Question

Washoe is a young chimpanzee(黑猩猩). She is no ___1___ chimpanzee, though. Scientists are doing a research ___2___ her. They want to see how civilized(馴化) she can ___3___. Already she does many things a human being can do.

For example, she has been learning how to exchange ___4___ with people. The scientists are teaching her ___5___ language. When she wants to be picked ___6___, Washoe points up with one finger. She rubs her teeth with her finger ___7___ she wants to brush her teeth. This is done after every meal.

Washoe has also been ___8___ to think out and find answers to problems. Once she was put in a ___9___ with food hanging from the ceiling. It was too high to ___10___. After she considered the ___11___, she got a tall box to stand ___12___. The food was still too high to be reached. Washoe found a ___13___ pole. Then she climbed onto the ___14___, grasped the pole, and ___15___ down the food with the pole.

Washoe ___16___ like a human, too. The scientists keep her in a fully furnished(家具齊全的) house. After a hard ___17___ in the laboratory, she goes home. ___18___ she plays with her toys. She ___19___ enjoys watching television before going to bed.

Scientists hope to ___20___ more about people by studying our closest relative(親屬) — chimpanzee.

1. A. foolish   B. ordinary     C. special       D. simple

2. A. for  B. by      C. to       D. on

3. A. experience     B. change       C. develop      D. become

4. A. actions   B. views  C. messages    D. feelings

5. A. sign       B. human       C. spoken       D. foreign

6. A. out B. at       C. on      D. up

7. A. when     B. until   C. since   D. while

8. A. raised     B. trained       C. ordered      D. led

9. A. cave       B. zoo     C. room  D. museum

10. A. pull      B. see      C. eat      D. reach

11. A. problem       B. position      C. food   D. ceiling

12. A. by B. on      C. up      D. with

13. A. straight B. strong C. long    D. big

14. A. wall     B. box     C. ceiling       D. pole

15. A. knocked      B. picked C. took    D. shocked

16. A. lives     B. acts     C. thinks D. plays

17. A. task      B. lesson C. day     D. time

18. A. Here    B. There  C. So      D. Then

19. A. quite    B. already       C. even   D. still

20. A. observe       B. discover     C. gain    D. learn

Answer 1

1---20    BDDCA   DABCD   ABCBA   ACBCD  

解析:

科學家通過實驗測試黑猩猩所能馴化的程度。

1. B。句中的 though 是副詞，意為“可是”，根據下文描述的實驗情況可知“這只黑猩猩不是一只 ordinary(普通的)黑猩猩”。

2. D。do a research on 意為“對…進行研究”。

3. D。四個選項中只有 become 是連系動詞，其后接形容詞 civilized 作表語。

4. C。下文說到：當黑猩猩想要被抱起時，她將手指向上指；當她想要刷牙時，則用手指刮牙齒。這說明她與人們交換的是“信息”，即 message。

5. A。根據下文：當黑猩猩想要被抱起時，她將手指向上指；當她想要刷牙時，她則用手指刮牙齒。這說明黑猩猩用的是“手勢語”，即 sign language。

6. D。pick up 有很多意思，如表示：拿起，撿起；收拾，整理；學會；(用車)來接，去取；改進，改善；重新開始，繼續(xù)；感染(疾病、壞習慣)等。它在本句中的意思是“抱起”。

7. A。根據上一句的結構可推知。

8. B。根據下文的語境可推知。

9. C。注意本句后面的信息詞 ceiling(天花板)。根據常識，四個選項中只有 C 才具備有 ceiling。

10.D。根據后面的 The food was still too high to be reached 可推知答案。

11. A。根據上文的 ... to think out and find answers to problems 可知此處應填 problems。

12. B。黑猩猩弄來盒子是為了增加高度，所以她應站在箱子之上，即填介詞 on。

13. C。站在箱子上，高度仍不夠，故又弄來一根 pole(竿)。根據常識，在此情況下，這 pole 的特征應是 long。

14. B。根據上文可知。

15. A。根據常識和語境，黑猩猩此時應是用竿 knock 食物。

16. A。從本段后面內容可知，這只黑猩猩是像人一樣在“生活”(live)。

17. C。根據下文語境用排除法可推知答案。

18. B。根據上文可知這里的 there 指“在家里”。

19. C。對于黑猩猩來說，enjoys watching television before going to bed 顯然比 play with toys 更不常見，故用even(甚至)強調后者。

20. D。learn 的意思是“了解”，即指通過研究黑猩猩來“了解”人類自己。