2019-2021年初中期末试题汇编：阅读理解-阅读题材

2019-2021初中期末试题汇编：阅读理解-阅读题材-科普知识类2

一.阅读理解（共24小题）

1.（2019秋•朝阳区期末）People,animals,andotherthingsmakesounds（声音）（大声的）orquiet,

happyorunhappy.

Soundsareveryimportant.Mostpeopleandanimalsusesounds,tocommunicate（交流）witheach

other.Manythingsalsomakeusefulsounds.Drums（鼓）

Whatissound?Well,thereissoundwhenanobject（物体）vibrates（震动），

ormoves（移动）backandforthveryfast.Avibratingobjectmakes（heairarounditmove.Thisishowsound

travels.Forexample»whenadrivingcarpassesby,youhearthesoundofthepassingcar.Wecallthevibratingair

soundwaves

（声波）.

Therearedifferentkindsofsounds.Somesoundsareloud.Othersarequiet.Theloudnessofsoundiscalled

volume（音量）.Veryloudsoundsarebadforyourears.Becarefularoundloudsounds.Coveryourearswith

yourhandswhenyouhearthem,ormoveawayfromtheloudsounds.Whenyouuseearphonestolistentomusic

Soundsareeverywhereinourlife.Enjoythesoundsoftheworldandbecarefulwithyourears!

（1）Soundsareveryimportantbecause.

A.moststudentshavemusicclassesatschool.

B.mostchildrenlikeplayingthepianoanddrum.

C.mostpeopleandanimalscommunicatewithsounds.

（2）Howdoessoundtravel?

A.Anobjectvibratesinadrivingcar.

B.Anobjectmovesbackandforthveryslowly.

C.Anobjectvibratesandmakestheairarounditmove.

（3）Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?

A.Veryquietsoundsarebadforycurears.

B.Turndownthevolumewhenwclistentothemusic.

C.Diflerentkindsofsoundshavethesamevolume.

2.（2020春•西城区期末）Singingandmusicplayanimponantpaninourculture.You'llfindmusicinmanypansof

ourlives：theater,television,movies,andcelebrations.Athome,musiccanbecomepartoffamilycultures.

Frombirth,parentsusemusictocomfortchildrenandtoexpress（表达）loveandjoy.So（影响）children?

Thebenefits（好处）ofmusic

instrument

A2016studyfoundthatmusicalexperiences（经历）inchildhoodcanimprovebraindevelopment（促进大脑发

育）,especiallyinlanguagelearningandreadingskills.AccordingtotheNAMMFoundation

Also,musicisgoodforallareasofchilddevelopmentandtheskillstheyneedtogelreadyforschool.Ithelpsthe

bodyandthemindworktogether.Musichelpsyoungchildrenlearnthesoundsandmeaningsofwords.Dancingto

musichelpschildrenbuildsportsskills.

What'smore,musicbringsusjoy.Justthinkaboutlisteningtoagoodsonginthecarwiththewindowdownona

beautifulday-that'sjoy.

Musicgamesforschool-agechildrenandtens

band

Mostyoungschool-agechildrenareinterestedinkids'singalongsongswithcounting,selling,or

remembering.Theyalsobeginexpressingtheirlikesanddislikesfordifferentkindsofmusic.Theymayexpressan

interestinmusicleaning

Teens(青少年)mayusemusicalexperiencestomakefriendsandtobedifferentfromparentsandyounger

kids.Theyoftenwanttogooutandlistentomusicafterschoolwithagroupoffriends.Teensoftenhaveastrong

interestintakingmusiclessonsorplayinginaband.

Thereisnodownsidetobringingchildrenandmusictogetherthroughfungames.Weareabletoenjoythebenefitsof

musicfromthemomentwe'rehorn.AgoodpieceofMozartmaynotimproveourbrain,hutit'senjoyableand

beautiful.Fromthefunoflisteningtomusic»tolearninganewlanguageandsocialskills

(1)Wccanusuallyfindmusicwhenwe.

