Another secret of animals’ survival is telepathy(心灵感应). This sense becomes atrophied(衰退) in man, but a(n)
1 thought-communication functions in animals. Elsa, the lioness, frequently
2 when George and I intended to visit her camp, even though it
3 180 miles from our home in Isiolo. On most
4 when we made our irregular visit she was waiting for us. By following the spoor(野兽的足迹),we
5 that she had sometimes walked 50 or 60 miles to meet us.
The same thing
6 when I took Elsa’s sisters to Nairobi to be flown to the Rotterdam zoo, Elsa’s zoo. Elsa stayed behind with George in Isiolo 180 miles
7 . He did not know when I was coming back, no person knew. But Elsa knew. On the morning of my
8 she sat down at the entrance and wouldn’t make any
9 until I arrived in the evening.
I have known this kind of thought-communication with the animal with whom I’ve lived. When Elsa died, I woke in the night, knowing what had happened, even though I was several miles away. The same thing
10 later with one of Pippa’s cubs.
I don’t
11 this sensitivity with my own kind. Feel far more in tune with what is going on when I am in the bush than when I am in London on Nairobi. We don’t know much yet about this telepathy from which gland(腺体) it comes, or how it
12 . But if men could awaken or
13 it in themselves, and then cooperate by trusting each other,
14 fearing and treating one another
15 , the world would be a far better place.
小题1: | A.extremely | B.completely | C.thoroughly | D.definitely |
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小题2: | A.sensed | B.aware | C.feels | D.concerns |
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小题3: | A.lay | B.lies | C.located | D.stood |
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小题4: | A.case | B.conditions | C.occasions | D.situations |
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小题5: | A.discussed | B.dismissed | C.discovered | D.distrusted |
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小题6: | A.happened | B.broken out | C.replaced | D.took over |
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小题7: | A.far | B.farther | C.away | D.far from |
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小题8: | A.turn | B.return | C.reality | D.reappear |
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小题9: | A.emotions | B.feelings | C.exchanges | D.movement |
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小题10: | A.burst forth | B.burst | C.appeared | D.occurred |
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小题11: | A.command | B.confirm | C.possess | D.prohibit |
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小题12: | A.starts | B.comprehends | C.manufactures | D.works |
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小题13: | A.create | B.plant | C.cultivate | D.produce |
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小题14: | A.rather than | B.other than | C.would rather | D.or rather |
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小题15: | A.suspiciously | B.suspecting | C.prosperously | D.doubtfully |
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