《2025年通城学典课时作业本八年级英语上册译林版南通专版》

四、阅读理解。
Zhou Longshan was a teacher who was born in a small village near the Baiyangdian Lake, a major wetland in northern China. Growing up there, he has many beautiful childhood memories about the wetland.
When Zhou Longshan started filming birds 10 years ago at Baiyangdian Lake, he just wanted to record his favourite birds. However, he became a bird-watcher, a volunteer ranger(护林员), and an educator popularizing(宣传) knowledge of birds among students in the following years. For him, sharing bird-protection knowledge with children can make them feel the beauty of their hometown. This can also let them know the importance of birds, and help them develop the habit of protecting birds.
When Zhou was a child, the water in Baiyangdian Lake was clean. He and his friends often caught fish in the lake and drank the lake water when they were thirsty. Between the 1960s and 1980s, however, Baiyangdian Lake got polluted. In the 1990s, the lake nearly dried up because of climate change. The population and kinds of fish and birds reduced.
Then, efforts were made to change the situation of the lake. Since the Xiong'an New Area was built in 2017, Baiyangdian's protection activities have improved greatly. Over time, Zhou's interest in birds continued to grow. In 2021, he was named "a bird-watcher" by the government, responsible for regular patrols(定期巡逻) and popularizing knowledge of birds. In addition to his regular patrols near the lake, he is sometimes invited to local schools to give speeches, telling students knowledge about birds and how to protect them.
1. What's the purpose of filming birds at first for Zhou?
A. To be a good bird-watcher. B. To do research about birds.
C. To record his favourite birds. D. To protect the birds in his hometown.
2. How many good points of sharing bird-protection knowledge with children are mentioned?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.
3. (创新考法·行文方式)How does the writer describe the changes of the Baiyangdian Lake in Para. 3?
A. By using sayings. B. By comparing facts. C. By asking questions. D. By listing numbers.
4. Which question can help readers know the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. What efforts were made to protect the lake?
B. Why did the situation of the lake get worse in the past?
C. How did Zhou's interest in birds change over time?
D. When and why was the Xiong'an New Area built?

答案： 1. C 2. C 3. B 4. A