Man has a big brain. He can think, learn and speak. Scientists thought that men are different from animals because they can think and learn. They know now that dogs, cats and birds can learn too. They are beginning to understand that. They make noises when they are afraid, or angry or unhappy. Apes(猿) can understand some things more quickly than human, one or two of them have learnt a few words. But they can not join words to make sentences. They can not think like us because they have no language. Language is a wonderful thing. Man has been able to build a modern world because he has language. Every child can speak his own language very well when he is four or five, —but no animal learns to speak. How do children learn it ? Scientists do not really know. What happens inside our body when we speak? They do not know. They only know that man can speak because he has a brain.

The best title for this passage is          .

A. Animal’s Language  B. Man and Ape  C. Brain and language  D. Man’s Brain

Men are different from animals in the way that           .

A. men can understand things quickly       B. men can learn

C. men have learnt to use language         D. men have brains

An ape can not           .

A. make noises    B. understand things    C. learn words     D. speak like man

Scientists now know            .

A. how children learn to speak             B. why apes can learn a few words

C. man’s brain helps him to learn to speak    D. what happens when men speak

Which of the following is NOT true ?

A. Some animals can learn.               B. Apes can understand some things more quickly than men.

C. Apes can put the words they know together.

D. Apes have no language though they can learn some words

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Nobody before Jane fully understood chimp ____26_____(behave). She spent years observing and recording their daily activities. Since her childhood she ____27____(want) to work with animals in their own environment. ____28______, this was not easy. When she first arrived in Gombe in 1960, ___29____ was unusual for a woman to live in the forest. Only ____30______ her mother came to help her for the first few months was she allowed to begin her project. Her work changed the way people think _____31_____ chimps. For example, one important thing she discovered was that chimps hunt and eat meat. Until then everyone had thought chimps ate only fruit and nuts.She _____32___(act) observed chimps as a group ____33____ (hunt) a monkey and then eating it. She also discovered ____34____ chimps communicate with each other, and her study of their body language helped her work ___35___ their social system.

 

 

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For more than twenty years scientists have been seeking to understand the mystery of the‘‘sixth sense"of direction．By trying out ideas and solving problems one by one，they are now getting closer to one answer．

One funny idea is that animals might have a built-in compass(指南针)．

Our earth itself is a big magnet(磁体)．So a little magnetic needle that swings freely lines

itself with the big earth magnet to point north and south．When people discovered that idea about athousand years ago and invented the compass，it allowed sailors to navigate (航海)on oceanvoyages, even under

cloudy skies.

 Actuallly the idea of the living compass came just from observing animals in nature．

 Many birds migrate twice a year between their summer homes and winter homes．Some of them fly for thousands of kilometers and mostly at night．Experiments have shown that some birds can recognize star patterns．But they can keep on course even under cloudy skies．How can they do that?

A common bird that does not migrate but is great at finding its way home is the homing pigeon．Not all pigeons can find their way home．Those that can are very good at it，and they have been widely studied．

One interesting experiment was to attach little magnets to the birds’ heads to block their

magnetic sense—just as a loud radio can keep you from hearing a call to dinner．On sunny days, that did not fool the pigeons．Evidently they can use the sun to tell which way they are going．But on cloudy days，the pigeons with magnets could not find their way．It was as if the magnets had blocked their magnetic sense．

Similar experiments with the same kind of results were done with honeybees．These insects also seem to have a special sense ot direction．

In spite of the experiments，the idea of an animal compass seemed pretty extraordinary．How

would an animal get the magnetic stuff for a compass.

An answer came from an unexpected source．A scientist was studying bacteria that live in the

mud of ponds and marshes．He found accidentally little rod-like bacteria that all swam together in

one direction—north．

Further study showed that each little bacterium had a chain of dense particles inside，which

proved magnetic．The bacteria had made themselves into little magnets that could line up with the

earth’s magnet．

The big news was that a living thing，even a simple bacterium，can make magnetite．That led

to a search to see whether animals might have it.. By using a special instrument called magnetometer，scientists were able to find magnetite in bees and birds，and even in fish．In each

animal，except for the bee．the magnetic stuff was always in or closer to the brain．

Thus．the idea of a built—in animal compass began to seem reasonable．

 

The Magnetic Sense— The Living Compass
Passage outline	Supporting details
The existence of the earth magnet and the invention of the navigating compass	◇Our earth is a big magnet and a little freely (71)   ▲    magnetic needle lines itself with the earth magnet to point north and south. ◇(72)   ▲   on the idea above, the navigating compass was invented.
The possibility of birds’ built-in compasses	◇ One piece of evidence is the (73)   ▲    of many birds between their summer homes and winter homes. ◇ Birds can recognize star patterns on clear nights and keep on course (74)   ▲     under cloudy skies
The  (75)   ▲     on pigeons’ and bees’ built-in compasses	◇Little magnets were tied to the pigeons’ heads to (76)   ▲     their magnetic sense. ◇The pigeons’ magnetic sense seemed to be affected on (77)   ▲    days. ◇Similar things with the same results were done with bees.
The  (78)   ▲     of the magnetic stuff for the animal compass	◇Little rod-like bacteria were found by chance to swim together in the direction of (79)   ▲    . ◇Some animals had a chain of dense magnetic particles in or close to the (80)   ▲     inside their bodies.

