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First,Bruce selects the proper too,rolling pebbles()around in his mouth with his tongue andspitting out candidates until he finds one he likes,usually something pointy.Next,he holds the pebblebetween his tongue and lower beak.Then,he picks through his feathers."It's crazy because the behavior was not there from the wild,"Bastos says.Bruce was too young to havelearned how to preen when he arrived at Willowbank.No other bird in the reserve uses pebbles in this way."Itseems like he just innovated this tool use for himself.It demonstrates a really flexible intelligence because itmeans he's been able to create his own solution to a problem unique to him,"Bastos says.24.What do we know from the first two paragraphs?A.Bruce was born in a reserve.B.Bruce has a physical disability.C.Keas are an endangered species.D.New Zealand is the only habitat of keas25What did the researchers initially think of Bruces behavior?A.It was normal.B.It was dangerous.B6.C.It was very strange.D.It was totally unacceptableWhat does paragraph 5 mainly talk about?A.What led to Bruce's special behavior.B.How Bruce uses tools to preen himself.C.Why Bruce needs to keep feathers clean.D.How zookeepers rescued Bruce from danger.Which of the following can best describe Bruce according to Bastos?A.A creative player.B.An innovative partnerC.A smart problem-solver.D.An ambitious self-starter.CResearchers at the Universite de Montreal have found that our favorite music,particularly the emotionsbrought on by listening to bittersweet music,might be an effective,drug-free way of lowering our perceptionof pain.Music has long been known to have a hypoalgesie effeet,meaning that it causes a decreased sensitivity topainful stimuli().But to test which kind of musie was most effective for reducing pain,63 participantsreceived moderately painful heat stimuli to the inner forearm,resulting in a sensation similar to a hot teacupbeing held against the skin.The pain was paired with short-pieces of music,each lasting around sevenminutes.Listening to their favorite music strongly reduced pain intensity and unpleasantness in participants,compared to control tracks or silence.Unfamiliar relaxing tracks did not have the same effect.The researchers then interviewed participants about their favorite songs and conducted an analysis aboutfour themes related to categories of emotional experience:energizing/activating,happy/cheerful,calming/relaxing,and moving/bittersweet.They wanted to see whether emotion themes could modulate thehypoalgesic effect of favorite music."We found that reports of moving or bittersweet emotional experiencesseem to result in lower ratings of pain unpleasantness,which was driven by more intense enjoyment of themusic and more musical chills,"said Valevicius.While they don't define"musical chills"in their paper,the researchers point to previous neurologicalstudies that suggest a dopamine()pathway in the brain may be fundamental to both the enjoyment ofmusic and music-induced chills.In some people,the researchers say,chills can appear as a tingling sensation,shivers,or goosebumps.28.What is the common view about music?A.It has a pain-decreasing effect.B.It can enhance brain development.C.It is a universal language of mankind.D.It may reduce feelings of pressure and depression.What does the underlined word"modulate"in paragraph 4 probably mean?B.Improve.C.Judge.D.Adjust.A.Ruin高二下学期期末考试·英语第4页（共8页）
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