[EA3型題]
Animal's "Sixth Sense"
A tsunami was triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean in December, killec 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 that1 they possess a u 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 ravages southeast, Sri Lanka's biggest wildlife (7)_______ and home to hundreds of wild elephants anc several leopards.
"There has been a lot of(8)_______ evidence about dogs barking or birds migrating beforevolcanic eruptions or earthquakes. But it has not been proven， " said Matthew van Lierop, ar. animal behavior (9)_______ at Johannesburg Zoo.
"There have been no (10)_______studies because you can't really test it in a lab or fielc setting，" he told Reuters. Other authorities concurred with this (11)_______.
"Wildlife seem to be able to pick up certain (12)_______，especially birds... there are manyreports 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 suen as predators.
The notion of an animal " sixth sense" - or (14)_______other mythical power - is an enduring one 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.
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[試題答案]
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
[解題思路]
1.第一句說的是海嘯造成了巨大的人員傷亡，第二句說的是動物能逃脫海嘯的襲擊。兩 句意思相反，所以要用"however"承接上文。
參考譯文 動物的"第六感"
2004年12月，由印度洋海域地震引發的海嘯造成亞洲和東非數萬人死亡。但野生動物們似 乎躲過了可怕的海嘯襲擊。有專家表示，這進一步證實了動物對自然災難有"第六感"的觀點。
