Question

【題目】

When Dr.Karen McComb came to Amboseli Park, her first task was to learn the names of the one hundred or so elephants most often seen.

Scientists working in the park have learned to study elephants by watching them up close. They have a list of almost one thousand elephants. There are records for all of the elephants born since 1972. Amboseli was a good place for Dr.McComb to study animal communications. Elephants were a great subject because their lifestyle depends on communication.

Dr.McComb and her team had learned a lot about elephant communication, but they kept on thinking about one puzzling(困惑的) watch. Some families were better at distinguishing(區(qū)別) calls of friends from those of strangers.

What made some families smarter than others? The scientists searched their records for an explanation. To their surprise, there was only one factor(因素) of importance: The “smartest” families always had the oldest grandmothers. A family, as it did in all other activities, waited for some signal(信號) from the grandmother when they heard a strange contact call. And older, more experienced grandmothers were better at telling whether other elephants were strangers or friends just by their calls.

That was an important discovery. It showed how an elephant family depends on the experience of the grandmother.

回答下面5個問題，每題答案不超過5個詞。

【1】How do scientists working in the park study elephants?

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【2】What did Dr.McComb study?

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【3】What did Dr.McComb and her team do for an explanation?

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【4】Who does everyone in elephant families listen to?

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【5】What does an elephant family depend on in all the activities?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 By watching them up close.

【2】 Animal communications.

【3】 They searched their records.

【4】 The oldest grandmothers.

【5】 The experience of the grandmother.

【解析】

這篇文章講了McComb博士團隊在公園近距離研究大象交際時的一些新發(fā)現(xiàn)。

【1】句意：在公園里工作的科學家如何研究大象？原文“Scientists working in the park have learned to study elephants by watching them up close.”（在公園工作的科學家已經學會了通過近距離觀察大象來研究大象。）說明他們是通過近距離觀察來研究大象的，故填：By watching them up close.

【2】句意：McComb博士的研究是什么？原文“Amboseli was a good place for Dr.McComb to study animal communications.”（安博塞利是Dr.McComb研究動物交際的好地方。）說明博士研究的是動物交際，故填：Animal communications.

【3】句意：為了尋求解釋，McComb博士和她的團隊做了什么？原文“The scientists searched their records for an explanation.”（為了尋求一個解釋，科學家們搜尋了他們的記錄）說明他們是通過搜索記錄來尋求解釋的，故填：They searched their records.

【4】句意：大象家庭的每只大象都聽誰的話？原文“A family, as it did in all other activities, waited for some signal(信號) from the grandmother”（一個家庭，就像在所有其他活動中一樣，是等待祖母的一些信號的）說明大象家庭每只大象都聽最老的祖母的，故填：The oldest grandmothers.

【5】句意：大象家庭在所有活動中依賴什么？原文“And older, more experienced grandmothers were better at telling whether other elephants were strangers or friends just by their calls.”（年長的，經驗豐富的祖母更善于通過他們的呼喚來判斷其他大象是陌生人還是朋友。）說明大象家庭依賴的就是祖母大象的經驗，故填：The experience of the grandmother