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1、Threeyearsago,fiveparrotsweresetfreeinawildplaceofArizona阅读答案 Threeyearsago,fiveparrotsweresetfreeinawildplaceofArizona,thousandsofmilesfromtheChannelIslandsinJerseywheretheyhadbeenlookedafterbyzookeepers.Noevolutionarystrategiesinformedthemhowtobehaveinthisnewlandscapeofmoun
2、tainouspineforestunoccupiedbytheirkindfor50years.Totheresearchers’surprise,theyfailedtomakecontactwithagroupofwildparrotsimportedfromMexicoandsetfreeatthesametime.Within24hoursthereintroducingendedinfailure,andthepoorbirdswerebackincages,ontheirwaytothesafetyoftheArizonareintr
3、oductionprogramme. Eversincethen,theprogrammehasenjoyedgreatsuccess,mainlybecausethebirdsnowbeingsetfreeareMexicanbirdsillegallycaughtinthewild,confiscated(没收)onarrivalnorthoftheborder,andraisedbytheirparentsinthesafetyoftheprogramme.Theexperienceshowshowlittleweknowabouttheb
4、ehaviourandpsychology(心理)ofparrots,asPeterBennett,abirdresearcher,pointsout:“Reintroducingspeciesofhighintelligencelikeparrotsisalotmoredifficult.Peoplelikeparrots,alwaystreatingthemasnothingmorethanpetsorvaluable‘collectables’.” Nowthatmanyspeciesofparrotareinimmediatedanger
5、ofdyingout,biologistsareworkingtogethertostudythenaturalhistoryandthebehaviourofthisfamilyofbirds.Lastyearwasanimportantturningpoint:conservationistsfoundedtheWorldParrotTrust,basedatHayleinCornwall,tosupportresearchintobothwildandcagedbirds. Researchonparrotsisvitalfortworea
6、sons.First,astheArizonaprogrammeshowed,whenreintroducingparrotstothewild,weneedtobeawareofwhatthebirdsmustknowiftheyaretosurviveintheirnaturalhome.Wealsoneedtolearnmoreabouttheneedsofparrotskeptaspets,particularlyastheTrust’scampaigndoesnotattempttodiscouragethepractice,butrat
7、herurgespeoplewhobuyparrotsaspetstochoosebirdsraisedbyhumans. 55.Whatdoweknowabouttheareawherethefiveparrotswerereintroduced? A.Itslandscapeisnewtoparrotsoftheirkind. B.Itusedtobehometoparrotsoftheirkind. C.Itisclosetowheretheyhadbeenkept. D.Pinetreeswereplantedtoattractb
8、irds. 【答案】B. 【解析】细节推理题。根据第1段wheretheyhadbeenlookedafterbyzo