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Parrots have been known to repeat words, but have you ever thought how they communicate? New research has found that wild parrots are actually given names by their parents.
According to a study led by Karl Berg of Cornell University in the US, nestlings (雏鸟) are given a special sound of their own, which stays with them through their lives. In the study, the team placed hidden cameras in the nests of 17 different wild parrots. After studying their sounds, the team found the differences in the calls parents used to communicate with each baby parrot. And the baby birds seemed to know the calls.
Sounds very similar to humans, doesn’t it?
The study also proved that these different calls are made socially not genetically (基因上地).To do this, scientistsswitched the eggs in nine of the 17 nests, so that half of the parrots were raising nestlings that weren’t theirs. Using the recordings, the scientists are sure that the nestlings all used names similar to those the parents (whether biological or non-biological) called them for the first weeks of their lives.
Lucie McNeil, from National Geographic, said, “this would be the first proven example of a non-human species teaching acoustical (声学的) communication.”
Karl Berg told National Public Radio of the US, “Most people say all those calls are just noise, but I think they’re having conversations.”
Fox News also asked Berg what else the parrots might be saying. He replied, “They may decide where the food is or if they should go 3 km North-Northwest. These are sorts of arguing or discussing.”
You never know, if the science of animal translation keeps developing, we might one day be watching a reality show about parrots.
42.What did Karl Berg and his team find in their study?
A. Parents use different sounds to call each baby parrot.
B. Parrots can repeat what people say easily.
C. Parrots are similar to humans in many ways.
D. Each parrot has a special sound for birth.
43. What does the underlined word “switched” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A.旋转 B.交换 C.打开 D. 选取
44. According to the passage, which of the following sentences is TRUE?
A. Parrots always raise nestlings that weren’t theirs.
B. Nestlings used names similar to biological parents only.
C. Parrots can teach their babies acoustical communication.
D. All those parrots’ calls are not arguments but noise.
45. The writer’s attitude towards the study is ________ .
A. supportive B. unknown C. neutral(中立的) D. disagreeable
第二部分非选择题 (60分)
四、词汇运用(共10小题，每小题1分，计10分)
根据句意，用括号中所给的汉语提示或单词的适当形式填空，使句意完整，每空一词。
46. “Help ▲ to some chicken.”My mother said to my classmate Tom .(you)
47. In fact ,it’s his son who ▲left the door open all night . (care)
48. The boy is surprised to know that the camel has two ▲.(stomach)
49. Seven ▲of the students took part in the activity last weekend .(twelve)
50. The boy failed the exam, so he felt very ▲ . (happy)
51. We are strongly▲smoking because it’s bad for our health.(反对)
52. He spends half an hour▲ his little dog every day. (训练)
53. Who can make a list of the ▲ addresses for me? (顾客)
54. These traffic lights are ▲by the central computer.(控制)
55.Could you tell me how to make the tomato soup much ▲?(味道好的)
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