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September11914【语篇导读】本文叙述了旅鸽逐渐消失的过程。
1．I
the18tha
dearly19thce
turies，passe
gerpigeo
s________A．werethebiggestbirdi
theworldB．livedmai
lyi
thesouthofAmericaC．didgreatharmtothe
aturale
viro
me
tD．werethelargestbirdpopulatio
i
theUS解析事实细节题。根据文章第一段所述在18和19世纪，美国大群的旅鸽
飞起来可以遮住天空几个小时，所以美国旅鸽的数量是最大的，故选D。答案D
2．Theu
derli
edword“u
doi
g”probablyreferstothepigeo
s________A．escapeC．liberatio
解析B．rui
D．evolutio

词义猜测题。根据文章第三段中“Wherethebirdswereabu
da
tbythe
thousa
ds”可知旅鸽遭到捕杀，所以rui
和u
doi
g词义相似，故选B。答案B
3．Whatwasthemai
reaso
forpeopletokillpasse
gerpigeo
sA．ToseekpleasureC．Tomakemo
ey解析B．TosaveotherbirdsD．Toprotectcrops
事实细节题。根据文章第二段中“Commercialhu
tersattracted
themsoldi
restaura
r