Question

Only humans have a spoken, symbolic language; scientists have long thought that nonhumanprimates had much les s sophisticated communication systems. True, but chimpanzees use gesturesand many voice sounds in the wild, while other apes use sounds to communicate territorialinformation. Chimpanzees seem to have a natural talent for learning symbolic language undercontrolled conditions. A famous chimpanzee named Washoe was trained to communicate withhumans, using no less than 175 sign language gestures similar to those of the American SignLanguage. After more than a year Washoe could associate particular signs with activities, such aseating and drinking. Another chimpanzee named Sarah was taught to read and write with plasticsymbols and acquired a vocabulary of 130 different words, to the extent that she obeyed sequencesof written instructions given with the symbols. But such experiments in communication withprimates are a far cry from the versatility and grace of human speech.1. According to the passage, all of the following are true of chimpanzee communication EXCEPT(A) it is les s sophisticated thanhuman language(B) it is observable in the wild(C) it uses gestures(D) it is as versatile as human communication2. The passage states that the ability of chimpanzees to learn symbolic language in certain situations isdue to(A) their territoriality(B) their use of gestures and voice soundsin the wild(C) their natural talent(D) their use of the American Sign Language3. According to the passage, the chimpanzee Washoe(A) was able to associate some signswith activities after a year(B) used fewer than 175 signs tocommunicate .(C) was fluent in the AmericanSign Language(D) could read and write

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Answer 1

Respuesta a las preguntas del Symbolic Language.

1. (Opción D) It is as versatile as human communication.
2. (Opción C) Their natural talent.
3. (Opción A) The chimpanzee was able to associate some signswith activities after a year.

Presente continuo.

Es un tiempo verbal en que se comunica la acción qué está haciendo el sujeto en el momento; este tiempo verbal responde a la pregunta: ¿qué estás haciendo? Las oraciones en presente continuo se construyen con la siguiente fórmula.

• Fórmula: Pronombre personal + verbo to be + verbo con -ing + complemento.