A new study says that birds living in big cities sing shorter, faster songs that are higher-pitched (高音調(diào)的) than those sung by their brothers in the forests. The researchers think that the birds adjust their songs to allow themselves to be heard over the noises of the city, especially the low traffic noise.
To study how urban birds song, Hans Slabbekoorn and Ardie den Bore, biologists at the University of Leiden in Netherlands, travelled around Europe and recorded bird songs in ten major cities and in nearby forests. The species they focused on, the great tit (大山雀), is widespread across Eurasia and one of the few types of birds that thrives in big cities.
Singing is crucial (重要的) for males, which use their songs to attract mates and mark out their territory. The changing songs could play a role in eventually causing the city birds and the forest dwellers to evolve into separate species.
The findings could also help explain why usually only a few bird species thrive in cities. By contrast, many more bird species tend to be found in forests and other undeveloped habitats.
Studies like this could eventually help researchers predict how urbanization (都市化) will affect birds, using this knowledge could help urban planners design more pleasant city environments, study co-author Slabbe-koorn said. “You can make a city much more livable if you pay attention to where the noise goes and where the people go,” he said. “It would be easy to fit the birds into those models.” Then cities wouldn’t be strictly for the people, but also for the birds.
小題1: Which is the best title of the passage?
A．Birds Change Songs to Suit Country Life
B．Birds Change Sex to Suit Urban Life
C．Birds Change Living Habits to Suit Urban Life
D．Birds Change Songs to Suit Urban Life
小題2: Males usually sing their songs to ____.
A．evolve into another species
B．a(chǎn)ttract mates and mark out their living area
C．a(chǎn)ttract city people’s attention and make them supply food
D．a(chǎn)llow themselves to be heard over the noises of the city
小題3: The underlined word “thrives” in the second paragraph means “____”.
A．diesB．survivesC．suffers D．travels
小題4:What is NOT the effect that studies of birds’ songs have?
A. Predicting how course of the city’s expanding will affect birds.
B. Helping the city planners design more pleasant city environments.
C. Making cities more livable for both the birds and people.
D. Driving the urban birds back to the forest.

