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1、CanAnimalsPredictEarthquakes?阅读理解答案,CanAnimalsPredictEarthquakes?Thebeliefthatanimalscanpredictearthquakeshasbeenaroundforcenturies.In373,historiansrecordedthatsomeanimalsdesertedtheGreekCityofHeliceingroupsjustdaysbeforeaquakehittheplace.51Fishmovingviol
2、entlyandchickensthatstoplayingeggswerereported.Countlesspetownersclaimedtohavewitnessedtheirdogsandcatsactingstrangelybeforethegroundshook.52Itwasdocumentedinnewsreportsthatthreedaysbeforethe2008Sichuanearthquake,thousandsoftoads(蟾蜍)appearedonthestreetsin
3、Mianzhu,acityhitveryhardwhere2,000peoplewerekilled.Alsosnakesreportedlylefttheirhomesandheadedforsafetyseveraldaysbeforethedestructiveearthquake.53Sometheoriesarethattheyfeelmovements,orweak“shocks”,intheearthbeforehumansdo;orthattheybecomeawareofgasesgoi
4、ngoutoftheearth.AnotherbeliefisthatanimalsareverymuchintunewithEarth’smagnetic(磁性的)field,sotheydetectelectricalsignalscausedbyelectromagneticfieldchanges,causingthemtopayattentiontothewarningthatanearthquakeisabouttohappen.TheUnitedStatesGeologicalSurveys
5、tatesthattherehasbeennoconcreteevidenceforthefactthatanimalbehaviorhasarelationshipwiththeoccurrenceofanearthquake.54Americanexpertsonearthquakesarealsoskeptical.Theythinkthatanimalsmayhavestrangebehavioratanytimeduetootherreasons—becausetheyarehungry,def
6、endingtheir“countries”,orareabouttofaceadangeroussituation.55Theycontinuetofollowthe“anecdotalevidence”.Thehopeisthatonedaywhattheyhavelearnedwillprovetobeextremelyusefulinpredictingearthquakesmoreaccurately,thussavingmillionsoflives.A.Exactlywhatanimalsh
7、avesensedcan’tbefullyunderstood.B.Theconnectionbetweenthemhasneverbeenscientificallymade.C.Otherresearchersaroundtheworld,however,havenotgivenupontheidea.D.Itisnecessarytoknowiftheanimalbehaviorisanadvancedwarningsignal.E.Recordsofsimilaranimalforetelling
8、ofearthquakeshavesurfacedeversince.F.Wildcreaturesalsoshowvariouskindsofabnormalreactionsbeforeearthquakes.G.Perhapsthissensethatsomeanimalsappeartohavecanprotectusfromnaturaldisasters.51—55EFABC
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