do it，too．An international team led by Edward Wasserman from the University of Iowa in the US first trained two hooded crows to match things by color，shape，and number in what is called\﹣to﹣sample（IMTS）\，then moved onto RMTS．

For the IMTS test，the birds were put in a cage with a plastic tray that had three cards and two cups in it．The card in the middle was the sample card．The cups on either side were covered with the other two cards：One was the same as the sample （in the color，shape，or number of shapes pictured），while the other wasn't．The cup with the card that matched the sample card contained two wormsto eat．

In the second part of the experiment，the birds were tested with relational matching pairs．A card with two same﹣sized circles，for example，meant they should pick the test card with two same﹣sized squares and not two different﹣sized circles．The birds did well in the more difficult test and picked the correct card more than three quarters of the time，Science News reports．

Wasserman was surprised that crows were able to solve the problem without any training in RMTS．\，\release．\，if it was only by force that the crows showed this learning，then it would have been an impressive result．But this was spontaneous．\ So perhaps it's time to stop saying\

46．Why does the author mention the expression\the opening paragraph？ A．To get the reader interested in the origins of the expression． B．To urge people to stop saying that birds are stupid．

C．To introduce the topic of Edward Wasserman and his experiments． D．To introduce recent findings about crows'intelligence．

47．Which of the following is TRUE about the tests on the hooded crows？ A．The birds did better in RMTS than in IMTS． B．The birds were first made to do RMTS，then IMTS．

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C．The birds picked almost all the correct cards in RMTS．

D．In the IMTS test，the birds needed to identify the sample card to get rewards． 48．In the RMTS test，if the birds were given the sample card with two same﹣sized triangles，they had to pick the test card with ． A．two same﹣sized circles B．one circle and one triangle C．two different﹣sized circles D．two different﹣sized triangles

49．The underlined word\﹣to﹣last paragraph is closest in meaning to ． A．central B．creative C．natural D．predictable

50．Which of the following can be the best title for the passage？ A．Monkeys Are Clever Than Crows B．Crows Show Cleverness C．Crows Did Well in RMTS

D．Crows May Understand Analogies．

51．（12.5分）Many French academics，teachers and parents complain because they feel that intellectual levels are falling rapidly!The figures prove it：young people visit museums less，spend their lives chatting on the Internet，read nothing but Stephen King，while watching American soaps such as Friends or reality shows like Star Academy on television，music player glued to their cars，and the games console handy．

It is，however，easy to see these habits in a positive light．Music is the favorite leisure activity：86% of 14﹣to18﹣year﹣olds put it at the top of their activities，above the cinema（71%），clubbing（68%），sport（56%） and television（48%）．For 90% of young people aged 14to 18，radio is also very popular：they listen to it every

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day without exception．International popular music has a strong showing，but songs in French are still in the majority（60%）．

Young people do，of course，watch a lot of television，but less than their elders，and if they tend to choose mostly soaps and reality TV shows，that is because these are the programs people talk about，which encourages social interaction．Do young people read less than they used to？Maybe，but that's also true of the elders．Young people still read more than their elders．When asked，\？\，94% of 14﹣to﹣18﹣year﹣olds say they do，and 81% are convinced that computers will never replace books．

Contrary to popular belief，reading continues to occupy an extremely important place in leisure﹣time activities，but the reading matter young people choose has changed considerably：there is a greater variety of media（computers and new technologies） and young people admit to taste they would perhaps have been ashamed of in the past．For example，comic strips，Stenphen King or other authors not recognized by mainstream culture，such as Betty Mahmoody （Not Without My Daughter），Mary Higgins Clark or Jostein Gaader （Sophie's World）．As Beatrice Toulon，Editor in Chief of the magazine Phosphore，see it，\things as their parents did，but they are not afraid to admit it．They have their own culture，which they flaunt（炫耀） openly!\

51．The underlined part\a positive light\Paragraph 2can best be replaced by ．

A．in the long term B．during the daytime C．from an optimistic angle D．beyond reasonable doubt

52．Which activity is the most popular with young French people？ A．Music． B．Sport．

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C．Cinema． D．TV．

53．We can infer that young French people ． A．are ashamed of their tastes B．are proud of their own culture C．share their parents'tastes in reading D．admit that they read less than their parents

54．What is the author's attitude towards intellectual levels in France？ A．Worried． B．Doubtful． C．Uninterested． D．Approving．

55．Which of the following can be best title for the passage？ A．The Future of Books B．More Books，Less TV

C．Young People and Culture in France D．Young People and Their Elders in France．

第三部分：写作（共两节，满分10分）第一节阅读表达（共1小题；每小题10分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，按照要求完成阅读任务．

56．（10分）[1]We all have stories to tell about a father and some of these stories are funny，some are of encouragement and some are filled with sorrow．One such story happened many years ago but I always remember it as if it had happened yesterday．My father was a music teacher who traveled to farm homes in smaller communities to teach his students．He left home around one p．m．each afternoon to start teaching and would return around ten or eleven o'clock long after everyone，except my mother，was asleep．

[2]Mother was the ruler of the home．She was a strict taskmaster，demanding that we all obey the rules without any excuse．When we didn't，there were always

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