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TOEFL Listening Class Unit 2 Passage 10

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1. What do the students say Hunt's study shows about crows?

Crows tend to hunt in the same area for their entire life.
Crows may display cognitive behavior.
Crows are less intelligent than previously thought.
Crows design tools somewhat haphazardly.

2. What do the students imply about sea otters and
chimpanzees?

They use similar tools to hunt for food.
They display the capacity for planned toolmaking.
Their toolmaking abilities fail to match those of crows.
They use a wide variety of tools for different
purposes.

3. Why do the students mention leaves?

Chimpanzees use them as a type of tool.
Crows often hide their tools beneath them.
Crows line their nests with them.
Chimpanzees eat them.

4. How do crows keep track of their tools?
Click on 2 answers.

ڤ They hold on to them while eating.
ڤ They give them to their mates for safe keeping.
ڤ They hide them while searching for prey.
ڤ They take them along when they move to new hunting
grounds.

5. What do the students imply is one criticism of Hunt's
study?

It is too similar to other studies.
Animals other than crows also make sophisticated
tools.
Hunt's sample was too small to be considered
meaningful.
Hunt has not proved conclusively that the crows'
behavior is planned.






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