Do animals have a culture? What do we mean by "culture"? Recently 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 that a group of people have in common. Culture is the forms of behavior (行為)hat help people to live together. It is also the forms of behavior that make one group of people different from another group.
Human beings use tools, cooperate with one another, and communicate with language.  But these aspects(方面) 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(黑猩猩) 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.
小題1:According to the article, "culture" means         
A. the languages we learn            
B. the good habits we' share with each other
C. the forms of behavior we have in common
小題2:From the fact that chimpanzees can use and make tools，we know         
A. animals may have a culture like our own
B. animals can be as clever as human beings
C. animals have the ability to help human beings
小題3:Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article?
A. Chimpanzees never help each other.
B' Animals use their own language to communicate.
C. People from different places have the same culture.
小題4:The traditional idea about dividing animals from human beings is that         
A. human beings can use tools       
B. human beings can depend on each other
C. human beings have the language to communicate
小題5:The main idea of the article is that         
A. the animal culture is different from the human culture
B. knowledge and communication are no longer signs of only human behavior
C. the line dividing human culture from animal culture is not as clear as we might think

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:A
小題5:C
該短文屬于說明文。講述了文化的概念及動(dòng)物與人類一樣，也有文化。
小題1:根據(jù)短文第一段這句When we speak of culture, we mean a way of life that a group of people have in common.得知。
小題2:從短文第二段中，…or "culture", can also be found in the lives of certain animals. 可知，動(dòng)物也有“culture”，接著就講了黑猩猩使用工具制造工具的實(shí)例。因此，此例就是為了說明動(dòng)物有可能像我們自己一樣，也有“culture”。
小題3:從短文倒數(shù)第二句，得知信息。
小題4:從短文第二段We used to think that the ability to use tools was the dividing line between human beings and other animals.得知。
小題5:本文主要談?wù)摰氖俏幕�，排除B；而且強(qiáng)調(diào)的是人類文化與動(dòng)物文化的相似處，又排除A。
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