Unit
3
Australia
Using
Language
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1．The
Great
Wall
winds
(蜿蜒)
its
way
from
west
to
east
until
to
the
sea.
2．The
economy
is
at
last
beginning
to
recover.
3．Hold
on
to
that
bag,
or
someone
in
the
crowd
may
snatch
(抢走)
it.
4．This
wounded
soldier
was
unconscious
(无意识的)from
his
loss
of
blood.
5．I
put
another
steak
on
the
barbecue.
Ⅱ.单句改错
1．Sunshine,
fresh
air,
and
rest
often
accelerate
a
person's
recovery
from
sick.
sick_→sickness
2．We
haven't
yet
recovered
in
the
shock.
in→from
3．She
is
unconscious
in
the
effect
she
has
on
people.
in→of
4．The
boy
talked
his
mother
into
bought
him
a
home
computer.
bought→buying
5．The
medicine
had
a
good
effort
on
me.
effort→effect
Ⅲ.阅读理解
A
The
koala
is
Australia's
second
most
famous
animal.This
gentle,
slow moving
animal
has
lived
in
the
forests
of
Australia
for
over
half
a
million
years.In
the
first
quarter
of
the
century,
early
settlers
killed
about
ten
million
koalas
for
their
fur.Today,
the
koala
is
strictly
protected.
Gum
leaves
are
the
koala's
only
food.And
instead
of
a
tail
the
animal
has
a
pad
that
enables
it
to
sit
comfortably
for
hours
in
the
fork
of
a
gum
tree.
The
Aborigines
named
this
animal
koala
meaning
“I
don't
drink”．The
gum
leaves
supply
all
the
moisture
it
requires.So
Koala
is
an
aboriginal
word.
The
koala
lives
in
trees
in
forests.It
doesn't
eat
any
meat
and
it
doesn't
drink
any
water.The
koala
is
active
at
night
and
during
the
day
it
sleeps
in
the
fork
of
a
tree.The
koala
has
long
arms
and
sharp
curved
claws
for
climbing
trees
and
for
grasping
branches.It
has
a
large
hairless
nose
and
it
hasn't
got
a
tail.
The
koala
usually
has
only
one
baby
a
year.At
birth
the
baby
is
very
small.At
first
it
cannot
see
and
it
hasn't
got
any
fur.The
female
koala
has
a
pouch
on
her
stomach.Inside
this
pouch
the
mother
produces
milk
for
her
baby.The
baby
stays
in
its
mother's
pouch
until
it
is
about
six
months
old.Then
it
clings
to
its
mother's
back
for
another
six
months.After
this
the
young
koala
starts
to
live
a
solitary
(单独的)
life.
1．The
name
“Koala”
has
something
to
do
with______.
A．food
B．sand
C．water
D．grass
解析：选C 细节理解题。根据第二段第三句可知答案。
2．A
koala
likes
to
move
about________.
A．in
the
daytime
B．at
night
C．day
and
night
D．None
of
the
above
解析：选B 细节理解题。由第三段第三句可知答案。
3．People
used
to
hunt
koalas
because________.
A．they
often
attack
human
beings
B．they
have
very
good
furs
C．they
are
very
ugly
animals
D．there
are
too
many
of
them
解析：选B 细节理解题。根据第一段倒数第二句可知答案。
4．You
can
find
a
baby
koala
on
its
mother's
back
when
it
is________.
A．five
months
old
B．a
year
and
a
half
old
C．six
months
old
D．three
years
old
解析：选C 细节理解题。从短文中最后一段倒数第三句可知答案。
B
Everyone
looks
forward
to
progress,
whether
in
one's
personal
life
or
in
the
general
society.Progress
indicates
a
person's
ability
to
change
the
way
he
is
living
at
the
moment.Progress
must
lead
to
a
better
life
and
a
better
way
of
doing
things.All
these,
however,
remain
true
only
in
so
far
as
people
want
to
accept
technology
and
move
forward
by
finding
new
and
more
efficient
ways
of
doing
things.
