单选题 The amazing success of humans as a (91) is the result of the evolutionary development of our brains which has led, among other things, to tool-using, tool-making, the (92) to solve problems by logical reasoning, thoughtful cooperation, and language. One of the most striking ways in which chimpanzees biologically (93) humans (94) in structure of their brains. The chimpanzee, with the capacity for (95) reasoning, (96) a type of intelligence more like that of humans than (97) any other mammal living today. The brain of the modern chimpanzee is probably not too dissimilar (98) the brain that so many millions of years ago (99) the behavior of the first ape man.
For a long time, the fact that prehistoric people made (100) was considered to be one of the major (101) distinguishing them from other creatures. (102) pointed out earlier, I have watched chimpanzees (103) grass stems in order to use them to probe for termites. It is tree that the chimpanzee does not (104) tools to "a regular and set pattern"—but then, (105) people, before their development of stone tools, undoubtedly poked around (106) sticks, and straws, at which stage it seems (107) , that they made tools to a set pattern either.
It is because of the close (108) in most people's minds of tools with humans (109) special attention has always been focused upon any animal able to use an object as a tool: but it is important to realize that this ability, on its own, does not necessarily indicate any special intelligence in the creature (110) .

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] species是一个单词的单数形式,即“物种”,specimen是“标本”的意思。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 解决问题当然是一种能力,但competence指“胜任某事的能力”,特指达到某种规定的要求或标准,所以此处应用ability。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 四个选项中只有resemble符合句意,即“与……相似”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 四个选项中只有lie可与in搭配,即“位于,在于”,situate虽也能表示相同的意思,但必须用被动语态。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 四个选项中能与reasoning搭配组成有意义词组的只有primitive,指“初级(推理能力)”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 此处应是“显示了一种智慧”的意思,所以选exhibits。show off是“炫耀”的意思。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 此处代词应是代替前句动词,所以应用do或does,而其主语any other mammal决定了用单数的does,这句话的意思是“大猩猩所表现出的只是比其他任何一种哺乳动物都更接近人类的智慧的类型”。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] dissimilar后应跟to。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] order作“指挥”讲时,后面要跟从句或动词不定式作宾语补足语,所以只能选directed。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 人类与动物的最大区别就是能制造工具。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] one of结构后应用复数名词,四个选项中只有criteria是复数形式。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 此处用as,则分句意思是“正像我早些时候所指出的那样”。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] transform、convert 、transfigure都指物质形态发生变化,而大猩猩不可能做到这一点,所以选modify,即“做形式上的修改”。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] fashion...to表示“将……制成……形状”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] prehistoric people意为“史前人类”。另外,本段第一句话也提到这一说法。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 介词with在此处表示“使用……工具”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 从句子最后一个词either。可以判断出本句是个否定句,因此选unlikely。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 四个选项中能与with搭配且符合句意的只有association,即“人们总将工具与人类联系起来”,relation后应该接to。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本句是it is...that...强调句型结构。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] concerned(常用于名词之后)有关(方面)的。