学历教育 - 英语考试
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第一篇
Cell Phones: Hang Up or Keep Talking?
Millions of people are using cell phones today.In many places it is actually considered unusual not to
use one.In many countries,cell phones are very popular with young people.They find that the phones are
more than a means of communication一having a mobile phone shows that they are cool and connected.
The explosions around the world in mobile phone use make some health professionals worried.Some
doctors are concerned that in the future many people may suffer health problems from the use of mobile
phones.In England,there has been a serious debate about this issue.Mobile phone companies are worried
about the negative publicity of such ideas.They say that there is no proof that mobile phones are bad for your
health.
On the other hand,why do some medical studies show changes in the brain cells of some people who use
mobile phones?Signs of change in the tissues of the brain and head can be detected with modern scanning
（扫描）equipment. In one case , a traveling salesman had to, retire at a young age because of serious memory
loss.He couldn't remember even simple tasks.He would often forget the name of his own son.This man
used to talk on his mobile phone for about six hours a day,every day of his working week,for a couple of
years.His family doctor blamed his mobile phone use,but his employer's doctor didn't agree.
What is it that makes mobile phones potentially harmful?The answer is radiation.High-tech machines
can detect very small amounts of radiation from mobile phones.Mobile phone companies agree that there is
some radiation,but they say the amount is too small to worry about.
As the discussion about their safety continues,it appears that it's best to use mobile phones less often.
Use your regular phone if you want to talk for a long time.Use your mobile phone only when you really need
it. Mobile phones can be very useful and convenient,especially in emergencies.In the future,mobile phones
may have a warning label that says they are bad for your health.So for now,it's wise not to use your mobile
phone too often.
The salesman retired young because_______________.
A:he disliked using mobile phones
B:he couldn't remember simple tasks
C:he was tired of talking on his mobile phone
D:his employer's doctor persuaded him to
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第一篇
Cell Phones: Hang Up or Keep Talking?
Millions of people are using cell phones today.In many places it is actually considered unusual not to
use one.In many countries,cell phones are very popular with young people.They find that the phones are
more than a means of communication一having a mobile phone shows that they are cool and connected.
The explosions around the world in mobile phone use make some health professionals worried.Some
doctors are concerned that in the future many people may suffer health problems from the use of mobile
phones.In England,there has been a serious debate about this issue.Mobile phone companies are worried
about the negative publicity of such ideas.They say that there is no proof that mobile phones are bad for your
health.
On the other hand,why do some medical studies show changes in the brain cells of some people who use
mobile phones?Signs of change in the tissues of the brain and head can be detected with modern scanning
（扫描）equipment. In one case , a traveling salesman had to, retire at a young age because of serious memory
loss.He couldn't remember even simple tasks.He would often forget the name of his own son.This man
used to talk on his mobile phone for about six hours a day,every day of his working week,for a couple of
years.His family doctor blamed his mobile phone use,but his employer's doctor didn't agree.
What is it that makes mobile phones potentially harmful?The answer is radiation.High-tech machines
can detect very small amounts of radiation from mobile phones.Mobile phone companies agree that there is
some radiation,but they say the amount is too small to worry about.
As the discussion about their safety continues,it appears that it's best to use mobile phones less often.
Use your regular phone if you want to talk for a long time.Use your mobile phone only when you really need
it. Mobile phones can be very useful and convenient,especially in emergencies.In the future,mobile phones
may have a warning label that says they are bad for your health.So for now,it's wise not to use your mobile
phone too often.
The salesman retired young because_______________.
A:he disliked using mobile phones
B:he couldn't remember simple tasks
C:he was tired of talking on his mobile phone
D:his employer's doctor persuaded him to
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Touring the Antarctic Brings Danger
1 Ship tourism to Antarctica is on the rise.More than 35,000 tourists are expected to visit Antarctica
this spring and summer. In 1992一1993,6,750 visited Antarctica,according to the Antarctic Treaty
Secretariat. All of this tourism,however,is posing great danger to both tourists and the environment.
