2015年职称英语考试理工类完形填空常考文章(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.

　　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