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　　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 that I 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 Lanka'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.

　　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 D certainly

　　14. A some B much C many D few

　　15. B on B as C for D in

　　答案：BCADD ACBAB CDDAB