2 Among the tourist ships that visit the continent,the Explorer,a Canadian ship,was one of the first.
Launched in 1969,it was built to ferry tourists to Antarctica.Last week,however,it became the first commer-
cial passenger ship to sink beneath the polar region's waters.Fortunately,all of the passengers and crew
members were evacuated（撤离）from the ship. However , the sunken ship threatens the Antarctic'S fragile
environment.The ship was estimated to be holding 48,000 gallons of marine diesel fuel.
3 The accident was not unanticipated.Both the US and the UK had warned at a conference of Antarc-
tic treaty nations in May that the tourism situation in the region was a potential disaster. The US said in a pa-
per,"People should take a hard look at tourism issues now,especially those related to vessel safety.""The
increasing number of ships operating in Antarctica means that ships are under greater pressures to meet the
time slots for visiting key sites,"the British government wrote in a paper at the meeting of treaty nations.
4 Although the Antarctic seas are relatively calm,floating ice poses a potential threat to ships.The
owner of the Explorer attributed the sinking to a fist-size hole in the hull created by ice.Many of the other
large cruise ships now visiting Antarctica have little or no ice reinforcement in their designs.Such ships
generally can only come to the continent at the height of summer. But the tourist rush is pushing vessels into
dangerous situations.
5 As a natural frontier,Antarctica is in a legal muddle.There are no obvious answers as to who is re-
sponsible for dealing with the threat that tourism may cause to human life and the environment.
6 Jim Barnes,executive director of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition,told the New York
Times,"There'S no military or coast guard for Antarctica."He asked,"Do we want this(the Antarctic)to
become Disneyland,or do we want some controls?"
Who is responsible for the Antarctic's threat is_________.
A:safe
B:being hit by floating ice
C:pollute the sea
D:foreseen
E:unclear
F:dealing with the threat
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Touring the Antarctic Brings Danger
1 Ship tourism to Antarctica is on the rise.More than 35,000 tourists are expected to visit Antarctica
this spring and summer. In 1992一1993,6,750 visited Antarctica,according to the Antarctic Treaty
Secretariat. All of this tourism,however,is posing great danger to both tourists and the environment.
2 Among the tourist ships that visit the continent,the Explorer,a Canadian ship,was one of the first.
Launched in 1969,it was built to ferry tourists to Antarctica.Last week,however,it became the first commer-
cial passenger ship to sink beneath the polar region's waters.Fortunately,all of the passengers and crew
members were evacuated（撤离）from the ship. However , the sunken ship threatens the Antarctic'S fragile
environment.The ship was estimated to be holding 48,000 gallons of marine diesel fuel.
3 The accident was not unanticipated.Both the US and the UK had warned at a conference of Antarc-
tic treaty nations in May that the tourism situation in the region was a potential disaster. The US said in a pa-
per,"People should take a hard look at tourism issues now,especially those related to vessel safety.""The
increasing number of ships operating in Antarctica means that ships are under greater pressures to meet the
time slots for visiting key sites,"the British government wrote in a paper at the meeting of treaty nations.
4 Although the Antarctic seas are relatively calm,floating ice poses a potential threat to ships.The
owner of the Explorer attributed the sinking to a fist-size hole in the hull created by ice.Many of the other
large cruise ships now visiting Antarctica have little or no ice reinforcement in their designs.Such ships
generally can only come to the continent at the height of summer. But the tourist rush is pushing vessels into
dangerous situations.
5 As a natural frontier,Antarctica is in a legal muddle.There are no obvious answers as to who is re-
sponsible for dealing with the threat that tourism may cause to human life and the environment.
6 Jim Barnes,executive director of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition,told the New York
Times,"There'S no military or coast guard for Antarctica."He asked,"Do we want this(the Antarctic)to
become Disneyland,or do we want some controls?"
Who is responsible for the Antarctic's threat is_________.
A:safe
B:being hit by floating ice
C:pollute the sea
D:foreseen
E:unclear
F:dealing with the threat
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Wide World of Robots
Engineers who build and program robots have fascinating jobs. These researchers tinker （修补）with machines in the lab and write computer software to control these devices.
“They're the best toys out there,” says Howie Choset at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Choset is a roboticist,a person who designs,builds or programs robots.
When Choset was a kid,he was interested in anything that moved一cars,trains,animals. He put motors on Tinkertoy cars to make them move. Later,in high school,he built mobile robots similar to small cars.