©gotothetheater

(2)watchmoviesatthecinema

©celebrateabirthday

④以kwithfriendsorparents

A.①②④

B.①②③

C.②③④

D.①③④

(2)Froma2016study,weknowmusiccanhelpchildren.

A.learnalanguagewell

B.knowthemeaningsofourlife

C.getonwellwithparents

D.becomeinterestedinschoolwork

(3)Whichofthefollowingmusicgamesdoteenslike?

A.Singingsingalongsongs.

B.Writingmusicfortheirbands.

C.Givingkidsmusiclessons.

D.Listeningtomusicwithfriends.

（4）Themainpurpose（目的）ofwritingthispassageisto.

A.tellustheimportanceoflearningmusicinourlife

B.sharesomedifferentmusicalexperiencesofchildren

C.introducethebenefitsofmusicinchilddevelopment

D.comparemusicgamesbetweenyoungkidsandtens

3.（2020春•顺义区期末）

ErasingMemories

Canwcforgetbadmemories?Someonemighttellyouthattimeistheonly"mcdicinc,'.Butthismightbenottrue.

ResearchersatCanada'sMcGillUniversityhavetestedapill（药片）（hatcanhelpyouforgetbadmemories.They

testediton60peopleandfoundittobesuccessful.

All60peoplehadexperiencedpainfulromanticrelationshipsandwantedtoforgetthem.Inthestudy»theywere

askedtowriteaboutthesebadmemories.Then,theytookapillthatisusuallyusedtotreathighbloodpressure（iflL

压）,theytalkedabouttheirfeelings,sayingthattheywerefinallyabletoforgettheirbadexperiences.

DrAlainBrunet,wholedthestudy,believesthatthepillcanease（减轻，缓解）

Howdid（hepilldothis?Infact,yourmemorieschangeallthelime.They'reliketextfiles（文件）onyour

coirputer.Everytimeyourecalland"open"thefiles（蛋白质）inthebrainfrom"re-saving"thesememories.This

meanssomedetails（细节）ofthememoryarclost.

However»therearesomeethical（伦理的）worriesaboutthistreatment.Somepeoplemightuseittoforgetthings

thattheyshouldbelearningfrom（犯罪）.Peoplearediscussingwhichkindsofmemoriesshouldbsforgottenwith

thispill.

Howdoweformmemories?

Thepartofourbrainknownasthehippocampus（海马体）isimportantforformingnewmemories.Scientists

founditafterstudyingapatientnamedHenryMolaisoninthe1950s.AfterMolaison'shippocampusgothurtduringan

operation（手术），hecouldn'tstorenewmemories.Buthecouldremembermemoriesfrombeforethe

operation.Thismeanslong-termmemoriesarestoredoutsidethehippocampus.Scientistsbelievetheyarcstoredin

thencocortcx(新皮质)

(1)Thestudyfoundthatthepillcouldhelppeople.

A.recallhappymemories

B.rememberthingsmoreeasily

C.controltheirbloodpressure

D.forgetbadexperiences

(2)Paragraph3ismainlyabout.

A.howthe60peopletakethetest

B.howthememorieschangeovertime

C.howtheresearchgroupcreatedthepill

D.howthestudyhelpsusforgetbadmemories

(3)Whatdocstheword"this"inParagraph5referto?

A.Thewayoferasingpainfulmemories.

B.Theargumentabouttheresearchonthepill.

C.Thepillcaneasethepainthatbadmemoriesbring.

D.Thepillisusuallyusedtotreathighbloodpressure.

(4)Whatcanwelearnfromthestory?

A.Manypeoplewanttoforgetbadmemories.

B.Thepillmightcomewithsomeproblems.

C.Thewriterdoesn'tthinkthepillisgood.

D.Thehippocampusispartofourbrain.

4.（2020春•顺义区期末）

TheAmazingAI

AI(人工智能)makesourliveseasierandbelter.Let'sseetheamazingAI.

