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第二部分Week Fourteen人与自然自然地理@
Week Fourteen
人与自然
自然地理
Monday
◆答案P208
■阅读理解
黑猩猩的手势
O关键词:gestur心
@难度:4
@体裁:说明文
@词数:343
@正确率:/4
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Researchers say they have translated the
"The vagueness of the gesture meanings
meaning of gestures that wild chimpanzees(
suggests either that the chimps have little to
猩猩)use to communicate.They say wild
communicate,or we are still missing a lot of the
chimps communicate 19 specific messages to
information contained in their gestures and
one another with a“vocabulary”of66
actions,”she said.“Moreover,the meanings
gestures.The scientists discovered this by
seem not to go beyond what other animal
following and filming groups of chimps in
Uganda,and examining more than 5,000
convey with"non-verbal communication.So,
incidents of these meaningful exchanges.
it seems the gulf remains.
Dr.Catherine Hobaiter,who led the
1.What do chimps and humans have in
research,said that this was the only form of
common according to Dr.Hobaiter?
intentional communication to be recorded in the
A.Memorizing specific words.
animal kingdom.Only humans and chimps,she
B.Understanding complex information.
said,had a system of communication where they
C.Using voices to communicate.
deliberately sent a message to another group
D.Communicating messages on purpose.
member.
2.What did Dr.Shultz think of the study?
"That's what's so amazing about chimp
A.It was well designed but poorly conducted.
gestures,”she said..“They're the only thing
B.It was a good try but the findings were
that looks like human language in that
limited.
respect."
C.It was inspiring but the evidence was
Although previous research has shown that
unreliable.
apes and monkeys can understand complex
D.It was a failure but the methods deserved
information from another animal's call,the
praise.
animals do not appear to use their voices
3.What does the underlined word“gulf”in
intentionally to communicate messages.This
the last paragraph mean?
was a significant difference between calls and
A.Difference.
B.