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【Itiseasyforustotellourfriendsfromourenemies.Butcanotheranimalsdothesame?Elephantscan!Theycanusetheirsenseofvisionandsmelltotellthedifferencebetweenpeoplewhoposeathreatandthosewhodonot.InKenya,resea】
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Itiseasyforustotellourfriendsfromourenemies.Butcanotheranimalsdothesame?Elephantscan!Theycanusetheirsenseofvisionandsmelltotellthedifferencebetweenpeoplewhoposeathreatandthosewhodonot.
InKenya,researchersfoundthatelephantsreactdifferentlytoclothingwornbymenoftheMaasaiandKambaethnicgroups.YoungMaasaimenspearanimalsandthusposeathreattoelephants;Kambamenaremainlyfarmersandarenotadangertoelephants.
Inanexperimentconductedbyanimalscientists,elephantswerefirstpresentedwithcleanclothingorclothingthathadbeenwornforfivedaysbyeitheraMaasaioraKambaman.Whentheelephantsdetected(察觉)thesmellofclothingwornbyaMaasaiman,theymovedawayfromthesmellfasterandtooklongertorelaxthanwhentheydetectedthesmellsofeitherclothingwornbyKambamenorclothingthathadnotbeenwornatall.
Clothingcoloralsoplaysarole,thoughinadifferentway.Inthesamestudy,whentheelephantssawredclothingnotwornbefore,theyreactedangrily,asredistypicallywornbyMaasaimen.Ratherthanrunningawayastheydidwiththesmell,theelephantsactedaggressivelytowardtheredclothing.
Theresearchersbelievethattheelephants’emotionalreactionsareduetotheirdifferentinterpretationsofthesmellsandthesights.Smellingapotentialdangermeansthatathreatisnearbyandthebestthingtodoisrunawayandhide.Seeingapotentialthreatwithoutitssmellmeansthatriskislow.Therefore,insteadofshowingfearandrunningaway,theelephantsexpresstheirangerandbecomeaggressive.
小题1:Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaboutKambaandMaasaipeople?

A.Maasaipeopleareathreattoelephants.
B.Kambapeopleraiseelephantsforfarming.
C.BothKambaandMaasaipeopleareelephanthunters.
D.BothKambaandMaasaipeopletraditionallywearredclothing.
小题2:Howdidtheelephantsreacttosmellinthestudy?A.Theyattackedamanwiththesmellofnewclothing.B.Theyneededtimetorelaxwhensmellingsomethingunfamiliar.C.TheybecameanxiouswhentheysmelledKamba-sce

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