Question

Every spring scores of people flock to the Buzzard Festival at Hinckley, Ohio. They come to watch for buzzards. Most would be glad just to take a look at a buzzard. If they do see one of these" flying garbage cans", it will probably be circling high in the sky. From there it can watch the ground for signs of the waste and the dead animals on which it feeds.

The buzzard is the ugliest bird in the United States. In fact, it may well be the ugliest bird in the world. It has a small, bare, pink head. Its thick body is covered with dark, rough feathers.

In spite of its looks, the buzzard is important to the people of Hinckley. It is their first sign of spring. After a winter in the south, buzzards return to their homes in the north. In the Hinckley area, they always return on March 15. No one knows why. But they have come back to Hinckley Ridge on that day, sure as clocks work, for at least forty years.

The excitement starts in February. By the middle of March it has reached a high peak. Bets are placed. Prizes go to the person who sees the first buzzard. Radio stations and newspapers tell of the coming festival. And on the weekend after March 15 the people of Hinckley hold their Buzzard Festival.

The people come and look around. They chat. They eat their fill of pancakes and sausages. Then they drive past Buzzard's Roost on Hinckley Ridge.

A lot of them stop near the road at the stand set up to give information to visitors. There they can hear, from a recording, the main facts about the buzzard. They can see a stuffed buzzard. They can look at some pictures taken of buzzards in other years. With good luck and a strong pair of field glasses, they may sight one or two live buzzards high in the sky.

Buzzards may be ugly. They may be "flying garbage cans". But in Hinckley they are just as welcome as the swallows in Capistrano, California. It would be a sad spring indeed if the buzzards ever failed to come back to Hinckley Ridge.

1.A good title for this story would be __________.

A．The Hinckley Buzzard Festival

B．Buzzard, the Ugliest Bird

C．Why the Buzzard Has a Pink Head

D．The Return of“The Garbage Can"

2.The buzzard is called the "flying garbage can" because it __________.

A．is ugly                                B．eats waste and dead animals

C．looks like a garbage can                   D．collect rubbish on the ground

3.The surprising thing about Hinckley's buzzards is that＿.

A．they spend the winter in the south

B．they come very close to the town

C．they return on the same day each year

D．both buzzards and swallows return to Capistrano on March 15

4.At the information stand, visitors to Hinckley's Buzzard Festival can _________.

A．learn some facts about the buzzard

B．easily see a live buzzard

C．take some pictures with the background of live buzzards

D．feed their fill of pancakes and sausages to buzzards

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了Hinckley的人們每年春天都舉行禿鷹節日。禿鷹是很獨特的一種動物，它吃的是地上的垃圾和死去的動物，所以人們又稱它為“飛行的垃圾桶”。在每年的3月15回巢，很準確，人們在節日這天聽到關于禿鷹的一些事實細節。

1.主旨大意題。根據文章第一句就點明了主題，接下來整篇文章對以Buzzard為焦點的節日進行介紹，并不是只介紹這種鳥，所以B、D項排除，而C項在文中并沒有作出說明。故選 A。

2.細節理解題。根據From there it can watch the ground for signs of the waste and the dead animals on which it feeds.故選B。

3.細節理解題。根據題干要求是the surprising thing，所以A、B項不合題意，應被排除；從最后一段可知D 項是錯的；C項可從第三段找到答案。No one knows why. But they have come back to Hinckley Ridge on that day, sure as clocks work, for at least forty years. 故選C。

4.細節理解題。根據從文中倒數第二段可知答案。B項與文章不符，不是easily，而是with good luck, C項在文中沒有被提到，D項不符合題干要求。故選A。

考點：人生百味類短文閱讀。

點評：主旨大意題的難度較大，此類題目一般不易直接找到答案，最簡單的方法是仔細研究文章開頭的一二句，因為他們常是文章的主題句，然后，快速瀏覽文章首句和結尾句。如果第一句的主題不明，可注意結尾是否有概括總結，對選項要注意全面性和概括性。