大学英语考试复习资料大学六级模拟2831.docx

1、大学英语考试复习资料大学六级模拟2831 大学英语考试复习资料大学六级模拟283大学六级模拟283Part WritingDirections: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: Ability and Good Looks. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below:问题:1. 假设你是李明一名应届毕业生，在报纸上看到一则招聘广告，你想要到登广告的公司供职，请给该公司写一封

2、求职信，内容应简要介绍自己的情况以及自己的经历等。答案: May 27th, 2005Dear Sir, I was pleased to see your ad in Beijing Evening News on May 25th, 2005 for a sales engineer. This July 1 will receive my Bachelors degree in Electronic Engineering from Beijing University. I believe that I have capability to work well because of m

3、y education and work experiences. As indicated in my attached resume, my main degree course is concerned with basic electronic topics. But I also have taken such courses as Marketing, Consumer Behavior Strategies and Psychology, and all available opportunities to increase my knowledge, I have alread

4、y passed CET-6 with excellent results and I have even worked two summers as an English interpreter at Beijing Travel Service. I would welcome an opportunity to join your staff because your work is the kind I have been preparing to do and because the conditions under which it is carded out would help

5、 to express my abilities. If an interview is needed, please call me at your convenience. Thank you very much! Best wishes! Sincerely, Li Ming Part Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions o

6、n Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-4, mark Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. For questions 5-10, complete the s

7、entences with the information given in the passage. Animal Einsteins When it comes to intelligence, human beings are the top dogs of the animal kingdom. Or so we tell ourselves. But in recent years, scientists have been documenting surprising intelligence and emotional depth in animals ranging from

8、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 feelings behaviors once thought to be uniquely human. The intelligence were talking about is more than, sa

9、y, 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 Monkey Business When Janet Schmid became executive director of the Little River Zoo in Norman, Oklahoma

10、, 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 car rides, insisting that he insert the ignition key and ride shotgun in the passengers seat. He love

11、d 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. Bailey has become an avid painter. He uses a variety of brush strokes to create colorful, abstract ca

12、nvases 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, says Schmid. Hes amazing to watch bemuse you can tell theres a thought process occurring. When we rais

13、ed him, we quit watching TV because be was so entertaining. Ivy League Parrot The term birdbrain is considered an insult, but some birds actually are pretty brainy. One African grey parrot in suburban Boston is said to have the cognitive abilities of a five-year-old child. Alex (for Avian Learning E

14、xperiment) 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 objects, seven colors, five shapes, quantities up to six, and the concepts of bigger, smaller, same and diff

15、erent. 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 thought to separate humans from the rest of the animal kingdom. During an experiment in 2004, researchers gave Ale

16、x 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 previously learned the term to describe the difference between two identically sized objects, he apparently int

17、erpreted 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 take information from one domain and apply it to another. Thats a lot like a high school student answering question

18、s 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 impressive brainpower. Take Chantek, a 28-year-old living in Zoo Atlanta. Raised like a human child by anthropol

19、ogist 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 and can comprehend spoken English. Likened to a four-year-old child, he can also make necklaces, play Simon Say

20、s, 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. He might sign bed sleep hug if he wants a nighttime hug before going to sleep; Miles says Chantek has even inve

21、nted 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. Emotional Elephants Known for their legendary memories, elephants also exhibit jumbo-sized compassion. When one elephant

22、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 forklift, says Marc Bekoff, PhD, a professor of animal behavior at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Then theyll push it

23、 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 Kenya after the death of their matriarch. They were just moping (闷闷不乐) around with their heads and tails low, says Bekoff.

24、Clearly they were in mourning. Elephants also demonstrated their sensitivity and compassion before the 2OO4 tsunami slammed into the coast of Thailand. Eyewitnesses reported that elephants were screaming and running for higher ground. But on the way, they used their trunks to scoop up and save about

25、 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 complex language, after humans. When a honeybee returns to a hive after dining on flower nectar, it performs a complex wagg

26、le 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, PhD, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Princeton University. Not even chimps or dolphins can say as many thi

27、ngs. 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 stop their dance so other bees wont get caught in the rain while searching for food. And when theyre looking for a new home, hone

28、ybee 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, says Gould. Smart Suckers Octopuses may be spineless, but theyre not brainless. At the Seattle Aquarium, marine biologist Roland

29、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 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 h

30、is 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 devised an unusual intelligence test. He put some small fish into a plastic jar with a wide-mouth screw top and gave them to seven di

31、fferent 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 performed better. Then he coated the outside of the jars with fr6sen fish to keep the GPOs interest, and this time, they quickly op

32、ened the lids. A sign of their intelligence, says Anderson. Creative Dolphins As far back as Aristotle, dolphins have been known as wise guardians of the sea, protecting sailors 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