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Dogs may not know exactly what you are doing especially when you’re trying to figure out a square root or diagram a sentence. But according to a new study, dogs can understand what we’re thinking and feeling by reading our facial expressions and body language and following our eyes.
Researchers studied 29 dogs. The dogs were shown a movie where a woman looked directly at them and said “Hi dog!” Then, the woman looked at a flowerpot sitting next to her. The researchers found that when the woman looked at and spoke directly to a dog, the dog usually followed her eyes to the flowerpot. It proved that the dogs knew that the woman was thinking about the flowerpot.
“By following the eye movements of dogs, we were able to get a first-hand look at how their minds are actually working,” said Jozsef, the senior researcher.
Later in the movie, the woman said “Hi dogs” in a low voice and didn’t look at the dog before looking at the flowerpot. In that situation, the dogs didn’t seem to understand what the woman was thinking. There was no eye contact, and the woman didn’t appear to speak to the dogs directly.
That comes as no surprise to dog trainer Jones. “Dogs normally speak through nonverbal signals. It’s more natural to them,” she said. “If you’ve ever watched dogs at a dog park, you’ve seen it. Within 30 seconds they enter the park, much information has passed between the new dog and the ones already in the park. They’re exchanging looks, observing eyes and body posture. On the other hand, when you speak to a dog, they are learning a foreign language.”
Picking up your nonverbal signals seems more natural. So, if you were hoping that all this means your dog could help you solve your math problems, you’re probably out of luck. But he or she might be a lot more in tune with what you’re thinking than you previously thought.
【小题1】How could the researchers find that the dogs understood the woman’s intention?

A.By speaking to them directly.
B.By reading their eye movements.
C.By following their facial expressions.
D.By asking the dog trainer questions.
【小题2】According to the text, Jones finds that ______.
A.dogs usually speak through verbal signals
B.dogs learn a great deal more at a dog park
C.dogs can understand humans’ words easily
D.dogs speak through eyes and body language
【小题3】It is implied in the text that dogs can read your emotions only if ______.
A.you manage to get their attention
B.you like making friends with them
C.you are familiar with their behavior
D.you can pick up their verbal signals
【小题4】What does the underlined phrase “be in tune with” in the last paragraph mean?
A.refuseB.approveC.understandD.love


【小题1】B
【小题2】D
【小题3】A
【小题4】C   

解析试题分析:
【小题1】细节题:从文章第三段的句子:“By following the eye movements of dogs, we were able to get a first-hand look at how their minds are actually working,可知研究人员是根据钩的眼神知道狗理解的妇女的话。选B
【小题2】推理题:从倒数第二段的句子;They’re exchanging looks, observing eyes and body posture.我们可以看出狗是通过眼神和非语言的方式交流的。选D
【小题3】推理题:从第四段的实验,我们知道只有让狗注意到你,才能读懂你的意思。选A
【小题4】猜词题:第一段有个相似的句子:dogs can understand what we’re thinking and feeling 说明狗是可以懂得你的想法的。选C   
考点:考查科普类文章
点评:这篇文章介绍了一个研究发现,狗是通过眼神和非语言的方式交流的,说明狗是可以懂得人的想法的,但是人类要让它注意。题目多为推理题,文章没有直接的答案,要考生根据全篇文章进行推理。

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First, it’s possible that the animals may have heard the quake before the tsunami hit. The underwater rupture likely produced sound waves known as infrasound or infrasonic sound. Humans can’t hear infrasound, but many animals including dogs, elephants, tigers and pigeons can.

A second early warning sign the animals might have sensed is ground vibration. The massive quake would have produced vibrational waves known as Rayleigh waves. These vibrations move through the ground like waves move on the surface of the ocean but faster. They travel at ten times the speed of sound. The Rayleigh waves would have reached SriLanka hours before the water hit. Mammals, birds, insects and spiders can sense Rayleigh waves. So the animals at Yale might have felt the Rayleigh waves and then run to higher ground.

But what about humans? While we can’t hear infrasound, we can feel it, although we don’t necessarily know we’re feeling it. We also experience Rayleigh waves by special sensors in our joints, which exist just for that purpose. Sadly, it seems we don’t pay attention to the information when we get it. Maybe we screen it out because there’s so much going on before our eyes and in our ears. Humans have a lot of things on our minds and usually that works out OK.

Notes:

tsunami  n. 海啸

infrasound  n. 次声

vibration  n. 振动,颤动

Choose the best answers according to the above:

Why did few animals at Yala die when the tsunamis that caused a huge number of human deaths hit?

A. Because the animals were staying at a higher place in the park.

B. Because the animals were able to run much faster than human beings.

C. Because human beings cannot hear the infrasonic sound.

D. Because the animals might have picked up the danger signals and ran away.

Which of the statements about “Ravleigh waves” is true?

A. Rayleigh waves are massive vibrational waves that usually cause quakes or tsunamis.

B. Rayleigh waves move on the ocean surface at a speed ten times that of sound waves.

C. Rayleigh waves can be felt both by animals and human beings.

D. Rayleigh waves, just like infrasonic sound, can only be felt by animals.

When a tsunami hits, it is possible that ____.

A. we can’t feel the infrasound so we can’t be informed of the danger

B. we can feel Rayleigh waves as well as infrasound so we are able to escape the danger like animals

C. we were so busy with things on our minds that we feel neither infrasound nor Rayleigh waves

      D. we think nothing of the information of its coming even though we can also get it

What does the underlined word “that” in the last sentence refer to?

A. Screening out the information.

B. There being so much going on before our eyes and in our ears.

C. Having a lot of things on our minds.

D. Paying attention to the information.

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D.Because he wanted to publish his story.
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