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  3. An introductory sentence to a brief summary of the passage is given below. Complete the summary by adding the THREE answer choic

An introductory sentence to a brief summary of the passage is given below. Complete the summary by adding the THREE answer choic

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问题 An introductory sentence to a brief summary of the passage is given below. Complete the summary by adding the THREE answer choices that express the most important ideas in the passage. Some answer choices do not belong in the summary because they express ideas that are not given in the passage or are minor ideas in the passage. This question is worth 2 points.
    Whether or not elephants possess intelligence, or how that intelligence should be understood, is a matter of fierce debate, but evidence favors the theory that elephants are intelligent creatures.
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    Answer Choices
    1. Some people dismiss the theory of elephant intelligence as nothing more than an outgrowth of our tendency to project human characteristics onto other creatures.
    2. Scientists have found that elephants apparently have a sense of self, as evidenced by their reactions to their reflections in mirrors.
    3. Some elephants have been known to clean themselves after seeing that they have dirt on their faces by looking at their reflections in a mirror.
    4. Elephants are reputed to stop at locations where another elephant has died as if ruminating on the inescapable fact of mortality.
    5. Elephants also seem to possess an enduring idea of death, which indicates an ability to form abstract concepts.
    6. Elephants learn all of their behavior, including tool use, which may explain why they have also developed complex social structures.
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答案2，5，6
解析 文意总结题 题目要求找出支持大象拥有智商这一理论的主要依据。
    1．这是在第一段中提到的内容，是怀疑大象拥有智商的理由，因此不是正确选项。
    2．这是第二段中提到的内容，是证明大象拥有智商的主要依据。
    3．这是第二段中推测大象拥有智商时举的例子，是细节内容。
    4．这是第三段中推测大象拥有智商时举的例子，也是细节内容。
    5．这是在第三段的最后提到的内容，是大象对死亡的各种反应的结论，因此是主要内容。
    6．在第四段中对大象拥有智商的另外一个有力依据(即大象拥有学习能力)的说明，属于本篇文章的结论部分，因此也是主要内容。
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