However,
at
the
back
of
the
minds
of
many
people,
especially
those
who
miss
the
“good
old
days”，
efficiency
comes
with
a
price.When
communication
becomes
more
efficient,
people
are
able
to
contact
one
another
no
matter
where
they
are
and
at
whatever
time
they
wish
to.The
click
of
a
button
allows
people
miles
apart
to
talk
or
see
each
other
without
even
leaving
their
homes.With
the
communication
gadgets,_such
as
mobile
phones
and
ipads,
people
often
do
not
take
the
effort
to
visit
one
another
personally.A
personal
visit
carries
with
it
the
additional
feature
of
having
to
be
in
the
person's
presence
for
as
long
as
the
visit
lasts.We
cannot
unnecessarily
excuse
ourselves
or
turn
the
other
person
off.
With
efficiency
also
comes
mass
production.Such
is
the
nature
of
factories
and
the
success
of
industrialization
today.Factories
have
improved
efficiency.Unskillful
tasks
are
left
to
machines
and
products
are
better
made
and
produced
with
greater
accuracy
than
any
human
hand
could
ever
have
done.However,
with
the
improvements
in
efficiency
also
comes
the
loss
of
the
personal
touch
when
making
these
products.For
example,
many
handicrafts
(手工艺品)
are
now
produced
in
a
factory.
Although
this
means
that
supply
is
better
able
to
increase
demand,
now
that
the
supply
is
quick
and
efficient,
the
demand
might
fall
because
mass
production
lowers
the
quality
of
the
handicraft
and
it
is
difficult
to
find
unique
designs
on
each
item.
Nevertheless,
we
must
not
commit
the
mistake
of
analyzing
progress
only
from
one
point
of
view.In
fact,
progress
has
allowed
tradition
to
keep
up.It
is
only
with
progress
and
the
invention
of
new
technology
that
many
old
products
can
be
brought
back
to
their
old
state.New
technology
is
required
for
old
products
to
stay
old.
It
is
people's
attitude
towards
progress
that
causes
the
type
of
influence
that
technology
has
on
society.Technology
is
flexible.There
is
no
fixed
way
of
making
use
of
it.Everything
depends
on
people's
attitude.The
worst
effects
of
progress
will
fall
on
those
who
are
unable
to
rethink
their
attitudes
and
views
of
society.When
we
accept
progress
and
adapt
it
to
suit
our
needs,
a
new
“past”
is
created.
语篇解读：科技的进步给我们带来了便捷的同时，也有一定的弊端。是人们的态度决定着科技对社会的进步起推进作用还是阻挠作用。
5．The
underlined
word
“gadgets”
in
Para.
2
is
closest
in
meaning
to“________”．
A．tools
B．messages
C．barriers
D．skills
解析：选A 词义猜测题。根据第二段“such
as
mobile
phones
and
ipads”可知gadgets为“工具”。
6．Compared
with
home made
handicrafts,
machine made
products________.
A．lack
great
accuracy
B．lack
the
personal
touch
C．are
of
high
value
D．are
quite
welcome
解析：选B 细节理解题。根据第三段“However，with
the
improvements
in
efficiency
also
comes
the
loss
of
the
personal
touch
when
making
these
products.”可知选B。
7．What
can
be
learned
about
technology
from
Paragraph
4
A．It
can
destroy
old
traditions.
B．It
can
lead
to
social
progress.
C．It
can
be
used
to
correct
mistakes.
D．It
can
be
used
to
preserve
old
products.
解析：选D 推理判断题。根据第四段“It
is
only
with
progress
and
the
invention
of
new
technology
that
many
old
products
can
be
brought
back
to
their
old
state.”可知选D。
8．What
can
be
concluded
from
the
last
paragraph
A．Progress
can
suit
the
needs
of
daily
life.
B．People
review
the
past
with
great
regret.
C．Technology
should
be
introduced
in
a
fixed
way.
D．People's
attitude
decides
the
use
of
technology.
