小学、初中、高中各种试卷真题知识归纳文案合同PPT等免费下载www.doc985.com小学、初中、高中各种试卷真题知识归纳文案合同PPT等免费下载www.doc985.com选择性必修第三册UNIT9HUMANBIOLOGY(二)Ⅰ.阅读理解A(★)Dolphinsareuniversallyregardedassomeofthecleverestcreaturesintheworld.Dolphinsincaptivitycanbetrainedtoperformtrickslikejumpingthroughhoopsandsomersaultingintheair.Buttheirintelligencedoesn’tstopthere.Inarecentstudyofcetaceans(鲸目动物)—agroupofanimalsthatincludesdolphinsandwhales—researcherscreatedalistofintelligentbehaviorsobservedin90differentcetaceanspecies，reportedTheGuardian.Forexample，thesmartestcetaceanshuntingroups，shareknowledgethroughmimicry(模仿)andevencareforeachother’schildren.Someevenconsidertheirbehaviortobehuman-like.“Thereisthesayingthat‘ittakesavillagetoraiseachild’seemstobetrueforbothwhalesandhumans，”MichaelMuthukrishnaoftheLondonSchoolofEconomics，co-authorofthestudy，toldTheGuardian.However，cetaceansdon’tjustusetheirbrainpowerforsurvival.Thestudysuggeststhatdolphinsmightevengossip.That’sbecausesomespeciesgreeteachotherwithspecificwhistles，justashumansgreeteachotherbyname，TheGuardianreported.Sometimes，agroupofdolphinswhistlesthe“name”ofadolphinthatisn’tthere.Couldtheybespeakingabouttheir“friend”behinditsback?Fortheresearchers，dolphinsmalltalkisabigdeal.Astheyfoundthatthemostsocialcetaceansalsohavethelargestbrains，theyarguethatcetaceanintelligencedevelopedtomeetthedemandsofcomplexsocialgroups.Knownasthe“culturalbrainhypothesis(假设)”，ithadonlybeenusedtoexplaintheintelligenceofhumansandotherprimates(灵长目动物)．Thenewstudyaimedtofindacommonpathwayfortheevolutionofintelligenceamongbiologicallydifferentspecies.“Itisinterestingtothinkthatwhaleandhumanbrainsaredifferentintheirstructurebuthavebroughtustothesamepatternsinbehavior，”LukeRendell，abiologistattheUniversityofStAndrews，toldTheGuardian.Indeed，westillhavealottolearnaboutourintelligentocean-dwellingneighbors.“Wedon’thavetolookatotherplanetstolookforaliens，”MuthukrishnatoldTheGuardian，“becauseweknowthatunderwatertherearetheseamazingspecieswithsomanyparallelstousintheircomplexbehaviors.”1．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“gossip”probablymeaninparagraph4?小学、初中、高中各种试卷真题知识归纳文案合同PPT等免费下载www.doc985.com小学、初中、高中各种试卷真题知识归纳文案合同PPT等免费下载www.doc985.comA．Singing.B．Shouting.C．Chatting.D．Arguing.2．Whatwastheaimoftherecentstudy?A．Learnmoreaboutintelligentcreaturesofthesea.B．Explaintheintelligenceofhumansandcetaceans.C．Createalistofintelligentbehaviorsofdifferentcetaceanspecies.D．Seewhethertheintelligenceofdifferentspeciesevolvedinthesameway.3．Whatcanbeinferredfromthepassage?A．Somecetaceanshavethesameintelligenceashumanbeings.B．Itisunnecessarytolookforaliensanddoresearchintothem.C．Bothdolphinsandwhalesgreeteachotherwithspecificwhistles.D．Bothdolphinsandwhaleshavealotincommonwithhumansinbehaviors.4．Whatisthebesttitleforthispassage?A．AliensLivingUnderwaterB．IntelligentCreaturesoftheSeaC．AStudyofIntelligentDolphinsD．ReasonsfortheIntelligenceofSeaCreaturesBFromthetimeIwasayounggirl，allIwantedwastoplayoutside.Iusedtheferns(蕨类植物)inmychildhoodbackyardtoraisemyselfupmuddyPacificNorthwestslopes(斜坡)，satbytheedgeoftheproperty’swoodedstreamandimagineditwasawindingriver.Hourswerespentonhorseback，preparedwithbagsandsnacksto...