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Every spring scores of people flock to the BuzzardFestival at Hinckley, Ohio. They come to watch for buzzards. Most would be gladjust to take a look at a buzzard. If they do see one of these" flyinggarbage cans", it will probably be circling high in the sky. From there itcan watch the ground for signs of the waste and the dead animals on which itfeeds.

The buzzard is the ugliest bird in the United States.In fact, it may well be the ugliest bird in the world. It has a small, bare,pink head. Its thick body is covered with dark, rough feathers.

In spite of its looks, the buzzard is important to thepeople of Hinckley. It is their first sign of spring. After a winter in thesouth, buzzards return to their homes in the north. In the Hinckley area, theyalways return on March 15. No one knows why. But they have come back toHinckley Ridge on that day, sure as clocks work, for at least forty years.

The excitement starts in February. By the middle ofMarch it has reached a high peak. Bets are placed. Prizes go to the person whosees the first buzzard. Radio stations and newspapers tell of the comingfestival. And on the weekend after March 15 the people of Hinckley hold theirBuzzard Festival.

The people come and look around. They chat. They eattheir fill of pancakes and sausages. Then they drive past Buzzard's Roost onHinckley Ridge.

A lot of them stop near the road at the stand set upto give information to visitors. There they can hear, from a recording, themain facts about the buzzard. They can see a stuffed buzzard. They can look atsome pictures taken of buzzards in other years. With good luck and a strongpair of field glasses, they may sight one or two live buzzards high in the sky.

Buzzards may be ugly. They may be "flying garbagecans". But in Hinckley they are just as welcome as the swallows inCapistrano, California. It would be a sad spring indeed if the buzzards everfailed to come back to Hinckley Ridge.

1.A good title for this story would be __________.

A．The HinckleyBuzzard Festival

B．Buzzard, theUgliest Bird

C．Why theBuzzard Has a Pink Head

D．The Return of“The Garbage Can"

2.The buzzard is called the "flying garbagecan" because it __________.

A．is ugly                                B．eats wasteand dead animals

C．looks like agarbage can                   D．collectrubbish on the ground

3.The surprising thing about Hinckley's buzzards isthat＿.

A．they spendthe winter in the south

B．they comevery close to the town

C．they returnon the same day each year

D．both buzzardsand swallows return to Capistrano on March 15

4.At the information stand, visitors to Hinckley'sBuzzard Festival can _________.

A．learn somefacts about the buzzard

B．easily see alive buzzard

C．take somepictures with the background of live buzzards

D．feed theirfill of pancakes and sausages to buzzards

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1.A

2.B

3.C

4.A

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