Question

【题目】

A. good B. careful C. orders D. recognizes E. owner F. certain G. easily

Do dogs understand us?

Be 【1】 about what you say around your dog. It might understand more than you think.

A border collie（牧羊狗）named Rico 【2】 the names of about 200 objects, say researchers in Germany. The dog also appears to be able to learn new words as 【3】 as a 3-year-old child. Its word-learning skills are as 【4】 as those of a parrot or chimpanzee（黑猩猩）.

In one experiment, the researchers took all 200 items that Rico knows and divided them into 20 groups of 10 objects. Then the 【5】 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 【6】 words.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】G

【4】A

【5】E

【6】F

【解析】

本文讲述了狗狗能听懂人的话。德国研究人员说一只叫Rico博德牧羊犬认识大约200对象的名称。这只狗似乎也能像3岁的孩子一样轻松地学习新单词。在四次测试中，Rico在40个命令中有37个正确。由于这只狗看不到任何人以获得线索，科学家们认为Rico必须理解某些单词的意思。

【1】句意：小心你在狗狗身边说的话。

根据be动词+形容词，构成系表结构。结合“It might understand more than you think”它可能比你想象的更能理解，所以此处是小心。故选B。

【2】句意：一只叫Rico博德牧羊犬认识大约200物体的名称。

根据“In four tests, Rico got 37 out of 40 commands right. ”在四次测试中，Rico在40个命令中有37个正确，所以此处是识别，故选D。

【3】句意：这只狗似乎也能像3岁的孩子一样轻松地学习新单词。

分析句子“The dog also appears to be able to learn new words as ___3___ as a 3-year-old child”所以此处缺副词修饰动词“learn”，故选G。

【4】句意：他词汇学习技巧和一只鹦鹉或黑猩猩是一样的。

根据be动词+形容词，构成系表结构。结合“Its word-learning skills are as ___4___ as those of a parrot or chimpanzee”所以此处缺形容词，故选A。

【5】句意：然后主人让狗去把其中一样东西拿回来。

分析句子“Then the ___5___ told the dog to go and fetch one of the items and bring it back”然后 让狗去把其中一样东西拿回来，此处缺名词做主语，故选E。

【6】句意：由于这只狗看不到任何人来获得线索，科学家们认为Rico肯定理解某些单词的意思。

分析句子“ the scientists believe Rico must understand the meanings of ___6___ words”此处缺形容词，作定语修饰“words”，故选F。