Yourclosefriend

Hi,everyone.I'mXiaoice,asocialchatbot.Iwas

"born"in2014.Ispeaklikea17-year-oldgirl.

Ifyoufeellonely,youcantalkwithme.I'mgoodat

singingandtellingstories.Iwanttobeyourfriend!

Cooldriverlessbus

Abusdooropensandyougeton.Wait,whereis(he

driver?Hereisanewkindofdriverlessbuscalled

Apolong.Itwasproducedin2018.Itcanseat14

peopleanddoesn'tneedadriver.Thebusfollows

trafficrules.

PopularAIartist

Thisbeautifulpaintingwasatanauction(拍卖)in

2018.Itsoldforabout3,()00,suchasVincentvan

Gogh.1(waspaintedbyanAIartist.Three

FrenchmencreatedtheAlartistin2017.

World'sfirstAIpresenter

Hey,look!ThefamousChinesepresenterQiuHaois

reportingthenewsforus.But»is"he"reallyQiu

Hao?Theansweris"no".Thisistheworld'sfirst

AIpresenter.Itwasinventedin2018.Itlooksand

speaksjustlikearealperson.

（1）isgoodatsingingandtellingstories.

A.Xiaoice

B.QiuHao

C.Apolong

D.AIartist

（2）WhenwasApolongproduced?

A.In2014.

B.In2017.

C.In2018.

D.1112019.

（3）WhocreatedtheAIartist?

A.Acoolbusdriver.

B.ThreeFrenchmen.

C.A17-year-oldgirl.

D.TheChinesepresenter.

5.（2020春♦房山区期末）Ifyoutaveeverhadacal,orhavewatchedoneofthemanyfunnycatvideosonline,

you'llknowthatcatshaveamindoftheirown.Alotofthethingstheydoarehardtounderstand-theyliketoclimbup

tallfurniture（攻击）smallobjectsfornoreasonatall.

Nowscientistshavemanagedtoworkoutwhatexactlyisgoingoninthebrainsofourlittlefriends.Accordingto

TonyBuffington,aprofessoratOh:oStateUniversityintheUS,cats'strangebehavior（行为），ourhomesaretheir

jungles（丛林）.'

Cats'bodiesandgreatbalancing（平衡）abilitiesallowthemtoclimbtohighplacestobetterlookatthe

environment.Eventhoughtheydon'thavetohunt（猎食）anymor?inhumanhouses,forexample,thetopofthe

fridge.

Cats'huntingabilitiesalsomakethemattacksmallthingslikekeysandUSBdrives.

Illthewild,theyhuntwhatevertheycangetforfood,andmostcftheanimalstheykillare

small.Howcvcrprcy.Thisexplainswhytheyliketostayinsmallspaceslikedrawersorwashingmachines-theyarc

hiding,ortheythinktheyarehiding,frommoredangerousanimals.Thisisalsowhycatspreferacleanbox：adirty

onewithanunpleasantsmellcouldeasilyshowenemieswheretheycire.

Knowinghowcats'mindsworkisnotonlyusefulforbetterunderstanding(hem,itmayalsohelpcats'ownersto

bettermeetcats'needs.Forexample,ownerscouldtrytomakeclimbingeasierforcatsbymovingtheirfurniture

around.Theycouldalsouse"foodpuzzles"tomakeeatingfeelmorelikehuntinginsteadofjustgivingfoodtothecats.

(1)Accordingtothepassage,TonyBuffingtonagreesthat.

A.cats'strangebehaviorishardforpeopletounderstand

B.catsarcmoreusedtolivinginthewildthaninhumans'homes

C.cats'naturalabilitiesarestillhelpfultomakethemgetfoodtoday

D.catsactstrangelymainlybecauseoftheirnaturalabilitiesin(hewild

(2)Theword"prey"inParagraph4probablymeans.

