Question

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A．come back    B．right   C．bigger    D．turned off   E．warmer    F．last

Weeks ago，Chicago became the first city in the US to join the"Lights Out Plan"．People（38）Dthe lights in the city's tallest buildings，so that thousands of birds could get to their winter homes．Every year in autumn，some birds fly over Chicago on their way to the south，and（39）Athe next spring．Lights mean danger to birds．Birds find their way by looking at the stars in the sky．Lights in tall buildings are so bright that birds may mistake them as stars．This means they cannot find the（40）Bway to go home．
    This time，about 300 types of birds are flying over Chicago to go back to the south to live through the cold winter．Many birds cannot live in the cold places，so they fly to（41）Eplaces．Another reason is that they want to have baby birds．Many birds like to have their baby birds in the same"house"they lived in （42）Fyear，so they fly back there．

Answer 1

分析 芝加哥成為美國第一個加入熄燈計劃的城市，人們關掉最高大樓的等，是為了那些去暖和的地方過冬的鳥，這些燈光在晚上就像是星星，會讓鳥失去正確的方向．

解答 38．D．短語考查．結合上文"Lights Out Plan"．熄燈計劃，可知這里是說關掉燈，故用turn off關掉，故選D．
39．A．短語考查．結合so that thousands of birds could get to their winter homes是說鳥兒去過冬的地方，也就是Every year in autumn，some birds fly over Chicago on their way to the south每年秋天穿過芝加哥去南方，第二年春天回來，故come back返回，故答案是A．
40．B．形容詞考查．結合mistake them as stars可知是會誤導他們，也就是找不到正確的路，故選B．
41．E．比較級考查．結合前文Many birds cannot live in the cold places，不能在寒冷的地方生存，也就是要去暖和的地方，故用比較級warmer，故答案是E．
42．F．形容詞考查．結合上文Many birds like to have their baby birds in the same"house"they lived in 許多鳥兒喜歡在他們去年居住的相同的地方孵小鳥，故last year去年，故答案是F．

點評 統覽全局，把握大意．要填的單詞肯定是在一定的語言環境中才能確定．只有了解了短文的大意，把握了全局才能主導方向，從而有助于正確理解空缺詞所在的句子，縮小詞的選擇范圍．