Question

【題目】 Imagine you are on a long car trip. It is night and you take a wrong turn onto a dark country road. With a sinking feeling, you realize that you have no idea where you are.

【1】, and the answer is written in light. A shining compass face, with north, south, east and west at the four points, and a big needle are pointing at north. What a relief! You turn your car around and head in the right direction guided by the sky.

For migrating birds, finding their way over long distances through the darkest nights is their second nature. 【2】 — directions written by light and magnetism (磁力). Some birds journey thousands of miles in their twice-yearly journeys. 【3】, like mountain ranges and rivers, to help decide the directions; but birds may also navigate using the stars, and by sensing — or even “seeing” — the Earth’s invisible magnetic field.

For many years, scientists have been studying what’s behind the strong ability of migrating birds to find their way to their winter and summer homes. Here is one thing that they agree on. 【4】. This compass leads them to make their very first autumn flight in the direction that has been long-travelled by the rest of their species. 【5】.

A.Then you glance up at the sky

B.So birds are born knowing which way home is

C.They do it in part by reading directions in the sky

D.Magnetism is important for all animals, especially birds and fishes

E.When they’re on the way, they take the advantage of familiar landmarks

F.Migratory baby birds are already equipped with a kind of present inner compass

G.In birds, migration means two-way journeys — onward journey and backward journey

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】E

【4】F

【5】B

【解析】

這是一篇說(shuō)明文。文章主要講述了候鳥為何擁有尋找方向的能力的原因。

【1】根據(jù)后文“You turn your car around and head in the right direction guided by the sky.( 你把車掉頭，在天空的指引下朝著正確的方向行駛。)”可知，設(shè)空內(nèi)容應(yīng)與天空有關(guān)。選項(xiàng)A“Then you glance up at the sky(然后你仰望天空)”符合語(yǔ)境，且對(duì)應(yīng)后文“and the answer is written in light”中light(光)。故選A項(xiàng)。

【2】根據(jù)后文“directions written by light and magnetism(由光和磁指示方向)”可知，設(shè)空內(nèi)容與指示（directions）有關(guān)。C項(xiàng)“”符合語(yǔ)境。故選C項(xiàng)。

【3】根據(jù)后文“like mountain ranges and rivers, to help decide the directions(像山脈和河流一樣，幫助決定方向)”，可知，E項(xiàng)“When they’re on the way, they take the advantage of familiar landmarks”中的landmarks與mountain ranges and rivers相呼應(yīng)。故選E項(xiàng)。

【4】根據(jù)后文“This compass leads them to make their very first autumn flight in the direction that has been long-travelled by the rest of their species.( 這個(gè)指南針指引著它們第一次在秋天朝著其他物種早已走過(guò)的方向飛行。)”可知，空后句中的compass有定冠詞the作限定詞，表特指，因此設(shè)空內(nèi)容應(yīng)與指南針有關(guān)。選項(xiàng)F“Migratory baby birds are already equipped with a kind of present inner compass.( 候鳥寶寶已經(jīng)具備了一種現(xiàn)有的內(nèi)在指南針)”符合分析。故選F項(xiàng)。

【5】根據(jù)前一句內(nèi)容“This compass leads them to make their very first autumn flight in the direction that has been long-travelled by the rest of their species.( 這個(gè)指南針指引著它們第一次在秋天朝著其他物種早已走過(guò)的方向飛行。)”可知，設(shè)空句應(yīng)是對(duì)前文的承接總結(jié)。選項(xiàng)B“B. So birds are born knowing which way home is(所以鳥兒生來(lái)就知道回家的路)”符合分析。故選B項(xiàng)。

七選五技巧之詞語(yǔ)復(fù)現(xiàn)顯神功

詞語(yǔ)復(fù)現(xiàn)是七選五在語(yǔ)篇銜接過(guò)程中的一個(gè)重要手段。因此利用詞語(yǔ)復(fù)現(xiàn)解決七選五十分管用。比如文章的第1小題：

___1___, and the answer is written in light. A shining compass face, with north, south, east and west at the four points, and a big needle are pointing at north. What a relief! You turn your car around and head in the right direction guided by the sky.

利用詞語(yǔ)復(fù)現(xiàn)原則，可以在段末看到詞匯“you; the sky”，因此選項(xiàng)A. Then you glance up at the sky可為正確答案。