Danger-junkieorangutans(猩猩)inBorneoclimbdeadtreesandsha...
问题详情:
Danger-junkie orangutans(猩猩) in Borneo climb dead trees and shake then until they begin to fall. They scream with excitement as they cling to the falling tree. Just before the tree hits the ground the orangutans leap to another tree or vine, narrowly escaping death. While no one cab ask orangutans if they enjoy it as a person playing an extreme sport, one animal behaviorist sees this monkey fun as a bit of harmless thrill-seeking.
A growing number of scientists agree that animals are conscious and capable of experiencing basic emotions(情感), such as happiness, sadness, boredom or depression. A few scientists even see the possibility for higher animal emotions like love, jealousy and spite.
Five years ago, behaviorist and animal-rights activist Dr. Jonathan Balcombe stood on a Virginia hotel balcony watching two crows intimately groom(清洁) each other in the comfort of an abandoned billboard. He felt that the birds liked what they were doing, even if engaged in a natural, beneficial act, such as picking parasites(寄生虫) off the other’s feathers. That moment changed the way he would view animals forever and led to a book, “Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good”, which is filled with hundreds of examples of animals living it up thanks to developed senses of touch, taste, sight, sound and smell.
Balcombe recounts a favorite example of Kenyan hippos(河马) having high-end spa treatment in a fresh water spring. They splay their toes, open their mouths wide and wait for a school of cleaner fish to remove parasites and slough off dead skin, he recalls. Balcombe knows that the hippos and the fish both benefit from this arrangement. “My interpretation is that it is also enjoyable for them ,” he says.
er-junkie orangutans shook the tree to ___.
A. get some fruits B. enjoy themselves C. train their escaping skills D. frighten other animals
29The purpose of the first paragraph is to _____.
A. describe an unusual scene among animals
B. give an example that animals can experience pleasure.
C. make a comparison between monkeys with humans
D. show that animals can avoid danger
passage leads us to the belief that _____.
A. animals can experience emotions. B. animals have a way to adapt to their environment
C. animals can copy what humans do D. animals are only eat-or-be-eaten beasts
can conclude from the passage that ___.
A. only a few animals have emotions.
B. Balcombe’s theory is not supported by other scientists
C. Balcombe has watched a lot of animals showing emotions
D. Balcombe can understand animal language
【回答】
BBAC
知识点:科普环保类阅读
题型:阅读理解
-
打秋千时,为使秋千越荡越高,人应有一个从直立到蹲下,又从蹲下到站直的过程.则打秋千时 A.人的机械能是守...
问题详情:打秋千时,为使秋千越荡越高,人应有一个从直立到蹲下,又从蹲下到站直的过程.则打秋千时 A.人的机械能是守恒的 B.人应在最低点站起来 C.人应在最高点站起来 D.人在最低点时失重【回答】C知识点:未分类题型:选择题...
-
予独爱莲之 , 。(周敦颐《爱莲说》)
问题详情:予独爱莲之 , 。(周敦颐《爱莲说》)【回答】出淤泥而不染,濯清涟而不妖知识点:作家作品题型:填空题...
-
某商品进价是1000元,售价为1500元.为促销,商店决定降价出售,但保*利润率不低于,则商店最多降 元...
问题详情:某商品进价是1000元,售价为1500元.为促销,商店决定降价出售,但保*利润率不低于,则商店最多降元出售商品.【回答】450元. 知识点:一元一次不等式题型:解答题...
-
某班抽取6名同学进行体育达标测试,成绩如下:80,90,75,80,75,80.下列关于对这组数据的描述错误的...
问题详情:某班抽取6名同学进行体育达标测试,成绩如下:80,90,75,80,75,80.下列关于对这组数据的描述错误的是( )A.众数是80 B.平均数是80 C.中位数是75 D.极差是15【回答】C知识点:数据的集中趋势题型:未分类...
相关文章
- VisitDongqianLakeZooComeandseebigelephantsfromYunnanan...
- OneSunday,MikedecidedtogosailinginhisboatwithhisfriendJ...
- In1883,acreativeengineernamedJohnRoeblingwasinspiredbya...
- 短文改错DearTom,I'mgladtoknowthatyouareinterestinginBeijing...
- 改错:(2018·*苏高考)Childrenasyoungastenarebecomingdependento...
- Theloneliestchimp(黑猩猩)intheworldjustgotthebestsurprise—...
- 任务型阅读Doyouneedusefulandinterestingbooks?Herewe'vegotple...
- (2011·福建卷)D JacquelineBouvierKennedyOnassiswasoneofthem...
- AlexPang'samusingnewbookTheDistractionAddictionaddresse...
- U.S.airlinesareseeingamajorinterruptionbecauseofhundre...