Question

Mr. Ellis is very old. He has seen many________ in the world. He knows that things are different now. But he never forgets the old days. He likes to talk about them. He often talks about his favourite________, the robins(知更鳥). “When I was a little boy, these houses were not here. There were wide fields and tall trees. Every spring robins would come. Thousands of them would fly up from the south, where they spent the________. Some would build their nests（巢）in the________ near our houses. We knew it was spring when the robins came. When they left, we knew winter________”

“Then people________ building more houses. They cut down trees and they filled the________ with houses. The robins stopped________ back. Oh, we'd see some once in a while, but they couldn't________ a right place to build their nests near our houses because the trees were gone.”

“Now there are too many houses and roads. There's no_______area for the robins. They don't come any more, which is sad.”

1.A. places B. changes C. people D. houses

2.A. animals B. houses C. birds D. days

3.A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter

4.A. trees B. fields C. parks D. buildings

5.A. left B. came C. reached D. got

6.A. stopped B. went C. started D. came

7.A. fields B. trees C. houses D. forests

8.A. returning B. flying C. to return D. to fly

9.A. find B. leave C. see D. look

10.A. building B. feeding C. hunting D. living

Answer 1