墨西哥一女士将她的公寓变成了数十只生病蜂鸟的诊所！
Hummingbirds (蜂鸟) are a very important part of Mexico’s ecosystem, but because of the ever-expanding urban landscape, they face all sorts of serious threats. That’s where 73-year-old Catia Lattouf de Arída comes in. As a self-taught hummingbird caretaker, she devotes most of her free time and resources to nursing the tiny birds back to health. Her home in Mexico City has become known as a hummingbird hospital.
Catia’s story as a hummingbird nurse began in 2011, at a very difficult moment in her life. At that time, she focused on her battle with cancer and fell into a depression. She was walking on the street one day when she noticed a hummingbird that had suffered a serious eye injury. The kindhearted woman took it home and named it Gucci. She managed to nurse Gucci back to health, but she claims it was Gucci that saved her. Why? Because the hummingbird managed to pull her out of the sadness and loneliness that had taken over her life.
Word of her success spread among Catia’s friends, and before long some of them began bringing her injured and abandoned hummingbirds. She never repulsed them. She studied the birds and their habits in order to better take care of them, and after 11 years of experience, the 73-year-old woman is considered an expert on hummingbirds.
In order to raise awareness of the difficult situation of hummingbirds in Mexico, Catia Lattouf de Arída started posting videos of the patients in her Mexico City apartment on social media, and many of them became popular. That’s when the demand for her nursing services really blew up. She has cared for hundreds of hummingbirds in her 11-year career, but since Amy of this year she has had as many as 50 of them in her apartment at any one time. She spends pretty much all her time looking after the tiny birds.
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1.Which question can the first two paragraphs answer?
A Why are there fewer and fewer hummingbirds?
B Why did Catia’s home become a hummingbird hospital?
C How did Catia nurse Gucci back to health?
D How did Gucci have an eye injury?
解析：选A。A细节理解题。根据第一段第一句“but because of the ever-expanding urban landscape, they face all sorts of serious threats.”可知，蜂鸟是墨西哥生态系统中非常重要的一部分，但由于城市景观的不断扩大，它们面临着各种严重的威胁。故选A。
2.What does the underlined word “repulsed” mean?
A Exported.
B Elected.
C Rejected.
D Disguised.
解析：选C。C词义猜测题。根据划线部分后面的“She studied the birds and their habits in order to better take care of them”可知，不久之后，一些人开始把受伤和被遗弃的蜂鸟带给她照顾，她研究蜂鸟及其习性，以便更好地照顾它们，因此她从未拒绝任何一只蜂鸟。故选C。
3.What kind of person is Catia?
A Generous and strict.
B Independent and smart.
C Ungrateful and shy.
D Responsible and kind-hearted.
解析：选D。D推理判断题。根据全文内容可知，拉图夫十年前开始救助受伤和患病的蜂鸟，并且把自己的家变成了蜂鸟诊所，由此可知她是一个有责任心和善良的人。故选D。
4.In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?
A Ecological protection.
B Famous people.
C Traditional culture.
D Modern medicine.
解析：选A。A推理判断题。根据全文内容可知，本文主要讲了蜂鸟是墨西哥生态系统中非常重要的一部分，但面临着各种严重的威胁，一女子在过去的十年里，在公寓里照顾了数百只小鸟，使它们恢复健康。因此属于“生态保护”版块。故选A。