Most birds produce short, simple calls, but songbirds also have the ability of many complex vocal (发声的) patterns that help them attract mates, defend territory (领地), and strengthen their social bonds. Each songbird species has its own unique song patterns, some with characteristic regional dialects. Experienced listeners can even distinguish individual birds by their unique songs.
A lot of what scientists know about bird song comes from studying zebra finches. A baby male zebra finch typically learns to sing from its father or other males, starting while it’s still a baby bird in the nest. First comes the sensory learning stage, when the baby finch hears the songs sung around it and commits them to memory. The bird starts to vocalize during the motor learning stage, practicing until it can match the song it memorized. As the bird learns, hearing the tutor’s song over and over again is helpful — up to a point. If it hears the song too many times, the imitation (模仿) becomes worse -- and the source matters. If the song is played through a loudspeaker, he can’t pick it up as easily. But hide the same loudspeaker inside a toy painted to look like a zebra finch, and his learning improves.
What if the baby never hears another zebra finch’s song? Interestingly enough, it’ll sing anyway. Isolated finches still produce what are called innate songs or isolate songs. A specific tune might be taught, but the instinct to sing seems to exist in a songbird’s brain. Innate songs sound different from the “cultured” songs learned from other finches - at first. If isolate zebra finches start a new colony, the young birds pick up the isolate song from their fathers. But the song changes from generation to generation. And after a few generations, the melody actually starts to resemble the cultured songs sung by zebra finches in the wild.
1.What can be learned from the first paragraph?
A. Songbirds don’t make short, simple calls.
B. Each songbird has its unique song patterns.
C. Some songbirds can speak human regional dialects.
D. Songbirds promote relations with others by singing.
2.Which of the following is true about a baby zebra finch’s learning process?
A. It begins to learn to sing from its parents,
B. The more it hears the song, the better it sings.
C. Before practicing, it has to remember the songs.
D. A loudspeaker is good enough to be a good teacher.
3.The underlined words “innate songs” in paragraph 3 refer to .
A. the songs sung by only one bird itself
B. the songs that a bird produces naturally without learning
C. the songs that are taught by parents
D. the songs always different from those of the same species
4.What’s the best title of this text?
A. What Can Songbirds Do with Singing?
B. How Do Songbirds Learn to Sing?
C. Why Are Bird Songs Different?
D. What Is a Zebra Finch?
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Most birds produce short, simple calls, but songbirds also have the ability of many complex vocal (发声的) patterns that help them attract mates, defend territory (领地), and strengthen their social bonds. Each songbird species has its own unique song patterns, some with characteristic regional dialects. Experienced listeners can even distinguish individual birds by their unique songs.
A lot of what scientists know about bird song comes from studying zebra finches. A baby male zebra finch typically learns to sing from its father or other males, starting while it’s still a baby bird in the nest. First comes the sensory learning stage, when the baby finch hears the songs sung around it and commits them to memory. The bird starts to vocalize during the motor learning stage, practicing until it can match the song it memorized. As the bird learns, hearing the tutor’s song over and over again is helpful — up to a point. If it hears the song too many times, the imitation (模仿) becomes worse -- and the source matters. If the song is played through a loudspeaker, he can’t pick it up as easily. But hide the same loudspeaker inside a toy painted to look like a zebra finch, and his learning improves.
What if the baby never hears another zebra finch’s song? Interestingly enough, it’ll sing anyway. Isolated finches still produce what are called innate songs or isolate songs. A specific tune might be taught, but the instinct to sing seems to exist in a songbird’s brain. Innate songs sound different from the “cultured” songs learned from other finches - at first. If isolate zebra finches start a new colony, the young birds pick up the isolate song from their fathers. But the song changes from generation to generation. And after a few generations, the melody actually starts to resemble the cultured songs sung by zebra finches in the wild.
1.What can be learned from the first paragraph?
A. Songbirds don’t make short, simple calls.
B. Each songbird has its unique song patterns.
C. Some songbirds can speak human regional dialects.
D. Songbirds promote relations with others by singing.
2.Which of the following is true about a baby zebra finch’s learning process?
