全國pets二級完形填空試題

       第三部分：英語知識運用

第一節完形填空

閱讀下面短文，從短文後各題所給的`A、B、C和D.四個選項中選出能填人空白處的最佳選項，並在答題卡上將該項塗黑。

In September, in Britain, you may see a lot of birds 36 on roofs and telegraphwires．These birds are swallows．They are37together because, very soon, they will beflying 38 to much warmer lands, where they will find 39 small flying insects onwhich they 40There are no such insects 41 in Britain during the winter, as it is42．cold for them.

The swallows settle, fly off, swoop, and43 again．This they do many times, for theyare making short44 flights in order to be fit for the long journey45them.

46 of these migrating birds leave Britain in the autumn．They fly47for hundreds ofmiles48 they reach the warm lands of Africa．But not all the birds get there, for many ofthem perish in the stormy weather they meet with49.

In the spring of the following year they 50 the long and tiring journey back to Britain.

They return to the identical barn or tree in the51 district which they had left the52autumn.

How do these birds find their53 there and back over such vast distances? Nobody knows ex-actly54 , but it has something to do55 winds and air currents.

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