Wild animals seem to have escaped the Indian Ocean tsunami(海哺)，adding weight to ideas they possess a "sixth sense" for disasters, experts said on Thursday.

  Sri Lanka wildlife officials have said the giant waves that killed over 24,000 people along the Indian Ocean island's coast seemingly missed wild beasts, with no dead animals found.

  "No elephants are dead,not even a dead hare or rabbit. I think animals can sense disaster. They have a sixth sense. They know when things are happening," H. D. Ratnayake, deputy director of Sri Lanka's Wildlife Department, said on Wednesday.

  The waves washed floodwaters up to 3 km (2 miles) inland at Yala National Park in the southeast, Sri Lanka's biggest wildlife reserve and home to hundreds of wild elephants. "There has been a lot of evidence about dogs barking or birds migrating before volcanic eruptions or earthquakes. But it has not been proven," said Matthew van Lierop, an animal behaviour spe?cialist at Johannesburg Zoo.

  "There have been no specific studies because you can't really test it in a lab or field set?ting ,"he said.

Other authorities agreed with this conclusion.

  "Wildlife seem to be able to pick up certain phenomenon, especially birds. There are many reports of birds detecting coming disasters，" said Clive Walker，who has written several books on African wildlife.

  Animals certainly rely on the known senses such as smell or hearing to avoid danger such as predators(食肉動(dòng)物）.

  The idea of an animal "sixth sense" is a lasting one that the evidence on Sri Lanka's damaged coast is likely to add to.
(   ) 1. This passage is mainly about      

A.     the damage that was caused in the Indian Ocean tsunami

B.     why animals can save themselves from natural disasters

C.     how to protect the wildlife when disaster happens

D.     the different opinions about animals' natural power 

(   ) 2. Which of the following is true according to the text?

A.     It has been proved that animals have a "sixth sense".

B.     Research has been made on the special movements of animals before disasters.

C.     It's generally considered that animals can sense the coming of disasters.

D.     Animals have depended on the known senses to escape the Indian Ocean tsunami. 

(   ) 3. What does the term"sixth sense" in the text mean?

A.     It is the natural ability of animals that can save them from danger.

B.     It is the animal's imagination in the brain.

C.     It is some hidden power to say in advance that something will happen.

D.     It is a kind of sense that is the same as smell or hearing.

(   ) 4. In which section of a newspaper does the text most probably appear?
A. News Report. B. Discovery.

C. Science Fiction. D. Culture.

1-4 BCCB 

A篇通過印度洋海嘯中動(dòng)物無一遇難的事實(shí)告訴讀者：動(dòng)物有種神奇的能夠預(yù)測災(zāi)難來臨的"第六感覺"。

1. B主旨大意題短文第一段講述了這樣一個(gè)事實(shí):野生動(dòng)物們似乎躲過了印度洋的海嘯。下文圍繞著動(dòng)物是否真的擁有能夠預(yù)測災(zāi)難的"第六感"展開。

2. C細(xì)節(jié)理解題短文中列舉一些權(quán)威人士的講話說明人們普遍持這種觀點(diǎn)。

3. C詞義推測題根據(jù)短文第三段"I think animals can sense disaster. They have a sixth sense. They know when things are happen-ing."進(jìn)行推測，其含義為：動(dòng)物的某種能預(yù)測將要發(fā)生的事的神秘力量。

4. B邏輯推理題這次印度洋海嘛已造成成千上萬人喪生，而動(dòng)物卻能幸免。其中的奧秘有待去探究。由此推測此文可能出現(xiàn)在報(bào)紙的"發(fā)現(xiàn)"版面上。而science fiction是"科幻"的意思，與人類對此現(xiàn)象已發(fā)現(xiàn)的事實(shí)不符。

題目來源：丟分題每周一練高中英語高一上 > Unit 4 Earthquakes

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