【題目】

When Dr.Karen McComb came to Amboseli Park, her first task was to learn the names of the one hundred or so elephants most often seen.

Scientists working in the park have learned to study elephants by watching them up close. They have a list of almost one thousand elephants. There are records for all of the elephants born since 1972. Amboseli was a good place for Dr.McComb to study animal communications. Elephants were a great subject because their lifestyle depends on communication.

Dr.McComb and her team had learned a lot about elephant communication, but they kept on thinking about one puzzling(困惑的) watch. Some families were better at distinguishing(區(qū)別) calls of friends from those of strangers.

What made some families smarter than others? The scientists searched their records for an explanation. To their surprise, there was only one factor(因素) of importance: The “smartest” families always had the oldest grandmothers. A family, as it did in all other activities, waited for some signal(信號(hào)) from the grandmother when they heard a strange contact call. And older, more experienced grandmothers were better at telling whether other elephants were strangers or friends just by their calls.

That was an important discovery. It showed how an elephant family depends on the experience of the grandmother.

回答下面5個(gè)問(wèn)題,每題答案不超過(guò)5個(gè)詞。

1How do scientists working in the park study elephants?

_________________

2What did Dr.McComb study?

_________________

3What did Dr.McComb and her team do for an explanation?

_________________

4Who does everyone in elephant families listen to?

_________________

5What does an elephant family depend on in all the activities?

_________________

【答案】

1By watching them up close.

2Animal communications.

3They searched their records.

4The oldest grandmothers.

5The experience of the grandmother.

【解析】

這篇文章講了McComb博士團(tuán)隊(duì)在公園近距離研究大象交際時(shí)的一些新發(fā)現(xiàn)。

1句意在公園里工作的科學(xué)家如何研究大象?原文“Scientists working in the park have learned to study elephants by watching them up close.”(在公園工作的科學(xué)家已經(jīng)學(xué)會(huì)了通過(guò)近距離觀察大象來(lái)研究大象。)說(shuō)明他們是通過(guò)近距離觀察來(lái)研究大象的,故填:By watching them up close.

2句意:McComb博士的研究是什么?原文“Amboseli was a good place for Dr.McComb to study animal communications.”(安博塞利是Dr.McComb研究動(dòng)物交際的好地方。)說(shuō)明博士研究的是動(dòng)物交際,故填:Animal communications.

3句意為了尋求解釋,McComb博士和她的團(tuán)隊(duì)做了什么原文“The scientists searched their records for an explanation.”(為了尋求一個(gè)解釋,科學(xué)家們搜尋了他們的記錄)說(shuō)明他們是通過(guò)搜索記錄來(lái)尋求解釋的,故填:They searched their records.

4句意大象家庭的每只大象都聽(tīng)誰(shuí)的話?原文“A family, as it did in all other activities, waited for some signal(信號(hào)) from the grandmother”(一個(gè)家庭,就像在所有其他活動(dòng)中一樣,是等待祖母的一些信號(hào)的)說(shuō)明大象家庭每只大象都聽(tīng)最老的祖母的,故填:The oldest grandmothers.

5句意大象家庭在所有活動(dòng)中依賴什么?原文“And older, more experienced grandmothers were better at telling whether other elephants were strangers or friends just by their calls.”(年長(zhǎng)的,經(jīng)驗(yàn)豐富的祖母更善于通過(guò)他們的呼喚來(lái)判斷其他大象是陌生人還是朋友。)說(shuō)明大象家庭依賴的就是祖母大象的經(jīng)驗(yàn),故填:The experience of the grandmother

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