Doanimalshaveaculture?Whatdowemeanby“culture?”Latelysoc...

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Do animals have a culture? What do we mean by “culture?” Lately social scientists have begun to ask if culture is found just in humans, or if some animals have a culture too.

When we speak of culture, we mean a way of life a group of people have in common. Culture includes the beliefs and attitudes we learn. It is the patterns of behavior that help people to live together. It is also the patterns of behavior that make one group of people different from another group.

Our culture lets us make up (彌補) for having lost our strength, claws, long teeth, and other defenses. Instead we use tools, work with one another, and communicate with others by using languages. But these parts of human behavior, or “culture,” can also be found in the lives of certain animals. Animals can make tools, for example. We used to think that the ability to use tools was the dividing line between human beings and other animals. Lately, however, we have found that this is not the case. Chimpanzees can not only use tools but actually make tools themselves. Animals can also share knowledge with each other and use their own language to communicate. So it may be important for us to know that the line dividing us from animals is not as clear as we used to think.

(  )se the statement that best expresses the main idea.

A. A chimpanzee can learn to use sign language to make sentences.

B. Other animals can invent tools.

C. Knowledge and communication are no longer signs of only human behavior.

D. The line dividing human culture from animal culture is as clear as we might think.

(  )2.“Culture” refers to _________.

A. the book language of behavior we learn

B. the patterns of behavior we learn

C. traditional ideas

D. people’s good habits

(  )3.A chimpanzee’s use of tools means _________.

A. animals are the same as human beings

B. animals can be as clever as human beings

C. the dividing line between culture and animal culture no longer exists

D. animals may have a culture like our own

(  )h of the following statement is TRUE?

A. The ability to use language tells the difference between human beings and animals.

B. We can be certain that animals have a culture too.

C. Social scientists believe animals have a culture too.

D. Some traditional ideas about the difference between human beings and animals may be wrong.

【回答】

1C  2B  3D  4D

知識點：日常生活類

題型：閲讀理解