1. (2017八下·卢龙期中) 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

    Mr Ellis is very old. He has seen many changes in his hometown.

He knows that things are different now. But he never forgets the old days. He likes to talk about them. He often talks about his favorite birds , the robins (一种小鸟—鸫).“When I was a boy, these houses were not here. There were wide fields and tall trees. Every spring the robins would come. Thousands of them would fly up to the north from the south. They spent the winter in the south. Some would build their nests(巢) in the trees near our houses. Then people started to cut down trees, and built more houses. The robins stopped coming. They couldn't build their nests near our houses because there were no trees.”

    “Now there are too many houses and too many roads. There are no places for the robins. They don't come any more.”

1. （1） Mr Ellis often talks about__________.

   A . his old house B . the old days C . his life now D . his family
3. （2） The robins spent the winter in__________.

   A . the south B . the west C . the north D . the east
5. （3） __________ built the nests in the trees.

   A . Mr Ellis B . Some people C . The robins D . Some dogs
7. （4） The robins hasn't come to the hometown because

   A . people has built more houses. B . There are too many trees. C . it is colder in the north now. D . There are no places for the robins.
9. （5） From the passage we can know that___________.

   A . Mr Ellis likes his new life now. B . there were many houses there in the old days. C . the robins can make houses without trees. D . Mr Ellis is not happy with the changes there.