D
I was coming home from school on the bus when I got a message from Mike. It was very short: Mkt X7. UGNT. It meant he wanted to meet me at the Market Cross at 7 o’clock that evening and it was something urgent(紧急的). It was a bit unusual. We planned to meet after school on Friday to prepare for our birdwatching as usual.
My name’s Don. I’m fifteen and I go to Blueway Comprehensive School. Mike is of the same age and goes to the local grammar school, but we are friends for several years. We started to go birdwatching five years ago. We do it every week, read about it and use the internet to learn about birds, and we’re members of a club for birdwatchers too.
At 6:45, I walked to Market Cross. Soon I saw him standing on the side of the road.
“Hi, Mike. What happened?” I asked at once.
“Just wait a moment,” he answered. “After this week’s good weather and last night’s storm, I thought there might be some good birds.”.
“Really?” I asked. A smile played over Mike’s face. “Yes, osprey(鱼鹰),” he said very quietly. “What?” I shouted. “Osprey, and we’d better keep it secret,” he said again. I sat looking at him with my mouth open.
An osprey is a big hunting bird and catches fish. There weren’t any in Britain. In 1954, a pair nested(筑巢) in Scotland. A society protected them well because lots of people wanted osprey eggs for their collections. Mike continued, “So, shall we go birdwatching tomorrow morning?”
“But are you sure it’ll be there?” I asked.
“Birdwatcher!” he said. A real birdwatcher should know that nobody can say what a bird would or wouldn’t do at a particular(特定的) time. “So, are you coming?” he asked.
“Oh ... oh ... all right,” I said, knowing my parents would be very angry. They thought I spent too much time birdwatching.
()37. Which of the following is TRUE about Mike and Don?
A. They are new friends. B. They are both 15 years old.
C. They go to the same school. D. They began birdwatching one year ago.
()38. Which is the right order of what happened in the story?
①Don and Mike met at Market Cross in their village.
②Don received a message from Mike on his way home.
③Mike invited Don to watch ospreys the next morning.
④Don and Mike planned to meet after school on Friday.
⑤Mike discovered an unusual kind of bird called osprey.
A. ②④①③⑤ B. ②⑤④③① C. ④②⑤③① D. ④⑤②①③
()39. Which picture can describe an osprey?

()40. What would the two boys do next?
A. They would collect birds’ eggs for their collections.
B. They would go birdwatching together the next morning.
C. They would share their finding of an osprey with others.
D. They would know what a bird would do at a particular time.

D
【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者收到朋友迈克的消息后去见面，迈克告知作者可能有鱼鹰出现，并提议第二天早上去观鸟的事情。
37~40 BDCB

【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解题，需结合原文细节逐一分析各小题：37题需定位Mike和Don的年龄、友谊时长、学校、观鸟起始时间等信息；38题需梳理故事发展的先后顺序，提取事件的时间逻辑；39题需根据原文对鱼鹰（osprey）的描述匹配对应图片；40题需结合原文结尾两人的约定推断后续行为。
【解析】
37题：定位原文第二段，Don和Mike均15岁，B选项正确；A选项“新朋友”与“friends for several years”矛盾，C选项“同校”与两人就读不同学校矛盾，D选项“一年前开始观鸟”与“five years ago”矛盾，故选B。
38题：梳理事件顺序：先有两人计划周五放学后见面（④），Don在回家路上收到Mike的消息（②），见面后Mike提到发现不寻常的鸟（⑤），邀请Don次日早上观鸟（③），对应选项D，故选D。
39题：原文描述鱼鹰是“大型捕猎鸟类，会抓鱼”，匹配图片中C选项的鸟抓着鱼，故选C。
40题：原文结尾Mike邀请次日早上观鸟，Don同意了，可知两人接下来会一起去观鸟，故选B。
【答案】
37.B 38.D 39.C 40.B
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解、推理判断
【点评】
本题为记叙文类阅读理解，考查学生快速定位细节、梳理文章顺序、图文匹配及推理判断的能力，需仔细阅读原文，抓住关键信息作答。
【难度系数】
0.5