共用题干 Animal's"Sixth Sense"A tsunami was triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean in December,2004.It killed tens of thou- sands of people in Asia and East Africa. Wild animals,______________(51),seem to have escaped that terrible tsunami.This phenomenon adds weight to notions that they possess a"sixth sense"for______________(52),cx-perts said.Sri Lankan wildlife officials have said the giant waves that killed over 24,000 people along the Indian Ocean island's coast clearly______________(53)wild beasts,with no dead animals found."No elephants are dead,not______________(54)a dead rabbit.I think animals can______________(55) 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______________(56) washed floodwaters up to 2 miles inland at Yala National Park in the ravaged southeast,Sri Lanka's biggest wildlife______________(57)and home to hundreds of wild elephants and several leopards."There has been a lot of______________(58)evidence about dogs barking or birds migrating before vol- came eruptions or earthquakes.But it has not been proven,"said Matthew van Lierop an animal behavior ______________(59)at Johannesburg Zoo."There have been no______________(60)studies because you can't really test it in a lab or field set-ting,"he told Reuters.Other authorities concurred with this______________(61)."Wildlife seem to be able to pick up certain______________(62),especially birds…there are many re-ports of birds detecting impending disasters."said Clive Walker,who has written several books on African wildlife.Animals_______________(63)rely on the known senses such as smell or hearing to avoid danger such as predators.The notion of an animal"sixth sense”-or_______________(64)other mythical power一is an enduring one which the evidence on Sri Lanka's ravaged coast is likely to add to.The Romans saw owls______________(65)omens of impending disaster and many ancient cultures viewed elephants as sacred animals endowed with special powers or attributes. _________(51)
A.therefore B.however C.although D.whatever正确答案B
