For 40 years, the people of London have been happy to discover in their parks a bird that seems to have made its way from the Himalayas to the capital of England. With its shocking green body, red mouth, long tail and noisy screech(尖叫), the rose-ringed parakeet (长尾小鹦鹉) brought a vivid colour to parks in and around London.
However, the parakeets are no longer wele. The government has suddenly woken up to the fact that there are many more parakeets in and around London making life harder for the local bird population. Government experts put the number of parakeets at around 30,000. They fear that if the number of parakeets keeps rising, these birds will push out local birds like wood-peckers, starlings and nuthatches from trees to build their own nests.
Not only that. According to an online report by The Independent, the parakeets will then also get control of most of the food available in the parks — seeds, berries, fruit and nuts. The local bird population will then have a hard time staying alive. An organization called the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has asked the government to investigate (调查) what kind of a threat the parakeet brings to local birds. If the government decides that these birds are indeed a threat to local birds, steps will be taken to control the number of parakeets.
The most surprising thing about the case of the rose-ringed parakeet is that no one quite knows how the parakeets came from India and started breeding (繁殖) in areas around London.
【小题1】Parakeets are no longer wele mainly because .A．the local birds are being driven out B．the government doesn’t like the birds C．they are a threat to people’s healthD．people have a great fear of this kind of birds【小题2】According to an online report by The Independent, .A．the parakeets’ future threat is impossible B．the number of the parakeets is around 3,000C．the parakeets should fly back to the HimalayasD．the local birds won’t have enough food【小题3】People are not certain .A．where the parakeets live B．how the parakeets breed C．how they flew to London D．when they started living in London【小题4】The best title for this passage would be .A．Help the parakeets B．Pretty birds have troubleC．Birds invade LondonD．Pretty birdsA
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(答案→)A
解析：本文讲述的是来自喜马拉雅山的长尾小鹦鹉来到伦敦以后给当地的鸟儿带来了影响和麻烦。
【小题1】A 细节题。根据第二段2,3行The government has suddenly woken up to the fact that there are many more parakeets in and around London making life harder for the local bird population.说明这样的鸟儿太多了，对当地的鸟儿产生了很大的威胁，故A正确。
【小题2】D 细节题。根据第三段1,2行the parakeets will then also get control of most of the food available in the parks — seeds, berries, fruit and nuts. The local bird population will then have a hard time staying alive.自从长尾小鹦鹉来了以后，当地的鸟儿的食物就受到了影响，故D正确。
【小题3】C 细节题。根据文章最后一段内容The most surprising thing about the case of the rose-ringed parakeet is that no one quite knows how the parakeets came from India and started breeding (繁殖) in areas around London.说明人们搞不清楚这种鸟儿怎么会来到这里的，故C正确。
【小题4】B 主旨大意题。本文讲述的是来自喜马拉雅山的长尾小鹦鹉来到伦敦以后给当地的鸟儿带来了影响和麻烦，故B项内容与文章相符。故B正确。