For those who study the development of intelligence(智力)in the animal world, self-awareness is an important measurement. An animal that is aware(意识)of itself has a high level of intelligence.
    Awareness can be tested by studying whether the animal recognizes itself in the mirror, that is, its own reflected image(反射出的影像). Many animals fail this exercise bitterly, paying every little attention to the reflected image. Only humans, and some intelligent animals like apes and dolphins, have shown to recognize that the image in the mirror is of themselves.
    Now another animal has joined the club. In the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers report that an Asian elephant has passed the mirror self-reflection test.
A.M. de Waal of Emory University. With their large brains, Reiss said, elephants 'seemed like cousins to apes and dolphins.'
    The researchers tested Happy, Maxine and Patty, three elephants at the Bronx Zoo. They put an 8-foot-square mirror on a wall of the animals' play area (out of the sight of zoo visitors) and recorded what happened with cameras, including one built in the mirror.
    The elephants used their long noses to find what was behind it, and to examine parts of their bodies.
    Of the three, Happy then passed the test, in which a clear mark was painted on one side of her face. She could tell the mark was there by looking in the mirror, and she used the mirror to touch the mark with her long nose.
    Diana Reiss said, 'We knew elephants were intelligent, but now we can talk about their intelligence in a better way.'
单选题     What can mirror tests tell us about animals? ______
 
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】 事实细节题。根据第二段的第一句Awareness can be tested by studying whether the animal recognizes itself in the mirror可知,通过研究动物是否能在镜中识别自己可以测试它们是否有自我意识。
单选题     Why does the author mention apes and dolphins in the text? ______
 
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】 推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句some intelligent animals like apes and dolphins, have shown to recognize that the image in the mirror is of themselves可知,作者提到猿和海豚是因为它们和人一样可以识别镜中自己的影像,是人们已知的高智商的动物。
单选题     What made Happy different from Maxine and Patty? ______
 
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】 事实细节题。根据倒数第二段,She could tell the mark was there by looking in the mirror三头大象中只有Happy通过了镜子测试,也就是说只有她能识别镜中自己的影像,因此这是她有别于其他大象的地方,故选择B。