Hoping to continue working on robots,he studied computer science in college. But when he got to graduate school at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena,Choset's lab- mates were working on something even cooler than remotely controlled cars:robotic snakes. Some robots can move only forward,backward,left and right. But snakes can twist（扭曲）in many directions and travel over a lot of different types of terrain（地形）.“Snakes are far more interesting than the cars,”Choset concluded.
After he started working at Carnegie Mellon,Choset and his colleagues there began developing their own snake robots.Choset's team programmed robots to perform the same movements as real snakes,such as sliding and inching forward. The robots also moved in ways that snakes usually don't, such as rolling. Choset's snake robots could crawl（爬行） through the grass,swim in a pond and even climb a flagpole.
But Choset wondered if his snakes might be useful for medicine as well. For some heart surgeries,the doctor has to open a patient's chest,cutting through the breastbone. Recovering from these surgeries can be very painful. What if the doctor could perform the operation by instead making a small hole in the body and sending in a thin robotic snake?
Choset teamed up with Marco Zenati,a heart surgeon now at Harvard Medical School,to investigate the idea. Zenati practiced using the robot on a plastic model of the chest and then tested the robot in pigs.
A company called Medrobotics in Boston is now adapting the technology to surgeries on people.
Even after 15 years of working with his team's creations,”I still don't get bored of watching the motion of my robots,”Choset says.
Choset's snake robots could make more movements than the ones others developed.
A: Right
B: Wrong
C: Not mentioned
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Wide World of Robots
Engineers who build and program robots have fascinating jobs. These researchers tinker （修补）with machines in the lab and write computer software to control these devices.
“They're the best toys out there,” says Howie Choset at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Choset is a roboticist,a person who designs,builds or programs robots.
When Choset was a kid,he was interested in anything that moved一cars,trains,animals. He put motors on Tinkertoy cars to make them move. Later,in high school,he built mobile robots similar to small cars.
Hoping to continue working on robots,he studied computer science in college. But when he got to graduate school at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena,Choset's lab- mates were working on something even cooler than remotely controlled cars:robotic snakes. Some robots can move only forward,backward,left and right. But snakes can twist（扭曲）in many directions and travel over a lot of different types of terrain（地形）.“Snakes are far more interesting than the cars,”Choset concluded.
After he started working at Carnegie Mellon,Choset and his colleagues there began developing their own snake robots.Choset's team programmed robots to perform the same movements as real snakes,such as sliding and inching forward. The robots also moved in ways that snakes usually don't, such as rolling. Choset's snake robots could crawl（爬行） through the grass,swim in a pond and even climb a flagpole.
But Choset wondered if his snakes might be useful for medicine as well. For some heart surgeries,the doctor has to open a patient's chest,cutting through the breastbone. Recovering from these surgeries can be very painful. What if the doctor could perform the operation by instead making a small hole in the body and sending in a thin robotic snake?
Choset teamed up with Marco Zenati,a heart surgeon now at Harvard Medical School,to investigate the idea. Zenati practiced using the robot on a plastic model of the chest and then tested the robot in pigs.
A company called Medrobotics in Boston is now adapting the technology to surgeries on people.
Even after 15 years of working with his team's creations,”I still don't get bored of watching the motion of my robots,”Choset says.
Choset's snake robots could make more movements than the ones others developed.
A: Right
B: Wrong
C: Not mentioned
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The Biology of Music
Humans use music as a powerful way to communicate.It may also play an important role in love.But what is music,and how does it work its magic?Science does not yet have all the answers.
What are two things that make humans different from animals?One is language,and the other is music.It is true that some animals can sing(and many birds sing better than a lot of people).However,the songs of animals,such as birds and whales,are very limited.It is also true that humans,not animals,have developed musical instruments.
Music is strange stuff.It is clearly different from language.However,people can use music to communicate things-especially their emotions.When music is combined with speech in a song,it is a very powerful form of communication.But,biologically speaking,what is music?
If music is truly different from speech,then we should process music and language in different parts of the brain.The scientific evidence suggests that this is true.
