C
Have you ever heard that groundhogs can predict(预测) the end of winter? How about that elephants rarely forget things? Or that dogs can smell something strange? That may not be 100% true. However, many animals do have stronger senses than humans.
Do animals have a sixth sense that can tell the future? That may sound unbelievable. However, many events seem to support this idea.
Thousands of years ago, a big earthquake hit Helike,
Greece. Buildings came down. Many people were hurt. But there was something amazing. The city's animals acted strangely days before the earthquake. Rats and snakes ran out of the city in groups. Did they know an earthquake was coming? In 1975, lots of people had to leave their hometown, Haicheng, Liaoning Province with the help of the Chinese government. Why? They believed a disaster was coming. They thought this way, in part, because of animals' strange
behaviours. Just days later, a large earthquake hit the city. Experts(专家) said lots of people could have lost their lives if people stayed in the city at that time. In December 2004, the animals of Sri Lanka acted strangely. Elephants ran around. Dogs wouldn't go outside. Zoo animals wouldn't leave their homes. Soon after people saw these strange behaviours, a tsunami(海啸) hit the island.
Animals seem to be pretty good at predicting disasters. But it doesn't stop there! Some of them even seem to sense small changes in the weather before they happen. Bees are known to find places before it rains. Dairy farmers say they can tell a big storm is coming when their cows lie down. Cats and dogs are also said to know when a storm is on its way. Can animals really tell the future?
Experts say it's unlikely(不太可能的) that animals can tell the future. However, they might hear or feel the earthquake before people do. Even though scientists have not proved animals have the ability to predict disasters before they happen and animals' predictions aren't always right, it's not bad to pay attention to animals.
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)8. According to the passage, we know many animals
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A. can tell the future in different ways
B. have better sense abilities than humans
C. act strangely after some natural disasters
D. use the sixth sense to predict earthquakes
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)9. The underlined word "behaviours" in Paragraph 3 probably means "
".
A. actions B. senses C. ideas D. feelings
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)10. How many examples does the writer use in Paragraph 3 to support the idea that animals can tell the future?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.
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A
)11. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Can animals predict the future?
B. Do animals have stronger senses?
C. How do animals save people's lives?
D. What are animals' ways to tell the future?
