《2025年暑假总动员宁夏人民教育出版社七年级英语人教版》

Ⅵ. 阅读与回答问题
阅读下面短文,然后根据短文内容回答问题,每小题答案不超过 10 个单词。
(2025·无锡期末)Do you know magpies? Magpies are as much an important part of Beijing as the Palace Museum and Beijing Roast Duck. But how much do you know about this type of birds?
In the Chinese culture, magpies are also called xique, which means “bird of happiness”. People believe that seeing magpies can bring them good luck. The birds even have a special job in the Chinese story of the Qixi Festival. It's said that magpies would form the bridge in the sky for Niulang and Zhinyu so that they got to get together once a year. As a result, magpies stand for true love and happiness too.
Magpies have black and white feathers with slightly blue tails. With their special “chachacha” sounds from early morning till night, it is not difficult for birdwatchers to notice them. You can always see them chatting on the roof or in the branches.
Magpies have some very interesting living habits. They always live around humans, because they mainly live on the food we throw away. In winter, many magpies turn to a more plant-rich diet. Their diet includes around 60% vegetables. Sometimes they may look for food on the ground but not eat it right away. Instead, they will save the food for the future.
Even more surprising, they will stay around the dead birds and make sad sounds. It is just like they are holding a funeral(葬礼). All these unbelievable things lead some people to believe that magpies may be the cleverest of all birds.
Well, Beijing's noisiest bird is also one of its smartest ones. Maybe these little birds can really bring a little luck too.
1. What does the magpie's Chinese name mean in the passage?
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2. How do magpies look?
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3. What do magpies live mainly on in winter?
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4. What will magpies do for their dead friends?
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5. What other animals can bring good luck in Chinese culture? Give an example.
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答案： 1. (It means) "bird of happiness".
2. They have black and white feathers with slightly blue tails.
3. (They live mainly on ) plants/vegetables./They eat vegetables more.
4. They will stay around them and make sad sounds.
5. Dragons. (开放性试题,言之有理、符合实际即可。)