1、大学六级-809 及答案解析(总分：712.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Writing(总题数：1，分数：106.00)1.写博客的好处;2. 写博客存在的问题;3. 你的看法。Blog Writing（分数：106.00）_二、Part Reading Compr(总题数：1，分数：70.00)Animal EinsteinsWhen it comes to intelligence, human beings are the top dogs of the animal kingdom. Or so we tell ourselves. But in recent years
2、, scientists have been documenting surprising intelligence and emotional depth in animals ranging from humble honeybees to thundering elephants. Through studies in labs and in the wild, researchers have found animals communicating complex ideas, solving problems, using tools and expressing their fee
3、lings behaviors once thought to be uniquely human.The intelligence were talking about is more than, say, training a dog to detect cancer in humans, a feat that may save many lives. Its the ability of the animal to use an innate trait for a complex purpose. Here are, some amazing examples.Artistic Mo
4、nkey BusinessWhen Janet Schmid became executive director of the Little River Zoo in Norman, Oklahoma, in 1996, she learned a lot about the intelligence of monkeys. She and her husband adopted a young male who had a naughty personality, and named him Mr. Bailey. The monkey particularly liked taking c
5、ar rides, insisting that he insert the ignition key and ride shotgun in the passengers seat. “He loved to duck below the window as wed come to an intersection“, Schmid recalls, “When wed stop, hed jump up and laugh at the car next to us, just to get a rise out Of the passengers“.Now 12 years old, Mr
6、. Bailey has become an avid painter. He uses a variety of brush strokes to create colorful, abstract canvases and, like any temperamental artist, prefers not to be disturbed while creating his art. “Hell paint steadily for almost an hour and wont let anyone interrupt him until he puts down his brush
7、“, says Schmid. “Hes amazing to watch bemuse you can tell theres a thought process occurring. When we raised him, we quit watching TV because be was so entertaining“.Ivy League ParrotThe term birdbrain is considered an insult, but some birds actually are pretty brainy. One African grey parrot in sub
8、urban Boston is said to have the cognitive abilities of a five-year-old child. Alex (for Avian Learning Experiment) is a 29-year-old bird thats been tutored most of his life by Irene Pepperberg, PhD, a Harvard-educated professor now teaching at Brandeis University. Alex can identify 50 different obj
9、ects, seven colors, five shapes, quantities up to six, and the concepts of bigger, smaller, same and different. “And he said, Im tarry“, reports Pepperberg. “He knew what was appropriate to say“.Pepperberg insists that Alex makes reasoned decisions meaning he possesses language abilities once though
10、t to separate humans from the rest of the animal kingdom. During an experiment in 2004, researchers gave Alex different-colored blocks in sets of two, three and six. When asked which color group bed five blocks, Alex replied, “None“. And he repeated the answer in duplicate tests. Although Alex had p
11、reviously learned the term to describe the difference between two identically sized objects, he apparently 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 concept“, says Pepperberg, “but that he was able to t
12、ake information from one domain and apply it to another. Thats a lot like a high school student answering questions on a quiz show“.Such feats have made Alex a celebrity.Cultured Orangutans (猩猩)Because orangutans and humans share 97 percent of the same DNA, its no surprise that the primates exhibit
13、impressive brainpower. Take Chantek, a 28-year-old living in Zoo Atlanta. Raised like a human child by anthropologist H. Lyn Miles, PhD, Chantek learned to use a toilet, clean his room and receive an allowance, which he spent on trips to McDonalds. Today he knows more than 150 words in sign language
14、 and can comprehend spoken English. Likened to a four-year-old child, he can also make necklaces, play Simon Says, and sign that he wants a car ride to the park.“We can have a conversation and play games together“, says Miles, a professor of anthropology at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
15、. “He might sign bed sleep hug if he wants a nighttime hug before going to sleep“; Miles says Chantek has even invented some new words, signing “tomato toothpaste“ for ketchup, and “eye drink“ for contact lens solution. Chantek calls himself an “orangutan person“ to distinguish himself from others.E
16、motional ElephantsKnown for their legendary memories, elephants also exhibit jumbo-sized compassion. When one elephant in a herd is slowed from injury, the rest will wait until it-catches up. And if an elephant gets stuck in a mud hole, others help. “Theyll try to get under the elephant like a forkl
17、ift“, says Marc Bekoff, PhD, a professor of animal behavior at the University of Colorado in Boulder. “Then theyll push it out“.Bekoff, author of Animal Passions and Beastly Virtues, notes that after an elephant dies, the others in its herd will grieve. He observed a group of elephants in northern K
