Research on Pigeon

题目与答案

1. Australian crested pigeon
   • eats meat
   • communicates with its wings
   • is found in a variety of locations
   • feeds on a particular type of plant
   • sings to attract a mate
   • is endangered

   答案：communicates with its wings

   原文定位：I found an interesting new study on the Australian crested pigeon. It makes a special sound to warn the rest of the flock of danger;But a lot of birds use calls or songs to find a mate or to sound the alarm. What's special about this one;Well, it uses its wings;Really;Yes. If the pigeon is startled, it makes a whistling sound when it flies off. This sound warns other pigeons in the flock that there's danger

   同义替换：「comments about each type of」↔「found an interesting new study on」，「communicates with」↔「makes a whistling sound」

2. Rock pigeon
   • eats meat
   • communicates with its wings
   • is found in a variety of locations
   • feeds on a particular type of plant
   • sings to attract a mate
   • is endangered

   答案：is found in a variety of locations

   原文定位：I found a lot of stuff on the rock pigeons. They're the ones with the widest distribution. Of all the pigeon species, they've been the most successful at adapting to different environments

   同义替换：「found in a variety of locations」↔「widest distribution」

3. Black-banded pigeon
   • eats meat
   • communicates with its wings
   • is found in a variety of locations
   • feeds on a particular type of plant
   • sings to attract a mate
   • is endangered

   答案：avoids the ground

   原文定位：In contrast to the rock pigeon, there's a pigeon in the north of Australia, the black-banded pigeon, which is restricted to one very small patch of forest. Another interesting thing about it is that unlike the typical pigeons we see on pavements and roads, it stays way up in the trees in the rainforest

   同义替换：「avoids the ground」↔「stays way up in the trees」

4. Galapagos pigeon
   • eats meat
   • communicates with its wings
   • is found in a variety of locations
   • feeds on a particular type of plant
   • sings to attract a mate
   • is endangered

   答案：feeds on a particular type of plant

   原文定位：The Galápagos pigeon, for example, gets all its nutrients from this one kind of cactus that grows on the island where it lives

   同义替换：「feeds on a particular type of plant」↔「gets all its nutrients from this one kind of cactus」

5. Nicobar pigeon
   • eats meat
   • communicates with its wings
   • is found in a variety of locations
   • feeds on a particular type of plant
   • sings to attract a mate
   • is endangered

   答案：is brightly colored

   原文定位：You know, I thought pigeons all looked the same, but their plumage is really variable too. The Nicobar pigeon from Indonesia is very attractive. It has beautiful metallic green feathers

   同义替换：「is brightly colored」↔「very attractive」

6. 26 When people feed city pigeons, it causes them to
   • breed more successfully
   • become overweight
   • get sick

   答案：breed more successfully

   原文定位：Actually, because the pigeons don't have to spend time looking for food, they have more time to mate and reproduce, and so it results in population explosion

   同义替换：「it causes them to」↔「results in」，「breed more successfully」↔「more time to mate and reproduce」

7. 27 The Melbourne city council are tackling their pigeon problem by
   • removing the pigeons from the city
   • scaring away pigeons
   • providing homes for the pigeons

   答案：providing homes for the pigeons

   原文定位：They built some special nesting places in one of the parks in the city center. They're designed to house the pigeons, so they stop creating nests on buildings

   同义替换：「providing homes for」↔「house」

8. 28 Jennifer and Adam agree that the second stage of the council scheme is
   • expensive
   • cruel
   • ineffective

   答案：expensive

   原文定位：Well, yes. The program does work as a means of controlling the population, but the financial burden on the taxpayer is quite high

   同义替换：「expensive」↔「financial burden on the taxpayer is quite high」

9. 29 What method of pigeon control was most successful in the city of Basel?
   • trapping the pigeons
   • educating the public
   • building nesting sites

   答案：educating the public

   原文定位：The most successful pigeon control program in recent times was in Basel in Switzerland;And what did they do;Well, the city council found that teaching the public about the negative effects of feeding pigeons was more effective than trapping the pigeons or providing alternative nesting sites for them. These were both methods they'd tried previously

   同义替换：「method」↔「program」，「educating the public」↔「teaching the public about the negative effects」

10. 30 Adam and Jennifer decide to do some more research on how pigeons can
    • affect our health
    • damage buildings
    • cause local flooding

    答案：affect our health

    原文定位：But I haven't found anything yet on the health risks to humans that urban pigeons pose. Neither have I. Let's look for some information about that and add it

    同义替换：「affect our health」↔「health risks to humans」