It's very early in the morning and I'm sitting outside. It's also very cold and dark. With me is Jim Nightingale, and he is the reason I'm up so early. He passes me a hot cup of coffee. "Not long to wait now," he says. I hope he's right.
After a few minutes there is a very weak light in the east, and then I hear a bird singing. It sings very loud and very clear. "That's the robin(知更鳥)," says Jim. A few more birds start singing with the robin and Jim knows the names of them too. Half an hour later, there are more and more birds singing, and it's very loud! Suddenly, all around us the air is full of the sound of birdsong. This is the dawn chorus(晨鳴), and it's beautiful.
"Wow, this is amazing!" I tell Jim, who is smiling. "Is there a dawn chorus every morning?"
"Birds can sing any time of the year but the best time is the end of winter and during the spring. This is when the birds sing most."
"Really? So, why do they sing?" I ask.
"Well, there are two reasons," explains Jim. "Most of the songbirds who sing are males. They want to find a female(雌性)so they sing to show how strong they are. The females listen and choose the best singer! The birds also sing to tell other males to go away. They need their own area; they don't like sharing with another male."
I listen to the birds; the songs seem too much to me. "Do the birds sing a special song in the morning?"
"That's a good question," replied Jim. "The successful birds have many kinds of calls and songs. Sometimes they copy the songs of other birds. This makes it sound like there are many birds in that place already and other males stay away. Also the female likes songs with different notes. Some birds, for example the European wren, have songs that contain over 700 different notes per minute!"
So, how does Jim know so much about birds? Well, he works as a volunteer for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. He is trying to help the birds live in the modern world. "More and more of the birds' habitat disappears every year. The sparrow, for example, was a very common bird in the UK, now it's in danger."
By now the sun is up and the birds are quiet. It's light so they can start looking for food, they need a big breakfast after all that singing.
小題1:Why does the writer get up early in the morning?
A．To visit her friend.B．To drink hot coffee.
C．To see different birds.D．To hear birds sing.
小題2:A bird sings early in the morning mainly_______.
A．to call a female's attentionB．to fight with other males
C．to find a place to live inD．to start looking for food
小題3: According to the text, which of the following statements is true?
A．At first the writer is happy to be up so early in the morning.
B．Male birds have their own ways of fooling other birds.
C．It's easier for the birds to find food early in the morning.
D．Jim has a job with the Royal Society for the Proteciton of Birds.
小題4:The text is mainly about_______.
A．the robin's songsB．the birds' habitat
C．why birds singD．how to protect birds

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:C

試題分析：本文是作者和Jim Nightingale一起學會了許多關于鳥叫的知識，他作為一名保護鳥類協(xié)會的志愿者在積極保護鳥類以及鳥類的棲息地。
小題1:D 細節(jié)推斷題。根據(jù)文章的第二段第一句話，以及后面的幾段都是Jim Nightingale給作者講解的是鳥的叫聲知識，故選D。
小題2:A 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Jim Nightingale介紹鳥叫的原因那部分：They want to find a female(雌性)so they sing to show how strong they are他們想找一個雌性，所以他們唱來顯示他們有多強大。故選A。
小題3:B 細節(jié)推斷題。根據(jù)文章的倒數(shù)第三段進行判斷：只有B符合這部分內容。故選B。
小題4:C 綜合判斷題。根據(jù)Jim Nightingale早晨起來叫給作者，然后主要給作者講述了鳥叫的知識。故選C。
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