Question

【題目】 Lots of people love to keep pets, but they don’t know how to communicate(交流) with their pets. Are you one of the _______? If your answer is “yes”, here are some _______ for you.

Chat with your pet. Your pet may not _______ understand our words, but he can at least pick up on the tone of your words and your body language when you _______ him. For example, if you speak with him in a _______ and hard voice, he might pick up on the fact that you are unhappy with his behavior(行為).

Use non-verbal communication. Your non-verbal communication is just as _______ as verbal communication.

Non-verbal communication is often used in _______ your pet to do a certain activity. _______, if you are sitting on your horse, you would use your legs and hands to tell your horse to turn on the forehead. When you teach your dog to sit, you would actually use both verbal and non-verbal communication(hand signals) to give him the “sit” order.

Don’t punish(懲罰) your pet. Punishing your pet is never a good idea. Punishment can make your pet afraid of you and you will possibly _______ the trust and respect that he has for you. __________ some pets, like cats, do not necessarily make the connection between your punishment and the behavior you are punishing them for. They don’t understand why you do that at all.

【1】A.keepersB.teachersC.doctorsD.pets

【2】A.reasonsB.topicsC.tipsD.results

【3】A.nearlyB.exactlyC.mainlyD.certainly

【4】A.lead toB.come toC.add toD.talk to

【5】A.sweetB.smilingC.coldD.strange

【6】A.importantB.slightC.possibleD.correct

【7】A.makingB.teachingC.invitingD.advising

【8】A.For exampleB.At firstC.As a resultD.Instead of

【9】A.acceptB.winC.loseD.miss

【10】A.SuddenlyB.HoweverC.OtherwiseD.Moreover

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【5】C

【6】A

【7】B

【8】A

【9】C

【10】D

【解析】

文章講的是如何與寵物交流，并且提出了三個建議：和你的寵物說話，使用非語言的交流方式和不要懲罰你的寵物。

【1】句意：你是飼養(yǎng)者嗎？

keepers飼養(yǎng)者；teachers老師；doctors醫(yī)生；pets寵物。根據(jù)句意及前句but they don’t know how to communicate（交流）with their pets.可知，這里表達的是“你是否是飼養(yǎng)者”，故選A。

【2】句意：這里有一些建議給你。

reasons原因；topics主題；tips貼士，建議；results結(jié)果。根據(jù)句意及后句Chat with your pet.，Use non-verbal communication以及Don’t punish（懲罰）your pet可知，這里指的是提出建議，故選C。

【3】句意：你的寵物可能不能準確地理解我們的話。

nearly幾乎；exactly準確地，精確地；mainly主要地；certainly確定地。根據(jù)句意及后句but he can at least但是他至少能夠……可知這里表達的是“不能準確地理解你的話”，故選B。

【4】句意：你和他說話的時候，……。

lead to導致；come to來；add to添加；talk to與……談論。根據(jù)前句but he can at least pick up on the tone of your words and your body language可知，這里表達的是與狗狗說話的時候，故選D。

【5】句意：你用冷硬的聲音和他說話。

sweet甜的；smiling微笑；cold冷的；strange奇怪的。根據(jù)后句he might pick up on the fact that you are unhappy with his behavior他可能會發(fā)現(xiàn)你對他的行為不滿意�？芍�這里表達的是一種不客氣的語言，故選C。

【6】句意：你的非語言交流和語言交流一樣重要。

important重要的；slight微小的；possible可能的；correct正確的。根據(jù)句意可知，這里表達的是“和……一樣重要”，英語結(jié)構(gòu)是as important as，故選A。

【7】句意：非言語交流通常用于教你的寵物做某項活動。

making制作；teaching教；inviting邀請；advising建議。根據(jù)句意及后句if you are sitting on your horse, you would use your legs and hands to tell your horse to turn on the forehead.如果你坐在馬上，你會用你的腿和手告訴你的馬轉(zhuǎn)動前額�？芍�，這里表達的是“教”，故選B。

【8】句意：例如，……。

For example例如；At first首先；As a result結(jié)果；Instead of代替。根據(jù)后句 if you are sitting on your horse, you would use your legs and hands to tell your horse to turn on the forehead.可知，這里是舉例說明，故選A。

【9】句意：你可能會失去他對你的信任和尊重。

accept接受；win獲勝；lose失去；miss錯過。根據(jù)句意及前句Punishment can make your pet afraid of you可知。這里表達的是“失去信任”，故選C。

【10】句意：此外，一些寵物，如貓……。

Suddenly突然；However可是；Otherwise否則；Moreover此外。根據(jù)句意及后句like cats, do not necessarily make the connection between your punishment and the behavior可知，這里表達的是“此外”的意思，故選D。