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2015年职称英语(理工类)教材完形填空文章及练习(4)

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  Animals 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 islands 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 Lankas 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 Lankas 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 cant 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 Larikas 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.

  词汇:

  tsunami / ts?n?m? / n.海啸

  trigger / tr?g? / v.引发,触发

  ravaged / r?v?d?id / adj.被毁坏的

  leopard / lep?d / n.豹

  eruption / ?r?p??n / n.喷发

  migrate / ma?gre?t / v.迁移

  volcanic / v?lk?n?k / adj.火山的

  concur / k?nk?? / v.同意,赞成

  impending / ?mpend?? / adj.迫近的

  predator / pred?t? / n.食肉动物

  mythical / m??kl / adj.神话般的

  owl / a?l / n.猫头鹰

  omen / ??m?n / n.预兆,征兆

  endow / ?nda? / 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notion。enduring意为持久的,永久的。

  练习:

  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

  

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