Why don’t birds get lost on their long migratory (遷居的) flights? Scientists have puzzled over this question for many years. Now they’re beginning to fill in the blanks.
Not long ago, experiments showed that birds rely on the sun to guide them during daylight hours. But what about birds that fly mainly by night? Tests with artificial stars have proved conclusively that certain night-flying birds are able to follow the stars in their long-distance flights.
One such bird, a warbler(鳴禽) , had spent its lifetime in a cage and had never flown under a natural sky. Yet it showed an inborn ability to use the stars for guidance. The bird’s cage was placed under an artificial star-filled sky at migration time. The bird tried to fly in the same direction as that taken by his outdoor cousins. Any change in the direction of the make-be-live stars caused a change in the direction of his flight. Scientists think that warblers, when flying in daylight, use the sun for guidance. But the stars are apparently their main means of navigation (導(dǎo)航). What do they do when the stars are hidden by clouds? Apparently, they find their way by such landmarks as mountain ranges, coast lines, and river courses. But when it’s too dark to see these, the warblers circle helplessly, unable to get their direction.
小題1:The reasons why birds don’t get lost on migratory flights__________.
A．have been known to scientists for many years
B．a(chǎn)re known by everyone
C．have only recently been discovered
D．will probably remain a mystery
小題2:Warblers migrate__________.
A．from North America to South America
B．using what is apparently an inborn navigational ability
C．only once during their lifetime
D．when they are freed from their cages
小題3:When the stars are hidden by clouds, warblers find their way by__________ .
A．a(chǎn)n artificial starB．some landmarks
C．their inborn abilityD．A and B
小題4:This article is a good example of the way scientists__________ .
A．discover workable answers to universal questions by studying particular cases(特別案例)
B．jump to conclusions
C．find a law and then investigate（調(diào)查）
D．a(chǎn)re disappointed by the habits of animals

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:B
小題4:A
鳥兒如何辨別方向？文章給出了答案。
小題1:推理題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句Now they’re beginning to fill in the blanks.可知很久以來人們都搞不清楚，只是到了最近才弄明白。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第2段2,3行Yet it showed an inborn ability to use the stars for guidance.
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)最后一段倒數(shù)第3行they find their way by such landmarks as mountain ranges。
小題4:主旨大意題。通讀全文可知文章是關(guān)于用一個(gè)特別案例在發(fā)現(xiàn)問題的答案。
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A．a(chǎn) teacherB．a(chǎn) governorC．a(chǎn) studentD．a(chǎn) reporter
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小題3:The teachers question their students based on -------
A．what they learn in the class
B．What their parents expect
C．The questions that are similar to those of GSEC
D．The ability that will be used outside the classroom
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A．Most of the students can't get high marks but can communicate with the native speakers of English.
B． Communicating skill is more important than writing skill.
C．Role play connected to the speaker's experience is more effective
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D．The lower--achieving students can do better in speaking skill than the upper achieving students.
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The reason these two wonders of nature are so difficult for many adults to explain to children is that they are not very well understood by adults themselves. For example, did you know that the lightning we see flashing down to the earth from a cloud is actually flashing up to a cloud from the earth? Our eyes trick us into thinking we see a downward motion when it’s actually the other way around. But then, if we believed only what we think and we see, we’d still insist that the sun rises in the morning and sets at night.
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D．parents are not interested in thunder and lightning.
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A．we were taught so by our parents from our childhood.
B．we are taken in by our sense of vision.
C．it is a common natural sight.
D．it is a truth proved by science.
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A．we should not believe what we see or hear.
B．things moving downward are more noticeable.
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B．it is hard to tell what a memory trace consists of
C．chemical substances carry certain memories
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A．recognitionB．recallC．memorizationD．relearning
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A．The length of the list.
B．The type of list items.
C．The time difference of relearning.
D．The time difference of brain working.
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