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题型重组专题练六(阅读理解：科普类) A (2016·云南师大附中适应性训练)Contrary to peoples previous knowledge, its food shortage not dietary preference that motivates birds to migrate thousands of miles back and forth between breeding and non-breeding areas each year, a new research shows. “Its not whether you eat insects，fruits or candy bars or where you eat them that counts，but how reliable that day-to-day food source is，” said the study leader W．Alice Boyle of the University of Arizona. To figure out the underlying pressure that drives some birds to leave home for the season，Boyle examined 379 related species of New World flycatchers(捕蝇鸟) and compared their sizes，food types, habitats, migratory behaviors and whether or not they fed in flocks. To compare the birds，the researchers constructed a “supertree” showing the exact evolutionary relationships among different species. A computer analysis then determined whether a particular species was migratory because it ran in the “family” or whether something in the birds environment was forcing it to leave each season.Boyle and her colleagues found that food shortage was the number one issue that predicted a species migratory behavior. “Food availability is the underlying pressure, not diet and habitat，” Boyle said. An alternative strategy that the birds use to handle food shortage is to hunt in flocks, since a group is more likely to find a new source of food than an individual. “If you suffer from food shortage, you have two options，” Boyle said.“You can either hunt with other birds or you can migrate.” 【答案速查】　1－4　ACAB 【语篇解读】　本文是一篇科普说明文。人们一直以为，对食物的偏好是驱使鸟类迁徙的原因；但是最新一项研究表明，食物的短缺才是引起鸟类迁徙的最根本原因。 1．Birds were thought to migrate in order to ________. A．seek their favorite food in a new place B．avoid being constantly hunted C．breed more young in a new place D．adjust themselves to the changes of weather 【解析】　细节理解题。根据第一段第一句中“Contrary to peoples previous knowledge, its food shortage not dietary preference that motivates birds to migrate”可知，是食物的短缺而不是对食物的偏好驱使鸟