Doanimalshaveaculture?Whatdowemeanby“culture?”Latelysocialscientistshavebeguntoaskifcultureisfoundjustinhumansorifsomeanimalshaveculturetoo.Whenwespeakofculturewemeanawayoflifeagroupofpeoplehaveincommon.Cultureincludesthebeliefsandattitudeswelearn.Itisthepatterns(样式)ofbehaviorthathelppeopletolivetogether.Itisalsothepatternsofbehaviorthatmakeonegroupofpeopledifferentfromanothergroup.
Ourcultureletsusmakeupforhavinglostourstrengthclawslongteethandotherdefenses.Insteadweusetoolscooperatewithoneanotherandcommunicate(交流)withlanguage.Buttheseaspectsofhumanbehavioror“culture”canalsobefoundinthelivesofcertainanimals.Animalscanmaketoolsforexample.Weusedtothinkthattheabilitytousetoolswasthedividinglinebetweenhumanbeingsandotheranimals.Latelyhoweverwehavefoundthatthisisnotthecase.Chimpanzees(黑猩猩)cannotonlyusetoolsbutactuallymaketoolsthemselves.Animalscanalsoshareknowledgewitheachotherandusetheirownlanguagetoknowthatthelinedividing(区分)usfromanimalsisnotasclearasweusedtothink.
1.Whenwetalkabout“culture”wemean________.
A.booklanguageofbehaviorwelearnB.thepatternsofbehaviorwelearn
C.traditionalideasD.people’shabits
2.Wethought____________wasthebiggestdifferencebetweenhumanbeingsandotheranimals.
A.cooperatingwithoneanotherB.communicatingwithlanguage
C.usingtoolsD.losinglongteeth
3.It’s___________thatanimalshaveaculturetoo.
A.sureB.unbelievableC.possibleD.important
4.Themainideaofthepassageis___________.
A.chimpanzeescanlearntousesignlanguagetomakesentences
B.otheranimalscaninventtools.
C.knowledgeandcommunicationarenolongersigns
D.thelinedividinghumanculturefromanimalcultureisnotasclearaswemightthink
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