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【題目】 Most scientists say animals never feel happy or sad. In fact, they say animals probably don't feel love, anger, hate or other emotions, either.

Scientist Joseph LeDoux studied mice to find out whether animals have emotions. He found that mice feel at least one emotion—fear. He also found the part of the brain that seems to control fear in mice. In humans, that part of the brain controls fear and some other emotions.

A number of scientists say animals have emotions. Some scientists who have studied such animals as dogs, cats, elephants and lions say those animals feel emotions.

Scientist Joyce Poole studies elephants. She has written that pachyderms often show sadness when a relative dies. She says elephants have "deep emotions".

Jane Goodall studies chimpanzees(黑猩猩). She says she has seen them playing and running after one another for fun. Goodall also says they feel sad sometimes. For example, an old chimpanzee died, and one of her sons, Flint, refused to eat food. Flint's brothers and sisters tried to get him to eat, but they failed. Three weeks later, Flint died. Goodall says Flint "died of sadness".

More recently, scientist Marc Bekoff watched an elk(糜鹿)run back and forth through the snow. Bekoff said it was feeling the "joy of life". He said he couldn't prove that animals have feelings, because animals can't talk. But he said animals can communicate feelings in other ways. "I can't prove that an animal is feeling happy or sad, but I can guess how he or she is feeling through body language and facial expressions, "he said.

【1】The underlined word "pachyderms" may refer to

A.elephantsB.lionsC.chimpanzeesD.cats

【2】Marc Bekoff believes animals have feelings because ________.

A.he saw a mouse full of fearB.he saw an elk run

C.he saw a chimpanzee die of sadnessD.he saw an elephant feel sad for a dead relative

【3】What's this passage mainly about?

A.Joyce Poole's studies of how elephants feel.

B.Scientists who are arguing over some animals.

C.Jane Goodall's work with chimpanzees,

D.Scientists' ideas about whether or not animals have feelings.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文。文章主要介紹了科學家們提出關(guān)于動物是否有感情的觀點，并給出實例進行證明。

【1】

詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文中第四段“Scientist Joyce Poole studies elephants. She has written that pachyderms often show sadness when a relative dies.”可知科學家喬伊斯·普爾研究大象。她曾寫道，當親人去世時，厚皮動物常常表現(xiàn)出悲傷。所以句中“pachyderms”是指大象。故選A。

【2】

細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中最后一段“…scientist Marc Bekoff watched an elk(糜鹿)run back and forth through the snow. Bekoff said it was feeling the "joy of life".”可知科學家馬克·貝科夫看著一只麋鹿在雪地里來回奔跑。Bekoff說它感受到了“生活的快樂”。所以貝科夫認為動物有情感是因為他看到一只麋鹿奔跑。故選B。

【3】

主旨大意題。通讀全文，根據(jù)文章第一段“Most scientists say animals never feel happy or sad. In fact, they say animals probably don't feel love, anger, hate or other emotions, either.”可知很多科學家認為動物沒有情感。根據(jù)文中第三段“A number of scientists say animals have emotions.”可知許多科學家認為動物有情感。文中第二段，第四至六段講述了不同的科學家研究不同的動物發(fā)現(xiàn)他們有情感。所以文章的主題是介紹科學家對動物是否有情感的觀點。故選D。