What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the word “culture”？ Do you think of

What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the word “culture”？ Do you think of different groups of people across the world with various    1   and clothing? What about animals?
Sam Williams,executive director of the Macaw(金刚鹦鹉）Recovery Network in Costa Rica, helps to    2   the impact of the decline of macaw populations by taking birds that were born   3   and releasing them into the wild. But this process is very   4   
＂In a cage,you can't   5   them to know where,when and how to find that food, or about trees with good nest sites," Williams told ecologist and writer Carl Safina for the Guardian. In the wild, the parents would be the ones to teach them this important    6   
This type of knowledge is known as cultural knowledge. Cultural knowledge can be   7    from the older generation to the newer one. For many species,cultural knowledge is necessary for    8   
Culture helps animals to   9   different habitats.For example,some crows(乌鸦）have learned to put nuts in the middle of the road for cars to drive over. And in other areas, they have learned to do this at intersections so they can   10   get the food when the cars stop at red lights.
Other important parts of cultural knowledge include things like group identity, using different tools,taking different   11   routes and using different socializing methods.
These traditions can especially be seen in chimpanzee communities. Cat Hobaiter,who studies chimpanzees in Uganda,said:"It's not just the   12   of populations of chimps that worries me.I find   13   the possibility of losing each population's unique culture. That's permanent.”
Culture isn't just for   14   .Culture is also an important part of life in the wild from using tools to   15   .
1. A. communities B. zones C. traditions D. divisions
2. A. squeeze B. reduce C. wrestle D. delete
3. A. encaged B. enlarged C. encouraged D. ensured
4. A. tentative B. slow C. lame D. abrupt
5. A. elect B. swap C. assess D. train
6. A. brochure B. seminar C. framework D. information
7. A. passed down B. taken up C. followed up D. put together
8. A. management B. survival C. currency D. cooperation
9. A. cater to B. push for C. adapt to D. dive in
10. A. safely B. desperately C. surprisingly D. hopefully
11. A. irrigation B. migration C. suspension D. collision
12. A. loss B. dilemma C. adjustment D. prevention
13. A. enterprising B. flexible C. artificial D. terrifying
14. A. animals B. plants C. humans D. nails
15. A. refreshing B. weeping C. negotiating D. socializing
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