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Do dogs understand us?

　　Be careful of what you say around your dog．It might understand more than you think．

　　A border collie named Rico recognizes the names of about 200 objects, say researchers in Germany．The dog also appears to be able to learn new words as easily as a 3yearold child．Its wordlearning skills are as good as those of a parrot or chimpanzee(黑猩猩)．

　　In one experiment, the researchers took all 200 items that Rico is supposed to know and divide them into 20 groups of 10 objects．Then the owner told the dog to go and fetch one of the items and bring it back．In four tests, Rico got 37 out of 40 commands right．As the dog couldn’t see anyone to get clues, the scientists believe Rico must understand the meanings of certain words．

　　In another experiment, the scientists took one toy that Rico had never seen before and put it in a room with seven toys whose names the dog already knew．The owner then told Rico to fetch the object, using a word the dog had never heard before．

　　The correct object was chosen in 7 out of 10 tests, suggesting that the dog had worked out the answer by process of elimination(排除法)．A month later, Rico remembered half of the new names, which is even more impressive．

　　Rico is thought to be smarter than the average dog．For one thing, Rico is a border collie, a breed(品種)known for its mental abilities．In addition, the 9yearold dog has been trained to fetch toys by their names since the age of nine months．

　　It’s hard to know if all dogs understand at least some of the words we say．Even if they do, they can’t talk back．Still, it wouldn’t hurt to sweettalk to your dog every now and then．You might just get a big, wet kiss in return!

(1)

The author wrote the first paragraph with the purpose of ________．

[　　]

A．

reminding you to speak in a low voice around your dog

B．

warning you to keep your secret before your dog

C．

showing dogs are cleverer than you think

D．

attracting your attention to the following of the passage

(2)

The reason why Rico is able to choose the item it has never seen before is that ________．

[　　]

A．

the dog can use the sense of smell

B．

the dog can have metal abilities

C．

the item is different from the others in shape

D．

the item is a bit similar to the others

(3)

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

[　　]

A．

Rico must have had a hard and long-term training．

B．

Rico has as much intelligence as a 3-year-old child．

C．

The author thinks it silly to have a word with your dog．

D．

The author thinks it unhealthful to be kissed by a dog．

答案：1．D;2．B;3．A;
解析：

(1)

作者意圖推斷題。聯(lián)系全文我們知道。作者運用第一段的兩句話引起我們注意狗是如何理解人的欲望的。

(2)

細節(jié)理解題。從倒數(shù)第二段“known for its mental abilities”我們可以得知答案。

(3)

事實細節(jié)推斷題。從“the 9-year-old dog has been trained to fetch toys by their names since the age of nine months．”我們可以得知答案。


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