六月份GMAT考試閱讀機(jī)經(jīng) 大象與蜜蜂.

閱讀部分是GMAT考試的重點(diǎn)項(xiàng)，復(fù)習(xí)GMAT閱讀的考生要關(guān)注本月機(jī)經(jīng)的更新。機(jī)經(jīng)是我們復(fù)習(xí)閱讀的重要參考材料，所以GMAT入門的考生要把它們利用起來，澳際小編這里帶來最新的閱讀機(jī)經(jīng)：

　　【v1】大象怕一種蜜蜂，在發(fā)現(xiàn)這種蜜蜂的時(shí)候就會(huì)rumble，然后科學(xué)家(好像叫King)就把這個(gè)聲音錄下來對(duì)著大象放，結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)聽見這種蜜蜂警告的rumble大象就會(huì)跑得遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)的，但聽見其它的rumble就不太會(huì)，然后她就說農(nóng)民可以在他們的玉米地邊上放上喇叭放這個(gè)rumble，從而避免大象破壞莊稼什么的。

　　補(bǔ)充：考古和原題行文稍有一丁點(diǎn)差異，但出題點(diǎn)和整體思路很一致而且挺完整的，可以算作原文啦~我覺得看懂了這篇上考場沒問題的

　　(by ApolloHarp 700+)

　　【v2】第一段說，大象有些部分很敏感脆弱怕蜜蜂蟄咬的。有一個(gè)人就做了個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)，他吧蜜蜂飛過來的那種嗡嗡聲放給大象聽，大象聽到之后不僅跑路了，而且還發(fā)出一種吼叫貌似是提醒其他大象跑路。

　　第二段說，這個(gè)人又進(jìn)一步做了個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)，把大象聽見嗡嗡聲跑路的吼叫的聲音放給大象聽，把其他大象隨便什么吼叫的聲音放給大象聽，然后把聽見蜜蜂嗡嗡聲吼叫的聲音調(diào)了一點(diǎn)頻率也放給大象聽，看大象們有什么反應(yīng)。好像是一個(gè)象群里面在三種情況下分別有6只，2只，1只大象做出了跑路的反應(yīng)。

　　第三段說，這個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)有些問題沒解釋清楚，需要進(jìn)一步研究。這個(gè)現(xiàn)象可以幫助人類更好的與大象相處，避免大象糟蹋農(nóng)田什么的。

　　考古：

　　[V1]

　　有一篇閱讀是大象和蜜蜂

　　[V2]

　　有一個(gè)閱讀題是關(guān)于大象和蜜蜂的，

　　第一段有提到一個(gè)LUCY KING的研究團(tuán)隊(duì)做的研究。最終由大象對(duì)蜜蜂的反映還是關(guān)系的引出大象的習(xí)性。

　　問題：

　　有道題也是問第一段為什么提起KING&aposS的研究報(bào)告

　　[V3]

　　第三篇說大象對(duì)bee rumble的(一屏多 到文中定位，不難)

　　P1 小象的皮比較薄，adult的厚，所以小象vulnerable to bee sting. 一個(gè)研究 by TK 驚奇的發(fā)現(xiàn)，elephant除了flee 來respond to bee rumble，自己還發(fā)出一個(gè)rumble

　　P2 于是進(jìn)行第二個(gè)試驗(yàn)，將recorded bee rumble 放給大象聽，大象都flee.....又失憶了。就講它們自己的叫聲可能是預(yù)示其他的danger, 或者保護(hù)那些inexperienced elephant...

　　P3 又講了一個(gè)什么額外的試驗(yàn)對(duì)這個(gè)indication有幫助的，我忘了

　　問題：

　　Q1.下列哪些are used in the passage to 說明象是為了protect from bee 除了

　　A.小象皮很薄

　　B.大象會(huì)rumble respond to bee rumble

　　C.什么在wild 大象會(huì)avoid bee

　　我選的C

　　Q2.從第三段可以得出農(nóng)民可以采取什么措施來預(yù)防大象的襲擊crop

　　選B還是C的，反正跟大象的rumble有關(guān)

　　[V4]

　　一篇關(guān)于elephant vs. bee的文章 我上網(wǎng)找了一下 把原文給搜出來了不完全一樣但是劃線的部分就是考試的原文 稍有改動(dòng) 一道except的題問文章列用了以下那些例子來支持觀點(diǎn)除了....()

　　貌似另外有個(gè)狗主提到了這題, 但是我選的不是我黑體字標(biāo)出來的那個(gè)選項(xiàng), 我當(dāng)時(shí)猶豫了一下最后選的是elephant還會(huì)對(duì)其他的danger做出rumble的反應(yīng)

　　因?yàn)樵奈艺J(rèn)為我黑體字標(biāo)出來的后面那句話就是elephant avoid bee hives in the wild的具體例子,而且原文提到"Further work is needed to confirm whether the rumble call is used for other kinds of threats, not just bees." 所以我覺得其實(shí)文章本身沒有正面去說elephant還會(huì)對(duì)其他的danger做出反應(yīng) 大家自己判斷 小心被我誤導(dǎo)

　　[V5]

　　第一段說蜜蜂能鉆進(jìn)大象鼻子耳朵之類的，能殺死大象。然后是kings大學(xué)吧，做了關(guān)于蜜蜂和大象的研究。第一段一個(gè)研究。給大象放蜜蜂的聲音，大象會(huì)發(fā)出鳴叫的警告，通知同伴離開。

　　第二段有一個(gè)。放蜜蜂和其他的聲音，然后控制某些大象，做實(shí)驗(yàn)。

　　第三段有一個(gè)，還有另一份其他人做的research.