A. It begins to learn to sing from its parents,
B. The more it hears the song, the better it sings.
C. Before practicing, it has to remember the songs.
D. A loudspeaker is good enough to be a good teacher.
3.The underlined words “innate songs” in paragraph 3 refer to .
A. the songs sung by only one bird itself
B. the songs that a bird produces naturally without learning
C. the songs that are taught by parents
D. the songs always different from those of the same species
4.What’s the best title of this text?
A. What Can Songbirds Do with Singing?
B. How Do Songbirds Learn to Sing?
C. Why Are Bird Songs Different?
D. What Is a Zebra Finch?
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D
One of the most popular new online games is Second Life．These games are also called MMOs for short．But unlike other MMOs, Second Life is not about winning or losing．Second Life is technically a computer game．But people involved in it do not consider it a game, because the players Create everything．Second Life is more for socializing and creating communities．
Users of Second Life are called residents．To take part, they must create an electronic image of themselves．Some look like humans, while others look like animals．Inside the Second Life world, residents build homes, run business, buy and sell things, work, play, and attend school．They even have relationships and get married．
Second Life was created in 2003 by Linden Lab in San Francisco, California．Linden Lab controls the website where the ever—changing world is being created．There are now about one million people around the world who are active in Second Life．The number has grown quickly since the beginning of the year when there were about one hundred thousand users．
The average age of people involved with Second Life is about thirty．However, Linden Lab recently created Teen Second Life for young users．Second Life has its own economy and its own money called Linden dollars．Millions of dollars are made and spent each month in Second Life．Users can enter Second Life for free．But they must pay for a membership if they want to own land or buy and sell goods and services．
Lately, several major companies have become involved with Second Life．They want to be part of the growing business world that exists within the made—up reality．The car maker Toyota, music producer Sony BMG, and even Reuters news agency are among businesses now existing within Second Life．
68．The best title for the passage may be ．
A．Popular Computer Games B．Users of Second Life
C．Business within Second Life D．A Million People Get a Second Life
69．According to the passage, Second Life refers to a new online game ．
A．about winning or losing
B．in which players can create everything
C．mostly for children
D．designed for only one player role
70．We can see from the passage that the users of the Second Life ．
A．can’t create the electronic images
B．become humans and animals
C．don’t work or play
D．can even get married
71．It can be inferred from the passage that ．
A．these major companies want to become the players inside the Second Life world
B．these major companies: want to make profits from Second Life
C．we can’t believe in the made—up reality inside the Second Life world
D．these major companies show no interest in Second Life
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Small talk, also called chitchat, is short conversations people have with others, while they wait in line at the store, at family events or work. Many people find these small conversations about random topics difficult. Some people say they hate it. Others say small talk is a waste of time. They may even call it idle chitchat or idle chatter, meaning it doesn’t do anything, so they think little of it.1..
These exchanges can open doors that may lead to larger, more meaningful conversations. When you first meet someone or talk to someone you don’t know well, it would be awkward to begin a conversation about a really deep topic.2.Let’s say you make small talk with someone at a party. But they only want to talk about their cats. Then you can talk about animals together first, which may lead the conversation to the way you want.
3.Chatting with a colleague about his child may help you to understand more of his life outside the office. This could help build healthy work relationships.
Small talk could even help your larger communities----your relationships with neighbors and colleagues. Exchanging a recipe with a neighbor may make her noises upstairs easier to live with.
4.Most people said they do not talk to strangers while travelling on a subway. Researchers at the University of Chicago then asked some participants in a study to talk to people while communicating to work on a train. They found that those who made small talk with strangers were happier than those who sat alone.5.Maybe your life will become more cheerful just because of it.
A. Small talk may make you happier.
B. So why not try talking to someone?
C. Small talk can give you the chance to start.
D. However, some people are not good at small talk.
E. However, small talk is of great importance to everyone.
F. Small talk can also increase your feeling of understanding.
G. It’s easy to start a conversation by sharing the same experience.
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Not only the parents but also their child __________ the Bird’s Nest next week.
| A．have visited | B．is going to visit | C．are going to visit | D．have been to |
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We ______certain livings as birds not because they have long legs or short legs,but because they all have
feathers.
| A．think | B．classify | C．look | D．divide |
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Like most simple puzzles, it is easily ________, but putting it back together is something else.
