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单项选择题
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”。
3. enduring one：由来已久的信念。 one指代在句首出现的， noiton enduring意为“持久的，永久的”。空8
A:experimental C:.scientific D:chemical
One Good Reason to Let Smallpox Live
It’s now a fair bet that we will never see the total extinction of the smallpox virus. The idea was to cap the glorious achievement of 1980，when smallpox was eradicated in the wild, by destroying the killer virus in the last two labs that are supposed to have it — one in the US and one in Russia. If smallpox had truly gone from the planet, what point was there in keeping these reserves?
1 reality, of course, it was naive to 2 that everyone would let 3 of such a potent potential weapon.1 Undoubtedly several nations still have 4 vials. 5 the last “official” stocks of live virus bred mistrust of the USandRussia,2 6 no obvious gain.
Now American researchers have 7 an animal model of the human disease,opening the 8 for tests on new treatments and vaccines. So once again there’s a good reason to 9 the virus —just in 10 the disease puts in a reappearance.
How do we 11 with the mistrust of theUSandRussia? 12 Keep the virus 13 international auspices in a well-guarded UN laboratory that’s open to all countries. TheUSwill object, of course, just as it rejects a multilateral approach to just about everything. But it doesn’t 14 the idea is wrong. If the virus 15 useful, then let’s make it the servant of all humanity — not just a part of it
词汇：
smallpox /"smɔːlpɒks/ n.天花
cap /kaep/vt.结束;覆盖
killer /"kɪlə/ n.杀死物;杀人者
potent /"pəʊt(ə)nt/ adj.有效力的;强有力的
vial /"vaɪəl/ n.小瓶
mistrust /mɪs"trʌst/ n.不信任，怀疑
auspices /"ɔːspɪsɪz/ n.赞助;支持
注释：
1.In reality, of course, it was naive to imagine that everyone would let go of such a potent potential weapon.当然,想象每个人都会放弃这样一种有效的潜在的武器事实上是幼稚的。
2.And the last “official”stocks of live virus bred mistrust of theUSandRussia...:美俄最后的“官方”活病毒储备引起大家对这两个国家的不信任。
空8
A:method B:road C:street D:way
A Lucky Break
Actor Antonio Banderas is used to breaking bones, and it always seems to happen when he"s ___1___sport. In the film Play It to the Bone he___2___the part of a middleweight boxer alongside1 Woody Harrelson. ___3___the making of the film Harrelson___4___complaining that the fight___5___weren"t very convincing, so one day he suggested that he and Banderas should have a fight for real. The Spanish actor wasn"t___6___on the idea at first, but he was___7___ persuaded by his co-star to put on his gloves and climb into the boxing ring. However, when he realized how seriously his___8___was taking it all, he began to regret his decision to fight. And then in the third round, Harrelson hit Banderas___9___hard in the face that he actually broke his nose. His wife, actress Melanie Griffith, was furious that he had been playing "silly macho games". "She was right," confesses Banderas, "and I was a fool to___10___a risk like that in the middle of a movie."
He was___11___of the time2 he broke his leg during a football match in his native Malaga. He had always___12___of becoming a soccer star, of performing in front of a big crowd, but doctors told him his playing days were probably over. "That"s when I decided to take___13___ acting; I saw it as___14___way of performing, and achieving recognition. What happened to me on that football___15___was, you might say, my first lucky break."
middleweight / "mɪd(ə)lweɪt / n. 中量级拳击手
注释:
1. ... plays the part of a middleweight boxer alongside ... :……与……并肩，扮演一个中量级拳击手……
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A:competitor B:contender C:opponent D:participant
A Lucky Break
Actor Antonio Banderas is used to breaking bones, and it always seems to happen when he"s ___1___sport. In the film Play It to the Bone he___2___the part of a middleweight boxer alongside1 Woody Harrelson. ___3___the making of the film Harrelson___4___complaining that the fight___5___weren"t very convincing, so one day he suggested that he and Banderas should have a fight for real. The Spanish actor wasn"t___6___on the idea at first, but he was___7___ persuaded by his co-star to put on his gloves and climb into the boxing ring. However, when he realized how seriously his___8___was taking it all, he began to regret his decision to fight. And then in the third round, Harrelson hit Banderas___9___hard in the face that he actually broke his nose. His wife, actress Melanie Griffith, was furious that he had been playing "silly macho games". "She was right," confesses Banderas, "and I was a fool to___10___a risk like that in the middle of a movie."
He was___11___of the time2 he broke his leg during a football match in his native Malaga. He had always___12___of becoming a soccer star, of performing in front of a big crowd, but doctors told him his playing days were probably over. "That"s when I decided to take___13___ acting; I saw it as___14___way of performing, and achieving recognition. What happened to me on that football___15___was, you might say, my first lucky break."
middleweight / "mɪd(ə)lweɪt / n. 中量级拳击手
注释:
1. ... plays the part of a middleweight boxer alongside ... :……与……并肩，扮演一个中量级拳击手……
空8
A:competitor B:contender C:opponent D:participant
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① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥
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