2014年职称英语(理工类)教材完形填空文章及练习(4)

　　Animal’s “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 island’s 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 Lanka’s 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 Lanka’s 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 can’t 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 Larika’s 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.
　　词汇：
　　tsunami / ts?'n?m? / n.海啸
　　trigger / 'tr?g?(r) / v.引发，触发
　　ravaged / 'r?v?d?id / adj.被毁坏的
　　leopard / 'lep?d / n.豹
　　eruption / ?'r?p??n / n.喷发
　　migrate / ma?'gre?t / v.迁移
　　volcanic / v?l'k?n?k / adj.火山的
　　concur / k?n'k??(r) / v.(with)同意，赞成
　　impending / ?m'pend?? / adj.迫近的
　　predator / 'pred?t?(r) / n.食肉动物
　　mythical / 'm?θ?kl / adj.神话般的
　　owl / a?l / n.猫头鹰
　　omen / '??m?n / n.预兆，征兆
　　endow / ?n'da? / v.赋予
　　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