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1、2012年高考英语阅读理解训练：科普小品类（—）（2011-全国卷II）Forthosewhostudythedevelopmentofintelligenee（智力）intheanimalworld,self??awarenessisanimportantmeasurement・Ananimalthatisaware（意识）ofitselfhasahighlevelofintelligenee.Awarenesscanbetestedbystudyingwhethertheanimalrecognizesitself
2、inthemirror,thatis,itsownreflectedimage（反身寸出的影像）.Manyanimalsfailthisexercisebitterly,payingverylittleattentiontothereflectedimage・Onlyhumans,andsomeintelligentanimalslikeapesanddolphins,havebeenshowntorecognizethattheimageinthemirrorisofthemselves.Nowanotheranim
3、alhasjoinedtheclub.IntheProceedingsoftheNationalAcademyofSciences,researchersreportthatanAsianelephanthaspassedthemirrorself??reflectiontest."Wethoughtthatelephantswerethenextimportantanimal."saidDianaReissoftheWildlifeConservationSociety,anauthorofthestudywithJ
4、oshuaM.PlotnikandFansB.M.deWaalofEmoryUniversity.Withtheirlargebrains,Reisssaid,elephants"seemedlikecousinstoapesanddolphins".TheresearcherstestedHappy,MaxineandPatty,threeelephantsattheBronxZoo.Theyputan8??foot??squaremirroronawalloftheanimals*playarea（outofthe
5、sightofzoovisitors）andrecordedwhathappenedwithcameras,includingonebuiltinthemirror.Theelephantsusedtheirlongnosestofindwhatwasbehindit,andtoexaminepartsoftheirbodies.Ofthethree,Happythenpassedthetest,inwhichaclearmarkwaspaintedononesideofherface・Shecouldtellthem
6、arkwastherebylookinginthemirror,andsheusedthemirrortotouchthemarkwithherlongnose・DianaReisssaid,"Weknewelephantswereintelligent,butnowwecantalkabouttheirintelligeneeinabetterway."1・Whatcanmirrorteststellusaboutanimals?A.Whethertheyhavelargebrains.B・Whethertheyha
7、veself??awareness.D.Whethertheyenjoyplayingwithmirrors.2.Whydoestheauthormentionapesanddolphinsinthetext?A.Theyaremostfamiliartoreaders.B.Theyarebigfavoriteswithzoovisitors.C.TheyareineludedinthestudybyReiss・D.Theyarealreadyknowntobeintelhgent・3.WhatmadeHappydif
8、ferentfromMaxineandPatty?A.Sheusedhernosetosearchbehindthemirror.B.Sherecognizedherownimageinthemirror.C.Shepaintedamarkonherownface・D.Shefoundthehiddencamera・答案与解析1.
