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Animal's"Sixth Sense"

A tsunami was triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean in December,2004.
It killed tens of thou-
sands of people in Asia and East Africa. Wild animals,______________(51),seem to have escaped that terrible
tsunami.This phenomenon adds weight to notions that they possess a"sixth sense"for______________(52),cx-
perts said.
Sri Lankan wildlife officials have said the giant waves that killed over 24,000 people along the Indian
Ocean island's coast clearly______________(53)wild beasts,with no dead animals found.
"No elephants are dead,not______________(54)a dead rabbit.I think animals can______________(55)
disaster.They have a sixth sense.They know when things are happening."H.D.Ratnayake,deputy director
of Sri Lanka's Wildlife Department,said about one month after the tsunami attack.The______________(56)
washed floodwaters up to 2 miles inland at Yala National Park in the ravaged southeast,Sri Lanka's biggest
wildlife______________(57)and home to hundreds of wild elephants and several leopards.
"There has been a lot of______________(58)evidence about dogs barking or birds migrating before vol-
came eruptions or earthquakes.But it has not been proven,"said Matthew van Lierop an animal behavior
______________(59)at Johannesburg Zoo.
"There have been no______________(60)studies because you can't really test it in a lab or field set-
ting,"he told Reuters.Other authorities concurred with this______________(61).
"Wildlife seem to be able to pick up certain______________(62),especially birds…there are many re-
ports of birds detecting impending disasters."said Clive Walker,who has written several books on African
wildlife.
Animals_______________(63)rely on the known senses such as smell or hearing to avoid danger such as
predators.
The notion of an animal"sixth sense”-or_______________(64)other mythical power一is an enduring one
which the evidence on Sri Lanka's ravaged coast is likely to add to.
The Romans saw owls______________(65)omens of impending disaster and many ancient cultures viewed
elephants as sacred animals endowed with special powers or attributes. _________(64)
  • A.some
  • B.much
  • C.many
  • D.few

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