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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. Wil 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).

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选项 A birthplaces
B playground
C reserve
D storage

答案C

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