69. Why are researches on parrots important according to the passage?

A. The Trust shows great concern for the programme. 　

B. We need to know more about how to preserve parrots

C. Many people are interested in collecting parrots. 　

D. Parrots’ intelligence may some day benefit people. 　

68. The reintroducing experience three years ago shows that man-raised parrots ______. 　A. can find their way back home in Jersey

B. are unable to recognize their parents

C. are unable to adapt to the wild

D. can produce a new species

67. What do we know about the area where the five parrots were reintroduced?

A. Its landscape is new to parrots of their kind. 　

B. It used to be home to parrots of their kind. 　

C. It is close to where they had been kept. 　

D. Pine trees were planted to attract birds. 　

66. Electro-Robo can do all the following EXCEPT　　　　　 .

A. sitting down　　 B. shaking hands　　 C. talking　　 　D. walking

E

Three years ago, five parrots were set free in a wild place of Arizona, thousands of miles from the Channel Islands in Jersey　 where they had been looked after by zookeepers. No evolutionary strategies informed them how to behave in this new Landscape of mountainous pine forest unoccupied by their kind for 50 years. To the researchers’ surprise, they failed to make contact with a group of wild parrots imported from Mexico and set free at the same time. Within 24 hours the reintroducing ended in failure, and the poor birds were back in cages, on their way to the safety of the Arizona reintroduction programme. 　

Ever since then, the programme has enjoyed great success, mainly because the birds now being set free are Mexican birds illegally caught in the wild, confiscated(没收)on arrival north of the border, and raised by their parents in the safety of the programme. The experience shows how little we know about the behaviour and psychology(心理)of parrots, as Peter Bennett, a bird researcher, points out:“Reintroducing species of high intelligence like parrots is a lot more difficult. People like parrots, always treating them as nothing more than pets or valuable ‘collectables’. ”

Now that many species of parrot are in immediate danger of dying out, biologists are working together to study the natural history and the behaviour of this family of birds. Last year was an important turning point: conservationists founded the World Parrot Trust, based at Hayle in Cornwall, to support research into both wild and caged birds. 　

Research on parrots is vital for two reasons. First, as the Arizona programme showed, when reintroducing parrots to the wild, we need to be aware of what the birds must know if they are to survive in their natural home. We also need to learn more about the needs of parrots kept as pets, particularly as the Trust’s campaign does not attempt to discourage the practice, but rather urges people who buy parrots as pets to choose birds raised by humans. 　

65. What does “Enc. ”at the end of the letter mean?

A. Something attached to the letter. 　B. A complaint to the toy company.

C. A hidden message　　　　　　　 D. An encouraging response.

63. What is the purpose of the letter?

A. To complain about a broken toy. 　　　　　B. To oppose the advertising.

C. To order a gift for Christmas. 　　　　　　D. To apply for a job in a toy company. 64. Why does the writer of the letter feel that Electro-Robo is violent?

A. It is controlled by radio waves. 　　　B. It is expensive to buy.

C. It is 80 centimeters tall　　　　　　 D. It bears arms.

62. The Ice Age lasted almost ___.

A.　 1000 years　　　 B. 100 years　　　　 C. 1000000 years　　　　 D. 11000 years

D

237 West Palmdale Boulevard Fresno ,　 Califormia93706 AmToy Corporation Suite 15 TransAm Building San Francisco, California 94115 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 November 20, 2008 Dear Sirs, As a concerned parent, I am writing to protest your recent advertisement for Electro-Rain seen in local media in California. Specially, I am referring to newspaper and magazine ads(attached this letter)published the week of November 15. Children respond to your type of advertising in an immature way; that is, they are unable to understand how expensive some toys are for middle-class parents. Further, you product is violent in nature. Youth advertisement gives children the impression that it’s fine to have “two guns and laser eyes.”You also suggest that children need your toy to protect them “when you go outside.” This is not a healthy attitude for children to have. I hope you will stop advertising your product in such a way that may harm our children. 　Sincerely yours, (Mrs. )Alma Hernandez PPr President, Parents for Non-violent Toys Enc

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61. From the information in this passage we know that ___ .

A.　 glaciers are destructive

B. all glaciers in the world move southward

C.　　　 the Mississippi-Missouri-Ohio system is larger than it was before the Ice Age

D.　　　 the Great Lakes are now smaller than they were before the Ice Age

60. The author states that all glaciers ___ .

A. are two miles thick　　　 B. form frozen lakes

B.　　　 are a million years old　 D. move and slide

59. The main idea of this passage is ____ .

A.　　　　　　 the ice Age was a long period of time.

B.　　　　　　　 great glaciers covered North American many years ago.

C.　　　　　　　 changes in climate helped to melt the glaciers

D.　　　　　　 how glaciers changed North America