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【題目】 Alex knew colors and shapes. He learned about 150 English words. With his language ability he made himself known as perhaps the world’s most famous talking bird.

But Alex，a parrot，died two weeks ago when he was 31. Irene，a psychologist(心理學(xué)家) at Harvard University，studied and worked with the parrot for nearly 30 years.

In 1977，Irene，then an excellent student in chemistry at Harvard，bought Alex from a pet store. At that time，scientists were not quite sure whether birds could learn to communicate with humans.

But using the methods of teaching. Irene helped Alex to learn about 150 words，and to count small numbers，as well as colors and shapes.

In experiments，Irene would give Alex a small reward，like a grape. Alex learned to ask for the grape by watching what the trainer was doing to get it. The researchers then worked with the bird to help him with pronunciation.

Alex showed a surprising ability to learn. For example，when he was shown a blue paper circle. he could tell what color the paper was. what shape it was，and after touching it，what it was made of.

Like other parrots，he also picked up some words when staying in the lab，like“calm down”and“good morning”. He could also show his happiness and sadness.

Even before the week he died，Alex was working with Irene on difficult words. As she put him into his cage for the night that Thursday，Irene said that Alex looked at her and said，“You be good. See you tomorrow. I love you. ”

He was found dead in his cage the next morning.

【1】Alex is the name of ________.

A.an excellent studentB.a clever bird

C.a trainerD.a psychologist

【2】How did Irene get the parrot?

A.A friend gave it to her.B.She caught it in a forest.

C.She bought it from the market.D.The passage doesn’t mention it.

【3】The underlined words“picked up”in the seventh paragraph mean ________.

A.撿到B.挑選C.舉起D.學(xué)到

【4】The best title of the passage can be .

A.A Thinking ParrotB.The Owner of a Parrot

C.How to Teach a Parrot to SpeakD.Parrots, our Close Friends

【5】The passage is probably taken from a ________.

A.history textbookB.novel(小說(shuō))C.newspaperD.dictionary

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】A

【5】C

【解析】

本篇主要講述了一只名叫亞歷克斯的鸚鵡，它活了31歲，在科學(xué)家的訓(xùn)練下它知道顏色和形狀。并且學(xué)了大約150個(gè)英語(yǔ)單詞。憑借他的語(yǔ)言能力，他使自己成為世界上最著名的會(huì)說(shuō)話的鳥。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中With his language ability he made himself known as perhaps the world’s most famous talking bird. 可知Alex是一只世界著名的會(huì)說(shuō)話的鳥，能學(xué)會(huì)說(shuō)話，說(shuō)明很聰明。故選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中In 1977，Irene，then an excellent student in chemistry at Harvard，bought Alex from a pet store.可知鸚鵡是在商店買的。和C項(xiàng)意思表示一致。故選C。

【3】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)文中短語(yǔ)所在的句子Like other parrots，he also picked up some words when staying in the lab，like“ calm down ”and “good morning”. 和其他鸚鵡一樣，他在實(shí)驗(yàn)室里也……了一些單詞，比如“冷靜下來(lái)”和“早上好”。推斷短語(yǔ)是“學(xué)到”的意思。故選D。

【4】最佳標(biāo)題題。A Thinking Parrot一只思考的鸚鵡；The Owner of a Parrot鸚鵡的主人；How to Teach a Parrot to Speak如何教一只鸚鵡說(shuō)話；Parrots, our Close Friends鸚鵡，我們的親密朋友。通讀全文，都是關(guān)于鸚鵡亞歷克斯的，里面講到了它很聰明，學(xué)會(huì)的許多東西。對(duì)比選項(xiàng)，A比較符合文章主旨。故選A。

【5】推理判斷題。全文講的是一件真實(shí)的事件，并且屬于奇聞趣事。通�？梢栽趫�(bào)紙上看到。故選C。