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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。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 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。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。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。 Wildlife Department. ask people not to touch dead bats. tell the public how to help bats.第五部分:補(bǔ)全短文Gorillas have a word for itKokois the first gorilla to have been taught sign language (a way of municatingby using hands and fingers rather than speech).With a vocabulary of more than1000 words,she is the first to prove we share a world with other intelligentbeings who feel emotions,look forward to celebrations and also have a sense ofhumour.The30year study of Koko has redefined science39。t enough bats,damage will be great from the insects they eat While bats live a long time for their size 一 the little brown bat can live for more than 30 years 一 a female bat has only one baby per year,so bat populations grow bat species in the United States are already protected or endangered.How can you help? Do not disturb sleeping or nesting you discover bate that seem to be sick or that are dead,contact your local Fishamp。t eat enough food,they starve to death.Still other scientists believe that global warming is to temperatures in recent years have been waking up hibernating (冬眠)bats earlier than bats break their hibernation at the wrong time,they might not find their expected food weather might also turn cold again and weaken or kill the bats.Scientists might not agree on the causes of the bat dieoff,but they do agree on the are an important predator of mosquitoes。s killing the BatsFirst it was it is in America are working hard to discover the cause of the mysterious deaths of tens of thousands of bats in the northeastern part of the of the bats affected are the mon little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus,) but other species,such as the longeared bat,the smallfooted hat,the eastern pipistrelle,and the Indiana bat have also been affecte some caves,more than 90 percent of the bat populations have died.One possibility is white fungus (真菌)known as fusarium has been found on the noses of both living and dead ,scientists don39。ve been exposed. It39。s sick and thus might be in the early stages of infection, but still need to go out.4 Influenza pandemics can strike when the easytomutate flu virus shifts to a strain that people never have experienced. Scientists cannot predict when the next pandemic will arrive, although concern is rising that the Asian bird flu might trigger one if it starts spreading easily from person to person.5 During the flu pandemic, you should protect yourself. Avoid crowds, and avoid close contact with the sick unless you must care for someone. Why aren39。t avoid going to a crowded place. Second, you39。s not possible3, the guidelines say to consider wearing a simple surgical mask if you are in one of the three following situations. First, you39。s a question the public keeps asking while the government are making preparations for the next flu pandemic. So the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) came up with2preliminary guidelines. We don39。s electrical efficiency by over 10 percent. are not efficient in C electricity. silicon solar cells. heat. solar thermal collectors. of the problems PVTs have is that D thermala pplications are costly. are too expensive to afford. is hard to fix them on th