問題詳情
IV. 閱讀測驗：下面兩篇短文共有 10 題，每篇各有 5 題，為第 41 − 50 題，請閱讀短文後，選出最適當的答案。 ▲ 閱讀下文，回答第 41−45 題 When judging animals’ intelligence, scientists look for insight, which they define as asudden understanding of how to do something difficult. When a monkey could not reach fruitfrom a tree, she noticed wooden boxes around the grassy ground near the tree. She piled theboxes into a pyramid, and then climbed on them to reach her reward. The monkey’s insightallowed her to solve a new problem without trial and error. The ability to use tools is also an important sign of intelligence. To make and use a tool forgetting the termite or the white ant, a chimpanzee first selected just the right stick. He trimmedand shaped the stick, and then found the entrance to a termite mound. When inserting the stickcarefully into the entrance, the chimpanzee turned it skillfully to fit the inner tunnels. Thechimpanzee attracted the white ants by shaking the stick. Then he pulled the tool out withoutremoving any white ants. Finally, he used his lips to move the white ants to his mouth. Many animals have learned to communicate using human language. Some chimpanzeescan recognize and correctly use more than 250 symbols on a keyboard. These symbolsrepresent human words. A parrot seems to use language to express his needs and emotions.When ill and taken to the animal hospital for his first overnight stay, this parrot wanted to go.“Come here! ” he cried to a scientist who works with him. “ I love you. I’m sorry. Wanna goback? ”
【題組】41. What is the passage mainly about?
(A) To introduce animals’ different ways of finding food.
(B) To compare the levels of intelligence among animals.
(C) To illustrate how different animals can be intelligent.
(D) To examine animals’ communication between each other.
參考答案
答案：C
難度：適中0.491667
統計：A(22),B(29),C(59),D(7),E(0)