A.ananimalthatlivesin(hejungles

B.ananimalthatlikeskeepingitselfclean

C.ananimalthatlikesplayinghidinggameswithpeople

D.ananimalthatbecomesothers1foodafterbeinghunted

(3)Accordingtothewriter,cats'ownerscanbettermeetcats'needsby.

A.creatinghuntinggamesathome

B.givingthemdeliciousfood

C.makingthemgobacktothewiki

D.puttingtheminthefurniture

(4)Whatisthewriter'smainpurposeinwritingthispassage?

A.Todescribecats'pastwildexperiencetoreaders.

B.Totellcatownershowtomakelifeeasierforcats.

C.Toexplainthereasonsbehindcats'strangebehavior.

D.Tocomparecals'behaviorinhumanhomeswiththatinthewild.

6.（2020春♦丰台区期末）Thefirstmovieswereintroducedtothepublicinthe1890s.Reportsofearlymovies

showedaudiencejumpedoutoftheirscatsinfright惊吓）whentheysawthemovingpicturesinthetheatre,especially

oneswithatrainmovingtowards（hem.Peoplewhostudymoviestodayoftenwanttoknowif（hisreallyhappened.

Researchshowsthatmostpeopleseeingamovieforthefirsttimeareconfused（困惑的）aboutwhatishappeningon

thescreen.Ifwealsothinkaboutthefirstmovieswereshowninsuchearlytime,itispossiblethatatleastafewpeople

maybeconfusedorfrightenedenoughtojumpupin（heirseals.

Ingeneral»itisnaturalforourbrainstotellustomovewhensomethingcomestowardsusquickly.Usually,ifwc

arepayingattentionandknowthalwearenotindanger.Ontheotherhand,ifwearethinkingabout

somethingelse

Whenseeingamovieforthefirst:ime»peopleinthe1890swerebothsurprisedandconfused.Tlieyprobablydidn't

knowwhatwasgoingon.Iftheywerestinginthefrontrowwheretheycouldonlyseethescreen,theymighthave

forgottenwhatwashappening,

Morerecently,3-Dmoviesgivepeopleasimilar（相似的）feeling.Whenpeopleputoncertain（某种）,

theyfecithethingsonthescreenarcflyingaroundinfrontoftheirfaces.Sometimespeoplejumpalittlebitwhenthe

thingsseemtocometowards（hembecausetheyarenotusedto（不习惯）seeingmoviesthisway.

Inthe1890s,newtechnologies（科技）wereappearingallthetime.Peoplewholivedinthecityandwereusedto

themachinesmighthavefeltexcitedbythemovies.Otherpeople,mighthavefeltmorefrightened.Researcherssay

thatitisreasonabletothinkthatthenewtechnologywasshockingenoughtofrightensomepeoplerightoutoftheirseats.

（1）Theword"ones"inParagragh1refersto（指的是）

A.themovingpictures

B.theseatsinthetheatre

C.（hereportsofearlymovies

D.theaudienceinthetheatre

(2)Whydoesthewritermention3-Dmovies?

A.Toexplainwhypeopletodayarenotfrightenedofmovies.

B.Togiveanexampleofasimilarexperienceinourlifenow.

C.Toshowthat3-Dtechnologyhasbeenaroundforalongtime.

D.Tocomparethetechnologyof3-Dmoviestocommonmovies.

(3)Thispassageismainlyabout.

A.whenpeoplebegantoseemovies

B.whypeoplereactedincertainwaystoearlymovies

C.howpeopleusenewtechnologytomake3-Dmovies

D.howbrainstudiesexplainpeople'sfrightonmovingthings

audience

7.(2020春•延庆区期末)Peopleusuallythinkthatcatsarenotveryfriendly.Unlikedogs,calsplaywithpeople

lessthandogs.Theyliketostayaloneforhours.However,anewstudyshowsthatcatslikepeoplejustasmuchas

dogs.

