中考英语阅读理解专项：culture

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1、中考英语阅读理解专项：culture　　Doanimalshaveaculture?Whatdowemeanby“culture?”Latelysocialscientistshavebeguntoaskifcultureisfoundjustinhumans,orifsomeanimalshaveaculturetoo.Whenwespeakofculture,wemeanawayoflifeagroupofpeoplehaveincommon.Cultureincludesthebeliefsandattitudeswelearn.Itisthepatter

2、nsofbehaviorthathelppeopletolivetogether.Itisalsothepatternsofbehaviorthatmakeonegroupofpeopledifferentfromanothergroup.　　Ourcultureletsusmakeupforhavinglostoutstrength,claws,longteeth,andotherdefenses.Insteadweusetools,cooperatewithoneanother,andcommunicatewithlanguage.Buttheseaspec

3、tsofhumanbehavior,or“culture,”canalsobefoundinthelivesofcertainanimals.Animalscanmaketools,forexample.Weusedtothinkthattheabilitytousetoolswasthedividinglinebetweenhumanbeingsandotheranimals.Lately,however,wehavefoundthatthisisnotthecase.Chimpanzees(非洲小猩猩)cannotonlyusetoolsbutactuall

4、ymaketoolsthemselves.Animalscanalsoshareknowledgewitheachotherandusetheirownlanguagetocommunicate.Soitmaybeimportantforustoknowthatthelinedividingusfromanimalsisnotasclearasweusedtothink.　　1.Choosethestatementthatbestexpressesthemainidea.____.　　A.Achimpanzeecanlearntousesignlanguaget

5、omakesentences　　B.Otheranimalscaninventtools　　C.Knowledgeandcommunicationarenolongersignsofonlyhumanbehavior　　D.Thelinedividinghumanculturefromanimalcultureisnotasclearaswemightthink　　2.“Culture”refersto____.　　A.booklanguageofbehaviorwelearn　　B.thepatternsofbehaviorwelearn　　C.traditi

6、onalideas　　D.people’sgoodhabits　　3.Achimpanzee’suseoftoolsmeans____.　　A.animalsarethesameashumanbeings　　B.animalscanbeascleverashumanbeings　　C.thedividinglinebetweencultureandanimalculturenolongerexists　　D.animalsmayhaveaculturelikeourown　　4.Whichofthefollowingstatementistrue?____.　　

7、A.Theabilitytouselanguageseparateshumanbeings　　B.Wecanbecertainthatanimalshaveaculturetoo　　C.Socialscientistsdoubtifanimalshaveaculturetoo　　D.Sometraditionalideasaboutthedifferencebetweenhumanbeingsandanimalsmaybewrong　　firstsentenceofthesecondparagraph“Ourculturelets7usmakeupforhavi

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