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e pigeons get bigger because their normal diet would consist of seeds and insects, not highfat junk food they are eating in the city center. The council wants people to know that everyone who feeds the pigeons is responsible for the streets being so crowded with these birds. They hope to encourage the birds to move away from the city center and into parks and open spaces. Ten robotic birds have been brought into the city center to scare the pigeons away and visitors are asked not to give the pigeons any food. The mechanical birds— known as “ robops” — will sit on the roofs of buildings. They can be moved around to different locations. They look like a peregrine falcon(游隼 ), make noises and flap their wings to scare the pigeons. They hope that the pigeons will go away before the city bees the European Capital of Culture in two years. 28. Pigeons in Liverpool get fat because they eat ________ . A. birds B. seeds C. insects D. highfat junk food 29. What does Liverpool city council try to do? A. They want people to feed the pigeons with healthy food. B. They want the pigeons to move out of the city center. C. They want people to keep the pigeons at home. D. They want to keep robotic birds instead of pigeons. 30. The robotic birds are used to . A. help feed the pigeons B. make the city colorful C. drive away the pigeons D. show people directions 31. This passage is most probably a(n) . A. news report B. notice C. short story D. Advertisement D Although English is not as old as Chinese, it is spoken by many people around the world every day. English speakers are always creating new words, and we are often able to know where most words e from. Sometimes, however, no one may really know where a word es from. Did you ever think about why hamburgers are called hamburgers, especially when they are not made with ham? About a hundred years ago, some men went to America form Europe. They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg. They did not speak good English, but they ate good food. When some Americans saw them eating round pieces of beef, they asked the Germans what it was. The Germans did not understand the question and answered, “ We e from Hamburg.” One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea. He cooked some round pieces of beef like those that the men from Hamburg ate. Then he put each between two pieces of bread and started selling them. Such bread came to be called “ hamburgers” . Today “ hamburgers” are sold in many countries around the world. Whether this story is true or not, it is certainly interesting. Knowing why any word has a certain meaning is interesting, too. This reason, for most English words, can be found in any large English dictionary. 32. According to the writer, English is . A. as old as Chinese B. older than German C. not so old as Chinese D. very difficult to learn 33. We know from the story that______________. A. few Americans like hamburgers B. hamburgers were made by Germans C. hamburgers are made with ham D. hamburgers were first sold about a century ago 34. Which of the following can often be found in any large English dictionary based on paragraph 3? A. Where all the words e from. B. Where those Germans came from. C. The reason why a word has a certain meaning. D. The reason why English is spoken around the world. 35. According to the story, the word “ hamburger” es from_______. A. China because it has a long history B. England because Germans don’ t speak good English C. the round pieces of beef which those people from Hamburg were eating D. the city of Hamburger in Germany 第二節(jié) (共 5小題;每小題 2分,滿分 10分) 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,從短文后的 AG選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。 One day Franklin(富蘭克林) was eating dinner at the house of a friend. The lady of the house, when she poured out(倒出) the coffee, found that it was not 41 . She said, “ I am 42 that the coffee is cold. It is because I 43 to clean the coffee po