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阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出了4个选项，请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案。

Animal's "Sixth Sense"

A tsunami (海啸) was triggered (引发) 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 that 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 (被充毁坏的) southeast, Sri Lanka's biggest wildlife _____(7) and home to hundreds of wild elephants and several leopards (豹).

"There has been _____(8) apparent evidence about dogs barking or birds migrating before volcanic eruptions (火山爆发) 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 setting," he told Reuters. Other authorities concurred (同意) with this _____(11).

"Wildlife seem to be able to pick up certain _____(12), especially birds …… there are many reports of birds detecting impending (迫近的) 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 (食肉动物).

The notion of an animal "sixth sense" - or _____(14) other mythical power - is an enduring one which the evidence on Sri Lanka's ravaged (荒凉的) coast is likely to add _____(15).

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　storms

7 A　birthplaces B　playground C　reserve D　storage

8 A　many B　a lot of C　few D　a few

9 A　specialist B　guy C　supporter D　sponsor

10 A　strange B　specific C　social D　funny

11 A　information B　discovery C　assessment D　value

12 A　way B　behavior C　principle D　phenomenon

13 A　unwillingly B　recently C　doubtfully D　certainly

14 A　some B　much C　many D　few

15 A　on B　to C　for D　in

答案：

1. B 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. D

6. A 7. C 8. B 9. A 10. B

11. C 12. D 13. D 14. A 15. B

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