共用题干 Animal"s"Sixth Sense"

A tsunami（海啸）was triggered（引发）by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean in
December,2004.It killed tens of thousands of people in Asia and East Africa.Wild
animals,_________(1),seem to have escaped that terrible tsunami.This
phenomenon adds weight to notions that they possess a"sixth sense"for_________(2),
experts said.
Sri Lankan wildlife officials have said the giant waves that killed over 24,000 people
along the Indian Ocean island"s coast clearly_________(3)wild beasts,with no dead
animals found.
"No elephants are dead,not_________(4)a dead rabbit.I think animals can
_________(5)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_________(6)washed floodwaters up to
2 miles inland at Yala National Park in the ravaged（被毁坏的）southeast, Sri Lanka"s
biggest wildlife_________(7)and home to hundreds of wild elephants and several
leopards（豹）.
"There has been_________(8)apparent evidence about dogs barking or birds
migrating before volcanic eruptions（火山爆发）or earthquakes. But it has not been
proven,"said Matthew van Lierop,an animal behavior_________(9)at Johannesburg
Zoo.
"There have been no_________(10)studies because you can"t really test it in a
lab or field setting , " he told Reuters. Other authorities concurred（同意）with this
_________(11).
"Wildlife seem to be able to pick up certain_________(12),especially birds…
there are many reports of birds detecting impending（迫近的）disasters , " said Clive
Walker,who has written several books on African wildlife.
Animals_________(13)rely on the known senses such as smell or hearing to
avoid danger such as predators（食肉动物）.
The notion of an animal"sixth sense”一or_________(14)other mythical power一
is an enduring one which the evidence on Sri Lanka"s ravaged（荒凉的）coast is likely to
add_________(15). _________(8)

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