Question

Do animals have a culture? What do we mean by “culture”? Lately social scientists have begun to ask if culture is found just in humans, or if some animals have a culture too. When we speak of culture, we mean a way of life a group of people have in common. Culture includes the beliefs and attitudes we learn. It is the patterns of behavior that help people to live together. It is also the patterns of behavior that make one group of people different from another group.

Our culture lets us make up for having lost out strength, claws, long teeth, and other defenses. Instead we use tools, cooperate with one another, and communicate with language. But these aspects of human behavior, or “culture”, can also be found in the lives of certain animals. Animals can make tools, for example. We used to think that the ability to use tools was the dividing line between human beings and other animals. Lately, however, we have found that this is not the case. Chimpanzees can not only use tools but actually make tools themselves. Animals can also share knowledge with each other and use their own language to communicate. So it may be important for us to know that the line dividing us from animals is not as clear as we used to think.

1. When we talk about “culture”, we mean __________.

A. book language of behavior we learn

B. the patterns of behavior we learn

C. traditional ideas

D. people’s habits

2.We thought ________ was the biggest difference between human beings and other animals.

A. cooperating with one another

B. communicating with language

C. using tools

D. losing long teeth

3.The example of chimpanzees shows __________.

A. animals are the same as human beings

B. animals can be as clever as human beings

C. there is no differences between humans and other animals

D. animals may have a culture like our own

4. It’s ________ that animals have a culture too.

A. sure B. unbelievable

C. possible D. important

5. The main idea of the passage is _______.

A. chimpanzees can learn to use sign language to make sentences

B. other animals can invent tools

C. knowledge and communication are no longer signs of only human behavior

D. the line dividing human culture from animal culture is not as clear as we might think

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.C

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：人們一直認為人類和其他動物的區(qū)別在于人類會制造工具，人類有自己的文化，這些文化包括人們的信仰、態(tài)度以及人們相處的行為方式。本文提出動物也有自己的文化，黑猩猩也會制造工具，或許人類和動物的界限并不像我們以前想的那樣。

1.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段可以看出 ，文化是我們學習的行為模式。正確答案為B。

2.細節(jié)理解題。從第二段“we used to think that the ... between human beings and other animals”可知，我們曾經(jīng)認為使用工具是人和其他動物的區(qū)分線。所以選C。

3.推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第二段第三句，或者在某些動物生活中也有文化，接下來就舉了黑猩猩的例子�？芍�黑猩猩的例子顯示動物可能也像我們一樣有文化。所以選D。

4.推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章介紹文化的含義及大猩猩的例子，可知動物可能也有文化。所以選C。

5.主旨大意歸納題。文章主要提出動物也有自己的文化，或許人類和動物的界限并不像我們以前想的那樣。所以選D。

考點:社會類閱讀。