共用题干 Animal's"Sixth Sense"A tsunami(海啸)was triggered(引发)by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean in December,2004.It killed tens of thousands of people in Asia and East Africa.Wild animals,_________(1),seem to have escaped that terrible tsunami.This phenomenon adds weight to notions that they possess a"sixth sense"for_________(2), experts said.Sri Lankan wildlife officials have said the giant waves that killed over 24,000 peoplealong the Indian Ocean island's coast clearly_________(3)wild beasts,with no dead animals found."No elephants are dead,not_________(4)a dead rabbit.I think animals can _________(5)disaster.They have a sixth sense.They know when things are happening," H. D. Ratnayake,deputy director of Sri Lanka's Wildlife Department,said about one month after the tsunami attack.The_________(6)washed floodwaters up to 2 miles inland at Yala National Park in the ravaged(被毁坏的)southeast, Sri Lanka's biggest wildlife_________(7)and home to hundreds of wild elephants and several leopards(豹)."There has been_________(8)apparent evidence about dogs barking or birds migrating before volcanic eruptions(火山爆发)or earthquakes. But it has not been proven,"said Matthew van Lierop,an animal behavior_________(9)at Johannesburg Zoo."There have been no_________(10)studies because you can't really test it in a lab or field setting , " he told Reuters. Other authorities concurred(同意)with this _________(11)."Wildlife seem to be able to pick up certain_________(12),especially birds… there are many reports of birds detecting impending(迫近的)disasters , " said Clive Walker,who has written several books on African wildlife.Animals_________(13)rely on the known senses such as smell or hearing to avoid danger such as predators(食肉动物).The notion of an animal"sixth sense”一or_________(14)other mythical power一 is an enduring one which the evidence on Sri Lanka's ravaged(荒凉的)coast is likely toadd_________(15). _________(1)
A.therefore B.however C.although D.whatever正确答案B
