When your mother want to tell you something, she uses words. Birds can’t speak 1._____ we do, but some birds can make sounds to warn their young of 2._______.They have 3.________own way of making the young birds do certain things.
The jackdaw is a kind of black bird4.______lives in Europe. Jackdaws live together in flocks. Young jackdaws do not know their enemies. When an old jackdaw sees a dog, it makes a loud rattling5.______.The young birds know this sound means6._______is nearby. The sound warns them7._______their enemies.
8._______ a young jackdaw is in a 9______ place, a jackdaw parent 50._______over the young bird’s back from behind. The parent’s tail feathers move 11.______from side to side. It’s trying to say “12______”.At the same time, the 13.________bird calls out Key-aw Key-aw, which seems to say FLY HOME WITH ME. The young bird then follows the older14_______to go home.
Young jackdaws15._______ learn what certain sounds mean. They know the meaning of these sounds from they hatch.

When your mother want to tell you something, she uses words. Birds can’t speak 1._____ we do, but some birds can make sounds to warn their young of 2._______.They have 3.________own way of making the young birds do certain things.

The jackdaw is a kind of black bird4.______lives in Europe. Jackdaws live together in flocks. Young jackdaws do not know their enemies. When an old jackdaw sees a dog, it makes a loud rattling5.______.The young birds know this sound means6._______is nearby. The sound warns them7._______their enemies.

8._______ a young jackdaw is in a 9______ place, a jackdaw parent 50._______over the young bird’s back from behind. The parent’s tail feathers move 11.______from side to side. It’s trying to say “12______”.At the same time, the 13.________bird calls out Key-aw Key-aw, which seems to say FLY HOME WITH ME. The young bird then follows the older14_______to go home.

Young jackdaws15._______ learn what certain sounds mean. They know the meaning of these sounds from they hatch.

1.                A．like            B．as             C．look like  D．seem

2.                A．safe           B．coming         C．danger   D．eating

3.                A．them          B．themselves      C．his  D．their

4.                A．that           B．who           C．/    D．where

5.                A．sound          B．voice           C．noise D．sounds

6.                A．parents         B．an enemy       C．mother   D．a friend

7.                A．meeting        B．to meet         C．knowing  D．to know

8.                A．If             B．Unless          C．Whether  D．Because

9.                A．funny          B．dangerous       C．secret    D．far

10.               A．flies           B．fly             C．will fly D．flew

11.               A．quick          B．soon           C．quickly    D．quietly

12.               A．Be quick        B．I love you       C．Go ahead  D．Follow me

13.               A．parent         B．child           C．enemy    D．parents

14.               A．it             B．one           C．ones  D．that

15.               A．have to         B．must           C．don’t have to  D．mustn’t

We each have a memory. That’s why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories.

A good memory is a great help in learning languages. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.

51. Some people can easily learn many things by heart because       . 

   A. they always sleep well        B. they often eat good food

   C. they read a lot of books       D. they have very good memory

52. Everybody learns his mother language       .

   A. at the age of six           B. when he is a small child

   C. after he goes to school      D. when he can read and write

53. Before a child can speak, he must       .

   A. read and write                 B. make sentences

   C. hear and remember the sounds    D. think hard

54. In school the pupils can’t learn a foreign language easily because       .

   A. they have no good memories       B. they have no good teachers

   C. they don’t like it                 D. they are busy with other subjects

55. Your memory will become better and better       .

   A. if you have a lot of good food           B. if you do more and more exercises

   C. if you do morning exercises every day    D. if you get up early