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 (誘惑) 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 本句意為：有一個關于一位科學家為了研究動物心理學保管幾只黑星星和猴子的故事。

2. C keep:保管，保留。

3. B took, removed和put為三個并列謂語動詞。

4. D 本句意為：從瓶外很容易看到瓶內的花生。

5. B 猴子急切地搖晃著瓶子。

6. C 只有當花生被偶然搖晃出來的時候，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過來就能得到花生。need to do something 意為：需要做某事。

10. A 但是猴子不理會科學家的指導。

11. D

12. A with great effort:盡力地，努力地。 為固定短語。

13. C 每次猴子僅僅狂亂地，盡力地搖晃瓶子，但都沒有達到渴望的結果。

14. C 僅僅因為它的注意力集中在花生上。

15. B understanding和learning 為并列結構。

16. C the hand movement of the man 意為：這位科學家手的移動。

17. B way:方式。瓶子倒過來的方式。

18. D calm down:平靜下來。為固定短語。

19. A It is …… that 為強調句型。

20. B 像這樣的例子提示猴子能力的缺陷。