Sometimes people who , suffer brain damage lose their ability to process language.However,they don't automatically（自动地）lose their musical abilities.For example , Vissarion Shebalin , a Russian composer , had a stroke（中风）in 1953.It injured the left side of his brain.He could no longer speak or understand speech.He could,however,still compose music until his death ten years later.On the other hand,sometimes strokes cause people to lose their musical ability,but they can still speak and understand speech.This shows that the brain processes music and language separately.
By studying the physical effects of music on the body,scientists have also learned a lot about how music influences the emotions.But why does music have such a strong effect on us?That is a harder question to answer.Geoffrey Miller,a researcher at University College,London,thinks that music and love have a strong connection.Music requires special talent,practice,and physical ability.That's why it may be a way of showing your fitness to be someone's mate.For example,singing in tune or playing a musical instrument requires fine muscular control.You also need a good memory to remember the notes（音符）.And playing or singing those notes correctly suggests that your hearing is in excellent condition.Finally,when a man sings to the woman he loves(or vice versa),it may be a way of showing off.
However,Miller's theory still doesn't explain why certain combinations of sounds influence our emotions so deeply.For scientists,this is clearly an area that needs further research.
Music can NOT be used______.
A:as an efficient way to communicate
B:as an effective tool to perform magic tricks
C:to successfully seek after a lover
D:to influence the emotions of humans
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The Biology of Music
Humans use music as a powerful way to communicate.It may also play an important role in love.But what is music,and how does it work its magic?Science does not yet have all the answers.
What are two things that make humans different from animals?One is language,and the other is music.It is true that some animals can sing(and many birds sing better than a lot of people).However,the songs of animals,such as birds and whales,are very limited.It is also true that humans,not animals,have developed musical instruments.
Music is strange stuff.It is clearly different from language.However,people can use music to communicate things-especially their emotions.When music is combined with speech in a song,it is a very powerful form of communication.But,biologically speaking,what is music?
If music is truly different from speech,then we should process music and language in different parts of the brain.The scientific evidence suggests that this is true.
Sometimes people who , suffer brain damage lose their ability to process language.However,they don't automatically（自动地）lose their musical abilities.For example , Vissarion Shebalin , a Russian composer , had a stroke（中风）in 1953.It injured the left side of his brain.He could no longer speak or understand speech.He could,however,still compose music until his death ten years later.On the other hand,sometimes strokes cause people to lose their musical ability,but they can still speak and understand speech.This shows that the brain processes music and language separately.
By studying the physical effects of music on the body,scientists have also learned a lot about how music influences the emotions.But why does music have such a strong effect on us?That is a harder question to answer.Geoffrey Miller,a researcher at University College,London,thinks that music and love have a strong connection.Music requires special talent,practice,and physical ability.That's why it may be a way of showing your fitness to be someone's mate.For example,singing in tune or playing a musical instrument requires fine muscular control.You also need a good memory to remember the notes（音符）.And playing or singing those notes correctly suggests that your hearing is in excellent condition.Finally,when a man sings to the woman he loves(or vice versa),it may be a way of showing off.
However,Miller's theory still doesn't explain why certain combinations of sounds influence our emotions so deeply.For scientists,this is clearly an area that needs further research.
Music can NOT be used______.
A:as an efficient way to communicate
B:as an effective tool to perform magic tricks
C:to successfully seek after a lover
D:to influence the emotions of humans
Safety is always my primary concern.
A:secondary
B:least
C:last
D:chief
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A:secondary
B:least
C:last
D:chief
At 80,Peck was still vigorous and living in Paris.
A:happy
B:alone
C:busy
D:energetic
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A:happy
B:alone
C:busy
D:energetic
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Mad Scientist Stereotype Outdated
Do people still imagine a physicist as a bearded man in glasses or has the image of the
mad scientist changed?The Institute of Physics set out to find out whether the stereotype of
a physics"boffin"（科学家）still exists by conducting a survey on shoppers in London. The
people were asked to identify the physicist from a photograph of a line-up of possible
suspects.98 percent of those asked got it wrong.The majority of people picked a white
male of around 60,wearing glasses and with a white beard.
While this stereotype may have been the image of an average physicist fifty years ago,
the reality is now very different. Since 1 960 the number of young women entering physics
has doubled and the average age of a physicist is now 31.
