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A tsunami was triggered

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共享题干题                                              (一)
                                       Animal's "Sixth Sense"
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       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, __________ (51), seem to have escaped that terrible tsunami. This phenomenon adds weight to notions that they possess a "sixth sense" for __________ (52), 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 __________ (53) wild beasts, with no dead animals found. "
      No elephants are dead, not __________ (54) a dead rabbit. I think animals can __________ (55)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 __________ (56) washed floodwaters up to 2 miles inland at Yala National Park in the ravaged southeast, Sri Lanka's biggest wildlife __________ (57) and home to hundreds of wild elephants and several leopards. "
      There have been a lot of __________ (58) evidence about dogs barking or birds migrating before volcanic eruptions or earthquakes. But i,t has not been proven," said Matthew van Lierop, an animal behavior __________ (59) at Johannesburg Zoo. "
      There have been no __________ (60) studies because you can't really test it in a lab or field setting," he told Reuters. Other authorities concurred with this __________ (61). "Wildlife seem to be able to pick up certain __________ (62), especially birds ... there are many reports of birds detecting impending disasters," said Clive Walker, who has written several books on African wildlife.
     Animals __________ (63) rely on the known senses such as smell or hearing to avoid danger such as predators.
     The notion of an animal "sixth sense" -- or __________ (64) other mythical power--is an enduring one which the evidence on Sri Lanka's ravaged coast is likely to add to. The Romans saw owls __________ (65) omens of impending disaster and many ancient cultures viewed elephants as sacred animals endowed with special powers or attributes.

不定项选择题第1题_____________

A.unwillingly

B.occasionally

C.doubtfully

D.certainly

参考答案:D

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不定项选择题第2题_____________

A.modification

B.detection

C.assessment

D.value

参考答案:C

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不定项选择题第3题_____________

A.birthplace

B.playground

C.reserve

D.torage

参考答案:C

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不定项选择题第4题_____________

A.some

B.much

C.many

D.few

参考答案:A

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不定项选择题第5题_____________

A.such

B.too

C.so

D.even

参考答案:D

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不定项选择题第6题_____________

A.route

B.behavior

C.principle

D.phenomenon

参考答案:D

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不定项选择题第7题_____________

A.missed

B.protected

C.raised

D.caught

参考答案:A

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不定项选择题第8题_____________

A.feel

B.see

C.hear

D.sense

参考答案:D

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不定项选择题第9题_____________

A.shelters

B.food

C.disasters

D.water

参考答案:C

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不定项选择题第10题_____________

A.experimental

B.apparent

C.scientific

D.chemical

参考答案:B

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不定项选择题第11题_____________

A.waves

B.tides

C.winds

D.rivers

参考答案:A

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不定项选择题第12题_________

A.therefore

B.however

C.although

D.whatever

参考答案:B

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不定项选择题第13题_____________

A.additional

B.specific

C.especial

D.exceptional

参考答案:B

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不定项选择题第14题_____________

A.specialist

B.assistant

C.supporter

D.sponsor

参考答案:A

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不定项选择题第15题_____________

A.on

B.as

C.for

D.in

参考答案:B

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