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【题目】Be careful 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 3-year-old child. Its word-learning 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 divided 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 seven out of l0 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 (品种)known for its mental abilities. In addition, the 9-year-old 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 sweet-talk your dog every now and then. You might just get a big, wet kiss in return!

【1】From paragraph 2 we know that __ .

A. animals are as clever as human beings

B. all dogs are smarter than parrots and chimpanzees

C. chimpanzees have very good word-learning skills

D. all dogs have similar learning abilities as 3-year-old children

【2】Both experiments show that .

A. Rico is smart enough to get all commands right

B. Rico can recognize different things including toys

C. Rico has developed the ability of learning mathematics

D. Rico won’t forget the names of objects once recognizing them

【3】Which of the following statements is true?

A. The purpose of the experiments is to show the border collie’s mental abilities.

B. Rico has a better memory partly because of its proper early training.

C. The border collie is world-famous for recognizing objects.

D. Rico is born to understand its owner’s commands.

【4】What does the writer want to tell us?

A. To train your dog.

B. To talk to your dog.

C. To be friendly to your dog.

D. To be careful with your dog.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】

试题分析：文章讲述了一些科学家们有趣的最新发现，即小狗能理解人们的意思，并能做出相应判断的能力。文章通过一系列的测试证明了此观点。

【1】C 本题考查细节理解。根据原Its word-learning skills are as good as those of a parrot or chimpanzee(黑猩猩).间接表达了黑猩猩的学习能力比较强。

【2】B 本题考查细节理解。根据原文的第一个实验：As the dog couldn’t see anyone to get clues, the scientists believe Rico must understand the meanings of certain words.根据原文的第二个实验：The correct object was chosen in seven out of l0 tests, suggesting that the dog had worked out the answer by process of elimination可以说明小狗能够辨识以前未曾看到的物品。所以答案选择B。

【3】B 本题考查细节理解。根据原文In addition, the 9-year-old dog has been trained to fetch toys by their names since the age of nine months.可以推断出这只狗早前就受到良好的训练，所以才比别的够稍微聪明一些。

【4】C 本题考查作者的写作态度和意图。根据原文Still, it wouldn’t hurt to sweet-talk your dog every now and then. You might just get a big, wet kiss in return!可以判断出你对狗狗好，狗狗就会以德相待，回馈给主人公好的奖励，所以在告知我们要好好的对待狗。