Question

Do animals have a culture? What do we mean by “culture”? Lately social scientists have begun to ask if culture is found just in humans, or if some animals have a culture too. When we speak of culture, we mean a way of life a group of people have in common. Culture includes the beliefs and attitudes we learn. It is the patterns of behavior that help people to live together. It is also the patterns of behavior that make one group of people different from another group.

Our culture lets us make up for having lost out strength, claws, long teeth, and other defenses. Instead we use tools, cooperate with one another, and communicate with language. But these aspects of human behavior, or “culture”, can also be found in the lives of certain animals. Animals can make tools, for example. We used to think that the ability to use tools was the dividing line between human beings and other animals. Lately, however, we have found that this is not the case. Chimpanzees can not only use tools but actually make tools themselves. Animals can also share knowledge with each other and use their own language to communicate. So it may be important for us to know that the line dividing us from animals is not as clear as we used to think.

1. When we talk about “culture”, we mean __________.

A. book language of behavior we learn

B. the patterns of behavior we learn

C. traditional ideas

D. people’s habits

2.We thought ________ was the biggest difference between human beings and other animals.

A. cooperating with one another

B. communicating with language

C. using tools

D. losing long teeth

3.The example of chimpanzees shows __________.

A. animals are the same as human beings

B. animals can be as clever as human beings

C. there is no differences between humans and other animals

D. animals may have a culture like our own

4. It’s ________ that animals have a culture too.

A. sure B. unbelievable

C. possible D. important

5. The main idea of the passage is _______.

A. chimpanzees can learn to use sign language to make sentences

B. other animals can invent tools

C. knowledge and communication are no longer signs of only human behavior

D. the line dividing human culture from animal culture is not as clear as we might think

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.C

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：人们一直认为人类和其他动物的区别在于人类会制造工具，人类有自己的文化，这些文化包括人们的信仰、态度以及人们相处的行为方式。本文提出动物也有自己的文化，黑猩猩也会制造工具，或许人类和动物的界限并不像我们以前想的那样。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段可以看出 ，文化是我们学习的行为模式。正确答案为B。

2.细节理解题。从第二段“we used to think that the ... between human beings and other animals”可知，我们曾经认为使用工具是人和其他动物的区分线。所以选C。

3.推理判断题。根据文章第二段第三句，或者在某些动物生活中也有文化，接下来就举了黑猩猩的例子。可知黑猩猩的例子显示动物可能也像我们一样有文化。所以选D。

4.推理判断题。根据文章介绍文化的含义及大猩猩的例子，可知动物可能也有文化。所以选C。

5.主旨大意归纳题。文章主要提出动物也有自己的文化，或许人类和动物的界限并不像我们以前想的那样。所以选D。

考点:社会类阅读。