题目内容
19.Animals are more like us than we ever imagined.They feel pain,they experience stress,they show affection,excitement and love.All these findings have been made by scientists in recent years and such results are beginning to change how we view animals.Strangely enough,some of this research was sponsored by fast food companies like McDonald's and KFC.Pressured by animal rights groups,these companies felt they had to fund scientists researching the emotional and mental states of animals.
McDonald's,for instance,funded studies on pig behavior at Purdue University,Indiana.This research found that pigs seek affection and easily become depressed if left alone or prevented from playing with each other.If they become depressed,they soon become physically ill.Becauseof this,and other similar studies,the European Union has banned the use of isolating pig stalls from 2010.In Germany,the government is encouraging pig farmers to give each pig 20 seconds of human contact a day,and to provide them with toys to prevent them from fighting.
Other scientists have shown that animals think and behave like humans.Koko,the 300-pound gorilla at the Gorilla Foundation in Northern California,for instance,has been taught sign language.Koko can now understand several thousand English words,more than many humans who speak English as a second language.On human IQ tests,she scores between 70and 95.
Before such experiments,humans thought language skills were absent from the animal kingdom.Other myths are also being overturned,like the belief that animals lack self-awareness.Studies have als shown that animals mourn their dead,and that they play for pleasure.
These striking similarities between animal and human behavior have led some to ask a question:"If you believe in evolution,how can't you believe that animals have feelings that human beings have?"
Until recently,scientists believed that animals behaved by instinct and that what appeared to be learned behavior was merely genetically-programmed activity.But as Koko,the gorilla shows,this is not the case.In fact,learning is passed from parents to offspring far more often than not in the animal kingdom.
So what implications does this knowledge have for humans?Because of this,should we ban hunting and animal testing?Should we close zoos?Such questions are being raised by many academics and politicians.Harvard and 25other American law schools have introduced corses on animal rights.Germany,meanwhle,recently guaranteed animal rights in its constitution-the first country to do so.
32.McDonald's and KFC give money to support scientists to do research on animals.BecauseC.
A.they are international big companies
B.they love animals
C they are pressured by animal rights groups
D.they earn a large amount of money and want to do some good deeds
33.The research on pigs at Purdue University shows thatC.
A.pigs love eing alone
B.pigs easily become physically ill
C.pigs need affection
D.pigs don't like to play with each other
34.Which of the following statements is NOT true?D
A.Animals behave by instinct.
B.Animals have self-awareness.
C.Animals have feelings and love.
D.Animals do not have language skills.
35.Should we ban hunting and animal testing?D
A.Yes.B.No.C.Not certain.D.Not mentioned.
分析 本文讲述了动物的一些不为人知的特性,比如一些动物是需要感情的,也能进行语言交流.正是因为这样,一些食品加工公司受到了动物权利组织的压力,要求善待动物.
解答 32-35.CCDD
32.C 考查细节理解.根据"Pressured by animal rights groups,these companies felt they had to fund scientists researching the emotional and mental states of animals."可知,麦当劳和肯德基提供资金支持科学家对动物进行研究,因为他们受到了动物权利组织的压力.故选C.
33.C 考查细节理解.根据"This research found that pigs seek affection and easily become depressed if left alone or prevented from playing with each other.If they become depressed,they soon become physically ill"可知,猪也是需要感情的.故选C.
34.D 考查细节理解.根据"humans thought language skills were absent from the animal kingdom.Other myths are also being overturned"可知,动物也有语言表达能力,所以D是错误的.故选D.
35.D 考查细节理解.根据文章内容可知,文章没有提及是否应该禁止狩猎和动物试验.故选D.
点评 阅读理解考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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