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eir summer breeding(繁殖 ) grounds within three days of each other, even though they spend the entire winter apart. It?s as if they arranged the date that they would meet up again. Researchers in England, put colored leg bands on the birds. Then, they asked bird watchers around Europe to report by when and where they saw the birds during the winter. The simplest way for birds to return at the same time would be to spend the winter together. After all, if they?re in different places, they can?t call each other on the phone and talk about when they?ll meet again. But, the survey(調(diào)查 ) found that couples usually spent their winters in different countries up to 1,000 kilometers apart. One male, for example, spent the winter on the coast of Ireland while his mate was in France. There findings are important for protecting the birds, scientists say. Blacktailed godwits live for up to 25 years. They spend their summers in Iceland, where they mate, but they spread all over other parts of Europe in winter. Once a pair mates, there?s a 90% chance that they?ll return to mate with each other again the next year. So, protection of their wide web of holiday destinations(目的地 ) is very important. How do the birds arrange their date of return? Unless scientists find their feathered cell phones, that question will remain a mystery. 64. We can find godwits in quite a lot of places except ___________. A. America B. Europe C. Africa D. Asia 65. What did the scientists discover about godwits? A. Godwits are a kind migrating bird. B. Godwits spend the entire winter apart. C. Godwits arrange the date that they will meet up again. D. Pairs of godwits return to their breeding grounds within three days of each other. 66. How did the researchers in England do the research? A. By serving as bird watchers around Europe. B. By putting coloured leg bands on the birds. C. By tracking(跟蹤 ) the birds all the way. D. By colouring the birds feather. 67. Why are the findings of the survey important? A. To help people observe them. B. To help godwits find their mates. C. To help them to find their destination. D. To help people protect their habitats. 68. What does the underlined sentence “Unless scientists find their feathered cell phones, that question will remain a mystery.” mean? A. It is still unknown what kind of feathered cell phone godwits have. B. Scientists have known how the birds arrange their date of return. C. It remains unknown how the birds arrange their date of return. D. It is amazing that godwits have feathered cell phones. D A recent study by British scientists shows that a bit of classical music can make people buy more expensive food at the restaurant. The scientists asked a restaurant to alternate silence, pop and classical music on different nights over 18 days. They find that on nights when the classics were playing- a tape of Beethoven, Mozart and Bach- customers spent more on dinner, especially on luxurious (=very fine and expensive) food such as coffee, dessert, fine wines and starters. The scientists say classical music makes people feel more cultured and sophisticated(有教養(yǎng)的 ), and so they are more likely to buy the food they thought of together with the high life. 69. What does the underlined word “alternate” in the 2nd paragraph mean? A. Join sth. together. B. Make sth. happen by turns. C. Use sth. in separate places. D. Offer sth. as entertainment(娛樂 ) 70. Which was a possible fact that took place in the restaurant on one of the 18 nights? A. No music was played at all for the whole night. B. Pop and classical music were played in turns. C. Different customers heard different music. D. Silence, pop and classical music followed one another. 71. Why did the customers spend more with a bit of classical music? A. Because they believed high society life should include luxurious food. B. Because they had to pay for the music as well as the food. C. Because classical music made them feel like eating more. D. Because music by Beethoven, Mozart and Bach was all about eating. E While renting cars or hiring babysitters is mon, few people probably have considered hiring thieves. A pany in Shandong Province is advertising just that. Xinsheng, one of many leasing(出租 ) panies in Qingdao, has a plan to “l(fā)ease thieves”, who are played by its employees. “We provide ?thieves? to shopkeepers and have them caught by security guards(保安 ) on the spot as a warning to real thieves in their stores,” said Ms Yang, head of the pany?s service department. “Our thieves will obey the security guards and be paraded through, for example, a large shopping center after being caught. They will do whatever the guards order them to do.” The 20something woman of Xinsheng visited a Carrefour supermarket to offer the business early last week when it first opened. But the security guards didn?t seem to quite catch her at first. When they finally understood, they simply looke