Washoe is a young chimpanzee(黑猩猩). She is no 1 chimpanzee, though. Scientists are doing research(研究) 2 her. They want to see how civilized(馴化) she can 3 . Already she can do many things as human being does.
For example, she has been learning how to exchange 4 with people. The scientists are teaching her 5 language. When she wants to be picked 6 , Washoe points up with one finger. She rubs her teeth with her finger 7 she wants to brush her teeth. This is done after every meal.
Washoe has also been trained to find answers to problems. Once she was put in a room with food hanging from the top. It was too high to 8 . After she thought about the problem, she got a tall box to stand 9 . The food was still too high to be reached. Washoe found a long stick. Then she climbed onto the 10 , caught the stick and 11 down the food with the stick.
Washoe 12 like a human, too. The scientists keep her in a fully furnished(布置好家俱的) house. After a hard 13 in the lab, she goes home. There she plays with her toys. She 14 watches television before going to bed.
Scientists hope to 15 more about people by studying our closest relative---the chimpanzee.
1. A. foolish B. simple C .real D. ordinary
2. A. for B. on C .to D. by
3.A.experience B. change C. produce D. become
4. A. actions B. ideas C. messages D. feelings
5. A. human B. sign C. mother D. animal
6. A. out B. at C. on D. up
7. A. when B. until C. since D. while
8. A. pull B. see C. eat D. reach
9. A. by B. on C up D. with
10. A. wall B. box C. top D. stick
11. A. knocked B. picked C. took D. looked
12. A. lives B. works C. thinks D. plays
13. A. task B. lesson C. journey D. day
14. A .quite B. already C .even D. still
15. A. see B. answer C. learn D. copy
名師點評
黑猩猩和人類有很近的關係。科學家們想通過研究黑猩猩從而更好的了解人類。他們做了一系列的實驗來證明黑猩猩和人一樣有很強的模仿能力。答題時要圍繞黑猩猩模仿人動作的幾個片段，進行合理推斷。
答案簡析在下一頁：
1. D。突出猩猩的不一般。
2. B。do research on 意思是「對……做出研究」。
3. D。經過馴化，猩猩會有什麼轉變。
4. C。語言的主要作用是交流信息。通過交流，體驗感受。
5. B。下文提到的都是有關sign language。
6. D。pick up意思是「抱起，撿起」。
7. A。跟上句when引導的狀語從句相對稱。
8. D。reach 有「夠到」、「到達」的意思。
9. B。 為了夠到東西，猩猩要站到上面。
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10. B。從前句推知，猩猩爬到箱子上。
11. A。猩猩準備用棒子敲一下食物。
12. A。下文提到的都是有關猩猩生活方面的情況，故選live.。
13. D。要讓猩猩適應住在有家俱的房子裡，必須訓練一段時間。從時間段來，用 「day」好。
14. C。猩猩經過訓練，知道睡前要關電視。
15. C。learn 有「了解、學會」等意思。
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