What is the speaker's main point?
Animals yawn for a number of reasons.
B. Yawning results only from fatigue of boredom.
C. Human yawns are the same as those of other animals.
D. Only social animals yawn.
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【B17】
A. live
B. life
C. lived
D. alive
Smoking has much to do with ______.
A. the cancer of the throat
B. the cancer of the lungs
C. the cancer of the tongue
D. several kinds of cancers
The academy suggests that children under age two ______.
A. get enough entertainment
B. have more activities
C. receive early education
D. have regular checkups
听力原文: Today's discussion is about a common animal reaction — the yawning. The dictionary defines a yawn as "an involuntary reaction to fatigue or boredom". That's definitely true for human yawns but not necessarily for animal yawns. The same action, the yawn, can have quite different meanings in different species.
For instance, some animals yawn to intimidate intruders on their territory. Fish and lizards are examples of this. Hippos use yawns when they want to resolve a quarrel. Observers have seen two hippos yawn at each other for as long as two hours before they stop quarreling.
As for social animals like baboons or lions _ they yawn to set up the pecking order within social groups, and lions often yawn to calm social tensions. Sometimes these animals yawn for a strictly physiological reason __ that is to increase oxygen levels. And curiously enough, when they yawn for a physical reason like that, they do what men do __ they try to stifle the yawn by looking away or by covering their mouths.
What's the main topic of the monologue?
A. Different animals' yawn.
B. Human's yawn.
C. Fish's yawn.
D. Social animals' yawn.