《2016-2016年16月大学英语六级总汇》.docVIP

2001年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 Passage One Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage. Birds that are literally half asleep—with one brain hemisphere alert and the other sleeping—control which side of the brain remains awake, according to a new study of sleeping ducks. Earlier studies have documented half brain sleep in a wide range of birds. The brain hemispheres take turns sinking into the sleep stage characterized by slow brain waves. The eye controlled by the sleeping hemisphere keeps shut, while the wakeful hemisphere’s eye stays open and alert. Birds also can sleep with both hemisph