首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
[A]experimental[I]contend [B]preference[J]momentary [C]Incidentally[K]infer [D]conceive[L]Initially [E]reassessm
[A]experimental[I]contend [B]preference[J]momentary [C]Incidentally[K]infer [D]conceive[L]Initially [E]reassessm
admin
2020-06-05
74
问题
[A]experimental[I]contend
[B]preference[J]momentary
[C]Incidentally[K]infer
[D]conceive[L]Initially
[E]reassessment[M]homogeneous
[F]explicit[N]preserve
[G]recover[O]predecessor
[H]provisions
According to a scientific study published in April, 2007, birds have shown they can plan for a future state of mind.
Hoarding【C1】______for future use is not unique to humans. Birds, squirrels and monkeys do it. But the ability to think not just about tomorrow, but to realize how tomorrow’s feelings might differ from today’s, was thought to be the【C2】______of people. This week researchers demonstrated that Western scrub-jays, a type of crow, can do it, too.
The researchers, led by Nicky Clayton of the University of Cambridge, wanted to test an idea proposed by Wolfgang Kohler, Norbert Bischof and Doris Bischof Kohler, three German psychologists. The Bischof Kohler hypothesis says that only humans can mentally separate themselves from what they are experiencing to【C3】______how they might feel about future events.
To test whether this is so, Dr. Clayton and her colleagues sought to tease apart scrub-jays’【C4】______desires from their planning for future needs. They let the birds eat as much of one food as they wanted, exploiting a condition called specific satiety(饱足)—once the birds are full of one food, they show strong【C5】______for something different. They then offered the birds that same food or a second one to store for later.
【C6】______the scrub-jays behaved as predicted, choosing to stow away the second food, which they had not just eaten. But minutes before allowing the birds to【C7】______their storage, the researchers fed the birds to satiety with that second food—the one they had already stored. The birds changed their hoarding preferences on the very next trial. Even though they had just had their fill of the first food, they still hoard it, presumably because they thought it would be their preferred choice later. The results are published in this week’s Current Biology.
The finding matters because the birds seem to plan ahead for what they will want later,even though their choice conflicts with what they want now. It could prompt a【C8】______of how animals perceive the world around them. Without the benefit of【C9】______subjects who can explain their thinking? However, Dr. Clayton and her colleagues will have to develop ever more cunning experiments to【C10】______complex mental processes from simple behavior.
【C2】
选项
答案
N
解析
根据句子结构可知,此处缺少名词。结合上文所提到的“未雨绸缪并非人类所特有的能力。鸟类、松鼠与猴子都有此能力。”可推知,本句话中所提到的不仅能想着明天,而且还能意识到明天的感觉会如何不同于今天的能力曾被认为是人类独有的。备选名词中的preserve“独有的特质”符合句意,故[N]为答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/CICK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
(1)PeopleintheUnitedStatesinthenineteenthcenturywerehauntedbytheprospectthatunprecedentedchangeinthenation’s
A.claimB.advancedC.challengeD.butE.constantlyF.declareG.pilesupH.limitedI
(1)Pageants(露天演出)areusuallyconceivedonafairlylargescale,oftenundertheauspicesofsomelocalorcivicauthorityora
A、Spendmoretimeonthecollegepremises.B、Getusedtoworkingindependently.C、Workharderthantheydidatschool.D、Underst
A、Heisagraduatestudentinpsychology.B、Hehasgottwodegreesaftergraduation.C、HehasworkedinJapanforeightyears.D
______proposalsshouldbeputintopracticenomatterhowharditwillbe.
Throughoutourlives,mothersaretherewithanencouragingword,asympatheticear,anda(n)_______heart.
A.sothatB.preferenceC.normalD.circleE.callsforF.problemG.longerH.cycleI.matterJ.illustratesK.hand
PassageThreeWhataretheconsequencesofhavingnoorfewerchildrenthanonedesiresaccordingtotheauthor?
[A]access[B]accordingly[C]advocate[D]automatic[E]contend[F]content[G]enhanced[H]enriched[I]ineffective
随机试题
在库仑法分析中,电流效率不能达到百分之百的原因之一,是由于电解过程中有副反应产生。()
嗳气酸腐兼脘腹胀满者多属
A、PEG6000B、水C、液体石蜡D、硬脂酸E、石油醚滴丸的非水溶性基质()。
患者,男,50岁,胃溃疡病史20余年,近来1个月出现腹部疼痛没有以前规律,无恶心、呕吐、体重下降现象。入院检查大便隐血试验阳性,考虑胃溃疡伴消化道出血。下列生活指导正确的是
简述宪法观念作用的主要方式。
发生火灾时,应急照明控制器接收到消防联动信号后,下发控制命令至消防应急灯具,控制应急照明配电箱和消防应急灯具转入应急状态,为人员疏散和消防作业提供照明和疏散指示的是()系统。
累计折旧是资产类账户,故计提折旧应记入该账户的借方。()
投资者拥有的某股票的配股权证的数量是根据该上市公司的配股比例及配股除权登记日闭市后投资者持有该股票的数量确定的。()
目前我国位居世界上入境旅游接待国()。
A、Awomancannotshinetheman’sshoes.B、Awomancannotallowhermantodrink.C、Themancanneverfindatraditionalwomanas
最新回复
(
0
)