The secret of carrier pigeons' unbelievable ability to find their way home has been discovered by scientists: the feathered navigators follow the roads just like we do.
Scientists now believe the phrase "as the crow (乌鸦) flies" no longer means the shortest most direct route between two points. They say it is likely that crows and other day birds also choose AA-suggested routes, even though it makes their journeys longer.
Scientists at Oxford University spent 10 years studying homing pigeons using global positioning satellite (GPS) and got a surprising result. The birds often don't use the sun to decide their directions.
Instead they fly along motorways, turn at crossing and even go around roundabouts (绕道) , adding miles to their journeys.
"It really has knocked our research team sideways to find that after a decade-long international study, pigeons appear to ignore their inbuilt directional instincts (本能) and follow the road system," said Prof Tim Guilford, reader in animal behavior at Oxford University's Department of Zoology.
Guilford said pigeons use their own navigational system (导航系统) when doing long distance trips or when a bird does a journey for the first time.
"But once homing pigeons have flown a journey more than once, they can fly home on a habitual route, much as we do when we are driving or walking home from work," said Guilford.
"In short, it looks like it is mentally easier for a bird to fly down a road. They are just making their journey as simple as possible."

1. 1.

   What would be the best title of the passage?

   1. A.
      How Pigeons Find Their Ways Home?
   2. B.
      Why Pigeons Can Fly long Distance?
   3. C.
      Birds Follow Roads as We Do.
   4. D.
      Why Crows Fly the Shortest D stance?
2. 2.

   What does the words "the feathered navigators" refer to?

   1. A.
      The crows.
   2. B.
      The pigeons.
   3. C.
      Day birds.
   4. D.
      Animals that can fly.
3. 3.

   Scientists used to think that homing pigeons often find their directions ____.

   1. A.
      by global positioning satellite
   2. B.
      by the sun
   3. C.
      by the road system
   4. D.
      by following other birds
4. 4.

   Why do homing pigeons tend to follow the road system daring the r journey?

   1. A.
      Because they don't have their inbuilt directional instincts now.
   2. B.
      Because their own navigational system doesn't work.
   3. C.
      Because it is too hard to use their own navigational system.
   4. D.
      Because it is easier to make journey simple by following road system.

单词拼写 （共10小题； 每小题1分， 满分10分）

1. It had been my life long a _______________ to be a teacher in a famous university.

2. The big house is perfectly a______________ for just the two of us.

3. A state of emergency has been d____________ in Libya.

4. Children under 12 must be a____________ by an adult.

5. Any w____________ to the accident are asked to contact the police station.

6. Many of the villagers have a______________ their homes and fled in the tsunami in Japan.

7. I caught a glimpse of them r____________ in the mirror.

8. Once we have all the r___________ information, we can make a decision.

9. The new government has agreed to p______________ in the peace talks.

10. We strongly r_________ you insure your luggage when you travel.

Across the United States, there are several places where two independent towns grew together to become one city — but kept both their names.