18、enya after the death of their matriarch. “They were just moping (闷闷不乐) around with their heads and tails low“, says Bekoff. “Clearly they were in mourning“.Elephants also demonstrated their sensitivity and compassion before the 2OO4 tsunami slammed into the coast of Thailand. Eyewitnesses reported t
19、hat elephants were screaming and running for higher ground. But on the way, they used their trunks to scoop up and save about a dozen tourists.Buzzing Prodigies (天才)Its hard to imagine something as small as a bug having much in the brain department. But the humble honeybee possesses the second-most
20、complex language, after humans. When a honeybee returns to a hive after dining on flower nectar, it performs a complex waggle dance to tell other bees whether the meal is worth a trip. “The honeybee can send 10,000 messages, providing the distance, direction and quantity of food“, says James Gould,
21、PhD, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Princeton University. “Not even chimps or dolphins can say as many things“.Some critics argue that bee dances reflect innate behavior rather than intelligence, but Gould insists that the bees are brainy. If they sense a storm coming, theyll sto
22、p their dance so other bees wont get caught in the rain while searching for food. And when theyre looking for a new home, honeybee scouts whove found a dry spot will suddenly change their dance if an observer pours a glass of water inside. “Theyre a lot like people judging whether to buy a house“, s
23、ays Gould.Smart SuckersOctopuses may be spineless, but theyre not brainless. At the Seattle Aquarium, marine biologist Roland Anderson, PhD, reports that giant, Pacific octopuses (GPOs) are not only intelligent creatures but also leaded with personality. One female was named Emily Dickinson because
24、she was so shy she used to hide in a narrow space behind the tanks backdrop. A frisky male became Leisure Suit Larry, due to his fondness for groping volunteers who wandered too close to his tank. “If he were a man, hed have been cited for sexual harassment“, says Anderson.Last year, Anderson devise
25、d an unusual intelligence test. He put some small fish into a plastic jar with a wide-mouth screw top and gave them to seven different GPOs. Most of the octopuses had trouble opening the jars. But after Anderson drilled holes in the jar tops so the GPOs could smell the small fish, the octopuses perf
26、ormed better. Then he coated the outside of the jars with fr6sen fish to keep the GPOs interest, and this time, they quickly opened the lids. “A sign of their intelligence“, says Anderson.Creative DolphinsAs far back as Aristotle, dolphins have been known as wise guardians of the sea, protecting sai
27、lors from sharks and guiding ships to land. Whats more impressive is dolphins ability to communicate with each other, especially over vast distances. Dolphins emit high-pitched whistles to converse with other dolphins they cant see.Some also can understand sign language. At the University of Hawaiis
28、 Dolphin Institute, trainers taught a female named Akeakamai the meaning of words and the word order of sentences. So when trainers signed “person surfboard fetch“, Akeakamai knew to “take the surfboard to the person“. And when the trainers switched the gestures to say “surfboard person fetch“, the
29、dolphin knew she had to “take the person to the surfboard“.In a show of dolphins inventiveness, trainers may gesture “create tandem“, and a pair of dolphins will perform a series of moves in synchrony. “They may swim in a circle, leap out of the water in a spinning motion and spit water out of their
30、 mouths together“, says Louis Herman, PhD, director of the Dolphin Institute. “We never know what theyll do. And to this day, researchers are uncertain how the dolphins tell each other what moves theyll display“.（分数：70.00）(1).Such behaviors as communicating complex ideas and using tools are not uniq
31、ue to human any more.（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_(2).Monkey Bailey once lived in Little River Zoo.（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_(3).Among the animals referred to in the passage, monkey is the most intelligent.（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_(4).Mr. Bailey, the “monkey artist“, prefers to finish its drawing with the help of others.（分数：7.00）填
32、空项 1:_(5).The term birdbrain is used to describe _ people.（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_(6).The orangutans DNA is _ to the humans.（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_(7).Chantek, the “orangutan person“, signs “tomato toothpaste“ and “eye drink“ for _ respectively.（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_(8).Elephants mourn for the dead by _.（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_
33、(9).About the buzzing prodigies, people argue _.（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_(10).It is reported by Roland Anderson that the GPOs are filled with _.（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_三、Part Listening Com(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、Section A(总题数：3，分数：105.00)Questions 11 to 18 are based on the conversation you have just heard.（分数：56.00）(1).A)