The stereotype of the absent-minded scientist has lasted a long time because the media
and Hollywood help promote the image of men in white lab coats with glasses sitting by
blackboards full of equations（等式）or working with fizzing（嘶嘶响）test tubes. These
stereotypes are really damaging to society.Very good school children are put off studying
science because they don't see people like themselves on television or in magazines doing
science.They simply don't relate to the media's image of the mad scientist.
This is one reason why fewer young people are choosing to do science at university.If
we want to encourage more young people to study science subjects,we need to change
this image of the scientist and make science careers more attractive.But we must also
develop children's interest in science.
In an attempt to change this negative image,an increasing number of science festivals
are being organized.Thousands of people from secondary schools are also encouraged to
take part in nationwide science competitions of which the most popular are the national
science Olympiads.Winning national teams then get the opportunity to take part in the
International Science Olympiads which are held in a different country every year.These
events are all interesting for the young people who take part but they only involve a small
proportion of students who are already interested in science.It seems that there is a long
way to go before science becomes attractive as subjects like computer studies or fashion
and design.
There will be more women scientists than men scientists in the future.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned
查看答案
Mad Scientist Stereotype Outdated
Do people still imagine a physicist as a bearded man in glasses or has the image of the
mad scientist changed?The Institute of Physics set out to find out whether the stereotype of
a physics"boffin"（科学家）still exists by conducting a survey on shoppers in London. The
people were asked to identify the physicist from a photograph of a line-up of possible
suspects.98 percent of those asked got it wrong.The majority of people picked a white
male of around 60,wearing glasses and with a white beard.
While this stereotype may have been the image of an average physicist fifty years ago,
the reality is now very different. Since 1 960 the number of young women entering physics
has doubled and the average age of a physicist is now 31.
The stereotype of the absent-minded scientist has lasted a long time because the media
and Hollywood help promote the image of men in white lab coats with glasses sitting by
blackboards full of equations（等式）or working with fizzing（嘶嘶响）test tubes. These
stereotypes are really damaging to society.Very good school children are put off studying
science because they don't see people like themselves on television or in magazines doing
science.They simply don't relate to the media's image of the mad scientist.
This is one reason why fewer young people are choosing to do science at university.If
we want to encourage more young people to study science subjects,we need to change
this image of the scientist and make science careers more attractive.But we must also
develop children's interest in science.
In an attempt to change this negative image,an increasing number of science festivals
are being organized.Thousands of people from secondary schools are also encouraged to
take part in nationwide science competitions of which the most popular are the national
science Olympiads.Winning national teams then get the opportunity to take part in the
International Science Olympiads which are held in a different country every year.These
events are all interesting for the young people who take part but they only involve a small
proportion of students who are already interested in science.It seems that there is a long
way to go before science becomes attractive as subjects like computer studies or fashion
and design.
There will be more women scientists than men scientists in the future.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned
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Europa's Watery Underworld
Europa,one of Jupiter's 63 known moons,looks bright and icy on the surface.But appearances can be
deceiving:Miles within its cracked,frigid shell,Europa probably hides giant pools of liquid water. Where
scientists find liquid water,they hope to find life as well.
Since we can't go diving into Europa's depths just yet,scientists instead have to investigate the moon's
surface for clues to what lies beneath.In a new study,scientists investigated one group of strange ice patterns
on Europa and concluded that the formations mark the top of an underground pool that holds as much water
as the U.S.Great Lakes.
Pictures of Europa,which is slightly smaller than Earth's moon,clearly show a tangled,icy mishmash
of lines and cracks known as"chaos terrains".These chaotic places cover more than half of Europa. For
more than 10 years,scientists have wondered what causes the formations.The new study suggests that they
arise from the mixing of vast underground stores of liquid water with icy material near the surface.
For scientists who suspect that Europa also may be hiding life beneath its icy surface,the news about
the new lake is exciting.
"It would be great if these lakes harbored life,"Britney Schmidt,a planetary scientist who worked on
the study,told Science News."But even if they didn't,they say that Europa is doing something interesting
and active right now."
Schmidt,a scientist at the University of Texas at Austin,and her colleagues wanted to know how chaos
terrains form.Since they couldn't rocket to Europa to see for themselves,they searched for similar forma-
tions here on Earth.They studied collapsed ice shelves in Antarctica and icy caps on volcanoes in Iceland.
