[单项选择]Mr. Black said the local bird was mi interpreter because ______. [A] the three Chinese birds didn’t know English [B] it was different from the Chinese birds [C] he was making a joke

[单项选择]Mr. Black said the local bird was an interpreter because______. [A] the three Chinese birds didn’t know English [B] it was different from the Chinese birds [C] he was making a joke

[单项选择]Mr. White said the local bird was an interpreter because ______. A. the three Chinese birds didn’t know English B. it was different from the Chinese birds C. he was making a joke

[单项选择]It is said that ten percent of the local children would leave school （） about 14 to learn a trade.
A. at
B. of
C. in
D. to

[单项选择]The city is said by the local people （） the chance to hold the 2012 Olympic Games.
A. to be given
B. to be giving
C. to have been given
D. to give

[单项选择]BIRD-X offers pest bird control products to, control and get rid of birds.
A. compel
B. propel
C. repel
D. dispel

[单项选择]The word bird used to mean "young bird"; today it means "any kind of bird". This is called ______ in terms of semantic change.
A. broadening B. narrowing C. meaning shift D. class shift

[单项选择]"They said what we always knew." Said an administration source, （　）.
A. he asked not to be named
B. who asked not to be named
C. who asked not be named
D. who asked not named

[单项选择] Bird Brains
Cracking Walnuts
The scene: a traffic light crossing on a university campus in Japan. Carrion crows and humans line up patiently, waiting for the traffic to halt. When the lights change, the birds hop in front of the cars and place walnuts, which they picked from the adjoining trees, on the road. After the lights turn green again, the birds fly away and vehicles drive over the nuts, cracking them open. Finally, when it’s time to cross again, the crows join the pedestrians and pick up their meal.
Biologists already knew the corvine family--it includes crows, ravens, rooks, magpies and jackdaws--to be among the smartest of all birds. But this remarkable piece of behavior would seem to be a particularly acute demonstration of bird intelligence. Researchers believe they probably noticed cars driving over nuts fallen from a walnut tree overhanging a road. The crows already knew about dropping
A. kindness of people
B. harmonious living conditions
C. ecological stability
D. bird intelligence