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1、英语阅读理解:culture Doanimalshaveaculture?Whatdowemeanby“culture?”Latelysocialscientistshavebeguntoaskifcultureisfoundjustinhumans,orifsomeanimalshaveaculturetoo.Whenwespeakofculture,wemeanawayoflifeagroupofpeoplehaveincommon.Cultureincludesthebeliefsandattitudeswelearn.Itisth
2、epatternsofbehaviorthathelppeopletolivetogether.Itisalsothepatternsofbehaviorthatmakeonegroupofpeopledifferentfromanothergroup. Ourcultureletsusmakeupforhavinglostoutstrength,claws,longteeth,andotherdefenses.Insteadweusetools,cooperatewithoneanother,andcommunicatewithlang
3、uage.Buttheseaspectsofhumanbehavior,or“culture,”canalsobefoundinthelivesofcertainanimals.Animalscanmaketools,forexample.Weusedtothinkthattheabilitytousetoolswasthedividinglinebetweenhumanbeingsandotheranimals.Lately,however,wehavefoundthatthisisnotthecase.Chimpanzeescannot
4、onlyusetoolsbutactuallymaketoolsthemselves.Animalscanalsoshareknowledgewitheachotherandusetheirownlanguagetocommunicate.Soitmaybeimportantforustoknowthatthelinedividingusfromanimalsisnotasclearasweusedtothink. 1.Choosethestatementthatbestexpressesthemainidea.____. A.Achi
5、mpanzeecanlearntousesignlanguagetomakesentences B.Otheranimalscaninventtools C.Knowledgeandcommunicationarenolongersignsofonlyhumanbehavior D.Thelinedividinghumanculturefromanimalcultureisnotasclearaswemightthink 2.“Culture”refersto____. A.booklanguageofbehaviorwelear
6、n B.thepatternsofbehaviorwelearn C.traditionalideas D.people’sgoodhabits 3.Achimpanzee’suseoftoolsmeans____. A.animalsarethesameashumanbeings B.animalscanbeascleverashumanbeings C.thedividinglinebetweencultureandanimalculturenolongerexists D.animalsmayhaveaculturel
7、ikeourown 4.Whichofthefollowingstatementistrue?____. A.Theabilitytouselanguageseparateshumanbeings B.Wecanbecertainthatanimalshaveaculturetoo C.Socialscientistsdoubtifanimalshaveaculturetoo D.Sometraditionalideasaboutthedifferencebetweenhumanbeingsandanimalsmaybewrong
8、 firstsentenceofthesecondparagraph“Ourculturelets7usmakeupforhavinglostourstrength,claws
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