Light pollution dampens urban robins' song 城市光污染抑制知更鸟的鸣唱_BBC

songbirds 鸣禽，鸣鸟

stuffed 塞满填充物的

avian 鸟类的

intruder 闯入者，侵入者

hierarchy 等级

vocal （爱）发声的，（喜）鸣叫的

establish 证实，弄清楚

forage 觅食

测验请听报道并回答下列问题。

1. Why are robins ideal for this urban study?

2. What do the researchers want to discover next, according to the text?

3. True or false? Robins that lived closest to street-lit and busy roads were more vocal and

aggressive.

4. Which word in the text means ‘created by humans rather than occurring naturally’?

答案 1. Why are robins ideal for this urban study?

Robins are ideal for this urban study because they are active earlier than most other songbirds and are in almost every city park in the UK.

2. What do the researchers want to discover next, according to the text?

According to the text, the researchers now want to establish if night-time light and man-made noise affect birds’ abilities to forage or breed.

3. True or false? Robins that lived closest to street-lit and busy roads were more vocal and

aggressive.

False. Robins that lived closest to street-lit and busy roads were less vocal and

aggressive.

4. Which word in the text means ‘created by humans rather than occurring naturally’?

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