Question

I would like to share with you a story of the monkey. In Thompson’s The Outline of Science there is a story about a scientist who ___1___ several chimpanzees and monkeys in order to ___2___ animal psychology. He took a glass bottle, ___3___ its cork (瓶塞) and put two peanuts inside the bottle. Needless to say, the peanuts dropped to the bottom of the bottle and were easily seen from the ___4___. He then passed the bottle to a monkey, who shook it __5____ for a long while and was ___6___ able to get the peanuts when they __7___ fell out. The scientist then put some peanuts into the bottle again ___8___ he had done before and showed the monkey that it only needed __9____ the bottle upside down for the peanuts to drop out. ___10___ the monkey always ignored his ___11___. Each time it just shook the bottle frantically, with great __12____ but without necessarily achieving __13____ result.

　　 Now the question is why the monkey was unable to understand what the scientist instructs. __14___ because all its attention was focused on the peanuts. As it was simple-mindedly concentrating on reaching the food, it had no time for understanding ___15___ learning. To learn, it must take its eyes off the peanuts and shift its attention to the ___16___ mo9vement of the man and the ___17___ the bottle was turned upside down. To shift its attention, it had to ___18___ down and not be taken over by the impulse (诱惑) of its appetite. Yet the monkey was not able to understand this. It is instances like this __19____ reveal (提示) the monkey’s lack of ___20___.

1. A. kept　 B. raised　 C. fed　 D. caught

2. A. learn　 B. know　 C. study　 D. find

3. A. to move　 B. removed　 C. taking off　 D. having taken away

4. A. inside　 B. top　 C. upside　　 D. outside

5. A. happily　 B. anxiously　 C. hurriedly　 D. easily

6. A. quite　 B. only　 C. of course　 D. not

7. A. suddenly　 B. accidentally　 C. occasionally　 D. quickly

8. A. as　　 B. that　 C. what　 D. until

9. A. turning　 B. to be turned　 C. to turn　 D. being turned

10. A. But　 B. Then　 C. Therefore　 D. Thus

11. A. directions　 B. explanations　 C. performances　 D. instructions

12. A. effort　 B. strength　 C. power　 D. force

13. A. expecting　 B. interesting　 C. desired　 D. satisfying

14. A. Probably　 B. Likely　 C. Simply　 D. Nearly

15. A. nor　 B. and　 C. but　 D. instead of

16. A. gesture　 B. mouth　 C. hand　 D. eye

17. A. manner　 B. way　 C. method　 D. direction

18. A. sit　　 B. get　 C. let　 D. calm

19. A. that　 B. which　 C. how　 D. what

20. A. speech　 B. ability　 C. training　 D. wisdom

 

Answer 1

1. A 本句意为：有一个关于一位科学家为了研究动物心理学保管几只黑星星和猴子的故事。

2. C keep:保管，保留。

3. B took, removed和put为三个并列谓语动词。

4. D 本句意为：从瓶外很容易看到瓶内的花生。

5. B 猴子急切地摇晃着瓶子。

6. C 只有当花生被偶然摇晃出来的时候，猴子才能得到花生。

7. B

8. A as: “如，像”的意思。

9. C 猴子只需要把瓶口倒过来就能得到花生。need to do something 意为：需要做某事。

10. A 但是猴子不理会科学家的指导。

11. D

12. A with great effort:尽力地，努力地。 为固定短语。

13. C 每次猴子仅仅狂乱地，尽力地摇晃瓶子，但都没有达到渴望的结果。

14. C 仅仅因为它的注意力集中在花生上。

15. B understanding和learning 为并列结构。

16. C the hand movement of the man 意为：这位科学家手的移动。

17. B way:方式。瓶子倒过来的方式。

18. D calm down:平静下来。为固定短语。

19. A It is …… that 为强调句型。

20. B 像这样的例子提示猴子能力的缺陷。