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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 elephant 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 seems 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 danger such as predators.
    The notion of an animal’ s "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 powers or attributes.
【C11】
选项 A、modification
B、detection
C、assessment
D、value
答案C
解析 前面一句话说马修·范·利罗普指出无法验证动物预见灾难的“第六感”的困难所在，其他专家也同意这一看法。concur with(同意)后面的宾语一般是view，opinion，judgement这一类词。assessment意思是“看法”，符合句意。modification修改，改进；detection觉察，发现；value价值。
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