It’s a common belief that over time, pet owners start to look like their animals, and vice versa. Now conies the terrifying news that cats look up to their owners as role models and copy their behavior.
Next time you reach for your fridge, think twice. If Kitty is watching, she is likely to overeat as well.
What is your cat’s IQ?
In a new study from the University of Messina, it turns out that indoor cats who live closely to their owners “mirror” the lives of their caregivers. They sleep at the same time, eat at the same time,  and can even become more or less social depending on the behavior of their owners.
“Cats are intelligent animals with a long memory, ”Jane Brunt, the executive director of the CATalyst Council, told Discovery News. “They watch and learn from us, noting the patterns of our actions. as evidenced by knowing where their food is kept and what time to expect to be fed, how to open the cupboard door that’s been improperly closed, and where their feeding and toileting areas fife. ”Because cats copy our habits, if you spend a lot of time raiding(搜刮)the fridge, your cat will return to its food bowl for that midnight snack, too. According to the study, this explains why “human and cat overweight rates often seem to match. ”So. if you felt guilty about leaving your precious kitty at home while you go to work, now you call feel even worse:You fife making your cat fat!
There’s no word if drinking green tea and making sure you go to Yoga will benefit your cat, but based on the study. it sounds like sticking to a healthy eating and sleeping schedule is best for both of you.
There’s a lot we can learn from our cats in return. “When they sit on our laps softly purring with rhythmic breathing and half-closed eyes. the sense of peace and calm that comes over us is like a private 1esson in inner meditation. ”Brant said. Sure. But cats don’t have to sit in rush hour traffic for an hour a day or worry about their in-laws. They’re probably pretty good at remaining calm.
So, according to science。even though we assumed that cats were not close to us all these years, it turns out they fife in fact learning from us and looking up to us. Scary, huh?
【小题1】According to the passage. which of the following is NOT true?

A.Cats can copy humans’ schedule.B.Humans can learn from cats in some way.
C.Cats are smart and have fl long memory D.Green tea and Yoga can benefit cats.
【小题2】What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 5 refer to?
A.Humans’ keeping searching the fridge.
B.Cats’ going to their owners for food.
C.Cats’ copying humans’ habit of looking for food.
D.Humans’ leaving cats home while working.
【小题3】What can we learn from our cats?
A.To remain calm.B.To be able to copy. C.To stay proud.D.To look up to friends.
【小题4】The best title for the passage could be ________.
A.Your Cat Can Bring You PleasureB.You Are Copying Your Cat
C.You Can Make Your Cat SocialD.Your Cat Is Copying Your Habit

 

Micro bloggershave you ever compared the number of fans on your Sina Weibo or Tencent micro blog with those of your friends ?Don’t imagine you have more fans just because your number is bigger——some of them might be “zombie fans”or fake(假的)followers

That’s what Chen Chuanliang creator of Leijian Networkfound when he bet against his friend several months agoChenwho used to do data mining for Microsoft Asia Research Institutediscovered that there were far more invalid(无效的)micro blog accounts than he had imagined

Later Chen picked 1 0 users on Sina Weibo and analyzed their statisticsKai-Fu Leethe former CEO of Google Chinawho’s on Chen’s list of researchposted a message on his micro blog after he found out that he had more than 1 million fake fans(out of about 5 million)joking“I have 1 million zombie fans ?If unitedwe can finally defeat those plants

According to a report by S Weekly in Marchzombie fans on micro blogs are defined as invalid accounts signed up by network companies for the purpose of increasing the number of fans for certain users and getting them more attention

And this kind of fake followers are also very much alive on Western social networks such as Twitter and Facebook

The Financial Times reported in Augustthat Newt Gingricha Republican candidate in the US presidential electionbought about 80 percent of his 13 million Twitter followers and tried to use them as help in his campaign

Now there are also business deals through which users can get hundreds of thousands of fans for their micro blog accountsby paying a small amount of money

“We have been working to find ways to block or delete those invalid accounts”Mao Taotaoa spokesperson for Sina Weibo told S Weekly.

“But as the fake accounts grow so fastthey’re going to be here for a while

1.Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

AMicro Bloggers???? BBlog Accounts

CZombie Fans????????? DMicro Blog Fans

2.Users get zombie fans for their micro blog accounts by________.

Amaking friends with people

Bpaying a little money

Chelping their weibo followers

Ddoing search on the Internet

3.It can be learnt from the passage that________.

Athere are more fake fans in America than in China

Binvalid accounts for micro blogs will be deleted in no time

Cthere exist many fake fans on western social networks as well

DNewt Gingrich had 13 millions followers in his presidential election

4.The underlined word“their” in the passage refers to

Adeals’? Bfans’Ccampaigns’? Dusers’

 

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