ScientistsatOregonStateUniversity»US,studiedcats'relationships(关系)，catownerswalkedintoanewroom

withtheirpets.Aftertwominutes,theownerslefttheroom.thescientistslookedtosecwhatthecatswould

do.Abouttwo-thirdsofthecatscametogreettheirownersrightawaywhentheycameback.Thecatsthenwent

backtolookingaroundtheroom,butstillcamebacktotheirownersnowand(hen.

Thesecats,thescientistssaid,sawtheirownersasasourceofsecurity(安全的来源)，58%ofdogsactedjust

like(hecals."Thisidea(hatcatsliketostayaloneordon'treallycareaboutpeopleisn'tholdingup>"saidKrislyn

Viule,ascientistwhoworkonthestudy."Themorewefindoutaboutcats,themorewe'reseeingthatthey'resocial

animals

(1)Peopleusuallythinkthatcats.

A.aremorefriendlythandogs

B.arelikelytostaybythemselves

C.likepeopleasmuchasdogs

D.remembertheirownerswell

(2)Scientistsmadethetesttofindout.

A.themaindifferencebetweencatsanddogs

B.(hereasonswhycatsdon'tcareaboutpeople

C.therelationshipbetweencatsandtheirowners

D.thewayswhichcatownerstakecareoftheirpets

(3)Thephraseholdingupinthelastparagraphprobablymeans.

A.different

B.clear

C.new

D.true

(4)What's(hebesttitleforthepassage?

A.CatsLiketoBeAlone

B.DogsLoveTheirOwners

C.DogsArcMoreFriendly

D.CatsAreOurFriends

8.（2020春•延庆区期末）Manystudentsthinkabouthowtobestspendtheirtimewhilestudying.Butwhatwecando

beforestudycanbeimportanttoo-especiallyifyouwanttoimproveyourmemoryofwhatyouhavelearned.

Exercise

Beforeyoustudy»doingcardiovascularexercise（有氧运动）mayhelpyoubetterrememberwhatyoulearn.High

-intensityexercise（高强运动），publishedinthejournalPhysiologyandBehavior,researchersfoundthatagroup

ofyoungpeoplewhodid15minutesofhigh-intensitytrainingrememberedmorewords.

Somestudiessuggesttheimportanceofdifferentkindsofexercise.Itseemsthatbothlong,slowcardiovascular

exerciseandhigh-intensityexercisehavedifferenteffectsonmemory.Researchershavesuggestedcombiningthetwo

togstthebesteffectsforyourmemory.

Location

Locationisalsoimportantforimprovingyourlearning.Whileitisgoodtohaveadeskoraspecialstudyarea,some

researchsuggeststhatchangingwhereyoustudycouldhelpyouremembermoreofwhatyoustudy.

Ourmemoriessometimesdependonthingsinourenvironment.Forexample,abookmightremindyouofsomething

interestingorstrangeyoulearnedwhilereadingit.

"EnvironmentalContextandHumanMemory,"afamousstudyonmemory,dealtwiththequestionofmemoryand

oursurroundings.ResearchersSmith,whilesubjectswholearnedintwodifferentcontextsrememberedanaverageof

24.4words.

Besuretoplanyourlocationbeforeyoustarttostudy.

Pre-studytest

Studentsoftenstudywithatestinmind.Theythinkthetestisthefinalsteptoshowhowmuchtheyhave

learned.Buttakingapre-study（es（isalsoimportant.

In2018,researchersfoundthatstudentswhotookatestbeforelearningnewmaterialdidmuchbetterafterstudying

thematerial.Theresearchwaspublishedin（heJournalofExperimentalPsychology.

So,trytotakeapre-studytest.

Wehaveexploredthreethingsyoucandobeforestudytoimproveyourlearning.Inthefuture,wswillexplore

thingsyoucandoduringandafteryourstudysessionstoimproveyourlearning.

(1)Accordingtothetext,beforeyoustudymayhelpyourememberbetter.

A.running15minutes

B.sleepingforawhile

C.readingEnglishwords

D.drinkingplentyofwaler

(2)What'sthemeaningof"combiningthetwo*'inParagraph3?