小題1:D
小題1:B
小題1:B
小題1:D
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This couple had been quarreling all their 40 years of marriage nothing ever seems to go right.
They hang on because of their children, afraid that it might affect their up-bringing. Now, all their children have already grown up, have their own family, there's nothing else the old couple have to worry about, all they wanted is to lead their own life free from all these years of unhappiness from their marriage, so both agree on a divorce.
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C．they didn’t understand each other actually.D．the old man didn’t love the old woman.
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B．Because they had no time to lawyer’s office.
C．Because they wanted to make their divorce open.
D．Because they didn’t wish to affect their children’s up-bringing.
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A．the old man still loved his wife really.B．the wife didn’t love her husband at all.
C．their children still lived with old couple.D．they were in harmony over 40 years.
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A．S.H.E. band will get the old fashioned evening exciting.
B．S. H.E. will perform in Las Vegas over Christmas.
C．Her parents bought her a ticket for S. H. E. Is Shanghai show.
D．S. H.E. will perform on the CCTV Spring Festival Evening Party.
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A．Their fans gave the name to them. B．Their idols had a deep influence on them.
C．A singing contest gave their idea of the band name.
D．The first letters of Selina, Hebe and Ella form the band name.
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A．She stayed outside the Hongkou Stadium to listen to S. H. E. 's performance.
B．She will watch the performance in Guangzhou on January 15.
C．She pays close attention to everything about S. H. E.
D．She was grateful that her parents understood and supported her.
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A．The secret to their success is their pretty faces and lovely clothes.
B．They were close friends when they entered a singing contest.
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D．They have well prepared to perform with their idols.
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A．Their music and their healthy image.
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In the film, what was the manner of the author’s character when facing the criminal?
A．Brave and calm.B．Anxious and terrified.
C．Shy and quiet. D．Heroic and fearless.
小題2:
We know from the passage that the author       .
A．is a kind personB．has realized his dream to be an actor
C．has a gift for film actingD．has no experience in film acting
小題3:
When they had lunch, the author        .
A．was too afraid to sit beside the criminal
B．was unwilling to talk with the others
C．was laughing to tears by the criminal’s jokes
D．was comfortable communicating with others
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Why could the author understand his friends’ questions?
A．He had a close relationship with his friends.
B．The actors performed so well that the audience accepted the story as true.
C．He thought it was normal for the audience to question the actors.
D．He thought they didn’t understand the process of film acting.
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It can be inferred from the passage that       .
A．the author felt lucky to play in the film
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Her life had its sadness: she outlived her husband, her only daughter and her grandson. According to a friend, she was imperturbable. “If you can’t do anything about it,” she reportedly said, “don’t worry about it.”
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A．To show that Calment had seen famous people and things.
B．To emphasize that Calment was born a long time ago.
C．To indicate that Calment is just as famous.
D．To admire the knowledge that Calment had.
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A．calmB．humorousC．friendlyD．healthy
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Rogers, from Cumbria, England, won the National Lottery in 2003. Then she began spending her money wildlly, buying four homes for her family, flash cars and designer clothes, partying and having some cosmetic (整容的) surgery. Two weeks after her win, she married and had two children. But then she spent 250, 000 pounds on cocaine (可卡因) and suffered depression. Earlier this year she lost the right to take care of her children because of her mental state.
She became addicted to drugs and attempted suicide three times as her life unraveled. She says the money brought her only misery. Now she is down to her last 100 000 pounds, but she has never been happier.
Now 22, she said：“Just a few months ago I was taking too many drugs and hated myself. I simply did not want to live any more. But now I have a new man and am finally becoming the woman I want to be. And it's only after I've spent most of my fortune that this has finally happened.”
“I need to get my act together and make my kids proud, and for the first time I really do think that's possible.” She credits her new boyfriend with giving her the stable home life she has always longed for and she now hopes to go to college and eventually become a counselor. “After all I've experienced, I think I have a lot of advice to offer，” she said.
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A．She was in a bad mental state.B．She was addicted to using drugs.
C．She was not responsible for them. D．She was too poor to support them.
小題2:What can we learn about Rogers from Paragraph 3?
A．Being addicted to drugs cost her everything.
B．Money didn't bring her happiness as expected.
C．Rogers felt much happier with her money gone.
D．Too much money allowed her to do what she wanted.
小題3:What caused Rogers to change and start a new life?
A．The loss of money.B．Her bitter past.
C．Her husband and children.D．Her new boyfriend.
小題4:Why does Rogers hope to go to college?
A．She intends to find a good job.B．She expects to become a professor.
C．She longs to improve her situation.D．She wants to offer advice for others.

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Benjamin Franklin only studied in school for two years. But he liked to read and write very much. Once he discussed a question with his friend in letters. His father found the letters and read them. He felt Ben did not express himself well. Nor did Ben make his meaning clear. He agreed that his father was right, From then on, he paid more attention to the style of his writing so that he could write better.
About that time he bought a copy of the British periodical(周刊) called The Spectator (《觀察家》). He read it over and over. He thought the writing excellent, and wished, if possible, to write in the same style.
With this in mind, he studied some of the stories and made a note of the thought in each sentence. Then, a few days later, without looking at the magazine, he tried to write the stories. He tried to express each thought as fully as it had been expressed before. Then he compared his writing with the magazine. He found some of his faults in the compositions.
In this way he discovered he needed to know many more words. He felt that writing poetry would help him since that needed to use many different words which had the same meaning. So he turned some of the stories into poems; and after a time, he wrote them as stories again. He insisted on doing this for a long time.
He learned much from his efforts and went on to practise his writing. Then he became the first famous writer in American history.
小題1:Benjamin liked ______ very much when he was ______ .
A．languages; youngB．writing; youngC．writing; old enoughD．languages; old enough
小題2:What did his father do to him?
A．He found his son’s letters written very well
B．He felt his son expressed himself very well
C．He told his son what he wrote wasn’t so good
D．He bought a copy of The Spectator for him
小題3:How did Benjamin practise writing?
(1) He studied the stories in the magazine and made notes.
(2) He rewrote some of the stories and tried to express their thought fully.
(3) He turned some stories into poems, and then turned them back again.
(4) He tried hard to publish his poems in the periodical The Spectator.
A．(1)(2)(3)B．(2)(3)(4)C．(1)(3)(4)D．(1)(2)(4)

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