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Sheep can recognise faces! Many people think sheep aren’t very intelligent creatures. But in fact, (1)................. to new research, they may be cleverer than we think. For example, sheep can actually be trained to recognise human faces from photographs! Recognising faces is an important human social (2)................. . However, it seems that sheep are also social animals that can recognise other sheep as well as (3)................. humans. In experiments, researchers trained eight sheep to recognise the faces of celebrities from photographs. Training involved getting the sheep to (4)................. decisions about the photos they saw. At one end of a room, they would see two different photographs, and would receive a (5)................. of food for approaching the photograph of the celebrity; if they approached the wrong photograph, they got nothing. Over time, they learned to (6)................. getting food with the celebrity’s photograph. And after training, the sheep correctly chose the celebrity’s face eight times out of ten! 1 A regarding B following C resulting D according 2 A skill 3 A ordinary 4 A set 5 A reward 6 A attach B talent B usual B make B benefit B join C knowledge D method C familiar C have C tip C add D frequent D do D goal D connect Помогите пожалуйста

Answer 1

Sheep can recognise faces!
Many people think sheep aren’t very intelligent creatures. But in fact, (D) according to new research, they may be cleverer than we think. For example, sheep can actually be trained to recognise human faces from photographs! Recognising faces is an important human social (A) skill. However, it seems that sheep are also social animals that can recognise other sheep as well as (C) familiar humans. In experiments, researchers trained eight sheep to recognise the faces of celebrities from photographs. Training involved getting the sheep to (B) make decisions about the photos they saw. At one end of a room, they would see two different photographs, and would receive a (E) reward of food for approaching the photograph of the celebrity; if they approached the wrong photograph, they got nothing. Over time, they learned to (C) have getting food with the celebrity’s photograph. And after training, the sheep correctly chose the celebrity’s face eight times out of ten!

Answer 2

According to new research, they may be cleverer than we think. For example, sheep can actually be trained to recognize human faces from photographs! Recognizing faces is an important human social skill. However, it seems that sheep are also social animals that can recognize other sheep as well as familiar humans. In experiments, researchers trained eight sheep to recognize the faces of celebrities from photographs. Training involved getting the sheep to make decisions about the photos they saw. At one end of a room, they would see two different photographs, and would receive a reward of food for approaching the photograph of the celebrity; if they approached the wrong photograph, they got nothing. Over time, they learned to associate getting food with the celebrity's photograph. And after training, the sheep correctly chose the celebrity's face eight times out of ten!

1. D) according
2. A) skill
3. C) familiar
4. B) make
5. A) reward
6. D) connect