题目内容
| _____ we call a machine is really a kind of tool that can do work for man. |
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| A. When B. That C. What D. Which |
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It is men’s nature to live together in families and tribes(部落), and cities and nations, and therefore men have learned to prize those qualities in each other which make social life the happiest and best.
Of these qualities one of the most important is sympathy-fellow-feeling. If a man had no fellow-feeling, we should call him “inhuman”; he would be no true man. We think so much of this quality that we call a kind man “human”-that is, man-like in his conduct, first to other men, and afterwards to all living things.
If you are cruel to animals, you are not likely to be kind or thoughtfull to men; and if you are thoughtful towards men, you are not likely to be cruel and thoughtful towards animals. This is why the wise man of old wrote, “The merciful man is merciful to his beast.”
What a pleasure it is also to be loved by our pets or domestic animals; and to feel that we are caring for them and are deserving of their love; or to watch the ways of wild creatures, and gradually to make friends with them!
Treating animals kindly does not mean that we must never inflict any pain on them. We ourselves are trained by pains as well as by pleasures; so too, punishment is sometimes needed to train our dogs and horses to obey us. We endure pains at the hands of the surgeon, to cure some wound or to heal some disease; so too, animals must submit to being doctored.
We send out our bravest men to face wounds, sickness and death, for the good of the nation; so too, we let our horses share the risk of battle. For similar reasons, we cannot hesitate to destroy dangerous creatures like wolves and show senseless ferocity(残忍). It is no excuse to say that these animals deserve to be treated cruelly on account of their own cruelty. They are not really cruel, for they tear and kill not from love of unkindness, but because they must do so in order to live.
【小题1】One of the most important qualities of men is fellow-feeling because .
| A.you are likely to be cruel and thoughtful without it |
| B.a man would be inhuman without it |
| C.men can’t bear any pain on themselves and animals |
| D.only sympathy makes a man man-like in his conduct |
| A.we must never force any pain on animals |
| B.some people have to kill some animals in order to live |
| C.it is human for a doctor to cut off some part from the animals |
| D.wise men are not only good to men but also to animals |
| A.Loving your pet. | B.Fellow-feeling. |
| C.Making friends with animals. | D.Kindness to animals. |
| A.To treat animals cruelly because they are cruel. |
| B.To train animals. |
| C.To destroy some of the dangerous animals. |
| D.To make animals submit to being doctored. |
| A.make sb/sth suffer | B.forbid |
| C.punish | D.avoid |
Have you ever wondered why birds sing? Maybe you thought that they were just happy. After all, you probably sing when you are happy.
Some scientists believe that birds do sing some of the time just because they are happy. However, they sing most of the time for a very different reason. Their singing is actually a warning to other birds to stay out of their territory.
Do you know what a “territory” is? A territory is an area that an animal, usually the male, claims (声称) as its own. Only he and his family are welcome there. No other families of the same species are welcome. Your house is your territory where only your family and friends are welcome. If a stranger should enter your territory and threaten you, you might shout. Probably this would be enough to frighten him away.
If so, you have actually frightened the stranger away without having to fight him. A bird does the same thing. But he expects an outsider almost any time, especially at nesting (筑巢) season. So he is screaming all the time, whether he can see an outsider or not. This screaming is what we call a bird’s song, and it is usually enough to keep an outsider away.
【小题1】Some scientists believe that most of the time bird’s singing is actually ________.
| A.an expression of happiness | B. a way of warning |
| C.an expression of anger | D. a way of greeting |
| A.A place where families of other species are not accepted. |
| B.A place where a bird may shout at the top of its voice. |
| C.An area for which birds fight against each other. |
| D.An area which a bird considers to be its own. |
| A.Because they want to invite more friends. |
| B.Because their singing helps frighten outsiders away. |
| C.Because they want to find outsiders around. |
| D.Because their singing helps get rid of their fears. |
| A.By comparing birds with human beings. |
| B.By reporting experiment results. |
| C.By describing birds’ daily life. |
| D.By telling a bird’s story. |
| A.哭喊声 | B.令人惊愕的 | C.尖叫声 | D.尖叫的 |