心。在花园的树林里有许多鸟在飞翔，他们还在外面放些食物，这样有了更多的鸟。但有一天，一只鸟撞在了窗子上，死了，接下来又有好几只撞死了。他们很难过。于是他们想办法，把窗帘拉上，但屋子里太黑，于是他们在窗子上贴了几只鹰的形状图案。后来，再也没有鸟撞窗子了。他们又开心起来。

1.综合理解题。根据第一段Emily and Alex喜欢看鸟在花园的树林里飞，他们放上食物吸引鸟就是想看更多的鸟在花园的树林里飞，故选 B。

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考点：故事类阅读。