来看一道例题：
The researchersstudied the behavior of female brown capuchin monkeys. They look cute. They aregood-natured, cooperative creatures, and they share their food tardily. Aboveall, like their female human counterparts, they tend to pay much closerattention to the value of “goods and services” than males.
Suchcharacteristics make them perfect candidates for Dr. Brosnan’s and Dr. deWaal’s study. The researchers spent two years teaching their monkeys toexchange tokens for food. Normally, the monkeys were happy enough to exchangepieces of rock for slices of cucumber. However, when two monkeys were placed inseparate but adjoining chambers, so that each could observe what the other wasgetting in return for its rock, their behavior became markedly different.
2. Femalecapuchin monkeys were chosen for the research most probably because they are________.
[A] moreinclined to weigh what they get
[B] attentive toresearchers’ instructions
[C] nice in bothappearance and temperament
[D] moregenerous than their male companions
【解析】我们由题干可以看出，要求找出选择雌性卷尾猴做实验的原因，并且是most probably最有可能的原因，与文中Above all形成对应。由此推定答案应该定位在Above all, liketheir female human counterparts, they tend to pay much closer attention to thevalue of “goods and services” than males. 所以答案选择A.
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