Dolphins: The Friendly Creatures of the Sea
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What is the main claim made about dolphins in the passage?

  • Dolphins have a complex language that is more advanced than human language.
  • Dolphins are the friendliest creatures in the sea and help drowning sailors. (correct)
  • Dolphins are the most intelligent creatures in the sea.
  • Dolphins are more superior to humans because they can kill humans more easily.
  • According to the passage, what is one way dolphins are similar to humans?

  • Dolphins can kill humans more easily than humans can kill them.
  • Dolphins look after other dolphins when they are ill, care for pregnant mothers, and protect the weakest in the community. (correct)
  • Dolphins are more intelligent than humans.
  • Dolphins have a more advanced language than humans.
  • What does the passage suggest about the intelligence of dolphins compared to humans?

  • Dolphins and humans have equal intelligence.
  • Dolphins are definitely more intelligent than humans.
  • The passage suggests that the intelligence of dolphins compared to humans is uncertain. (correct)
  • Humans are definitely more intelligent than dolphins.
  • What is one way the passage suggests that dolphins are remarkable creatures?

    <p>The more we discover about dolphins, the less we appear superior to them.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Dolphins are regarded as the friendliest creatures in the sea and stories of them helping drowning sailors have been common since ______ times

    <p>Roman</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The more we learn about dolphins, the more we realize that their society is more complex than people previously ______

    <p>imagined</p> Signup and view all the answers

    They look after other dolphins when they are ill, care for pregnant mothers and protect the weakest in the community, as ______ do

    <p>we</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Some scientists have suggested that dolphins have a language but it is much more probable that they communicate with each other without needing ______

    <p>words</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Certainly the most common argument in favor of man's superiority over them that we can kill them more easily than they can kill us is the least ______

    <p>satisfactory</p> Signup and view all the answers

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