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Stories of Animals Acting Just Like Humans
◆Monkeys do math
If monkeys manage the world, we might have stayed away from the recent banking hardship. In an experiment led by Keith Chen at Yale, monkeys showed an understanding of pricing and planning the money, as well as a wish to stay away from losses when required to buy food with money. Makes sense this one looks like it’s checking its stocks (股票) on a smart phone. Think that’s impressive?
◆Camel eats breakfast with people
The first time Joe ate with British farmers, he was uninvited. The four-year-old Bactrian camel stuck his head through their open kitchen window, and emptied a fruit bowl. Now the couple, who rent out reindeer, camels, goats, and other creatures for television shows, movies, and photo shoots, set a place at their table for the confident double-humped creature, where Joe eats grain food and his favorite: bananas on toast.
◆Marmots (土拨鼠) befriend a boy
A group of marmots in the Austrian Alps has made friends with eight-year-old Matteo Walch by chance, whose family vacations there in summer. Typically, they beat their tails, chatter, and whistle to warn other marmots of danger, but with Matteo, they behave much differently, allowing the boy to feed, pet, and even touch noses with them. “Watching them makes me feel a connection with nature,” says Matteo. How sweet!
1. In what way do monkeys behave like humans according to the text?
A. In character. B. In intelligence.
C. In communication. D. In the way of lifestyle.
2. Why do the British couple raise the animals?
A. To make money.
B. To have dinners with them.
C. To protect endangered animals.
D. To train them to act as humans.
3. Why did Matteo Walch go to the Austrian Alps?
A. To warn marmots of danger.
B. To develop interest in nature.
C. To make friends with marmots.
D. To go on a holiday with his family.
【答案】1. B 2. A 3. D
【解析】
【分析】
本文为记叙文。文章讲述了几个动物和人类行为相似的故事。
【1题详解】
推理判断题。根据Monkeys do math部分的monkeys showed an understanding of pricing and planning the money, as well as a wish to stay away from losses when required to buy food with money（猴子们表现出了对定价和理财的理解，以及在需要用钱购买食物时避免损失的愿望）可推知，猴子在智力上表现得像人类。故B选项正确。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据Camel eats breakfast with people部分的Now the couple, who rent out reindeer, camels, goats, and other creatures for television shows, movies, and photo shoots（现在，这对夫妇把驯鹿、骆驼、山羊和其它动物出租出去用于电视节目、电影和摄影）可知，这对英国夫妇养这些动物是为了赚钱。故A选项正确。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据Marmots (土拨鼠) befriend a boy部分的A group of marmots in the Austrian Alps has made friends with eight-year-old Matteo Walch by chance, whose family vacations there in summer.（奥地利阿尔卑斯山上的一群土拨鼠偶然结识了8岁的马泰奥·瓦尔奇，瓦尔奇一家夏天都在那里度假）可推知，马泰奥•瓦尔奇去奥地利阿尔卑斯山是和家人一起去度假的。故D选项正确。
【点睛】细节事实理解题主要考查考生对文章中某一些特定细节或文章的重要事实的理解能力。它一般包括直接理解题和语义理解题两种。直接理解题的答案与原文直接挂钩，从阅读材料中可以找到。此外，在阅读中可以使用定位法与跳读法解决细节理解题。定位法即根据题干和选项所提供的信息直接从原文中找到相应的句子(即定位)，然后进行比较和分析(尤其要注意一些同义转换)，从而找出正确答案。跳读法即根据题干和选项所提供的信息跳读原文，并找到相关的句子(有时可能是几个句子)或段落，然后进行分析和推理等，从而找出正确答案。
以本文第3小题为例，本题运用定位法：我们根据题干Why did Matteo Walch go to the Austrian Alps?其关键词是Matteo Walch，从而直接定位到Marmots (土拨鼠) befriend a boy部分的A group of marmots in the Austrian Alps has made friends with eight-year-old Matteo Walch by chance, whose family vacations there in summer.（奥地利阿尔卑斯山上的一群土拨鼠偶然结识了8岁的马泰奥•瓦尔奇，瓦尔奇一家夏天都在那里度假）可推知，马泰奥•瓦尔奇去奥地利阿尔卑斯山是和家人一起去度假的。故D选项正确。
