Animal's "Sixth Sense"

A tsunami was triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean in December, 2004.It killed tens of thousands of people in Asia and East Africa.Wild animals,____1____, seem to have escaped that terrible tsunami.This phenomenon adds weight to notions that1 they possess a "sixth sense" for____2____, experts said.

Sri Lankan wildlife officials have said the giant waves that killed over 24,000 people along the Indian Ocean island's coast clearly____3____ wild beasts, with no dead animals found.

"No elephants are dead, not____4____ a dead rabbit.I think animals can____5____ 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____6____ washed floodwaters up to 2 miles inland at Yala National Park in the ravaged southeast, Sri Lanka’s biggest wildlife____7____ and home to hundreds of wild elephants and several leopards.

"There has been a lot of____8____ evidence about dogs barking or birds migrating before volcanic eruptions or earthquakes.But it has not been proven," said Matthew van Lierop, an animal behavior____9____ at Johannesburg Zoo.

"There have been no____10____ studies because you can't really test it in a lab or field setting2," he told Reuters.Other authorities concurred with this____11____ .

"Wildlife seem to be able to pick up certain____12____ especially birds …… there are many reports of birds detecting impending disasters said Clive Walker, who has written several books on African wildlife.

Animals____13____ rely on the known senses such as smell or hearing to avoid danger such as predators.

The notion of an animal "sixth sense" — or____14____ other mythical power — is an enduring one3 which the evidence on Sri Larika's ravaged coast is likely to add to.

The Romans saw owls____15____ omens of impending disaster and many ancient cultures viewed elephants as sacred animals endowed with special powers or attributes.

注釋：

1.adds weight to notions that：更加相信

2.field setting：field意為"實地,野外",setting意為"環境"。field setting可譯為"野外環境"。

3.enduring one：由來已久的信念。one指代在句首出現的notion.enduring意為"持久的,永久的"。

練習：

1.A therefore B however C although D whatever

2.A shelters B foods C disasters D water

3.A missed B protected C raised D caught

4.A such B too C so D even

5.A feel B see C hear D sense

6.A waves B tides C winds D rivers

7.A birthplaces B playground C reserve D storage

8.A experimental B apparent C scientific D chemical

9.A specialist B assistant C supporter D sponsor

10.A additional B specific C especial D exceptional

11.A modification B detection C assessment D value

12.A route B behavior C principle D phenomenon

13.A unwillingly B occasionally C doubtfully Dcertainly

14.A some B much C many D few

15.A on B as C for D in

答案與題解：

1.B 第一句說的是海嘯造成了巨大的人員傷亡,第二句說的是動物能逃脫海嘯的襲擊。兩句意思相反,所以要用however承接上文。

2.C 上文說的是：海嘯是一種自然災害,所以"sixth sense"范圍只能是disasters,不能是shelters,foods或water.

3.A 本句繼續在對比海嘯造成的人員傷亡和動物能逃脫海嘯這一現象。答案應該是選項A(missed)。其他三個選項的詞義與上下文都不相配。

4.D 從上下文判斷,本句的意思應該是：沒有大象死亡,甚至連一只野兔或兔子也沒有死亡。"甚至"的英語是even.

5.D 全文說的是動物的第六感覺,而feel(觸覺),see,hear都屬于前五個感覺,所以不是正確答案。

6.A 本說的是海的巨浪將洪水帶到離海岸遠達2英里的地方。正確答案應該是waves.

7.C 從上下文判斷,本句的意思應該是：Yala國家公園是斯里蘭卡野生動物最大的保護區,而birthplaces(出生地)、 playground(操場)和storage(儲存)都與上下文表達的意思接不上,因此不是答案。reserve的意思是"保護區",不是"儲備"或 "保留"。因此,選項C是答案。

8.B 下一句說,這些跡象(evidence)并沒有被證實。因此,這些跡象不可能是scientific的。而experimental和 chemical的詞義與上下文不配合,因此也不是答案。只有apparent(明顯的)與上下文的意思相配。apparent的跡象還需得到科學的驗證。

9.A 在動物園里工作并發表對動物行為的專業性見解的人一定是專家學者(specialist)。其他三個選項都不合適。

10.B 本段第一句是說明為什么evidence沒有得到科學驗證。原因是科學家無法在實驗室或野外進行特定的實驗,以驗證動物預見災難的第六感覺。理解了上下文的意思,就知道選specific是最合適的。其他三個選項的詞義與上下文不符,additional,especial和 exceptional分別是"額外的"、"特別的"和"例外的"意思。

11.C concurred with(同意)支配的賓語應該是view,opinion,judgment這一類詞。前面句子說的是某位科學家指出無法驗證動物預見災難的第六感覺的困難所在,其他專家也同意這一看法,所以選assessment是正確的。

12.D 本句說的是動物特別是鳥有捕捉災難來臨前某些征兆的能力。route(路線)、behavior(行為)和principle(原則)與上述意思相去甚遠,只有phenomenon是答案。

13.D 根據常識判斷,動物是要依賴味覺、聽覺等逃避食肉動物的攻擊。unwillingly(不情愿地)occasionally(偶爾)和doubtfully(懷疑地)與上述意思有俘,只有certainly是合適的選項。

14.A 從本句的意思判斷,應該是"某種神奇的能力",所以要選some.

15.B 本句的意思是"將……看成",而英語的用詞是see …… as,所以要選as.

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