【正文】 ime. 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(沒收) 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.72．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.73．The reintroducing experience three years ago shows that man－raised parrots ______.A. can find their way back home in JerseyB. are unable to recognize their parentsC. are unable to adapt to the wildD. can produce a new species74．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.75．According to the passage, people are advised ______.A. to treat wild and caged parrots equallyB. to set up fortable homes for parrotsC. not to keep wild parrots as petsD. not to let more parrots go to the wild[答案]幾年前，人們將幾只籠養(yǎng)的鸚鵡放歸大自然，但由于這些鸚鵡在籠養(yǎng)的環(huán)境中長大，它們難以適應(yīng)野外生活，又飛回了它們的籠子里。這一現(xiàn)象引起人們的關(guān)注。在保護物種的同時，我們還應(yīng)該對它們的行為和心理有更多的了解。72．B。考查推理判斷。第一段說，這五只被籠養(yǎng)的鸚鵡在Arizona被放歸山林，但是24小時后，因為不能與同時被放出去的一些野鸚鵡交流，它們重新飛回鳥籠子?！皼]有任何進化策略告訴它們在久違50年的這片松林里該如何表現(xiàn)”。從這句話判斷選B,50年前，這片松林是它們的家。73．C?？疾橥评砼袛?。從第一、二段可知，這些籠養(yǎng)的鸚鵡被放歸大自然后，不能與其他種類的鸚鵡進行溝通，像鸚鵡這樣高智商的物種很難重歸自然。這些信息表明，困難在于它們不能適應(yīng)野生環(huán)境。74．B?？疾榧毠?jié)理解。第二段說，這次經(jīng)歷告訴我們，我們對鸚鵡的行為和心理了解得太少了；第四段說，該研究的意義在于，首先我們要知道這些鳥兒要在野外生存必須了解什么，并了解籠養(yǎng)鸚鵡的需求。由此判斷，要保護這些鸚鵡物種，我們必須對它們有更多的了解。75．C?？疾榧毠?jié)理解。文章最后說，人們買鸚鵡作為寵物時要買人類籠養(yǎng)的鸚鵡。也就是不要將野生鸚鵡作為寵物。Ⅴ.短文改錯(共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分)(2009東北三校聯(lián)考)[答案]76．is→was。全文敘述的都是過去發(fā)生的事情，所以用過去式。77．Besides→Beside。此處所要表達的意思是“在……旁邊”，而besides的意思是“并且，此外”。78．√79．a(chǎn)nd→but。老人想出門，“但是”不能穿拖鞋出去。80．bring→fetch。根據(jù)所給語境可知，老人想讓身邊的狗去把鞋拿給他，含有一去一回的意思，因此用fetch。81．its→his。出乎“老人”意料的是，狗甚至沒有站起身。82．close→closed。with two eyes closed again是介詞with的復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)，此處的closed是形容詞。83．plete→pletely。puzzled是形容詞，要用副詞修飾。84．去掉that。what was happening是wondering的賓語從句，前面沒有必要再使用另外一個連接詞。85．shoe→shoes。one of表示“其中之一”，后接復(fù)數(shù)名詞。Ⅵ.書面表達(滿分25分)(2009全國Ⅰ)假定你是李華，正在英國接受英語訓(xùn)練，住在一戶英國人家里。今天你的房東Mrs Wilson不在家，你準(zhǔn)備外出，請給Mrs Wilson寫一留言條，內(nèi)容包括：1．外出購物；2．替房東還書；3．Tracy來電話留言：(1)咖啡屋(Bolton Coffee)見面取消；(2)此事已告知Susan；(3)盡快回電。注意：1．詞數(shù)100左右；2．可以適當(dāng)增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。Mrs Wilson，________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Li Hua[參考答案]Mrs_Wilson，I’m going out shopping, and won’t be back until about 5：00 p．m.. I have taken with me the two books you asked me to return to the City Library. At about 1 o’clock this afternoon, Tracy called, saying that she couldn’t meet you at Bolton Coffee tomorrow morning as she has something important to attend to. She felt very sorry about that, but said that you could set some other time for the meeting. She wanted you to call her back as soon as you are home. She has already told Susan about this change.Li Hua