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阅读短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。 Migrating Birds May Spread Flu 　　Every year, residents of Kunming, Yunnan Province welcome thousands of black headed gulls(红嘴鸥)with food and happy laughter．The lovely white birds fly from Siberia to stay in the Dianchi area of the city in winter．But this year the white angels are no longer lovely in locals eyes, due to their fear of bird flu． 　　Although scientists have not found the deadly virus in the birds, few people will dare to risk their lives to feed the birds this year． 　　Across the world, wild migratory birds(候鸟)seem to have become public enemy number one．Since the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus was discovered not only in Asia but also as far away as Europe and Africa, migratory birds were regarded as the carriers．Geographically speaking(从地理上说), the spread of bird flu appears to be following the migratory routes of wild birds．Bird flu is a common disease among wild migratory birds．But the virus may change itself when transferred to fowls and human． 　　Since the World Health Organization warned last month that migratory birds could carry the deadly H5N1 virus that causes bird flu, many countries, like China, have started tracking migratory birds and cleaning up poultry markets(家禽市场)．China also cancelled(取消)all pigeon races last week． 　　Scientists said that the migratory routes of wild birds are often far away from big cities．The risk of transferring(传染)the virus directly from wild birds to humans is very low．Scientists also warned that wild birds are shy creatures．They see you coming and fly away at once．But if a wild bird becomes easy to approach, people should be careful that it may be sick． 　　There are already three areas hit by bird flu in the provinces of Hunan and Anhui and the northern region of Inner Mongolia, areas all on the migratory routes of wild birds．In the past two weeks China has reported three outbreaks of the H5N1 virus that killed 3800 chickens, ducks and geese(鹅)． (1) Why the black headed gulls aren’t lovely this year? [　　] A． Because they are from Siberia． B． Because they are Bird Flu carriers． C． Because people fear Bird Flu． D． Because they are unfriendly． (2) From the third paragraph, we know that ________． [　　] A． wild migratory birds don’t carry H5N1 B． wild migratory birds are easy to have the same Bird Flu as humans C． Bird Flu is likely to be found along the migratory route of wild birds D． it’s humans that spread Bird Flu to wild birds (3) The underlined word “approach” most probably means ________． [　　] A． catch B． get close to C． find D． fear (4) In this passage, the writer mainly wants to ________． [　　] A． give some information about black headed gulls B． warn us of the danger to have Bird Flu C． tell us of the possible relations between Bird Flu and Migratory birds D． tell us of the damage caused by Bird Flu Saying is one thing and doing another．言行不一。

Answer 1

答案：1．C;2．C;3．B;4．C;
解析：

(1)	文章只是说，人们害怕禽流感而不敢接近红嘴鸥，并没有把握肯定它们就是携带禽流感的鸟类。
(2)	第三段中介绍了禽流感是沿着候鸟迁徙的路线而传播的。
(3)	词义猜测题。本文涉及有关接近候鸟是否传染禽流感的问题，所以approach应该是“接近”而不是“逮住”或“发现”的意思。
(4)	文章的标题以及内容都使我们推断本文的主要内容是介绍禽流感与候鸟之间的关系。