　　有個(gè)地方的稻田好像是播放了蜜蜂的聲音吧，從而導(dǎo)致大象不會(huì)過來破壞稻田。(有個(gè)針對(duì)這個(gè)的問題說，這個(gè)說明了什么。)

　　問題：

　　第一個(gè)研究有什么作用

　　大象的鳴叫是為了什么

　　問全文中心思想。

　　疑似原文：

　　A team of scientists from Oxford University, Save the Elephants, and Disney’s Animal Kingdom, made the discovery as part of an ongoing study of elephants in Kenya. They report their results in the journal PLoS One.

　　‘In our experiments we played the sound of angry bees to elephant families and studied their reaction(第二段開頭),’ said Lucy King of Oxford University’s Department of Zoology and charity Save the Elephants, who led the research. ‘Importantly we discovered elephants not only flee from the buzzing sound but make a unique ‘rumbling’ call as well as shaking their heads(第一段結(jié)尾).’

　　The team then looked to isolate the specific acoustic qualities associated with this rumbling call and played the sounds back to the elephants to confirm that the recorded call triggered the elephants’ decision to flee even when there was no buzzing and no sign of any bees(第二段第二句).

　　‘We tested this hypothesis using both an original recording of the call, a recording identical to this but with the frequency shifted so it resembled a typical response to white noise, and another elephant rumble as a control,’ said King. ‘The results were dramatic: six out of ten elephant families fled from the loud speaker when we played the ‘bee rumble’ compared to just two when we played a control rumble and one with the frequency-shifted call(第二段中段). Moreover, we also found that the elephants moved away much further when they heard the ‘bee’ alarm call than the other rumbles.(第二段最后貌似是 我記得不清楚了)’

　　The researchers believe such calls may be an emotional response to a threat, a way to coordinate group movements and warn nearby elephants – or even a way of teaching inexperienced and vulnerable young elephants to beware. Further work is needed to confirm whether the rumble call is used for other kinds of threats, not just bees.(第三段, 后面出了幾道題關(guān)于這點(diǎn)的)

　　‘The calls also give tantalising clues that elephants may produce different sounds in the same way that humans produce different vowels, by altering the position of their tongues and lips,’ said Dr Joseph Soltis of Disney’s Animal Kingdom. ‘It’s even possible that, rather like with human language, this enables them to give superficially similar-sounding calls very different meanings.’

　　Earlier Oxford University research found that elephants avoid bee hives in the wild(這是后面一道except的題的選項(xiàng)) and will also flee from the recorded sound of angry bees. In 2009 a pilot study led by King showed that a fence made out of beehives wired together significantly reduced crop raids by elephants. The team hopes that the new findings could help develop new ways to duse potential conflicts between humans and elephants(第三段最后).

　　Despite their thick hides adult elephants can be stung around their eyes or up their trunks, whilst calves could potentially be killed by a swarm of stinging bees as they have yet to develop this thick protective skin(出現(xiàn)在文章第一段中部). "

　　疑似原文：(感謝robot青)

　　When it comes to the relationship between bees and African elephants, size does not matter. The massive pachyderms are terrified of bees, which can painfully sting elephants around their eyes and inside their trunks. Baby elephants are the most vulnerable to bee stings, as their skin isn’t thick enough to ward off the insects. And researchers have now found that the elephants have developed a special strategy to help them avoid these bees that scare the bejesus out of them.

　　When an elephant takes note of a swarm of bees, it emits a distinct rumbling call. This bee alarm, which the scientists termed a “bee rumble,” helps draw the herd’s attention to the bees and allows them to run off unharmed, the researchers write in the journal PloS ONE. What’s more, they respond to an audio recording of the bee rumble as if it were the real thing, giving farmers a tool they could potentially use to fend off unwanted elephants.

　　This is the first time that an alarm call for a specific threat has been identified in elephants. Lead researcher Lucy King of the University of Oxford believes that such calls may be an “emotional response” to a threat and a way to co-ordinate group movements. Ms King explained: “We discovered elephants not only flee from the buzzing sound, but make a unique rumbling call, as well as shaking their heads” [BBC]. The head-shaking looked like an attempt to fend off or dislodge the bees that the elephants assumed were buzzing around, King says.

　　For the study, King and her team played the recordings of the bee rumble vocalization to 10 elephant families. Six of the families immediately got up and fled, despite the fact that they had neither seen nor heard any bees. When the scientists tweaked the vocalization a bit to remove a key acoustical feature found in bee rumbles, the elephants stayed put. The researchers suggest thatelephants may also have warning calls to alert their fellows to humans and lions—much like Diana monkeys in West Africa can call outa leopard alarm or eagle alarm, depending on which predator they spot [ScienceNOW].

　　King hopes that recordings of the bee rumble can be used by farmers to chase away elephants and keep them from trampling fields. As agriculture expands in Africa, elephants have been squeezed into tighter habitats–causing them to stray across fields and damage crops. “Farmers will do anything to keep their crops and families safe from damage, and unfortunately records of shootings, spearings, and poisonings of elephants are on the increase,” Ms King wrote on the University of Oxford’s website [BBC]. King hopes that playing back the bee rumble around fields could serve as a low-tech, humane deterrent to elephants, who will then be sent packing back into the woods.

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　　以上就是小編帶來的GMAT考試閱讀機(jī)經(jīng)，復(fù)習(xí)GMAT閱讀的時(shí)候可以用到這些資料。文章后面還附上了類似的原文，希望GMAT入門的考生能利用好這些資料。

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