12. What is the description of the first sentence? What features does it highlight about swallows? (2 points)
The first sentence belongs to appearance description. It highlights the characteristics of swallows' handsomeness, lightness and liveliness.
13, from what aspects does the article describe swallows? What kind of thoughts and feelings does the author express between the lines? (2 points) This article describes swallows from four aspects: shape characteristics, flying movements, rest and nesting.
Between the lines reveals the author's incomparable love for the swallow.
14. Can "falling" and "rushing" in the underlined sentence be replaced by "falling" and "rushing"? Why? (4 points)
The words "falling" and "rushing" in underlined sentences cannot be replaced by "falling" and "rushing". Because "scattering" and "gathering" are more humane and can better express the author's thoughts and feelings of loving swallows.