Question

Lee Humberg, district manager for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, is the man in charge of figuring out how to remove the flocks (群) of 15,000 to 20,000 Canada geese(大雁) that could strike planes flying in and out of the New York area. The Port Authority, the agency that manages airport in New York and New Jersey, estimates that there have been as many as 315 bird strikes annually in the past 30 years.

    Bird strikes have been a hot topic since a US Airways jet suffered a “double strike” and made an emergency landing on the Hudson River in January 2009. All 155 passengers were rescued safely and the flight was called “Miracle on the Hudson”. The plane finally ended up at the Carolinas Aviation Museum. The next major bird strike may not have such a happy ending.

    To thin the flocks, Humberg and his team have tracked down goose nests and killed eggs with corn oil. They’ve also terrified the birds with dogs, remote-controlled boats and kites that look like eagles. But the only method that effectively decreases the goose population is the one that angers animal lovers the most: gassing hundreds at a time.

    “If all you are doing is goose harassment (騷擾) every day, it’s very frustrating, because you are just playing Ping-Pong with the birds,” Humberg told New York magazine. “It’s basically an arms race to come up with the tools to deal with them.”

    Now New York City plans to send the geese captured to Pennsylvania to be cooked and distributed at food banks as meals for the poor. That might just be a fate better than flying into a 747 engine.

1.What can we learn form Humberg?

    A. He does research on geese’s living conditions.

    B. He makes efforts to protect wild birds.

    C. He deals with the danger of birds at airports.

    D. He tries to find newer and safer airlines.

2.Why was the flight called “Miracle on the Hudson”?

    A. It suffered a “double strike”.         B. It arrived at a plane museum.

    C. It only caused a few deaths.         D. It succeeded in landing on a river.

3.By saying “you are just playing Ping-Pong with the birds”, Humberg means ______.

A. It’s interesting to fight with the birds

B. It’s a skill-needed race against the birds

C. you can’t defeat the bird in the end           

D. you should live with birds peacefully

4.It can be inferred from the passage that ______.

    A. Canada geese can fly as high as planes

    B. New York airlines are in poor management

    C. bird strikes happen once a week on average

    D. the poor may also benefit from Humberg’s work

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.D

【解析】文章講述了鳥(niǎo)兒對(duì)美國(guó)的飛機(jī)造成的影響，以及人們準(zhǔn)備如何處理這些鳥(niǎo)兒。

1.C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段2,3,4行the man in charge of figuring out how to remove the flocks (群) of 15,000 to 20,000 Canada geese(大雁) that could strike planes flying in and out of the New York area.說(shuō)明他是一個(gè)負(fù)責(zé)趕走大雁，以免它們撞上飛機(jī)。故C正確。

2.D 推理題。根據(jù)文章第二段2,3行made an emergency landing on the Hudson River in January 2009. All 155 passengers were rescued safely說(shuō)明撞擊以后這架飛機(jī)迫降在哈德遜河上，乘客都被救起來(lái)了。沒(méi)有造成傷亡，故稱之為哈德遜河上的奇跡。故D正確。

3.B 推理題。這句話形象地說(shuō)明了這些鳥(niǎo)兒對(duì)人們的生活造成的影響，說(shuō)明要?dú)⒌暨@些鳥(niǎo)兒是要靠技巧的，因?yàn)榇蚱古仪蛞残枰�技巧。故B正確。

4.D 推理題。根據(jù)最后一段1,2行plans to send the geese captured to Pennsylvania to be cooked and distributed at food banks as meals for the poor.說(shuō)明人們準(zhǔn)備把這些鳥(niǎo)兒殺掉做出食物給窮人當(dāng)食品，故D正確。