1．What are you going to do if you are in a burning house？How will you escape （逃離）？Do you know how to save yourself？Please read the following passage．
Escaping a fire is a serious matter．Knowing what to do during a fire can save your life．It's important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family，such as stairways（樓梯）and fire escapes，but not lifts（電梯）．
From the lower floors of the buildings，escaping through windows is possible；learn the best way of leaving by windows with the least chance of serious injury（受傷）．
The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground．A person，hanging by the finger-tips will have a drop of about six feet to the ground．It is about the height of a man．Of course，it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building．
Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help．Be sure to keep the door closed．Or smoke and fire may come into the room．Keep your head low at the window and make sure you get fresh air rather than smoke．
On a second or third floor，the best windows for escape are those that open onto a roof（屋頂）．From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely．Dropping onto cement（水泥）might end in injury．Bushes and grass can help to break a fall．

（1）What may be the best title of Paragraph 2？
A．Escaping a Fire．
B．Knowing How to Save Your Life．
C．The Ways You Can Use．
D．Taking Escaping a Fire Seriously．
（2）It is possible to escape through the windows ．
A．if there are some bushes on the ground
B．if you are strong enough
C．if you live on a lower floor
D．if you have a long rope
（3）Which of the following escaping ways is NOT right？
A．You can escape though stairways．
B．You can choose fire escapes．
C．Escape from the windows that open onto a roof．
D．Use a lift to come down at once．
（4）Open the window so that if the building is on fire．
A．you can get fresh air
B．you can call for help
C．you can easily jump off
D．you can be seen first
（5）The best title of the passage is
A．Escape from the Windows
B．Save Yourself in the Burning House
C．Knowledge on Fire
D．Waiting for Help．

2．You may often hear some myths（傳言）about animals．For example，one dog year equals about seven human years，chameleons（變色龍）change color to match their environment…Today，let's talk about birds．It is said that if you touch a baby bird，the parents will completely abandon（拋棄）it．Do you really believe it？
   In fact，most birds have a very poor sense of smell，so in most cases are unable to even notice the smell of humans on baby birds．Not only that，but most types of birds aren't so quick to abandon their young when they sense danger．Some types will even do their best to protect their young when they are in danger．
   Indeed，in very few known cases，parent birds sometimes abandoned their nests from something touching their young，just because they noticed it by sight，not smell．When this happens，the parent birds usually won't care，other than to be a little more careful than normal．Sometimes，they may temporarily（暫時(shí)地）abandon the nest in order to better watch whatever disturbed their nest comes back．
   What's more，in most cases，even if the nest is destroyed by wind or something to that effect，you could create a new one and put all the baby birds back in it，and when the parents came back，they wouldn't care their baby birds were in a different nest，so long as you put the new nest near where the old one was so they can find it．

（1）Which of the following is true？
A．Birds have a very good sense of smell．
B．A baby bird will die soon if it is touched by someone．
C．Whatever disturbed the nest will never come back．
D．Some birds will protect their babies when they are in danger．
（2）What does the underlined word"it"in Paragraph 3 refer to？
A．Their nest．
B．Their baby．
C．Some birds abandoning their nests．
D．Something touching their young．
（3）The parent birds if we make a new nest for baby birds to take the place of the old one．
A．will never come back
B．will worry about their babies
C．won't mind
D．will take their babies away
（4）Which of the following shows the structure（結(jié)構(gòu)）of the passage？
（①=Paragraph 1（第一段），②=Paragraph 2…）
A．
B．
C．
D．
（5）What is the best title of this passage？
A．Bird Truth
B．Baby Birds
C．Bird Nests
D．Bird Smell

3．Parrots have been known to mimic （模仿） words，but have you ever thought how they communicate （交流）？The sounds they make may sound meaningless to us，but new study has found that wild parrots are given names by their parents.
   According to a study led by Karl Berg of Cornell University in the US，nestlings （雛鳥） are given a special sound of their own，which stays with them for their whole lives.In the study，the team put cameras in the nests of 17 different wild parrots.After studying their sounds，the team knew differences in the calls parents used to communicate with each nestling.And even before the nestlings had learned to communicate，the baby birds seemed to mimic their calls.
   Sounds very similar （相似） to humans，doesn't it？
   The study also tells that these calls are got socially （社會(huì)上），not genetically （基因上地）.To do this，scientists exchanged the eggs in nine of the 17 nests，so that half of the parrots were raising nestlings that weren't theirs.The scientists found the nestlings all used names similar to those the parents （whether biological or nonbiological） called them for the first week of their lives.
   Lucie Mcneil，from National Geographic，said， "this would be the first example of a non-human teaching acoustical （聲學(xué)的） communication （交流）." Lead scientist for the study，Karl Berg，told National Public Radio of the US， "Most people say， 'Well，all those calls are just noise，' but I think they're communicating."
   Fox News also asked Berg what else the parrots might be saying.He answered， "It is that these birds are deciding where the food is — 'Do we want to go 3 km North-northwest？' 'Do we want to go to that field？' They are arguing （爭論） or discussing."
   Natural science author，Virginia Morell，wrote： "Slowly，scientists get to know the communications of very different animals."
   You never know，if the science of animals' sounds keeps going，we may one day watch a real TV programme about parrots.

（1）The underlined word "meaningless" in the first paragraph is " ".
A．meaningful
B．useful
C．unimportant
D．helpful
（2）What did the new study find about wild parrots？
A．They can talk by learning from people.
B．The sounds they make are meaningless.
C．They have names given by their parents.
D．They have a unique way of making sounds.
（3）What does the study suggest？
A．Different parrots are called differently by their parents.
B．Baby parrots can tell who their biological parents are.
C．Baby parrots can mimic their biological parents' calls better.
D．Parrots are the most clever animals in communication.
（4）Why did the scientists exchange the eggs in the study？
A．To see whether the parents could recognize （認(rèn)出） their own babies.
B．To see whether the parrots made the same sounds all their lives.
C．To see whether the calls were got socially or genetically.
D．To see whether biological and nonbiological parents named babies differently.