Do you know Xishuangbanna? It’s a very beautiful place. It lies in Yunnan. The Dai people live there. Their homes are wonderful. The houses are very big and have long legs to hold (支撑) them up. Sometimes those legs are over two metres tall.

It can be very hot in Yunnan. But the Dai people do not need air conditioners (空调) to keep cool. Their houses usually have two floors. One half of the second floor is the living room. The living room has a balcony. The other half of the second floor is their bedroom. There is a long corridor (走廊) between the living room and the bedroom.

You must always take off your shoes before you go into a Dai family’s house. They like to keep their houses clean. The bed is made of bamboo. The family’s tables, chairs and cupboards are all made of bamboo too. It often rains in Yunnan. Pigs and chickens live on the first floor, because it is a good place to stay dry.

1.Where do the Dai people live?

A. In big flats. B. In small flats.

C. In big houses. D. In small houses.

2.The writer doesn’t tell us ________.

A. how many floors the Dai people’s house has

B. the things in the Dai people’s house

C. the rooms in the Dai people’s house

D. why it’s cool in the Dai people’s house

3.You may find the things except (除了) ________ in a Dai family’s house.

A. an air conditioner

B. a bamboo bed

C. a bamboo cupboard

D. bamboo chairs and tables

4.The underlined word “dry” in the paragraph may mean ________ in Chinese.

A. 潮湿的 B. 干燥的 C. 醒着的 D. 安全的

5.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Xishuangbanna is a beautiful place.

B. The Dai family’s houses are usually very clean.

C. It’s easy for the Dai people to get bamboo.

D. The Dai people’s houses are two metres tall.

It seems that there’s a good reason why dogs are always seen as man’s best friend. Scientists have found that dogs are the only animals that can read emotion(情感)in faces much like humans. The finding suggests that like an understanding friend, dogs can see if we are happy, sad, pleased or angry.

When humans look at a new face, their eyes usually look across the left, falling on the right hand side of the person’s face first. A possible reason for this is that the right side of the human face is better at expressing emotions.

Scientists have now shown that pet dogs also have “left gaze bias(左视偏好)”, but only when looking at human faces. No other animal has been known to do like this before. Dr. Kun Guo with his team showed 17 dogs the pictures of human, dog and monkey faces as well as something else. The dogs’ eyes and heads show a strong left gaze bias when the animals see human faces. But this did not happen when they were shown other pictures, including those of dogs.

Guo suggests that over thousands of years living with humans, dogs may have developed the left gaze bias as a way to guess our emotions.

“Recent studies show that the right side of our faces can express emotions better than the left. If true, then it makes sense for dogs and humans to see the right hand side of a face first.”

1.Why are dogs seen as man’s best friend according to the passage?

A. Because dogs are the closest animals to humans.

B. Because dogs can read the emotions in humans’ faces easily.

C. Because dogs can understand us better when we feel sad.

D. Because dogs are good at expressing emotions.

2.The dogs’ left gaze bias helps them _______.

A. get along well with humans

B. express emotions quickly

C. have more understanding friends

D. remember more new faces

3.The passage mainly wants to tell us that _______.

A. dogs have been man’s best friends for thousands of years

B. humans have a “left gaze bias”

C. the “left gaze bias” works on all animals

D. dogs can read emotions the same as humans

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