共用题干 Animal's"Sixth Sense"A tsunami was triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean in December,2004.It killed tens of thousands of people in Asia and East Africa. Wild animals,______(51),seem to have escaped that terrible tsunami .This phenomenon adds weight to notions that they possess a"sixth sense"for______(52),experts said.Sri Lankan wildlife officials have said the giant waves that killed over 24,000 people along the Indian Ocean island's coast clearly______(53)wild beasts,with no dead animals found."No elephants are dead,not______(54)a dead mbbit. I think animals can______(55)dis-aster. They have a sixth sense.They know when things are happening," H. D. Ratnayake,deputy director of Sri Lanka's Wildlife Department,said about one month after the tsunami attack. The______(56) washed floodwatei up to 2 miles inland at Yala National Park in the ravaged southeast,Sri Lanka's biggest wildlife______(57)and home to hundreds of wild elephants and several leopards."There has been a lot of apparent evidence about dogs barking or birds migrating______(58)volcanic eruptions or earthquakes. But it has not been proven,"said Matthew van Lierop,an animal behavior______(59)at Johannesburg Zoo."There have been no______(60)studies because you can't really test it in a lab or field setting,"he told Reuters.Other authorities concurred with this______(61)."Wildlife seem to be able to pick up certain______(62),especially birds... there are many reports of birds detecting impending disasters,"said Clive Walker,who has written several books on African wildlife.Animals certainly______(63)on the known senses such as smell or hearing to avoid dan-ger such as predators.The notion of an animal"sixth sense”-or______(64)other mythical power-is an endur-ing one which the evidence on Sri Lanka's ravaged coast is likely to add to.The Romans saw owls______(65)omens of impending disaster and many ancient cul- tures viewed elephants as sacred animals endowed with special powers or attributes. 60._________
A.additional
B.specific
C.especial
D.exceptional
正确答案是B