英语听力精选进阶版 7095

Background: 瑞典的研究人员发现动物园里的黑猩猩自己搬运并储藏石块儿然后用之抛向园内的游客，以此事实证明尚未发现的动物有提前计划和安排事情的能力。

The chimp¹ 黑猩猩 at the centre of this study, an alpha male 超南，男人中的男人 in his 30s called Santino, lives at Furuvik Zoo to the north of Stockholm.

His war against the visiting public began in the 1990s, when he got into the habit 形成了习惯 of collecting stones from the moat 壕沟 surrounding his artificial island 人造小岛.

Santino would stack these up 囤积 during the morning, and then wait for visiting time, when the bombardment 炮击（用石头击打游人） would begin.

One zoo-keeper 动物园饲养员 said some of the attacks were like hailstorms 雹暴. However, the chimp was not only capable of this unusual example of forward planning 制定远景计划, he also managed to break lumps of concrete 水泥 into manageable-sized missiles 导弹 by checking for their weak points.

The researchers 研究人员 say Santino's behaviour shows convincingly that our fellow apes consider the future in a very complex way.

It implies 暗示 that they have a highly-developed consciousness 高级意识, and are capable of the lifelike simulation 如同人类的模仿能力 of potential events 潜在的活动.

However, despite his extraordinary abilities 惊人的能力, there was one thing Santino was not so good at: aiming 瞄准目标.

He rarely managed to hit 击中 visitors, and on the rare occasions when he succeeded, there was no serious damage.

GLOSSARY² 词汇表

chimp 黑猩猩

alpha male 超南，男人中的男人

got into the habit 形成了习惯

moat 壕沟

artificial island 人造小岛

stack these up 囤积

bombardment 炮击（用石头击打游人）

zoo-keeper 动物园饲养员

hailstorms 雹暴

forward planning 制定远景计划

concrete 水泥

missiles 导弹

researchers 研究人员

implies 暗示

highly-developed consciousness 高级意识

lifelike simulation 如同人类的模仿能力

potential events 潜在的活动

extraordinary abilities 惊人的能力

aiming 瞄准目标

hit 击中

Questions and Answers

1. Where does Santino live?

He lives at Furuviz Zoo near Stockholm in Sweden.

2. What is Santino’s living area in the zoo like?

His enclosure is a man-made island surrounded by water.

3. What did he do before attacking the visitors?

He picked up stones before the visitors arrived, and made piles of them ready to throw.

4. Why were visitors safe from his attacks?

Santino has a poor aim and usually misses his target when he throws a stone.

1 chimp   

n.黑猩猩

参考例句：

• In fact,the color of gorilla and chimp are light-color.其实大猩猩和黑猩猩的肤色是较为浅的。
• The chimp is the champ.猩猩是冠军。

2 glossary   

n.注释词表；术语汇编

参考例句：

• The text is supplemented by an adequate glossary.正文附有一个详细的词汇表。
• For convenience,we have also provided a glossary in an appendix.为了方便，我们在附录中也提供了术语表。