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【完形填空】Cloze: The Silence of the Birds
On a quiet evening in March, ecologist Priya Raman stood on the observation deck and waited for the migratory birds to arrive, but the sky remained (1) .
Normally, this coast (2) about 40,000 birds each season, guided by an inborn compass.
Priya had spent nine years (3) their routes, supported by a modest government grant.
Then the birds stopped coming altogether, or arrived only (4) , in small groups.
A census in 2020 (5) a 62 percent drop in numbers.
The cause was not (6) at first, but Arjun, a doctoral student, noticed something odd.
He suggested that the birds were navigating by starlight (7) by landmarks, which pointed to light pollution.
New hotels along the coast had (8) , their bright lights burning all night.
When Priya presented her findings, a developer argued that tourism (9) 3,000 people and asked if she wanted to choose birds over families.
The council approved the hotels anyway, and by 2022, the (10) was clear: fish stocks shifted and unemployment rose.
Choices
(1) A. full B. empty C. bright D. noisy
(2) A. ignored B. attracted C. repelled D. followed
(3) A. chart B. charting C. charts D. to chart
(4) A. constantly B. sporadically C. regularly D. densely
(5) A. recorded B. records C. record D. recording
(6) A. hidden B. simple C. obvious D. clear
(7) A. rather than B. as well as C. due to D. instead of
(8) A. decreased B. multiplied C. disappeared D. remained
(9) A. employing B. employed C. employ D. employs
(10) A. beginning B. benefit C. fallout D. solution