25. from which sentence of the article can you see the attitude of the author and
that of govenor mario cuomo respectively?
a. the 2nd sentence in the first paragraph, the 3rd sentence in the last
paragraph.
b. the last sentence, the last sentence but one
c. the last sentence in para.2, last sentence but one.
d. the last sentence in para.3, the 3rd sentence in the fifth paragraph.
passage 4
does a bee know what is going on in its mind when it navigates its way to distant food sources and back to the hive (蜂房), using polarized sunlight and the tin y magnet it carries as a navigational aid? or is the bee just a machine, unable to do its mathematics and dance its language in any other way? to use dondald griffin's term, does a bee have “awareness", or to use a phrase i like better, c an a bee think and imagine?
there is an experiment for this, or at least an observation, made long ago by karl von firsch and more recently confirmed by james gould in princeton. biologist s who wish to study such things as bee navigation, language, and behavior in general have to train their bees to fly from the hive to one or another special place. to do this, they begin by placing a source of sugar very close to the hive s o that the bees (considered by their trainers to be very dumb beasts) can learn w hat the game is about. then, at regular interval, the dish or whatever is moved progressively farther and farther from the hive, in increments (增加量) of about 25 percent at each move. eventually, the target is being moved 100 feet or more at a jump, very far from the hive. sooner or later, while this process is going on, the biologist shifting the dish of sugar will find the bees are out there waiting for them, precisely where the next position had been planned. this is an uncomfortable observation to make.
26. the best title for the passage is _____.
a. teaching the bees to navigate
b. testing the awareness of bees
c. navigational techniques of bees
d. behaviorists versus biologists: a zoological debate
27. the word “awareness" in paragraph 1 appears in quotation marks in order to _____.
a. show the author's preference for the term
b. indicate that it is being used humorously
c. acknowledge donald griffin's previous use of the term
d. point out that it was used differently earlier in the passage
that of govenor mario cuomo respectively?
a. the 2nd sentence in the first paragraph, the 3rd sentence in the last
paragraph.
b. the last sentence, the last sentence but one
c. the last sentence in para.2, last sentence but one.
d. the last sentence in para.3, the 3rd sentence in the fifth paragraph.
passage 4
does a bee know what is going on in its mind when it navigates its way to distant food sources and back to the hive (蜂房), using polarized sunlight and the tin y magnet it carries as a navigational aid? or is the bee just a machine, unable to do its mathematics and dance its language in any other way? to use dondald griffin's term, does a bee have “awareness", or to use a phrase i like better, c an a bee think and imagine?
there is an experiment for this, or at least an observation, made long ago by karl von firsch and more recently confirmed by james gould in princeton. biologist s who wish to study such things as bee navigation, language, and behavior in general have to train their bees to fly from the hive to one or another special place. to do this, they begin by placing a source of sugar very close to the hive s o that the bees (considered by their trainers to be very dumb beasts) can learn w hat the game is about. then, at regular interval, the dish or whatever is moved progressively farther and farther from the hive, in increments (增加量) of about 25 percent at each move. eventually, the target is being moved 100 feet or more at a jump, very far from the hive. sooner or later, while this process is going on, the biologist shifting the dish of sugar will find the bees are out there waiting for them, precisely where the next position had been planned. this is an uncomfortable observation to make.
26. the best title for the passage is _____.
a. teaching the bees to navigate
b. testing the awareness of bees
c. navigational techniques of bees
d. behaviorists versus biologists: a zoological debate
27. the word “awareness" in paragraph 1 appears in quotation marks in order to _____.
a. show the author's preference for the term
b. indicate that it is being used humorously
c. acknowledge donald griffin's previous use of the term
d. point out that it was used differently earlier in the passage