Winston?Salem is one of them. It’s a mid?sized city in what’s called the plateau（high land）, between the Atlantic Coast and the inland mountains in the state of North Carolina. The Winston part is a relatively new place, founded early this century. It’s home to the nation’s biggest open?air tobacco market.?
The giant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company’s headquarters is in Winston?Salem, and Winston is the name of one of Reynolds’best?known cigarette brands. Fast?growing Winston soon surrounded the much older town of Salem, so in 1913, people in the area voted to combine them into a single place.?
From a historical and tourist point of view, Salem, or Old Salem, as it’s called today, is the interesting and unusual part of town.?
Salem was founded in the 1700s by the Moravians. They spoke German, and their community was religiously based, with single men and single women living apart in separate dormitories. The Moravians greatly valued women’s work and brainpower. In fact, one of the nation’s oldest boarding schools for young women— the Moravians’Salem Academy founded in 1772 — is still in operation. ?
Over the years, Salem lost its Moravian character. That all changed, though, when a nonprofit group began to rehabilitate the historic area. These days Old Salem is what’s called a living history museum, with exhibits, music, and tours of 18th-century houses, taverns and Moravian dormitory buildings just seven blocks from the tallest skyscraper in Winston-Salem.?
The historic community is booming again. Just as R. J. Reynolds is taking in millions of dollars making cigarettes across town, Old Salem is generating about S| 15 million a year in tourism revenue and donations.?
61. From the passage we can know that____________.?
A. Winston-Salem is the name of a city?
B. Salem is home to the tobacco market?
C. the city Winston-alem has two names?
D. Old Salem is the name of a tobacco brand
62. It can be inferred from Paragraph 3 that__________.?
A. the two cities benefited each other?
B. Salem developed faster than Winston?
C. R.J. Reynolds Company has moved into Salem?
D. the combination meets the wishes of the people
63. The city Salem is special for its__________.?
A. boarding school                          B. lifestyle and tradition?
C. respect for brainpower                     D. religious belief
64. The underlined word “rehabilitate” in Paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to “_________”.?A. reconstruct            B. evaluate         C. enlarge         D. decorate?
65. What will probably be talked about in the following part? ?
A. Some other attractions in Winston-Salem. ?
B. How Winston makes profits from tourism. ?
C. Other examples of cities combined by two parts.?
D. Something about the boarding school for women.

第二节：请根据句子的逻辑含义，用在模块三英语课本中所学的新词汇的正确形式填空。（共10小题；每空1 分，满分10分）

People space travel, people thought it was u___________ for anybody to go to the moon.

We s_________ Jenny and her boyfriend at the party but she didn’t notice us at all.

Twenty m________ by five equals one-hundred.

To open a new shop, one needs an official p_______.

Isaac Newton is famous for his theory of universal g_______.

Christians go to church every Sunday to attend the r_______ services.

Yang Peng and Rong Hui had their own menu in the beginning. But when they began their cooperation, their new menu became a c_________ of the original two.

Thank you for your good advice, from which I have b_______ greatly.

All the goods in that supermarket are on sale. Consumers can get 40% of d________.

He said he should take the responsibility for the failure of the plan but begged to be f________ by his boss.

The secret of carrier pigeons' unbelievable ability to find their way home has been discovered by scientists: the feathered navigators follow the roads just like we do.

Scientists now believe the phrase "as the crow (乌鸦) flies" no longer means the shortest most direct route between two points. They say it is likely that crows and other day birds also choose AA-suggested routes, even though it makes their journeys longer.

Scientists at Oxford University spent 10 years studying homing pigeons using global positioning satellite (GPS) and got a surprising result. The birds often don't use the sun to decide their directions.

Instead they fly along motorways, turn at crossing and even go around roundabouts (绕道) , adding miles to their journeys.

"It really has knocked our research team sideways to find that after a decade-long international study, pigeons appear to ignore their inbuilt directional instincts (本能) and follow the road system," said Prof Tim Guilford, reader in animal behavior at Oxford University's Department of Zoology.

Guilford said pigeons use their own navigational system (导航系统) when doing long distance trips or when a bird does a journey for the first time.

"But once homing pigeons have flown a journey more than once, they can fly home on a habitual route, much as we do when we are driving or walking home from work," said Guilford.

"In short, it looks like it is mentally easier for a bird to fly down a road. They are just making their journey as simple as possible."

1.What would be the best title of the passage?

A. How Pigeons Find Their Ways Home?   B. Why Pigeons Can Fly long Distance?

C. Birds Follow Roads as We Do.             D. Why Crows Fly the Shortest D stance?

2.What does the words "the feathered navigators" refer to?

A. The crows.       B. The pigeons.     C. Day birds.       D. Animals that can fly.

3.Scientists used to think that homing pigeons often find their directions ____.

A. by global positioning satellite              B. by the sun

C. by the road system                  D. by following other birds

4.Why do homing pigeons tend to follow the road system daring the r journey?

A. Because they don't have their inbuilt directional instincts now.

B. Because their own navigational system doesn't work.

C. Because it is too hard to use their own navigational system.

D. Because it is easier to make journey simple by following road system.