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Animal’s "Sixth Sense" A tsunami was triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean in December, 2004. It killed tens of tho

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问题                         Animal’s "Sixth Sense"
    A tsunami was triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean in December, 2004. It killed tens of thousands of people in Asia and East Africa. Wild animals,【C1】______, seem to have escaped that terrible tsunami. This phenomenon adds weight to notions that they possess a "sixth sense" for【C2】______, experts said.
    Sri Lankan wildlife officials have said the giant waves that killed over 24, 000 people along the Indian Ocean island’s coast clearly【C3】______wild beasts, with no dead animals found.
    "No elephants are dead, not【C4】______a dead rabbit. I think animals can【C5】______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【C6】______washed floodwaters up to 2 miles inland at Yala National Park in the ravaged southeast, Sri Lanka’s biggest wildlife【C7】______and home to hundreds of wild elephants and several leopards.
    "There has been a lot of【C8】______evidence about dogs barking or birds migrating before volcanic eruptions or earthquakes. But it has not been proven, " said Matthew van Lierop, an animal behavior【C9】______at Johannesburg Zoo.
    "There have been no【C10】______studies because you can’t really test it in a lab or field setting, " he told Reuters. Other authorities concurred with this【C11】______.
    "Wildlife seem to be able to pick up certain【C12】______, especially birds.. . there are many reports of birds detecting impending disasters, " said Clive Walker, who has written several books on African wildlife.
    Animals【C13】______rely on the known senses such as smell or hearing to avoid clanger such as predators.
    The notion of an animal "sixth sense" — or【C14】______other mythical power is an enduring one which the evidence on Sri Lanka’s ravaged coast is likely to add to.
    The Romans saw owls【C15】______omens of impending disaster and many ancient cultures viewed elephants as sacred animals endowed with special power or attributes.
【C12】
选项 A、route
B、behavior
C、principle
D、phenomenon
答案D
解析 句意：野生动物尤其是鸟类，似乎能够感知到某些……后文“there are many reports of birds detecting impending disasters”说明有许多关于鸟类感知到将要来临的灾难的报道。四个选项A项route“路线，航线”，B项behavior“行为”，C项principle“原理，本质”，D项phenomenon“现象”，由句意判断D项最合适。故本题选D。
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