Doanimalshaveaculture?Whatdowemeanby"culture"?Recentlysocialscientistshavebeguntoaskifcultureisfoundjustinhumansorifsomeanimalshaveaculturetoo. Whenwespeakofculturewemeanawayoflifethatagroupofpeoplehaveincommon.Cultureistheformsofbehavior(行为)hathelppeopletolivetogether.Itisalsotheformsofbehaviorthatmakeonegroupofpeopledifferentfromanothergroup.
Humanbeingsusetoolscooperatewithoneanotherandcommunicatewithlanguage. Buttheseaspects(方面)ofhumanbehavioror"culture"canalsobefoundinthelivesofcertainanimalsAnimalscanmaketoolsforexample.Weusedtothinkthattheabilitytousetoolswasthedividinglinebetweenhumanbeingsandotheranimals. Latelyhoweverwehavefoundthatthisisnotthecase.Chimpanzees(黑猩猩)cannotonlyusetoolsbutactuallymaketoolsthemselves.Animalscanalsoshareknowledgewitheachotherandusetheirownlanguagetocommunicate.Soitmaybeimportantforustoknowthatthelinedividingusfromanimalsisnotasclearasweusedtothink.
1.Accordingtothearticle"culture"means
A.thelanguageswelearn
B.thegoodhabitswe'sharewitheachother
C.theformsofbehaviorwehaveincommon
2.Fromthefactthatchimpanzeescanuseandmaketools,weknow
A.animalsmayhaveaculturelikeourown
B.animalscanbeascleverashumanbeings
C.animalshavetheabilitytohelphumanbeings
3.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothearticle?
A.Chimpanzeesneverhelpeachother.
B'Animalsusetheirownlanguagetocommunicate.
C.Peoplefromdifferentplaceshavethesameculture.
4.Thetraditionalideaaboutdividinganimalsfromhumanbeingsisthat
A.humanbeingscanusetools
B.humanbeingscandependoneachother
C.humanbeingshavethelanguagetocommunicate
5.Themainideaofthearticleisthat
A.theanimalcultureisdifferentfromthehumanculture
B.knowledgeandcommunicationarenolongersignsofonlyhumanbehavior
C.thelinedividinghumanculturefromanimalcultureisnotasclearaswemightthink