概要： C. by sending the money to the seller D. by paying the deliveryman directly www.kgf8.com D Have you ever wondered why birds sing？ Maybe you thought that they were just happy. After all， you probably sing or whistle when you are happy. Some scientists believe that birds do sing some of the time just because they are happy. However， they sing most of the time for a very different reason. Their singing is act
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Have you ever wondered why birds sing？ Maybe you thought that they were just happy. After all， you probably sing or whistle when you are happy.
Some scientists believe that birds do sing some of the time just because they are happy. However， they sing most of the time for a very different reason. Their singing is actually a warning to other birds to stay out of their territory.
Do you know what a “territory” is？ A territory is an area that an animal ，usually the male， claims（声称）as its own .Only he and his family are welcome there .No other families of the same species（物种）are welcome .Your yard and house are your territory where only your family and friends are welcome. If a stranger should enter your territory and threaten you， you might shout. Probably this would be enough to frighten him away.
If so， you have actually scared the stranger away without having to fight him .A bird does the same thing. But he expects an outsider almost any time ，especially at nesting（筑巢）season. So he is screaming all the time， whether he can see an outsider or not. This screaming is what we call a bird‘s song， and it is usually enough to keep an outsider away.
Birds sing loudest in the spring when they are trying to attract a mate and warn others not to enter the territory of theirs.
You can see that birds have a language all their own. Most of it has to do with attracting mates and setting up territories.
52.Some scientists believe that most of the time birds‘ singing is actually______
A.an expression of happiness B.a way of warning
C.an expression of anger D.a way of greeting
53.What is a bird‘s “territory”？
A.A place where families of other species are not accepted.
B.A place where a bird may shout at the top of its voice.
C.An area for which birds fight against each other.
D. An area which a bird considers to be its own
54.Why do birds keep on singing at nesting season？
A.Because they want to invite more friends.
B.Because their singing helps frighten outsiders away.
C.Because they want to find outsiders around.
D.Because their singing helps get rid of their fears.
55.How does the writer explain birds‘ singing？
A.By comparing birds with human beings.
B.By reporting experiment results.
C.By describing birds‘ daily life.
D.By telling a bird‘s story. www.kgf8.com
E
The days of elderly women doing nothing but cooking huge meals on holidays are gone. Enter the Red Hat Society －a group holding the belief that old ladies should have fun.
“My grandmothers didn‘t do anything but keep house and serve everybody. They were programmed to do that，” said Emily Cornette， head of a chapter of the 7-year-old Red Hat Society.
While men have long spent their time fishing and playing golf， women have sometimes seemed to become unnoticed as they age. But the generation now turning 50 is the baby boomers（生育高峰期出生的人）， and the same people who refused their parents‘ way of being young are now trying a new way of growing old.
If you take into consideration feminism（女权主义）， a bit of spare money， and better health for most elderly， the Red Hat Society looks almost inevitable（必然的）。 In this society， women over 50 wear red hats and purple（紫色的） clothes， while the women under 50 wear pink hats and light purple clothing.
“The organization took the idea from a poem by Jenny Joseph that begins： ”When I am an old woman， I shall wear purple. With a red hat which doesn‘t go，“ said Ellen Cooper， who founded the Red Hat Society in 1998. When the ladies started to wear the red hats， they attracted lots of attention.
“The point of this is that we need a rest from always doing something for someone else，” Cooper said. “Women feel so ashamed and sorry when they do something for themselves.” This is why chapters are discouraged from raising money or doing anything useful. “We‘re a ladies’ play group. It couldn‘t be more simple，” added Cooper’s assistant Joe Heywood.
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