A.joiningthetwotogethertorelax

B.doingthetwothingsatthesametime

C.doingthetwothingstoworktogether

D.joiningthetwotogether(omakeasingleone

(3)Whatcanwclearnfromthepassage?

A.Pre-studytestismoreimportantthanthefinaltest.

B.ResearcherSmithsuggestspeoplerememberwordsinalist.

C.Theresearchershaveexploredwhattodoafterthestudy.

D.Environmentalcontextcanhelpimprovehumanmemory.

(4)Whatwouldbethebesttitlefcrthepassage?

A.Thingstodobeforeyoustudy

B.Howtospendyourtimewhilestudying?

C.Howtoimproveyourmemory?

D.Importanceofstudyingyourmemory

9.（2020春•通州区期末）

HowAreWeUnique?

HowarehumansdifferentfromotheranimalsonEarth?Wehavealwaysthoughtofourselvesasbeingsmarterand

moreadvanced（先进的）.ButwiththedevelopmentofAI,thisquestionbecomesmorecomplicated（复杂的）.

InOctober2017.arobotcalledSophiawasmadeaSaudiArabiancitizen（公民）andbecamethefirstrobotto

haveanationality（国籍）.Sophiacantalkwithhumans.Thishasledtosomequestions（权利）ashumans.

Ofcourse,AIrobotisstillalongwayfrombeingabletohavefeelingsthewayhumansdo.Thequestionofwhether

AIrobotshouldhaverightsornotmightbeabitsillyrightnow.ButweshouldkeepinmindthatAlrobotcanlearn

boththegoodandbadthingsthathumans（eachit.

Forexample,in2016,MicrosoftintroducedTay-acomputerprogramthatcouldtalktopeopleonsocialmedia

（社交媒体），Taywentfromwritingpoliterepliestomakingrudecomments（评论）.Itlearnedto"say"thcserude

thingsfromrealhumans.

Inthefuture,wemayneedtopregramAIwithasenseofmorality（道德）.Moralsarcwhatmakeusdifferent

fromotheranimals.AIrobotcandomanyofthesamethingswedo

（1）TherobotSophiaisdifferentfromotherrobotsbecause.

A.itismoreadvanced

B.ilhasanationality

C.itisthefirstAIrobot

D.itcantalktohumans

（2）ThewriterwantedtoshowthatbymentioningTay.

A.AIrobotcantellthedifferencebetweenrightandwrong

B.AIrobotcanlearnhowtotalkwith（hehelpofhumans

C.AIrobotcanlearnbadthingsthathumansteachit

D.AIrobothasthesamerightsashumans

（3）WhatisthemainideaofParagraph5?

A.AIrobothasfeelingsthewayhumansdo.

B.AIrobotisstillquitedifferentfromhumans.

C.AItechnologyisgoodenoughnow.

D.PeoplecanlearnalolfromAIrobot.

10.(2()20春•延庆区期末)

PainfulforYourEars

Doyouoftenlistentomusicatloudvolumes?Youshouldknowthatthishabitisbadforyourhearing,accordingto

theWorldHealthOrganization(WHO).

Thehumanearhasthreedifferentparts.Theouterearisthepartyoucansee.Themiddleearandinnerearareinside

yourhead.Thatdoesn'tmeanthosepartscan'tbehurt.Theycanbeharmedbyloudnoises.Overonebillionyoung

peoplearcatriskofhearinglossduetolisteningtoloudnoiseforlongperiodsoftime,saidWHO.Listeningtomusic

orwatchingaTVshowatloudvolumescanharmyourhearing.

Soundsaremeasuredindecibels(dB分贝).Awhisperis30dB.Afriendtalkingisabout60dB.Thesoundofa

busyroadisabout85dBandthesoundofarockconcertcanbeabout10()dB.TheUnitedNationshasstandardsfor

safelistening.Ilisuulsafelulistenlusoundsdialaicluudci(han85dBfuieightliuuisui100dBfui15niiiiulc^s.

