If we find a bird nest (巢), we will have a good place of watching and knowing about birds. Birds sit on eggs and take care of their babies from April to June. Because the baby birds are too young to leave the nest, parents often go to look for food and come back in several minutes. So it is good to watch birds. When we watch birds, we'd better hide ourselves in a close place to the nest, and it's better to use binoculars (双筒望远镜).

But how do we make a bird nest? A good bird nest must be very fine, strong, thick and comfortable. If you want to make one, please follow these:

a) Each nest must have six boards (木板) for its cover and floor, for its left and right sides, and for its front and back sides. Don't make the boards too slippery (滑的).

b) Dig a small hole in the front of the nest as a "door". The "door" is big enough so birds can fly in or out easily.

c) Make sure the rainwater can't go into the nest.

d) One piece of the board should be easy to open.  

e) Don't forget to colour the nest.

1.We need ______ near a bird nest if we want to watch and know about birds.

A．a good place       B．some trees        C．to sit on eggs       D．to make a bird net

2.When we're watching birds, we have to ______.

A．look after the birds more often             B．use the binoculars to catch the birds

C．hide ourselves to make the birds do everything as usual   D．catch the birds at last

3.We should leave a hole in the front of the nest so that ______ easily.

A．we can clean the nest                    B．birds can fly in or out

C．we can hang it                          D．we can make it

4.According to the text, we can make a bird nest like Picture ______ with the boards.

 

　　Read the passages and do the following exercises. （阅读并做题）

　　There is a big tree near my house. Two little white birds live in the tree. Every day I give some food to them. The birds see me and come down from the tree to meet me. The food is in my hand. The birds come to my hand and eat(吃) the food. After that they go back to their home in the tree. They are very happy. They begin to sing. I watch them and listen to them. I love them and the birds know me well. We are good friends. I think that I'm going to make a small house for the birds. But where? In the tree or in my house?

　　Choose the best answer

1．The birds make ________ its home.

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2．I like ________ .

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3．The birds get the food ________ .

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4．The birds ________ after they have enough(足够的) food.

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5．Which of the following is TRUE?

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A．I have two birds in my house.

B．The birds can only eat and they can't sing.

C．The birds are my good friends.

D．The birds are funny but they are not happy.

阅读理解

　　Most of the time, magicians (魔术师) give good shows, but every magician has given a show that was terrible or has tried to do a trick (戏法) that didn't go right. Howard Thurston, a famous (著名的) magician, made some interesting mistakes on the stage (舞台).

　　Thurston did a famous Indian trick with a girl. The girl climbed into a box. Then the box was pulled up above the stage. Thurston shouted, “lasia, garawallah, go!”The box opened and the girl was gone. “Wonderful!”“Wonderful!”One night, after the show, a man asked the magician, “Please tell me where you learned your magic (有魔力的) words?”

　　Thurston answered. “I've travelled in India and often heard ‘garawallah’ in the streets there. I thought it was a good word for an Indian trick.”The man smiled and said, “I'm from India. That word means ‘Hey, bus’!”

　　Another mistake stayed in Thurston's show. In one trick, he cut off the heads of two chickens and two ducks and put their bodies inside a magic box. Then he opened the box and found four living birds with heads on them. This is the way the trick was done. The birds' heads were tied under their wings (翅膀). Then false (错的,假的) heads were tied on the birds before they were brought on the stage. Thurston cut off these false heads and put the birds in the box. His helper was also in the box. He could put new false heads on the birds faster than he could untie the true heads. So after. Thurston put the birds inside the box, his helper tied on false heads.

　　One night, the helper made a mistake. He tied the chicken heads on the ducks and then tied the duck heads on the chickens. The birds came out of the box, and the people laughed and laughed.

1．“Garawallah” means ________.

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A．after Thurston shouted the words, the girl was gone

B．the people in India ask for the traffic

C．the birds came out of the box and made the people laugh

D．it was a good word for an Indian trick

2．Which of the following is true?

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A．The tricks of magicians never go wrong.

B．The Indian man wasn't interested in the magic words at all.

C．The birds' heads should be tied under the ducks' wings.

D．The people enjoyed watching magic tricks very much.

3．In fact, the second trick was a wonderful show. Could you guess what excuse the magician would say?

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A．Sorry, my helper has made a mistake.

B．Oh, dear! What's the matter with the birds?

C．Look! How magic my birds are

D．Oh, I really don't know what has happened.

4．The best title of the story could be ________.

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A．A Careless(粗心的) Helper

B．A Magician's Mistakes

C．Good Shows

D．Terrible Tricks

Are there any differences between human beings and animals? Scientists used to think that men were different from animals because they could think and learn．But now we know that animals like dogs，cats，rats and even birds can learn．Once in my hometown，a strange thing happened．One morning my grandma went to the door to get the milk，but to her surprise，there was little milk left．She thought the cat next door had stolen the milk．The next day，the same thing happened．She was a little angry．She went next door to talk about this with the cat’s owner，but she found that the neighbor and the cat were not at home．They were all on holiday! Who stole the milk? She thought hard．Then she asked the milkman about it the next morning．He said that other people also complained(抱怨) about it．He said that birds might be the thieves because there were seven or eight quick—moving blue birds following him when he delivered(递送) the milk．In order not to lose milk any more，people made some boxes to put their milk in．A few days later，people found that when the birds couldn’t get into the boxes，they flew directly to the milk truck and had their meals there．How intelligent the birds are! They use theft sharp wits to hold their place in a human environment．

1．From the passage we know that         ．

A．the milkman is a thief

B．the milkman is friendly to the birds

C．the birds only love to eat my grandma’s milk

D．the birds like us human beings ale also very intelligent

2．My grandma was a little angry because                ．

A．her milk was gone again

B．the cat next door had her milk again

C．her neighbor did nothing with their cat

D．the milkman didn’t bring her enough milk

3．What does the underlined words“sharp wits”mean?

A．Beautiful wings．    B．Long feathers．

C．Intelligence．       D．Hard work．

4．When the milkman delivered the milk to every house，          ．

A．he himself took some of it        B．the birds followed him to drink milk

C．people welcomed him at the door   D．he always brought some birds with him

5．What does the writer think of the birds?

A．They are hateful．    B．They are too hungry．

C．They are clever．     D．They are as clever as cats．