A rabbit is running into its hole. You may ask, “What happened?”
Well, when a rabbit sees something dangerous, it runs away. Its tail moves up and down as it runs. When other rabbits see this tail moving up and down, they run too. They know that there is danger. The rabbit has told them something without making a sound. It has given them a signal.
Many other animals use this kind of language. When a bee found some food, it goes back to his home. It cannot tell the other bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it does a little dance in the air. This tells the bees where the food is.
Some animals say things by making sounds. A dog barks, for example, when a stranger
comes near. A cat purrs (發(fā)出呼嚕呼嚕的聲音)when pleased. Some birds make several different sounds, each with its own meaning.
But human beings have something that no animals have –-- a large number of words about things, actions, feelings or ideas. We are able to give each other information, to tell or inform other people what is in our mind or how we feel. By writing words down we can remind ourselves of the things what have happened, or send messages to people far away. No animals can do this. No animals has the wonderful power of language.
No one knows how man learned to make words. Somehow he learned to make them. As centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what we mean by language.  People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. A very large English dictionary, for example,  contains four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not know all these. The words we know are called vocabulary. We should try to make our vocabulary larger. Read as many books as possible. When we meet a new word, look it up in the dictionary. A dictionary is the Most useful book.
小題1: When a rabbit gives the other rabbits a signal of danger, it _______.
A．runs into its hole
B．stops to move its tail
C．runs with its tail moving up and down
D．stops moving its tail up and down as it runs
小題2: A dog can  tell something ________.
A．by giving signalsB．by making different sounds
C．by purringD．by barking
小題3: It has been proved that no animal is able to _______.
A．give the others information
B．tell others how it feels
C．express it actions and feelings with words
D． make different sounds, each with its own meaning
小題4:Generally speaking, what we mean by “vocabulary” is _________.
A．a(chǎn)ll the words that we know
B．more and more words we use
C．a(chǎn)ll the words we need
D．the dictionary which contains thousands of words
小題5: What must we do in order to make our vocabulary large?
A．Make more and more new words.
B． Learn more languages.
C． Look up any new words in a dictionary.
D． Try to read as many books as possible.

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:B
小題5:D

試題分析：這篇文章主要講了，動物通過動作或者叫聲來表達自己的喜怒哀樂，而人類是通過話語，情感或思想來表達自己的感受，沒有動物具有語言的神奇力量。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中Its tail moves up and down as itruns. When other rabbits see this tail moving up and down, they run too.可知當兔子給其他兔子信號的時候它跑的時候尾巴會上上下下的動�？芍xC。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中A dog barks, for example, when a stranger comes near可知狗可以發(fā)出不同的信號來告訴事情，可知應(yīng)選B。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中No animals can do this. No animals has the wonderful power of language.可知沒有動物能夠告訴別人自己的感受。故選A。
小題4:詞義猜測題。一般而言vocabulary的意思是詞匯的。故選B。
小題5:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章We should try to make our vocabulary larger. Read as many books as Possible可知要擴大詞匯就要我們盡可能多讀書.，故選D。
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