 

 

Sometime early in the next century, human beings will move to Mars．They will live there for about a year, and then will be replaced with another group of pioneers．Building the base on Mars will advance our knowledge of the solar system and aid in our understanding of the earth．

We already know that Mars resembles the earth in many aspects: general size, presence of water, length of day, range of temperatures．These resemblances have caused many people to consider a centuries-long project: to terraform Mars．Terraforming means altering a planet’s surface so that Earth’s life forms can survive there．This concept, previously found only in science fiction is now being seriously considered by scientists．

Terraforming Mars is theoretically simple: add nitrogen and oxygen to the atmosphere; pump water to the surface; and add the earth’s plants and animals in the order in which they developed on Earth．But it will take at least 300 years．

Some people think that such a project is too huge for humans to undertake, but there are very good reasons to make the attempt．The earth now contains some 6 billion people, and no one has any idea of how many humans the earth can support．Our very existence and numbers are threatening many other species．We also have had some experience with terraforming our own planet: altering the landscape, the atmosphere and the climate．Currently terraforming Earth has become a wiser activity as we try to control global warming, air and water pollution, and preserve some natural living places．

Small as the possibility of such a project is, it is not impossible．Even if earth-bound societies come and go in the next 300 years, the project can continue through the work of the Mars settlers without the need for constant backing from the earth．

The future existence of all the people in our world may very well depend upon our ability to terraform Mars．

What would be the best title for this passage?

      A．Terraforming Mars．       B．Saving the Earth．

      C．Travelling to Mars．       D．A Newly-found Place．

What does the underlined word “altering” mean in the second paragraph?

      A．Warming．         B．Changing．         C．Planting．          D．Building．

According to the passage the main purpose of terraforming Mars is to _____．

      A．do some scientific research work   

       B．find out its similarity to Earth

      C．avoid the dying away of many other species   

       D．find on Mars living place for the increasing human beings

The main reason for causing many people to consider terraforming Mars is that _____．

       A．there are some resemblances between Earth and Mars

       B．terraforming Mars is theoretically simple

       C．we have had some experience with terraforming our own planet: Earth    

       D．the development of science and technology is very rapid

(C)

One thing the tour books don’t tell you about London is that 2000 of its residents are foxes. They ran away from the city about two centuries ago after developers and pollution moved in . But now that the environment is clear the foxes have come home. “The number and variety of wild animals in urban areas is increasing” says Comer Jones. A survey of the wildlife in New York’s Central Park last year counted 14 species of mammals. A similar survey conducted in the 1890s counted only five species. Several changes have brought wild animals to the cities. Foremost is that air and water quality in many cities has improved as a result of the 1970s pollution-control efforts. Meanwhile , rural areas have been built up, leaving many animals on the edges of suburbs. In addition, urban wildlife refuges have been created. The Greater London Council last year spent￡750,000 buying land and building 10 permanent wildlife refuges in the city. As a result many birds are now living in the city. For peregrine falcons cities are actually safer than rural cliff dwellings (栖息地). By 1970 the birds had died out east of the Mississippi because of the DDT, which had made their eggs too thin to support life . That year, scientist Tom Cade of Cornell University began raising the birds for release in cities which afforded plenty of food. Cities can attract wild animals without turning them harmful. The trick is to create habitats where they can be self-sufficient but still be seen and appreciated . Such habitats can even be functional. In San Francisco, the local government is testing different kinks of rainwater control basins to see not only which ones retain the cleanest water but which will attract the most birds.

72．The passage is mainly concerned with___________.

A．wildlife returning to large cities     B．foxes returning to London

C．wild animals living in zoos            D．a survey of wildlife in New York

73.It can be inferred from the passage that__________      

A．Londoners are putting more and more wild animals into their zoos

B．Londoners are happy to see wild animals return to their city

C．Londoners are trying to move wild animals back to the countryside

D．Londoners have welcomed the wild birds, but found foxes a problem

74．According to the passage, the number of species of wildlife in New York’s Central Park______

A．is slowly decreasing               B．competes favorably with other cities

C．is on the same level as before  D．has more than doubled in the last century

75．Which of the following is NOT a reason that wildlife returning to the cities?

A．Food is plentiful in the cities

B．Wildlife is appreciated in the cities

C．Wildlife refuges have been built in the cities

D．Air and water quality has improved in the cities