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III. Reading Comprehension (30 points, 2 points for each item)从下列每篇短文的问题后所给的四个选择项中选出一个最佳答案，并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。Passage One,Questions 21 to,25 are based on the following passage.The term birdbrain is considered an offensive word, but some birds actually arepretty clever. One African grey parrot in suburban Boston is said to have the cognitiveabilities of a five-year-old child. According to the study of Avian Learning Experiment,Alex is a 29-year-old bird that's been trained most of his life by Irene Pepperberg, Ph. D,a Harvard-educated professor now teaching at Brandeis University. Alex can identify 50different objects, seven colors, five shapes, and the concepts of bigger, smaller, sameand different. And Pepperberg says, "Alex also knew what was appropriate to say."Pepperberg insists that Alex makes reasoned decisions--meaning he possesseslanguage abilities once thought to separate humans from the rest of the animal kingdom.During an experiment in 2004, researchers gave Alex different-colored blocks in sets oftwo, three and six. When asked which color group had five blocks, Alex replied,"None" .And he repeated the answer in duplicate tests. although Alex had previouslylearned the term to describe the difference between two identically sized objects, heapparently interpreted the concept of "none" as an absence of quantity all on his own."The important thing was not just that he understood a zero-like, cancel" saysPepperberg, "but that he was able to take information from one area and apply it toanother. That's a lot like a high school student answering questions on a quiz show."What Alex has achieved makes him outstanding. If you Google his name plusAfrican grey parrot, you'll get 207,000 hits, almost as many as another knowledgeableAlex--Jeopardy!
21. It is said that an African grey parrot in Boston is___________
(A)as smart as a 29-year-old person
(B)as clever as a five-year-old child
(C)as bright as a high school student
(D)as intelligent as a Harvard professor

參考答案

答案：B
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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