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    Dr. Irene Pepperberg, a scientist at the University of Arizona，has worked with Alex for nineteen years. Teaching Alex to speak and understand wasn’t easy at first．He had to learn one word at a time. Irene and an assistant(助手)would teach Alex by showing him what a word meant．Irene would hold up an object, saying “What’s this?” Her assistant would give the word—“candy”，for example—while Alex watched .Irene would praise(表扬)her assistant, then ask Alex the name for the object．When he got it right，Irene would praise him and give him the object to play with as a reward．It took Alex many weeks to1earn his first word．After that，each new word became easier and easier for him．

    Why did Irene spend so much time getting a parrot to talk? Scientists like Irene are interested in discovering how intelligent(聪明)animals are and hew their brains(大脑)work. But studying animal intelligence has always been difficult, partly because animals haven’t been able to communicate(交流)clearly with humans．Teaching Alex to speak words that he understands has let Irene talk to him directly．She can ask him questions，and he can answer them in English．In this way，Irene is finding out what kinds of things Alex’s brain can do．She has found that parrots are much smarter than scientists used to think.

    1．According to the passage，how is Alex remarkable(不寻常的)?

      A．He can use the English language to answer questions．

      B．He uses words in English instead of bird calls to call other birds．

      C．He can copy the pronunciations of more than 100 English words．

      D．A1ex has a brain that is much bigger than those of other parrots.

    2．How did Dr. Pepperberg teach Alex to speak with understanding?

      A．She said the same word all day long so that Alex could repeat it.

      B．She taught Alex a special sign language．

      C．She gave Alex rewards if he would say what she said．

      D．She gave Alex a candy every time he answered correctly．

    3．Why did Dr. Pepperberg teach Alex to speak with understanding?

      A．She wanted to prove it could be done．

      B．She wanted to provide a model for people who want talking birds．

      C．She wanted to find out how many words parrots could remember.

      D．She wanted to find out what kinds of things his brain could do.

    4．According to the passage，Alex has proved that       ．

      A．birds are not the only animals that can learn a language

      B．parrots are much cleverer than scientists used to think

      C．birds age just as intelligent as humans

      D．teaching parrots to speak a human language isn’t very difficult

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         Last year , we had an English teacher from the United States. We called him Mr. Black. He often
    told us,"English is very useful in the world. "He taught us very well. He was strict with us all. In class he
    always gave us more time to speak English. At first I could hardly understand a word and I could not talk
    in English at all. But soon I found English was not so hard and I could talk to my classmates in English. So
    I began to like it very much.
         Now Mr. Black taught in another school. This year we have a new teacher, Mrs Green. She also
    teaches us very carefully. She often asks us to recite(背诵) the texts and play games. With the help of
    the two foreign teachers, we all have made progress.
         Now I am enjoying studying this subject. I am sure I will learn a lot this year.

    1. Which of the following is TRUE? 
        A. This year our English teacher is still Mr. Black. 
        B. Mr. Black told us that English was the most important language in the world. 
        C. In Mr. Black’s class，students do not have much time to speak English. 
        D. Mrs Green often plays games with us.
    2. Mr. Black was a good teacher because _____ .
        A. I could hardly understand what he said in class
        B. he was strict with us and taught us well
        C. he was from America but could speak much Chinese 
        D. we often play games with him after class
    3. Why did the students make progress? 
        A. Because they studied harder than before. 
        B. Because the teachers are both from America. 
        C. Because they are enjoying the subject and interested in it.  
        D. Because English is more and more useful in the world.
    4. According to the passage , we understand that _____ . 
        A. interest is the best teacher 
        B. a foreign teacher is better than a Chinese teacher. 
        C. reciting texts is the only way to learn English 
        D. English is so easy that everyone can learn it well
    5. Which of the following is referred in the passage? 
        A. Mr. Black always spent much time talking in English in class. 
        B. Both of the two foreign teachers are from the same country. 
        C. All the students like foreign teachers because they are strict with them selves. 
        D. It's hard to get on well with a foreign teacher.

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         Dr. Irene Pepperberg, a scientist at the University of Arizona, has worked with Alex for nineteen years,
    teaching Alex to speak and understand wasn't easy at first. He had to learn one word at a time. Irene and an
    assistant (助手) would teach Alex by showing him what a word meant. Irene would hold up an object, saying
    "What's this?" Her assistant would give the word-"candy", for example-while Alex watched. Irene would praise
    (表扬) her assistant, then ask Alex the name for the object. When he got it right, Irene would praise him and
    give him the object to play with as a reward. It took Alex many weeks to learn his first word. After that, each
    new word became easier and easier for him.
         Why did Irene spend so much time getting a parrot to talk? Scientists like Irene are interested in discovering
    how intelligent (聪明) animals are and how their brains work. But studying animal intelligence has been difficult,
    partly because animals haven't been able to communicate (交流) clearly with humans. Teaching Alex to speak
    words that he understands has let Irene talk to him directly. She can ask him questions, and he can answer them
    in English. In this way, Irene is finding out what kinds of things Alex's brain can do. She has found that parrots
    are much smarter than scientists used to think.
    1. According to the passage, how is Alex remarkable (不寻常的)? 
    A. He can use the English language to answer questions.
    B. He uses words in English instead of bird calls to call other birds.
    C. He can copy the pronunciations of more than 100 English words.
    D. Alex has a brain that is much bigger than those of other parrots.
    2. How did Dr. Pepperberg teach Alex to speak with understanding?
    A. She said the same word all day long so that Alex could repeat it.
    B. She taught Alex a special sign language.
    C. She gave Alex rewards if he would say what she said.
    D. She gave Alex a candy every time he answered correctly.
    3. Why did Dr. Pepperberg teach Alex to speak with understanding?
    A. She wanted to prove it could be done.
    B. She wanted to provide a model for people who want talking birds.
    C. She wanted to find out how many words parrots could remember.
    D. She wanted to find out what kinds of things his brain could do.
    4. According to the passage, Alex has proved that _____.
    A. birds are not the only animals that can learn a language.
    B. parrots are much cleverer than scientists used to think.
    C. birds are just as intelligent as humans.
    D. teaching parrots to speak a human language isn't very difficult.

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