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 本文講述了動物的一些不為人知的特性,比如一些動物是需要感情的,也能進(jìn)行語言交流.正是因?yàn)檫@樣,一些食品加工公司受到了動物權(quán)利組織的壓力,要求善待動物.
解答 32-35.CCDD
32.C 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解.根據(jù)"Pressured by animal rights groups,these companies felt they had to fund scientists researching the emotional and mental states of animals."可知,麥當(dāng)勞和肯德基提供資金支持科學(xué)家對動物進(jìn)行研究,因?yàn)樗麄兪艿搅藙游餀?quán)利組織的壓力.故選C.
33.C 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解.根據(jù)"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,豬也是需要感情的.故選C.
34.D 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解.根據(jù)"humans thought language skills were absent from the animal kingdom.Other myths are also being overturned"可知,動物也有語言表達(dá)能力,所以D是錯(cuò)誤的.故選D.
35.D 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解.根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知,文章沒有提及是否應(yīng)該禁止狩獵和動物試驗(yàn).故選D.
點(diǎn)評 閱讀理解考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí),要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.