()36. What was the use of the rope in the test?

　　A. To attract the elephants to the platform.

　　B. To keep the elephants from the platform.

　　C. To help keep the bowls of corn on the platform.

　　D. To help move the platform closer to the elephants. 36．D。根据“... a platform, around which was a single rope with its two ends lying where elephants showed up for a snack. When a pair of elephants pulled the ends of the rope simultaneously, the platform bearing the corn slid within reach.”可确定答案。

　　()37. The underlined word “simultaneously” in Paragraph 2 means “________”． A. with great effort

　　B. at the same time C. with great speed

　　D. at the same place

　　37．B。根据本句内容及下句内容可推断答案。

　　()38. By stating elephants didn’t pull at the rope or leave before the arrival of their partners, the author wants to show that they ________.

　　A. could wait a long time for food

　　B. shared food with each other

　　C. understood about cooperation

　　D. knew each other very well

　　38．C。本题出自“For example, elephants alone at the snack site learned not to pull at the rope or leave before their partners arrived up to 45 seconds later to help with the task”，该句内容是作为一个例子，说明上段中的“showed signs of grasping the basics of how cooperation works”。“grasping the basics of how cooperation works”即“understanding about cooperation”。

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