GMAT閱讀機經(jīng)整理：大象和蜜蜂.

　　1月31日GMAT機經(jīng)換庫，現(xiàn)在整理2月份最新的GMAT閱讀機經(jīng)，目前是以原始稿為主，這篇主要是關于大象和蜜蜂的，考生朋友可以有選擇的看看，希望給大家的備考帶來一些幫助。

　　[V1]

　　有一篇閱讀是大象和蜜蜂

　　[V2]

　　有一個閱讀題是關于大象和蜜蜂的，

　　第一段有提到一個LUCY KING的研究團隊做的研究。最終由大象對蜜蜂的反映還是關系的引出大象的習性。

　　問題：

　　有道題也是問第一段為什么提起KING&aposS的研究報告

　　[V3]

　　第三篇說大象對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rumble

　　P2 于是進行第二個試驗，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示其他的danger, 或者保護那些inexperienced elephant...

　　P3 又講了一個什么額外的試驗對這個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rumble respond to bee rumble

　　C.什么在wild 大象會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防大象的襲擊crop

　　選B還是C的，反正跟大象的rumble有關

　　[V4]

　　一篇關于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 一道except的題問文章列用了以下那些例子來支持觀點除了....()

　　貌似另外有個狗主提到了這題, 但是我選的不是我黑體字標出來的那個選項, 我當時猶豫了一下最后選的是elephant還會對其他的danger做出rumble的反應

　　因為原文我認為我黑體字標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." 所以我覺得其實文章本身沒有正面去說elephant還會對其他的danger做出反應 大家自己判斷 小心被我誤導

　　[V5]

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

　　第二段有一個。放蜜蜂和其他的聲音，然后控制某些大象，做實驗。

　　第三段有一個，還有另一份其他人做的research.

　　有個地方的稻田好像是播放了蜜蜂的聲音吧，從而導致大象不會過來破壞稻田。(有個針對這個的問題說，這個說明了什么。)

　　問題：

　　第一個研究有什么作用

　　大象的鳴叫是為了什么

　　問全文中心思想。

　　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, 后面出了幾道題關于這點的)

　　‘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) 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). "

　　以上就是關于大象和蜜蜂的GMAT閱讀機經(jīng)原始稿的全部內(nèi)容，考生朋友可有選擇的選用，最后祝大家都能考出好成績。