Loudnoiseisharmfultotheinnerear.Mostofusarebornwithabout16,()00haircells(听毛细胞)inourinner

ears.Thesecellsdetect(探测)，listeningtoloudnoisefbralongtimecanmakethesecellsworktoohardandcause

someofthemtodie.Thisiswhatcauseshearingloss.

Somepeoplemightthinkthattheirmusicisn'tallthatloud.But(hiscandependonwhereyouare.Forexample,if

youareinanoisyplacelikethesubv/ay»youmightturnupyourmusictooloudwithoutrealizingit.Later,youmight

feeluncomfortable.

Whatcanbedonetoprotectyourhearing?Usenoise-canceling(降噪)headphones.Theseheadphonesgetridof

backgroundnoise.Youdon'tneedtoturnupthevolumeasmuch.Keepyourdevicevolumeat50tc60percent.Limit

dailyuseofheadphones.Listentosoundonyourmobiledevicesforamaximumofonehourperday.

Thelessloudnoiseyouhear,thebetter!

(1)Listeningtoloudmusiccauseshearingproblemsbecause

A.itcanstopourearsfromresting

B.itputsourbrainsundergreatpressure

C.itcancausehaircellsintheinnereartodie

D.itmakespeoplegetusedtolisteningtoloudsounds

（2）Fromparagraph5,wecanknow.

A.peoplelovetolistentoloudmusic

B.peopledon'talwaysknowhowloudtheirmusicis

C.it'sgreattolistentomusiconthesubway

D.it'sreasonabletolistentoloudmusicinsomeplaces

（3）Thewriterprobablyagreesthat.

A.peoplehavetowearheadphoneswhilewalkingonabusyroad

B.listeningtomusiconTVisbetterfbrhearingthanonmobiledevices

C.youngpeopleshouldsetatime1miloflisteningtomusicalloudvolumes

D.wearingnoise-cancelingheadphonescanstoptheouterearsbeingharmed

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11.（2020春•大兴区期末）Animals,including（包括）insects,wecanseethattheydohavewaysof

communicatingwitheachother.

Canyouseetherabbit'stailwhichismovingupanddown?Wher.rabbitsseethiswhitetailmovingupanddown,

（heyruntoo.Theyknowthatthereisdanger.Therabbithastoldthemsomethingwithoutmakingasound.Ithas

donethisbyusingitsbodylanguage.

Manyotheranimalsusethiskindoflanguage.Whenacobra（眼镜蛇）isangry,itraisesitsheadandmakesitself

lookfierce（凶猛），itgoesbacktoitshome.Itcannottelltheotherbeeswherethefoodisbyspeakingtothem,but

itdocsalittledanceintheair.Thistellsthebeeswherethefoodis.

Someanimalssaythingsbymakingsounds.Adogbarks»forexample»whenastrangercomesnear.Acatpurrs

（鸣呜,eachwithitsownmeaning.Sometimeswehumanbeings（人类）speakinthesameway.Wemake

soundslike"Oh"or"Ah!"whenwearefrightenedorpleasedorwhenwedropsomethingonourtoes.

Butwehavesomethingthatnoanimalshave-alargenumberofwordsthathavethemeaningsofthings,actions,

feelingsorideas.Thatissomethingthatnoanimalshave.Althoughanimalsaren'tabletogiveeachotherallkindsof

differentinformationinwordsandsentences

(1)Wecanlearnthatfromthepassage.

A.animalsdohavealanguagelikethatofhumanbeings

B.animalshavetheirownwaysofcommunicatingwitheachother

C.someanimalssay(hingsbywordsashumanbeingsdo

D.animalsknowhowtoprotectthemselvesbysound

(2)Arabbitusesitstailto.

A.warnotherrabbitsofdanger

B.tellotherrabbitswherefoodis

C.makeitselflookfierce

D.helpitselftorunfast

(3)Whichofthefollowingwouldbethebesttitleforthepassage?

A.TheDifferencesof