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 arc 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 slid as predators.

The notion of an animal “sixth sense” — or   14   other mythical power is an enduring one³ which the evidence on Sri Lanka’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 power or attributes.

词汇：

tsunami / tsʊˈnɑmi / n．海啸
trigger / "trɪɡə(r) / v．引发，触发
ravaged / "rævidʒid / adj．被毁坏的
leopard / "lepəd / n．豹
eruption / ɪˈrʌpʃən / n．喷发
migrate / maɪ"ɡreɪt / v．迁移
volcanic / vɒlˈkænɪk / adj．火山的
concur / kən"kɜ:(r) / v．（with）同意，赞成
impending / ɪmˈpendɪŋ / adj．迫近的
predator / "predətə(r) / n．食肉动物
mythical / ˈmɪθɪkl / adj．神话般的
owl / aʊl / n．猫头鹰
omen / "əʊmən / n．预兆，征兆
endow / ɪn"daʊ / v．赋予

注释:

1. adds weight to notions that：更加相信……

2. field setting：field意为“实地，野外”， setting意为“环境”。 field setting可译为“野外环境”。

空10

A:additional   B:specific   C:especial  D:exceptional

 Chicken Soup for the Soul：Comfort Food Fights Loneliness

Mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, may be bad for your arteries．    1    according to a study in Psychological Science, they’re good for your heart and    2    ．The study focuses on “comfort food¹” and how it makes people feel．

"For me   3  ,food has always played a big role in my family,” says Jordan Troisi, a graduate student² at the University of Buffalo³, and lead author⁴ on the study．The study came out of the research program of his co—author Shira Gabriel．It has    4    non-human things that may affect human emotions．Some people reduce loneliness by bonding with their    5    TV show, building virtual relationships with a pop song singer or looking at pictures of loved ones．Troisi and Gabriel wondered if comfort food could have the same effect    6    making people

think of their nearest and dearest⁵.

In one experiment, in order to make   7   feel lonely, the researchers had them write for six minutes about a fight with someone close to them．Others were given an emotionally neutral writing assignment. Then, some people in each   8    wrote about the experience of eating a comfort food and others wrote about eating a new food．  9    ,the researchers had participants    10    questions about their levels of loneliness⁶．

Writing about a fight with a close person made people feel lonely．But people who were generally   11    in their relationships would feel less lonely by writing about a comfort food．"We have found that comfort foods are consistently associated with those close to us．"says Troisi．"Thinking about or consuming these foods later then serves as a reminder of those close others．"In   12   essays on comfort food, many people wrote about the    13    of eating food with family and friends.

In another experiment,    14    chicken soup in the lab made people think more about relationships, but only if⁷ they considered chicken soup to be a comfort food．This was a question they had been asked long before the experiment, along with many other questions, so they wouldn’t remember it.

Throughout everyone’s daily lives⁸ they experience stress, often associated with our  15   with others," Troisi says．"Comfort food Can be an easy remedy for loneliness． 

词汇：

mashed /mæʃt/ adj．被捣成糊浆的

macaroni/ macaroni/ n．通心粉

cheese / tʃi:z / n．奶酪

artery/ artery / n．动脉

assignment / ə"sainmənt / n．指定作业

reminder / reminder/ n．起提醒作用的东西

remedy /remedy/ n．治疗方法，药物

virtual/"və:tʃuəl/ adj．虚拟的

注释：

1.comfort food：爽心食品

2. graduate student：研究生

3. The University of Buffalo：布法罗大学，建校于1846 年，位于水牛城（ Buffalo City) ，属于纽约州立大学，因此称为纽约州立大学水牛城分校。

4. lead author：首席作者

5. their nearest and dearest：他们最接近和最亲爱的人

6. levels of loneliness：孤独程度

7. only if: 只有（在……情况下）

8. Throughout everyone"s daily lives：在每一个人的日常生活中。through 有“贯穿”的意思。

空10

A:remember  B:explain C:rewrite D:complete

    (10～12题共用备选答案)
   

A:T₁WI    B:T₂WI    C:PD    D:压脂像    E:压水像

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A:T₁WI    B:T₂WI    C:PD    D:压脂像    E:压水像

    (10～12题共用备选答案)
   

A:T₁WI    B:T₂WI    C:PD    D:压脂像    E:压水像

                                                                               （四）
    某新建住宅小去占地面积6.5×10⁴㎡，容积率为2.5，专有部分的建筑面积占总建筑面积的85%，已全部交付。小区共有业主1200人。该小区成立了业主大会并选举产生了业主委员会，经业主大会授权，业主委员会按法律规定的程序重新选聘了物业服务企业。该小区业主委员会成员可以为______名。

A:7 B:9 C:10 D:11

设有两个事务T1、T2有如下调度，产生的不一致性是（）
步骤             T1                T2
1              读A=100
2                                  读A=100
3.            A=A+10写回
4.                                 A=A-10

A:丢失修改  B:不可重复读  C:读脏数据  D:幻影读