Question

4. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: Dolphins are regarded as the friendliest creatures in the sea and stories about them who helped drowning sailors have been common since Roman times. The more we learn about dolphins the more we realize that their society is more complex than people previously imagined. They look after other dolphins when they are ill, care for pregnant mothers and protect the weakest in the community, as we do. Some scientists have suggested that dolphins have a language but it is much more probable that they communicate with each other without needing words. Could any of these mammals be more intelligent than man? Certainly the most common argument in favour of man's superiority over them is that "we can kill them easily than they can kill us" is the least satisfactory. On the contrary, the more we discover about these remarkable creatures, the less we appear superior when we destroy them. (i) Answer the following questions: a. Why are stories about dolphins common since Roman times? 1 b. What are the good things we learn about dolphins? 2 c. What did the scientist suggest about the dolphins? 1 d. Why does man consider himself more superior than dolphins? 1​

Answer 1

Explanation:

1. Dolphins are regarded as the friendliest creatures in the sea and stories about them who helped drowning sailors have been common since Roman times.

2.The more we learn about dolphins the more we realize that their society is more complex than people previously imagined.

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

4.Certainly the most common argument in favour of man's superiority over them is that "we can kill them easily than they can kill us" is the least satisfactory. On the contrary, the more we discover about these remarkable creatures, the less we appear superior when we destroy them