Those features on Earth formed when liquid water mixed with ice.The scientists now suspect something
similar might be happening on Europa:that as water and ice of different temperatures mingle and shift,the
surface fractures.This would explain the jumbled ice sculptures.
"Fracturing catastrophically disrupts the ice in the same way that it causes ice shelves to collapse on
Earth,"Schmidt told Science News.She and her team found that the process could be causing chaos terrains
to form quickly on Europa.
The new study suggests that on this moon,elements such as oxygen from the surface blend with the
deep bodies of water. That mixture may create an environment that supports life.
Schmidt and her colleagues are the first group of scientists reaching Europa.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned
查看答案
Europa's Watery Underworld
Europa,one of Jupiter's 63 known moons,looks bright and icy on the surface.But appearances can be
deceiving:Miles within its cracked,frigid shell,Europa probably hides giant pools of liquid water. Where
scientists find liquid water,they hope to find life as well.
Since we can't go diving into Europa's depths just yet,scientists instead have to investigate the moon's
surface for clues to what lies beneath.In a new study,scientists investigated one group of strange ice patterns
on Europa and concluded that the formations mark the top of an underground pool that holds as much water
as the U.S.Great Lakes.
Pictures of Europa,which is slightly smaller than Earth's moon,clearly show a tangled,icy mishmash
of lines and cracks known as"chaos terrains".These chaotic places cover more than half of Europa. For
more than 10 years,scientists have wondered what causes the formations.The new study suggests that they
arise from the mixing of vast underground stores of liquid water with icy material near the surface.
For scientists who suspect that Europa also may be hiding life beneath its icy surface,the news about
the new lake is exciting.
"It would be great if these lakes harbored life,"Britney Schmidt,a planetary scientist who worked on
the study,told Science News."But even if they didn't,they say that Europa is doing something interesting
and active right now."
Schmidt,a scientist at the University of Texas at Austin,and her colleagues wanted to know how chaos
terrains form.Since they couldn't rocket to Europa to see for themselves,they searched for similar forma-
tions here on Earth.They studied collapsed ice shelves in Antarctica and icy caps on volcanoes in Iceland.
Those features on Earth formed when liquid water mixed with ice.The scientists now suspect something
similar might be happening on Europa:that as water and ice of different temperatures mingle and shift,the
surface fractures.This would explain the jumbled ice sculptures.
"Fracturing catastrophically disrupts the ice in the same way that it causes ice shelves to collapse on
Earth,"Schmidt told Science News.She and her team found that the process could be causing chaos terrains
to form quickly on Europa.
The new study suggests that on this moon,elements such as oxygen from the surface blend with the
deep bodies of water. That mixture may create an environment that supports life.
Schmidt and her colleagues are the first group of scientists reaching Europa.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned
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Gorillas Have a Word for It
Koko is the first gorilla to have been taught sign language(a way of communicating by using hands and fingers rather than speech).With a vocabulary of more than 1000 words,she is the first to prove we share a world with other intelligent beings who feel emotions,look forward to celebrations and also have a sense of humour.
The 30-year study of Koko has redefined science's concept of gorilla intelligence.
______(46).But what had not been recognised by the scientific community was that gorillas have the ability to learn a language and have complex emotions.
Koko lives in the Santa Cruz mountains in North America,in a wooded spot overlooking a valley.______(47).She has a barrel on which she likes to sit when‘talking'to humans-gorillas feel more secure when they can look down on others-while her toys are spread everywhere.
In addition she has an outside enclosure where she spends her days when it is not raining.
It is her conversations with her teacher, Dr. Penny Patterson,that are inspiring. Penny explains:The reality of my discovery is that our abilities as humans,our skills,sensibilities and emotions are very similar to the great apes.______(48).
When she began teaching Koko sign language,placing the little fingers of the one-year-old gorilla into the correct positions for‘drink’,‘eat’,‘more’,and rewarding her with food,Dr.
