[不定项选择题]共用题干 Gorillas Have a Word for it
Koko is the first gorilla to have been taught sign language .With a vocabulary of more than 1,000 words,she is the first to prove we share a world with other intelligent beings who feel emo-tions,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 abil-ity 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—goril-las 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.Patterson 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 depres-sion 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! ______(50)
A.When a visitor asked her to show him something scary,she held up a mirror 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 humans:we share the same blood type,have the same number of hairs per square inch and al-so 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.

[不定项选择题]共用题干 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! ______(50)
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.

[不定项选择题]共用题干 Gorillas Have a Word for it
Koko is the first gorilla to have been taught sign language .With a vocabulary of more than 1,000 words,she is the first to prove we share a world with other intelligent beings who feel emo-tions,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 abil-ity 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—goril-las 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.Patterson 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 depres-sion 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! ______(49)
A.When a visitor asked her to show him something scary,she held up a mirror 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 humans:we share the same blood type,have the same number of hairs per square inch and al-so 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.

[不定项选择题]共用题干 Osteoporosis and Men
Mention the word osteoporosis in the manly world of testosterone（皋丸素）,
professional basketball and the XFL（美国最新的职业足球联合会）,and you're likely to get
a wave of the hand and a dismissive（轻蔑的）"That's a woman's disease."Not so. More
than 2 million American men have been found to have the thinning bones and skeletal（骨骼
的）weakness of osteoporosis（骨质疏松症）,and an additional 3 million are at an
increased risk of developing them.
It's true that osteoporosis strikes women with much greater frequency than men一in
some studies as much as four to six times as often.But that's no reason to brush it off as
"their"disease.It's a mere stroke of gender luck that men's bones tend to grow larger,
stronger and denser. Also paying dividends are those sports that boys(and,increasingly,
girls)play as children一running up and down basketbal}courts,soccer and baseball fields.
As it happens,physical activity is one of the more important ways to increase bone density
and protect bone health.
But even the most active men cannot ignore certain facts of life.All of us build up our
bones during the first three decades of life,typically reaching peak bone mass in the early
30s.Around the age of 35,we begin gradually to lose some of this bone mass.Women
ultimately give up between 30%to 50%.Though mass loss in men is lower,it still makes
us vulnerable to back pains and bone fractures.In fact,this year alone American men will
suffer as many as half a million osteoporosis-related breaks,mostly in the spine,hip and
wrist.These are not only painful;thousands die each year from fracture-related
complications.
For many of us,however,there's still time.of all the side effects of aging,
osteoporosis is one of the more preventable,through diet,exercise and changes in
lifestyle.The two key nutritional substances for bone health are calcium（钙）,which
makes bones stronger, and vitamin D,which helps the body absorb the calcium.
Exercising is also important,with emphasis on weight-bearing activities in which bones
and muscles work against gravity.Lifting weights and working out on resistance machines
can help preserve bone density.
Be careful about what's in your medicine cabinet.Prolonged use of some medications,
such as steroids（类固醇）,can weaken your bones. Smoking and drinking are both bad
for bones,as is prolonged weightlessness,for anybody who plans to work on the space
station. Weight loss is also bad for your bones.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned

[不定项选择题]共用题干 Changes in Museums
Museums have changed.They are no longer places that one"should"visit;they are places to enjoy and learn.
At a science museum in Ontario,Canada,you can feel your hair stand on end as harmless electricity passes through your body.At the Metropolitan（大城市的）Museum of Art in New York City , you can look at the seventeenth century instruments while listening to their music.At New York's American Museum of Natural History recently,you can help make a bone-by- bone reproduction of the museum's dinosaur（恐 龙）,a beast that lived 200 million years ago.
More and more museum directors are realizing that people learn best when they can somehow become part of what they are seeing.In many science museums,for example,there are no guided tours.The visitor is encouraged to touch,listen,operate,and experiment so as to discover scientific principles for himself. The purpose is not only to provide fun but also to help people feel at home in the world of science.The theory is that people who do not understand science will probably fear it,and those who fear science will not use it to best advantage.
One cause of all these changes is the increase in wealth and leisure time.Another cause is the rising percentage of young people in the population.Many of these young people are college students or college graduates.Leon F.Twiggs,a young black professor of art once said,"They see things in a new and different way.They are not satisfied to stand and look at works of art;they want art they can participate（参加）in."The same is true of science and history. In America today,all science museums are open to the public and free.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned