共用题干 Animal's"Sixth Sense"A tsunami was triggered by an earthquake in the...

问题共用题干 Animal's"Sixth Sense"

A tsunami was triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean in December,2004.
It killed tens of thou-
sands of people in Asia and East Africa. Wild animals,______________(51),seem to have escaped that terrible
tsunami.This phenomenon adds weight to notions that they possess a"sixth sense"for______________(52),cx-
perts said.
Sri Lankan wildlife officials have said the giant waves that killed over 24,000 people along the Indian
Ocean island's coast clearly______________(53)wild beasts,with no dead animals found.
"No elephants are dead,not______________(54)a dead rabbit.I think animals can______________(55)
disaster.They have a sixth sense.They know when things are happening."H.D.Ratnayake,deputy director
of Sri Lanka's Wildlife Department,said about one month after the tsunami attack.The______________(56)
washed floodwaters up to 2 miles inland at Yala National Park in the ravaged southeast,Sri Lanka's biggest
wildlife______________(57)and home to hundreds of wild elephants and several leopards.
"There has been a lot of______________(58)evidence about dogs barking or birds migrating before vol-
came eruptions or earthquakes.But it has not been proven,"said Matthew van Lierop an animal behavior
______________(59)at Johannesburg Zoo.
"There have been no______________(60)studies because you can't really test it in a lab or field set-
ting,"he told Reuters.Other authorities concurred with this______________(61).
"Wildlife seem to be able to pick up certain______________(62),especially birds…there are many re-
ports of birds detecting impending disasters."said Clive Walker,who has written several books on African
wildlife.
Animals_______________(63)rely on the known senses such as smell or hearing to avoid danger such as
predators.
The notion of an animal"sixth sense”-or_______________(64)other mythical power一is an enduring one
which the evidence on Sri Lanka's ravaged coast is likely to add to.
The Romans saw owls______________(65)omens of impending disaster and many ancient cultures viewed
elephants as sacred animals endowed with special powers or attributes.

选项 _________(58) A:experimental B:apparent C:scientific D:chemical

答案 B

解析前文说的是海啸造成了巨大的人员伤亡，本句说的是动物能逃脱海啸的袭击。前后意思发生转折，所以要用however。
possess a" sixth sense" for意为“对……具有第六感”。海啸是一种自然灾害，所以此处 " sixth sense”的对象应该是disasters，而不是shelters(庇护）,foods或water。
miss意为“未击中，错过”，这里指大浪丝毫未伤及野生动物。
从上下文判断，本句的意思应该是：没有大象死亡，甚至连一只兔子也没有死。故选even。
全文说的是动物的第六感觉，而feel（触觉）,see , hear都属于前五个感觉，所以不是正确答案。
由“The”可知此词前文提过，联系上文和语境可知此空所说的就是第二段提到的“giantwaves"。本句说的是海的巨浪将洪水带到离海岸远达2英里的地方。
从下文“home to… leopards”判断，本句的意思应该是：Yala国家公园是斯里兰卡最大的野生动物保护区。reserve的意思是“保护区”。
下一句说，这些迹象（evidence）并没有被证实。因此，这些迹象不可能是scientific的。而experimental和ehemieal的词义与上下文不符，因此也不是答案。只有apparent（明显的，貌似的）与上下文的意思相符：apparent的迹象还需得到科学的验证。
在动物园里工作并发表对动物行为的专业性见解的人一定是专家学者（specialist)。
木段的第一句是说明为什么以上证据没有得到科学验证。原因是科学家无法在实验空或野外进行特定的实验二理解了上下文的意思，就知道选。pecifie（具体的，特定的）是最合适的。additional , especial和。xceptional分别是“额外的”、“特别的”和“例外的”的意思，放在此处与上下文不连贯。
concurred with（同意）支配的宾语应该是view ,opinion ,judgment这一类词。前面句子说的是某位科学家指出验证动物预见灾难的第六感的困难所在，其他专家也同意这一看法，所以选assessment (看法，评估）是正确的：
本句说的是动物特别是鸟类似乎有捕捉灾难来临前某些征兆的能力。route（路线）、 behavior（行为）和principle（原则）与上述意思相去甚远，只有phenomenon（现象）符合语境。
根据常识判断，动物是要依赖嗅觉、听觉等逃避食肉动物的攻击。unwillingly（不情愿地）、occasionally（偶尔）、doubtfully（怀疑地）与上述意思有悖，只有certainly（当然）是合适选项。
从破折号前的“sixth sense（第六感）”判断，这里应该是说“某种神奇的能力”，所以要选some（某种，某个）。
see...as 的意思是“将……看成”，符合语境，所以要选as。

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