Scientist Without Laboratories
When you hear the word “scitentist”, what do you think of? Many people think scientist are people in clean white coats who work in labs. And some scientists do work in labs. But there are   26  scientist who work in woods and jungles. These scientists are called “animal behavior (行為) scientists”, and they study animals as they live in nature.
Why don’t these scientists catch animals and study them in zoos? The   27  is in the word “behavior”. Animals behavior scientists want to learn   28  animal behave in their wild homes. When animals live in cages (籠子) or in zoos, they do not act the same as they do when they are   29 . They may fight   30  each other, or they may not eat, or they may not raise (撫養(yǎng)) their babies as they usually would. To see real animal behavior, scitentists must go where the animals   31 .
So animal behavior scientists go into the jungles, the woods or the desert. There , their most important   32  are their eyes and ears. They watch and listen to the animals very   33 . They write down everything that happened in notebook.   34 
they live near the animals, the scientists are careful not to frighten them. If the scientists are luncky, the animals will   35  no attention to them. Then the scientists can see how the animals really live.
The behavior scientists hope what they’ve learned about animal behavoir can provide clues (提供線索) to help people learn to live together more happily.
小題1:
A．a(chǎn)notherB．otherC．othersD．the other
小題2:
A．a(chǎn)nswerB．questionC．problemD．text
小題3:
A．whenB．whereC．howD．why
小題4:
A．happyB．freeC．sadD．a(chǎn)ngry
小題5:
A．ofB．a(chǎn)mongC．forD．with
小題6:
A．liveB．runC．playD．eat
小題7:
A．machinesB．toolsC．thoughtsD．ways
小題8:
A．trulyB．carefullyC．woderfullyD．nicely
小題9:
A．ButB．UnlessC．ThoughD．As if
小題10:
A．payB．spendC．takeD．cost

小題1:B
小題1:A
小題1:C
小題1:B
小題1:D
小題1:A
小題1:B
小題1:B
小題1:C
小題1:A
【主旨大意】文章介紹了人們所不熟知的另一種科學(xué)家---研究動物行為的科學(xué)家。文章介紹了他們?yōu)槭裁瓷钤谏掷铩擦掷锏脑蚣八麄兊墓ぷ魈攸c(diǎn)。
小題1: another表示“再，又” other“另外的，其它的，別的” others“表示除去一部分以后的另一些，二不是剩下的全體” the other“表示一定范圍內(nèi)出去一部分后其余的全體”
小題1: 由上文“為什么這些科學(xué)家不把動物捉回來在動物園里研究”可知答案是。
小題1:“科學(xué)家想了解動物在自然的家里是如何表現(xiàn)的�！�
小題1: “當(dāng)動物們生活在籠子里或動物園里，他們與在無拘無束情況下的表現(xiàn)是不一樣的�！�
小題1: 與……打架，fight …with
小題1:“想了解動物真正的行為，科學(xué)家必須去動物生活的地方”
小題1: 由下文的“聽、看動物”可知“他們最重要的工具是眼睛和耳朵”
小題1: 為了了解動物的行為，必須“認(rèn)真地觀察和聽動物�！�
小題1:“盡管科學(xué)家生活在動物附近，但他們盡量小心認(rèn)真而不去嚇到動物們。”
小題1:固定短語pay attention to “注意”
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