A．taken apart B．built up C．set off` D．dealt with
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I wish there would be a way to describe China in simple terms but that’s impossible. For the most part, Chinese people are friendly, easy-going and optimistic. They are curious and unusually patient and they are also the hardest-working people I have ever met.
In China, family is everything. In my English classes when the students were asked what they would do if they only had a few hours to live, most students told me how they would spend their last few hours with their families and parents. Many times the subjects in the classes center on families and friends. I teach many students a year, talking to them freely.
The cost of living here is very low compared with that of the US. The city of Xiang Fan I live in isn’t large and I live better. Non-imported(非出口的) foods are very cheap, so are clothing and articles of everyday use. The cost of public transportation is very low, too. Chinese value education. However, it is reported that many children can’t afford the expenses of schooling and are forced to leave school in some poor areas in China. But they organized Project Hope many years ago. It creates conditions for the poor children to go back to school. In my opinion, Project Hope is of great importance to the development of the rural education.
When we read news of China in the west, rarely, if ever, will we see anything mentioned of the positive changes China has gone through. While it is true that economic miracles have not reached many areas of China, but we also have the same problems.
When I am asked which country I consider better. China or the US, my answer has always been the same, “We are not worse or better than each other, we are only different.”
1. How does the author find Chinese people ?
A．He thinks most Chinese people hardly work.
B．He praises most Chinese people a lot.
C．He thinks most Chinese people are proud.
D．He dislikes most Chinese people.
2.What are not cheap in China in the author’s opinion?
A．Imported foods
B．Local foods
C．Public transportation tickets.
D．Clothes and shoes made in China.
3.We can infer from the passage that the author thinks________.
A．the westerners have got to know China well
B．China’s economic miracles have appeared everywhere
C．the education in rural areas is never cared about in China
D．the progress of China is seldom reported in the US
4. In the author’ eyes,________.
A．China is better than the US
B．China is different from the US
C．Americans are richer than Chinese
D．China bears great similarities to the US
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I wish there would be a way to describe China in simple terms but that’s impossible. For the most part Chinese people are friendly, easy-going and optimistic. They are curious and unusually patient and they are also the hardest-working people I have ever met.
In China, family is everything. In my English classes when the students were asked what they would do if they only had a few hours to live, most students told me how they would spend their last few hours with their families and parents. Many times the subjects in the classes center on families and friends. I teach many students a year, talking to them freely.
The cost of living here is very low compared with that of the US. The city of Xiang Fan I live in isn’t large and I live better. Non-imported(非出口的) foods are very cheap, so are clothing and articles of everyday use. The cost of public transportation is very low, too. Chinese value education. However, it is reported that many children can’t afford the expenses of schooling and are forced to leave school in some poor area in China. But they organized Project Hope many years age. It creates conditions for the poor children to go back to school. In my opinion, Project Hope is of great importance to the development of the rural education.
When we read news of China in the west, rarely, if ever, will we see anything mentioned of the positive changes China has gone through. While it is true that economic miracles have not reached many areas of China, but we also have the same problems.
When I am asked which country I consider better, China or the US, my answer has always been the same, “We are not worse or better than each other, we are only different.”
1.What does the author think of Chinese people?
A. He thinks most Chinese people hardly work
B. He praises most Chinese people a lot
C. He thinks most Chinese people are proud
D. He dislikes most Chinese people
2.What are not cheap in China in the author’s opinion?
A. Clothes and shoes made in China B. Public transportation tickets
C. Imported foods D. Local foods
3.We can infer from the passage that the author thinks .
A. the progress of China is seldom reported in the US
B. China’s economic miracles have appeared everywhere
C. the westerners have got to know China well
D. the education in rural areas is never cared about in China
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Most birds find it safe to sleep in the trees, but ______ they have eggs or young chicks, they don’t use a nest.
A. why B. how C. where D. unless
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Most birds find it safe to sleep in the trees,but_______they have eggs or young chicks,they don’t use a nest.
A.why B.how
C.unless D.where
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