单选题 Liverpool city council want to clear the city of fat pigeons. They say that people are feeding the birds, which makes them fat. The pigeons get bigger because their normal diet would consist of seeds and insects, not high-fat junk food they are eating in the city centre. The council want people to know that everyone who feeds the pigeons is responsible for the streets being so crowded with these birds. They hope to encourage the birds to move away from the city centre and into parks and open spaces. Ten robotic birds have been brought into the city centre to scare the pigeons away and visitors are asked not to give the pigeons any food. The mechanical birds — known as "robops" — will sit on the roofs of buildings. They can be moved around to different locations. They look like a peregrine falcon, which is a bird that kills pigeons. They even make noises and flap their wings to scare the pigeons. They hope that the pigeons will go away before the city becomes the European Capital of Culture in two years.
单选题 Pigeons in Liverpool get fat because they eat seeds and insects.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:事实细节题。根据题干中的seeds and insects将本题出处定位于文章第一段最后一句。该句提到,鸽子正常的饮食应该包括种子和昆虫,而利物浦的鸽子在市中心吃的是垃圾食品,所以它们变胖。由此可知,利物浦的鸽子变胖不是因为吃了种子和昆虫,故本题题干所述是错误的。
单选题 According to the council, everyone is to blame for the numbers of pigeons.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:事实细节题。第二段第一句提到,市议会希望人们意识到,每个喂食者都应该为街道挤满鸽子而负责。由此可知,鸽子数量增长应该归咎于所有喂鸽子的人,而不是所有人,故本题题干所述是错误的。
单选题 They want the pigeons to move out of the city centre.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:事实细节题。根据题干中的move和the city centre将本题出处定位于文章第二段第二句。该句提到,市议会希望促使鸽子离开市中心,到公园和露天场地去。由此可知,本题题干所述是正确的。
单选题 The robotic birds can move around the city centre.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:事实细节题。根据题干中的The robotic birds将本题出处定位于文章第三段。该段提到,十只机器鸟被放到市中心用来吓跑鸽子,它们坐在楼顶上,可以向不同方向转动。由此可知,机器鸟并不能在市中心四处移动,故本题题干所述是错误的。
单选题 Liverpool is the European Capital of Culture.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:事实细节题。根据题干中的the European Capital of Culture将本题出处定位于文章第三段最后一句。该句提到,利物浦两年后将成为欧洲文化之都,也就是说现在还不是,故本题题干所述是错误的。