What can dogs see? The answer to this
question is disappointing; dogs {{U}}(67) {{/U}} see no colors. The
answer is disappointing {{U}}(68) {{/U}} many owners of dogs will
naturally be sorry that their dogs cannot see colors which to them are
beautiful. But then, they may {{U}}(69) {{/U}} that clogs have an
extraordinary {{U}}(70) {{/U}} sense of smell. The dog's world is
{{U}}(71) {{/U}} in enjoyable smells, {{U}}(72) {{/U}} it may be
colorless. How do we know if dogs are color-blind? This has been
tested in the same way {{U}}(73) {{/U}} it has been discovered what dogs
can hear. The {{U}}(74) {{/U}} has been made to train dogs to salivate
(流口水) when they are shown {{U}}(75) {{/U}} different colors. Such
experiments have {{U}}(76) {{/U}} failures; it has been found impossible
to make dogs {{U}}(77) {{/U}} colors from one another {{U}}(78)
{{/U}} signals for their dinner. This question requires further
{{U}}(79) {{/U}} with other techniques, but so far as the available
scientific evidence {{U}}(80) {{/U}} , dogs seem to be
color-blind. Monkeys, on the other hand, are able to distinguish
colors. They have been trained successfully to {{U}}(81) {{/U}} their
meal to a cupboard, the door of {{U}}(82) {{/U}} was painted in a
certain color, and to {{U}}(83) {{/U}} other available cupboards with
differently colored doors, {{U}}(84) {{/U}} which there was no food.
{{U}}(85) {{/U}} monkeys and apes, {{U}}(86) {{/U}} , most
mammals seem to be color-blind. Even bulls have been shown not to see red as a
color.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[答案详解] 词语搭配。句中disappointing和see no color提示,apparently(显而易见地)符合句意和前后逻辑,故选B。extremely意为“极端地”;consequently意为“所以,因此”;merely意为“仅仅”。