【正文】 a Cruz mountains in North America,in a wooded spotoverlooking a has her own home,with curtains,and a nest ofblankets,which is her bed,in one has a barrel on which she likesto sit when talking to humans gorillas feel more secure when they can lookdown on others while her toys are spread addition she has anoutside enclosure where she spends her days when it is not raining.Itis her conversations with her teacher,Dr Penny Patterson,that are explains:The reality of my discovery is that our abilities as humans,our skills,sensibilities and emotions are very similar to the great have learnt is that gorillas are more plex than we ever imagined.Whenshe began teaching Koko sign language,placing the little fingers of theoneyearold gorilla into the correct positions for drink,eat,more,andrewarding her with food,Dr Patterson had no idea how quickly Koko would learn.“At first,it seemed Koko was using sign language as a tool to get something,says Patterson.39。It became the kind of reward system that you could expect of acat or a early in her training,she began to bine signs that mademe think she was capable of Koko is so proficient in sign languagethat if she doesn39。t know a word she invents example,she didn39。t knowthe word for ring,so she bined the signs for finger and bracelet toexpress it.DrPatterson continues:Koko loves babies and young when she is askedwhat gorillas like best,she always says Gorilla love eat,good.Oneof Patterson39。s favourite stories demonstrates Koko39。s sense of avisitor asked her to show him something scary,she held up a mirror to his face!WhenPatterson asked her what she would like for her 11th birthday,Koko signed thatshe wanted a story of Koko39。s cat enabled Patterson to learn more abouther student: the cat was hit by a car and Patterson had to break the news toKoko,who signed cry,sad,once alone,Patterson heard Koko makethe gorilla39。s distress call: a loud series of hoots.Fromthe age of three,Koko shared her acmodation with Michael who was intendedas a ,Michaeldied suddenly two years ago of a heart attack.‘Koko went into a depressionfollowing Michael39。s death,says Patterson.‘She would sit for hours with herhead hung low looking upset.DrPatterson asked her if she was looking forward to moving to Hawaii,wherePatterson is raising money to build a gorilla signed Yes,provided she could have curtains in her new home!第六部分：完形填空Robotic Highway ConesA University of Nebraska professor has developed robotic cones and robotic cones and barrels can move out of the way,or into(51)____ from puter mands made miles can even be programmed to move on their own1 at any particular part of the day,said Shane Fanitor,an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Nebraska.For example,if workers arrived at 6 am,the cones could move from the side of the highway to(52)____ off the lane at that they can return to the(53)____ place at the end of the day.It just seems likea very good application for robots, Farritor said.The robotic cones would also help(54)____ people from hazardous jobs on the highway putting barrels and cones into place, Fanitor said in a report oh his creation.Work on the idea began in 2002 using a National Academy of Sciences (55)____ allowed Farritor to work on the project with graduate students2 at Nebraska and his assistant Steve Goddard.The robots are placed at the bottomof the cones and barrels and are(56)____ enough not to greatly change the appearance of the construction aides.It would look exactly the same,Farritor said.(57)____ there39。s a kind of rubbery,black base to place that(58)____ a robot.Farritor has talked with officials from the Nebraska Department of Roads about how the robots would be most(59)____to what they3 might need.The robots could e in handy4 following a slowmoving maintenance operation,like painting a stripe on a road or moving asphalt,(60)____ now the barrels have to be picked up and moved as the operation (61)____.That way you don39。t have to block off a 10mile strip forthe operation,5 Fanitor said.(62)____prototypes have been made,they are not in use said he has (63)____ for apatent and is considering what to do thinking about starting a small is also thinking about(64)____the robots to roads departments and others across the country who7 may (65)____from them.. work B. place C. order D. a ction答案：B. block B. cut C. set D. turn答案：A .clean B. important C. entire D. original答案：D 答案：C 答案：D 答案：C答案：B答案：D答案：C答案：B 答案：A答案：B答案：A答案：B答案：A