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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 ful
l
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," explain
s
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 a
bout
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.
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.
2.A bird sings early in the morning mainly_______.
A. to call a female's attention B. to fight with other males
C. to find a place to live in D. to start looking for food
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.
4.The text is mainly about_______.
A. the robin's songs B.
the birds' habitat 
C. why birds sing D. how to protect birds
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To: Christin foo@hotmail.com
Date: 23rd March
Subject: The Riding for the Disabled Association
Hi Christine,
Sorry I haven’t emailed lately —I’ve been very busy since becoming a volunteer for the Riding for the Disabled Association.
Every Saturday, I help to get the horses 1.___________ for the disabled(殘疾) riders. Many more disabled people want to ride 2.___________ than you’d imagine. It’s a disadvantage that I don’t know how to ride —I’d love to got on long rides with the riders— but I’ll learn soon 3.___________. Right now, I’m just happy to be able to lead the horses around for the disabled riders.
I’m4.___________ helping to organize a sale, which will be 5.___________ next month. It’s a lot more work than helping the disabled. I need to collect second-hand things to sell at the sale. There are 6.___________ things available(獲得的) than I thought, but I’m sure we’ll have enough7.__________ next month.
I hope the sale raises more money than last month’s walk. It was rainy, so too few people took part in the event. Last week, we held an auction(拍賣). The auction took much less 8.__________ to organize than the walk. 9.__________, for some reason, people offered too little money for the things, so we didn’t raise enough money.
I’m 10.___________ you some pictures in the letter, as well as a speech I gave last week.
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Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once (將下列單詞或詞組填入空格。每空限填一詞，每詞只能填一次) （共8分）
| A. experience B. ways C. afford D. find out E. quickly F. local G. serious H. century I. politely |
| March 5 is “Lei Feng Day”. It started fifty years ago. Now half a ____51_____has passed. Is the spirit （精神）of Lei Feng outdated(過時的)？ Some people have shown us that it’s not. But people have also changed the ways in which they help others. Zhao has been a volunteer for 18 years. She still remembers her ____52_____ at a nursing home several years ago. An old man held her hand and said: “You don’t need to do anything for us. Seeing young people here is all we need.” Those words made Zhao think: in what ____53_____ can we better help people? “Every person does what they can, no matter how small it is, to give out positive energy(正能量). And before we lend a helping hand, we should ____54_____ what they want,” Zhao said to the Qilu Evening News. As well as Zhao, other people have shown their understanding of the spirit of Lei Feng. This past January, beginning with an online post, “noodle fever” swept Zhengzhou, Henan. One ____55_____ man, Li Gang, 42, said in his post that he had a ____56_____ illness and needed a lot of money for an operation to fight it. However, what he asked for wasn’t charity, but for more people to come to eat noodles at his restaurant. Li’s post spread ____57_____. Soon his restaurant was filled with customers every day and Li was able to ____58_____ to have his operation on Feb. 2. In this way, people c |
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To: Christin foo@hotmail.com
Date: 23rd March
Subject: The Riding for the Disabled Association
Hi Christine,
Sorry I haven’t emailed lately —I’ve been very busy since becoming a volunteer for the Riding for the Disabled Associat
ion.
Every Saturday, I help to get the horses 61___________ for the disabled(殘疾) riders. Many more disabled people want to ride 62___________ than you’d imagine. It’s a disadvantage that I don’t know how to ride —I’d love to got on long rides with the riders— but I’ll learn soon 63___________. Right now, I’m just happy to be able to lead the horses around for the disabled riders.
I’m 64___________ helping to organize a sale, which will be 65___________ next month. It’s a lot more work than helping the disabled. I need to collect second-hand things to sell at the sale. There are 66___________ things available(獲得的) than I thought, but I’m sure we’ll have enough 67___________ next month.
I hope the sale raises more money than last month’s walk. It was rainy, so too few people took part in the event. Last week, we held an auction(拍賣). The auction took much less 68___________ to organize than the walk. 69___________, for some reason, people offered too little money for the things, so we didn’t raise enough money.
I’m 70___________ you some pictures in the letter, as well as a speech I gave last week. Robin
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ould help Li without hurting his dignity(自尊).