34、The black one. C) The big one.B) The white one. D) The one with a bigger yard.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(2).A) She is drawing. C) She is depositing money in the bank.B) She is getting some money from the bank. D) She is .saving someone.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(3).A) She has bought a new one. C) She has only an old
35、one.B) Her brother has just given her one. D) She has none at present.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.A.The woman is the mans boss.B.The man is the womans husband.C.The woman is the teacher of the child.D.The woman wants to know something about a student.(5).A) He wants to quit the class too. C) He made great effo
36、rts in learning to swim.B) He knows nothing about swimming. D) He teaches swimming.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(6).A) Cowardly. C) Lazy.B) Curious. D) Courageous.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.A.She wants to leave the theatre before the movie is over.B.She doesnt know the way to the theatre.C.She wants to go early to avoid
37、the traffic jam.D.She usually goes home at eight.(8).A) It was too small. C) It was too expensive.B) It was too loose. D) She doesnt like the style.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.（分数：21.00）(1).A) A business transact. C) The mans life.B) A get-to
38、gether. D) The newly born baby.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.A.The business doesnt go very smoothly.B.The man has some trouble on his way here.C.The boss is not happy with the speech.D.The mans wife had a hard time giving birth.A.The man is not going to have a second baby.B.The man might stay at home more and mo
39、re.C.The baby girl takes after the man in the appearance.D.The mans colleagues have bought something as gifts.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.（分数：28.00）(1).A) Their colleague. C) A job vacancy.B) Their job. D) A want ad.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(2).A) 15. C) 100.B) 10. D
40、) 150.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(3).A) A responsible and independent person. C) One with initiative and a lot of experience.B) A dynamic and diligent person. D) A man with articulacy.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(4).A) Being initiative. C) Being dynamic.B) Being able to lead a team. D) Being able to prettily use power.（
41、分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.五、Section B(总题数：3，分数：70.00)Passage OneQuestions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.（分数：21.00）A.The problems faced by leaders.B.How leadership differs in small and large groups.C.How social groups determine who will lead them.D.The role of leaders in social groups.A
42、.Person who is an effective leader of a particular group may not be an effective leader in another group.B.Few people succeed in sharing a leadership role with another person.C.A person can best learn how to be an effective leader by studying research on leadership.D.Most people desire to be leaders
43、 but can produce little evidence of their qualifications.A.Few people qualify as “natural leaders“.B.There is no proof that “natural leaders“ exist.C.“Natural leaders“ are easily accepted by the members of a group.D.“Natural leaders“ share a similar set of characteristics.Passage TwoQuestions 29 to
44、31 are based on the passage you have just heard.（分数：21.00）A.Children are unable to analyze and judge advertisements.B.Children are unable to give consent since they are too young.C.Children often give off information that may be dangerous to them.D.Children are not ready to evaluate advertisements o
45、r information requests.A.There is no actual sales take place.B.It is up to parents to monitor their children.C.Children understand what an advertisement is trying to do.D.Children are provided a game in return for the information.A.Advertising to children must stop.B.A liberal view in advertising is
46、 unprincipled.C.Advertising to children must have a clear purpose.D.Children must be treated differently when advertising.Passage ThreeQuestions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.（分数：28.00）A.It informs job hunters of the opportunities available.B.It offers useful advice and write
47、s resumes for those looking for employment.C.It divides available jobs into various types.D.It informs employers of the people available for workA.There is a lack of jobs available for artistic people.B.There are so many top-level jobs available.C.There are so many people out of work.D.The job histo
48、ry is considered to be a work of art.A.The job hunters had to write an initial letter giving their life history.B.The job hunters had to pass some exams before applying for a job.C.The job hunters had to show qualifications in reading and writing.D.The job hunters had to keep providing detailed information until they obtained an interview.A.There has been an increase in the number of jobs advertised.B.There has been an increase in the number of applicants with degrees.C.Jobs are becoming much more complicated nowadays.D.The other processes of appl
