Question

【題目】 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 likes to talk about them. He often talks about his favourite birds, the robins （一種小小鳥——鶇）. "When I was a boy, these houses were not here. There were wide fields and tall trees. Every spring robins would come. Thousands of them would fly up to the north from 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 don’t come any more."

【1】What does Mr. Ellis often talk about?

A.His old house.B.His family.C.His life now.D.The old days.

【2】Who built the nests in the trees?

A.Mr. Ellis.B.The robins.C.Some people.D.Some dogs.

【3】What can we know from the passage?

A.Mr. Ellis likes his new life now.

B.There were many houses there in the old days.

C.The robins can make their nests without trees.

D.Mr. Ellis is not happy with the changes there.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】D

【解析】

文章大意：文章主要講的是Ellis先生喜歡談?wù)撨^去的生活，他懷念那時候一種叫鶇的鳥。由于現(xiàn)在有太多的房子和公路，這些鶇沒地方建它們的巢了，所以它們就不再來了。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段第一、二行“But he never forgets the old days. He likes to talk about them”“但他從不忘記過去的日子。他喜歡談?wù)撍鼈儭�，故選D。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段第五行“Some would build their nests (巢) in the trees near our houses”“一些將在我們的房子附近的樹上建它們的巢”可知，這里指的是鶇，故選B。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段“Now…… any more”“現(xiàn)在有太多的房子和太多的道路。沒有鶇的地方，它們不再來了”可知，Ellis先生懷念過去，對現(xiàn)在的變化不滿意，故選D。