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 Dolphin and an Astronomer One day in 1963, a dolphin named Elvar and a famous astronomer, Carl Sagan, were playing a littl
A Dolphin and an Astronomer One day in 1963, a dolphin named Elvar and a famous astronomer, Carl Sagan, were playing a littl
admin
2013-05-28
45
问题
A Dolphin and an Astronomer
One day in 1963, a dolphin named Elvar and a famous astronomer, Carl Sagan, were playing a little game. The astronomer was visiting an institute which was looking into the way dolphins communicate with each other. Sagan was standing on the edge of one of the tanks where several of these friendly, highly intelligent creatures were kept. Elvar had just swum up alongside him and had turned on his back.
The dolphin wanted Sagan to scratch his stomach again, as the astronomer had done twice before. Elvar looked up at Sagan, waiting. Then, after a minute or so, the dolphin leapt up through the water and made a sound just like the word "more". The astonished astronomer went to the director of the institute and told him about the incident. "Oh, yes. That’s one of the words he knows," the director said, showing no surprise at all.
Dolphins have bigger brain in proportion to their body size than humans have, and it has been known for a long time that they can make a number of sounds. What is more, these sounds seem to have different functions, such as warning each other of danger. Sound travels much faster and much further in water than it does in air. That is why the parts of the brain that deal with sound are much better developed in dolphin than in humans. But can it be said that dolphins have a "language", in the real sense of the word? Scientists don’t agree on this.
A language is not just a collection of sounds, or even words. A language has a structure and what we call a grammar. The structure and grammar of a language help to give it meaning. For example, the two questions "Who loves Mary?" and "Who does Mary love?" mean very different things. If you stop to think about it, you will see that this difference doesn’t come from the words in the question but from the difference in structure. That is why the question "Can dolphins speak?" can’t be answered until we find out if dolphins not only make sounds but also arrange them in a grammatical order which affects their meaning.(2003年)
Some scientists believe that dolphins have a language of their own.
选项
A、Right
B、Wrong
C、Not mentioned
答案
A
解析
题干大意:一些科学家认为海豚有它们自己的语言。文章最后一句提到:That is why the question“Can dolphins speak?”can’t be answered until we find outif dolphins not only make sounds but also arrange them in a grammatical order which affects their meaning.科学家需要弄清海豚不仅仅发声,而且能把它们按照语法的顺序组织起来,来反映它们的意思,才能回答海豚是否能说话这个问题。故答案选A。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/RiLd777K
本试题收录于:
职称英语理工类A级题库职称英语分类
0
职称英语理工类A级
职称英语
相关试题推荐
ScientistsDevelopWaysofDetectingHeartAttackGermanresearchershavecomeupwithanewgenerationofdefibrillators(除颤
HowtheBodyKeepstheSameTemperatureThetemperatureofyourbodyshouldbealwaysjustthesame,nomatterwhethertheweath
AAttractionsofTravellingBLanguageProblemWhenEatingOutCRevolutionCausedbyJetsDHowTravellers’ConcernsAreMe
AAttractionsofTravellingBLanguageProblemWhenEatingOutCRevolutionCausedbyJetsDHowTravellers’ConcernsAreMe
AnimalsintheDesertSomedesertanimalscansurvivetheverystrongsummerheatanddrynessbecausetheyhaveveryunusualcha
ThirstforOilWorldwideeveryday,wedevourtheenergyequivalentofabout200millionbarrelsofoil.MostoftheenergyonE
TheyalwaysmockmebecauseIamugly.
Techniquestoharnesstheenergyofthesunarebeingdeveloped.
Europa’sWateryUnderworldEuropa,oneofJupiter’s63knownmoons,looksbrightandicyonthesurface.Butappearancescan
Europa’sWateryUnderworldEuropa,oneofJupiter’s63knownmoons,looksbrightandicyonthesurface.Butappearancescan
随机试题
在确定计税价值和税基的评估时,税收征管部门通常要求使用的价值类型是()。
社会主义初级阶段和新民主主义社会的区别是什么?
再植牙成功的标准中,错误的是
A.中粉B.细粉C.最细粉D.极细粉E.超细粉除另有规定外,儿科用散剂应为()。
以下关于公路运输的特点,说法错误的是()。
某进出口公司(增值税一般纳税人)2011年2月报关进口笔记本电脑45000台,每台关税完税价格为6400元,进口关税税率为60%。已交进口关税和海关代征的增值税,并已取得增值税完税凭证。当月以不含税售价每台8600元全部售出。要求:根据上述资料,回答下题
股东大会通过当次发行议案之日起( )个工作日内,上市公司应当公布股东大会决议。
在社会生产过程中起决定作用的环节是()。
Manystudentsfindtheexperienceofattendinguniversitylecturestobeaconfusingandfrustratingexperience.Thelecturersp
SoonafterstartinghisjobassuperintendentoftheMemphis,Tenn.,publicschools,KrinerCashorderedanassessmentofhisne
最新回复
(
0
)