《2025年快捷英语时文阅读理解小学版》

Jackie and Shadow are a famous bald eagle couple (夫妻). Sometimes they argue (争吵), 1 they always stay together.

In March 2025, they had 2 cute eaglets (雏鹰)! The first eaglet hatched (孵出) on March 3. The second one hatched in the early morning of March 4. 3 days later, on March 8, the third one hatched.
*These are their first hatched babies in three years.
The eaglets are doing well. They peck at each other to fight over food. In 10 to 14 weeks, they will 4 in the sky for the first time. And an organization plans (计划) to ask people to give them names. And local Grade 3 kids will pick (挑选) their three favorite names 5 them.
1 A. and B. so C. but D. or
2 A. three B. five C. seven D. nine
3 A. Two B. Four C. Six D. Eight
4 A. drink B. walk C. swim D. fly
5 A. for B. to C. on D. with

答案： 1. C 前一分句 Sometimes they argue 和该分句 they always stay together 是转折关系，用 but 连接。
2. A 由后面的 The first...The second...the third 可知，一共有三只雏鹰。
3. B 由前面的 March 4 以及该句中的 March 8 可知，从 3 月 4 日到 3 月 8 日间隔 4 天，此处表示“4 天后，第 3 只雏鹰成功孵出。”
4. D 由后面的 in the sky 并结合常识可知，雏鹰成长到一定阶段会第一次“飞”。fly 意为“飞翔”。
5. A them 指代三只雏鹰。该句意为“当地三年级的孩子们将为它们选出他们最喜欢的三个名字”。for 意为“为了”。