2015年职称英语(理工类)教材完形填空文章及练习(4)

　　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