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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

　　【参考答案】

　　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