A dog can’t speak words, but it can “talk”. It has feelings just as you do. At times it may feel angry or afraid. Watch a dog closely. You can see what it is trying to tell you. When you are afraid, you may look down shyly. A fearful dog looks away from you. It may run away too. When you are angry with people, you stare at them and press your lips together. An angry dog also stares. Sometimes the hair along its back stands up.

Do you feel guilty when you have done something you shouldn’t? Dogs can feel guilty, too. At times when I come home, my dog gives me a guilty look. Then I know he’s done something wrong.

Dogs need love and attention. Some dogs are very unhappy when they are left alone for a long time. Some dogs even snap(撕咬) if they don’t get enough attention.

You may have a dog or you may know a dog. Treat it well if you want to have fun with it. Play with it. Take it on walks. Don’t order it round too much. Try not to punish it one time and not the next for doing the same thing. Always remember, a dog has needs and feelings just as you do. Talk to a dog, it’ll talk to you, too.

1.If a dog snaps at things, it is because it may ______.

2.You can tell that a dog has done something bad when _________.

3.Which of the following things does the writer advise you to do towards your dog?

4. Suppose you punish your dog for tearing up a shoe, what should you do the next time it does so?

5.The word “guilty” in the second paragraph most probably means _______.

       A dog can’t speak words, but it can“talk”. It has feelings just as you do. At times it may feel angry or afraid. Watch a dog closely, you can see what it is trying to tell you. When you are afraid, you may look down shyly. A fearful dog looks away from you. It may run away too. When you are angry with people, you stare at them and press your lips together. An angry dog also stares. Sometimes the hair along its back stands up.

       Do you feel guilty when you have done something you shouldn’t? Dogs can feel guilty, too. At times when I come home, my dog gives me a guilty look. Then I know he’s done something wrong.

       Dogs need love and attention. Some dogs are very unhappy when they are left along for a long time. Some dogs even snap（撕咬）if they don’t get enough attention.

       You may have a dog or you may know a dog. Treat it well if you want to have fun with it. Play with it. Take it on walks. Don’t order it round too much. Try not to punish it one time and not the next for doing the same thing. Always remember, a dog has needs and feeling just as you do. Talk to a dog, it’ll talk to you, too.

1．If a dog snaps at things, it is because it may       .

      A．feel lonely            B．feel shy               C．be fearful            D．be disappointed

2．You can tell that a dog has done something bad when       .

       A．its hair stands up                                 B．it runs away from you

       C．it has a guilty expression                       D．its lips are pressed together

3．Which of he following things does the writer advise you to do towards your dog?

       A．Never punish the dog.                          B．Never leave the dog alone.

      C．Train the dog to take orders from you.   D．Train it the way you want to be treated.

4．Suppose you punish your dog for tearing up a shoe, what should you do the next time is does so?

      A．Talk to him.                                        B．Punish it again.

       C．Pay no attention to it.                           D．Take it out for a walk

5．The word“guilty”in the second paragraph most probably means       .

       A．happy       B．excited      C．frightened D．sorry

　　A rabbit is running into its hole. You will ask,“What has this to do with language?”

　　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 has found some food, it goes back to its 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 instance, when a stranger comes near. A cat purrs when pleased. Some birds make several different sounds, each with its own meaning.

　　But human beings have something that no animal has--a large number of words which have the meanings of 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 that have happened, or send messages to people far away. No animals can do this. No animal 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.

(1)When a rabbit gives the other rabbits a signal of danger, it _________.

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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

(2)A dog can tell something ___________.

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A．by giving signals

B．by making different sounds

C．by purring

D．by barking

(3)It has been proved that no animal is able to ___________.

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A．give the others information

B．tell the others how it feels

C．express its actions and feelings with words

D．make different sounds, each with its own meaning

(4)Generally speaking, what we mean by“vocabulary”is __________.

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A．all the words that we know

B．more and more words we use

C．all the words we need

D．the dictionary which contains thousands of words

(5)We must __________ in order to make our vocabulary larger.

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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

  A dog can’t speak words，but it can “talk”．It has feelings just as you do．At times it may feel angry or afraid．Watch a dog closely，you can see what it is trying to tell you．When you are afraid，you may look down shyly．A fearful dog looks away from you．It may run away too．When you are angry with people，you stare at them and press your lips together．An angry dog also stares. Sometimes the hair along its back stands up．

  Do you feel guilty when you have done something you shouldn’t? Dogs can feel guilty，too．At times when I come home，my dog gives me a guilty look．Then I know he’s done something wrong．

    Doss need love and attention．Some dogs are very unhappy when they are left alone for a long time．Some dogs even snap(撕咬)if they don’t get enough attention．

  You may have a dog or you may know a dog．Treat it well if you want to have fun with it．Play with it．Take it on walks．Don’t order it round too much．Try not to punish it one time and not the next for doing the same thing．Always remember，a dog has needs and feelings just as you do．Talk to a dog， it’ll talk to you，too．

1．If a dog snaps at things，it is because it may_________．

   A．feel lonely       B．feel shy         C．be fearful               D．be disappointed

2．You can tell that a dog has done something bad when_________．

   A．its hair stands up                  B．it runs away from you

   C．it has a guilty expression   D．its lips are pressed together

3．Which of he following things does the writer advise you to do towards your dog?

   A．Never punish the dog．

   B．Never leave the dog alone．

   C．Train the dog to take orders from you．

   D．Train it the way you want to be treated．

4．Suppose you punish your dog for tearing up a shoe，what should you do the next time it does so?

   A．Talk to him．                      B．Punish it again．

   C．Pay no attention to it．            D．Take it out for a walk

5．The underlined word “guilty” in the second paragraph most probably means_________．

   A．happy      B．excited          C．frightened              D．sorry