Doanimalshaveaculture?Whatdowemeanbyculture?Recentlysocialscientistshavebeguntoaskifcultureisfoundjustinhumans,orifsomeanimalshaveaculture,too.Whenwespeakofculture,wemeanawayoflifethatagroupofpeoplehaveincommon.Cultureistheformsofbehavior(行为)thathelppeopletolivetogether.Itisalsotheformsofbehaviorthatmakeonegroupofpeopledifferentfromanothergroup.
Humanbeingsusetools,cooperate(合作)withoneanother,andcommunicatewithlanguage.Buttheseaspects(方面)ofhumanbehavior,orculture,canalsobefoundinthelivesofcertainanimals.Animalscanmaketools,forexample.Weusedtothinkthattheabilitytousetoolswasthedividinglinebetweenhumanbeingsandotheranimals.Lately,however,wehavefoundthatthisisnotthecase.Chimpanzees(黑猩猩)cannotonlyusetoolsbutactuallymaketoolsthemselves.Soitmaybeimportantforustoknowthatthelinedividingusfromanimalsisnotasclearasweusedtothink.
小题1:Accordingtothearticle,culturemeans().
A.thelanguageswelearn
B.thegoodhabitswesharewitheachother
C.theformsofbehaviorwehaveincommon
小题2:Thetraditionalideaaboutdividinganimalfromhumanbeingsisthat()_.
A.humanbeingscanusetools
B.Humanbeingscandependoneachother
C.humanbeingshavethelanguagetocommunicate
小题3:Fromthechimpanzeescanuseandmaketools,weknow().
A.animalmayhaveaculturelikeourown
B.animalscanbeascleverashumanbeings
C.animalshavetheabilitytohelphumanbeings
正确答案:
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:A
答案解析:短文大意:这篇短文主要讲述了动物也可能有文化的知识,通过一些动物也能制造和使用工具,我们可以知道,动物也可能拥有自己的文化。
小题1:细节理解题.根据短文第一段Whenwespeakofculture,wemeanawayoflifethatagroupofpeoplehaveincommon.描述,可知这个单词指的是,一群人共同拥有的一种生活方式。故选C。
小题2:细节理解题。根据短文第二段Weusedtothinkthattheabilitytousetoolswasthedividinglinebetweenhumanbeingsandotheranimals.描述,可知我们过去常常认为能使用工具是人类和动物之间的区别。故选A。
小题3:细节理解题。根据短文第二段Buttheseaspects(方面)ofhumanbehavior,orculture,canalsobefoundinthelivesofcertainanimals.及下文描述,可知通过大猩猩能制造和使用工具,我们可以知道动物们也可能有像我们一样的文化。故选A。
题目:do animals have a culture?What do we mean by
