Passage Three
We spend our leisure hours efficiently for higher production, live by the clock even when time does not matter, modernize our homes and speed the machinery of living in order that we can go to the most places and do the most things in the shortest period of time possible. We try to eat, sleep, and talk efficiently. Even on holidays and Sundays, the efficient man relaxes on timetable with one eye on the clock and the other on an appointment sheet.
To squeeze the most out of each shining hour we have shortened the opera, quickened the pace of the movie and put culture in pocket-sized packages. We make the busy bee look like a lazy creature, the ant like a sluggard. We live sixty-mile-minute and the great efficiency smiles.
We wish we could return to that pleasant day when we considered time a friend instead of an enemy; when we did things willingly and because we wanted to, rather than because our timetable called for it, But that
A. Americans are forced to be efficient against their will
B. Americans should do what they are willing to do
C. people ought not to work so hard for efficiency
D. Americans are at a loss what to do
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with you is not limited to humans. A gorilla (大猩猩) that wants to continue a game
will also try to do this, and will even deliberately lose if necessary. This
hints that gorillas may have "theory of mind"--the capacity to attribute mental
states to others. Richard Byrne and Joanne Tanner of St. Andrews University in the UK videoed gorillas at San Francisco Zoo. As well as engaging with a toy and another gorilla, the animals seemed aware of how their playmate was interacting with the toy. "The gorillas could encourage their playmates when they were losing interest by losing the game, if necessarily," says Byrne. This is the first time animals have been observed following a playmate’s interaction with a third object a skill picked up by humans at 9 months old. If you thought your pet dog does this, you’re wrong. A. the study confirms us of the collaborative behavior in gorillas B. chimpanzees also have tile same behavior as the gorillas C. it’s out of question that gorillas have theory of mind D. only gorillas could give collaborative behavior [填空题]It can be used to keep money for you.
[单项选择]Urging bored friends to keep playing with you is not limited to humans. A gorilla (大猩猩) that wants to continue a game will also try to do this, and will even deliberately lose if necessary. This hints that gorillas may have "theory of mind"--the capacity to attribute mental states to others.
Richard Byrne and Joanne Tanner of St. Andrews University in the UK videoed gorillas at San Francisco Zoo. As well as engaging with a toy and another gorilla, the animals seemed aware of how their playmate was interacting with the toy. "The gorillas could encourage their playmates when they were losing interest by losing the game, if necessarily," says Byrne. This is the first time animals have been observed following a playmate’s interaction with a third object a skill picked up by humans at 9 months old. If you thought your pet dog does this, you’re wrong. With dogs, cats, lions and bears the animal wants to win the game, rather than keep it going. Byrne says," This is different to thro A. the study confirms us of the collaborative behavior in gorillas B. chimpanzees also have tile same behavior as the gorillas C. it’s out of question that gorillas have theory of mind D. only gorillas could give collaborative behavior 我来回答: 提交
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