2013年职称英语理工类a新增文章及答题技巧

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1、2013年职称英语理工类A考试教材新增文章目录及内容下载汇总第四部分阅读理解（变化了3篇）　　第六部分完形填空（变化了3篇）　　具体名称如下：　　阅读理解：　　第十一篇：WhenOurEyesServeOurStomach　　第十九篇：MusicalRobotCompanionEnhancesListenerExperience　　+第四十八篇：ResearchersDiscoverWhyHumansBeganWalkingUpright　　完型填空：　　第三篇：GiantStructures　　第八篇：WhyIndiaNeedsItsDyingVultures　　+第十三

2、篇：BetterSolarEnergySystems:MoreHeat,MoreLight+第四十八篇ResearchersDiscoverWhyHumansBeganWalkingUprightMostofuswalkandcarryitemsinourhandseveryday.Theseareseeminglysimpleactivitiesthatthemajorityofusdon’tquestion.Butaninternationalteamofresearchers,includingDr.RichmondfromGW'sColumbianCollegeof

3、ArtsandSciences，havediscoveredthathumanwalkingupright,mayhaveoriginatedmillionsofyearsagoasanadaptationtocarryingscarce,high-qualityresources.TheteamofresearchersfromtheU.S.,England,JapanandPortugalinvestigatedthebehaviorofmodern-daychimpanzeesastheycompetedforfoodresources，inanefforttound

4、erstandwhatecologicalsettingswouldleadalargeape—onethatresemblesthe6million-yearoldancestorwesharedincommonwithlivingchimpanzees—towalkontwolegs.“Thesechimpanzeesprovideamodeloftheecologicalconditionsunderwhichourearliestancestorsmighthavebegunwalkingontwolegs,"，saidDr.Richmond.Theresearch

5、findingssuggestthatchimpanzeesswitchtomovingontwolimbsinsteadoffourinsituationswheretheyneedtomonopolizearesource.Standingontwolegsallowsthemtocarrymuchmoreatonetimebecauseitfreesuptheirhands.Overtime，intenseburstsofbipedalactivitymayhaveledtoanatomicalchangesthatinturnbecamethesubjectofna

6、turalselectionwherecompetitionforfoodorotherresourceswasstrong.TwostudieswereconductedbytheteaminGuinea.ThefirststudywasconductedbytheteaminKyotoUniversity’s“outdoorlaboratory”inanaturalclearinginBossouForest.Researchersallowedthewildchimpanzeesaccesstodifferentcombinationsoftwodifferentty

7、pesofnut—theoilpalmnut，whichisnaturallywidelyavailable,andthecoulanut,whichisnot.Thechimpanzees’behaviorwasmonitoredinthreesituations:(a)whenonlyoilpalmnutswereavailable,(b)whenasmallnumberofcoulanutswereavailable，and(c)whencoulanutswerethemajorityavailableres