Patterson had no idea how quickly Koko would learn."At first,it seemed Koko was using sign language as a tool to get something,"says Patterson."It became the kind of reward system that you could expect of a cat or a dog. But early in her training,she began to combine signs that made me think she was capable of more."______(49).For example,she didn't know the word for‘ring’,so she combined the signs for‘finger’and‘bracelet’to express it.
Dr. Patterson continues:"Koko loves babies and young people.And when she is asked what gorillas like best,she always says'Gorilla love eat,good'."One of Patterson's favourite stories demonstrates Koko's sense of humour.______(50).
From the age of three,Koko shared her accommodation with Michael who was intended as a mate .However,Michael died suddenly two years ago of a heart attack."Koko went into a de- pression following Michael's death,"says Patterson."She would sit for hours with her head hung low looking upset."
Dr. Patterson asked her if she was looking forward to moving to Hawaii,where Patterson is raising money to build a gorilla refuge.Koko signed"Yes",provided she could have curtains in her new home!
______(46)
A: When a visitor asked her to show him something scary,she held up a minor to his face!
B: Language studies had been made using chimpanzees before,but never with a gorilla.
C: According to some scientists,genetically there is only a 2%difference between gorillas and bumans:we share the same blood type,have the same number of hairs per square inch and also the same temperament.
D: She has her own home,with curtains,and a nest of blankets,which is her bed,in one corner.
E: What we have learnt is that gorillas are more complex than we ever imagined.
F: Now Koko is so proficient in sign language that if she doesn't know a word she invents one.
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Gorillas Have a Word for It
Koko is the first gorilla to have been taught sign language(a way of communicating by using hands and fingers rather than speech).With a vocabulary of more than 1000 words,she is the first to prove we share a world with other intelligent beings who feel emotions,look forward to celebrations and also have a sense of humour.
The 30-year study of Koko has redefined science's concept of gorilla intelligence.
______(46).But what had not been recognised by the scientific community was that gorillas have the ability to learn a language and have complex emotions.
Koko lives in the Santa Cruz mountains in North America,in a wooded spot overlooking a valley.______(47).She has a barrel on which she likes to sit when‘talking'to humans-gorillas feel more secure when they can look down on others-while her toys are spread everywhere.
In addition she has an outside enclosure where she spends her days when it is not raining.
It is her conversations with her teacher, Dr. Penny Patterson,that are inspiring. Penny explains:The reality of my discovery is that our abilities as humans,our skills,sensibilities and emotions are very similar to the great apes.______(48).
When she began teaching Koko sign language,placing the little fingers of the one-year-old gorilla into the correct positions for‘drink’,‘eat’,‘more’,and rewarding her with food,Dr.
Patterson had no idea how quickly Koko would learn."At first,it seemed Koko was using sign language as a tool to get something,"says Patterson."It became the kind of reward system that you could expect of a cat or a dog. But early in her training,she began to combine signs that made me think she was capable of more."______(49).For example,she didn't know the word for‘ring’,so she combined the signs for‘finger’and‘bracelet’to express it.
Dr. Patterson continues:"Koko loves babies and young people.And when she is asked what gorillas like best,she always says'Gorilla love eat,good'."One of Patterson's favourite stories demonstrates Koko's sense of humour.______(50).
From the age of three,Koko shared her accommodation with Michael who was intended as a mate .However,Michael died suddenly two years ago of a heart attack."Koko went into a de- pression following Michael's death,"says Patterson."She would sit for hours with her head hung low looking upset."
Dr. Patterson asked her if she was looking forward to moving to Hawaii,where Patterson is raising money to build a gorilla refuge.Koko signed"Yes",provided she could have curtains in her new home!
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A: When a visitor asked her to show him something scary,she held up a minor to his face!
B: Language studies had been made using chimpanzees before,but never with a gorilla.
C: According to some scientists,genetically there is only a 2%difference between gorillas and bumans:we share the same blood type,have the same number of hairs per square inch and also the same temperament.
D: She has her own home,with curtains,and a nest of blankets,which is her bed,in one corner.
E: What we have learnt is that gorillas are more complex than we ever imagined.
F: Now Koko is so proficient in sign language that if she doesn't know a word she invents one.
She longed for a chance to speak to Tom in private.
A: preferred
B: wanted
C: chose
D: asked for
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A: preferred
B: wanted
C: chose
D: asked for