解析：选D 段落大意题。最后一段第一句“It
is
people's
attitude
towards
progress
that
causes
the
type
of
influence
that
technology
has
on
society.”是本段的主题句。Unit
3
Australia
Learning
about
Language
Ⅰ.完成句子
1．人们一直对于生命是如何在地球上开始的感到好奇。
People
have
always
been_curious_about_
exactly
how
life
on
earth
began.
2．我相信平面媒体要比电视有更高的准确度和可信赖度。
I
have
been
convinced
that
the
print
media
are
usually
more__accurate_and_more_reliable
than
television.
3．——我在星期天喜欢一整天把自己关在家中听音乐。
——这就是我不赞同的地方。你应该有更积极的生活。
—I
prefer
shutting
myself
in
and
listening
to
music
all
day
on
Sundays.
—That's
where_I_don't_agree.
You
should
have
a
more
active
life.
4．我们只有100美元。这笔钱远远不够买一台新电脑。
We
only
had
$100
and
that
was
nowhere_near_enough
to
buy
a
new
computer.
5．布莱克先生非常高兴，因为他的工厂生产的衣服从未如此受人欢迎。
Mr.
Black
is
very
happy
because
the
clothes
made
in
his
factory
have
never
been_more_popular.
6．她偏爱城市生活的原因之一是在城市里很容易找到像商店和餐馆一样的地方。
One
reason
for
her
preference
for
city
life
is
that_she_can_have_easy_access_to_places
like
shops
and
restaurants.
7．错误不单单发生，它们的发生都是有原因的，找出原因，那么犯的错误也就值得了。
Mistakes
don't
just
happen;
they
occur
for
a
reason.Find
out
the
reason,
and
then
making
the
mistake
becomes_worthwhile.
8．由于学生数量的增长太多，学校搬迁到城外。
The
school
was
moved
out
of
downtown
as
the
number
of
students
had_grown_too_large.
9．请一直坐着，直到飞机停稳。
Please_remain_seated
until
the
plane
has
come
to
a
complete
stop.
10．Frank把药放在顶层抽屉中，以确保孩子们够不到。
Frank
put
the
medicine
in
a
top
drawer
to
make
sure
it
would
not
be_accessible_to
the
kids.
Ⅱ.完形填空
The
position
of
children
in
American
family
and
society
is
no
longer
what
it
used
to
be.The
__1__family
in
colonial(殖民时期的)North
America
was
mainly
concerned
with
survival
and
__2__that,
its
own
economic
prosperity.Thus,
children
were__3__in
terms
of
their
productivity
(生产能力),
and
they
played
the
role
of
producer
quite
early.__4__they
fulfilled
this
role,
their
position
in
the
family
was
one
of
subordination
(附属)．
With
the
__5__of
the
society,
the
position
of
children
in
the
family
and
in
the
society
became
more
important.In
the
complex
and
technological
society
__6__the
United
States
has
become,
each
__7__must
fulfill
a
number
of
personal
and
occupational
__8__and
be
in
contact
with
many
other
members.__9__，
viewing
children
as
necessary
members
of
society
means
that
they
are
__10__more
as
people
in
their
own
right
than
as
those
of
subordination.This
acceptance
of
children
as
__11__participants
in
the
family
is
reflected
in
various
laws
__12__the
rights
of
children
and
in
the
social
and
public
welfare
programs.
This
new
__13__of
children
and
the
frequent
contact
between
the
members
of
society
has
also
__14__an
increasing
interest
in
child raising
techniques.People
today
spend
much
time
__15__the
proper
way
to
__16__children.
Nowadays,
the
socialization
of
the
child
in
the
United
States
is
a
__17__transaction
(事务)
between
parent
and
child
__18__a
one way,
parent to child
training__19__.As
a
consequence,
socializing
children
and
__20__with
them
over
a
long
period
of
time
is
for
parents
a
mixture
of
pleasure,
satisfaction,
and
problems.
1．A.poor
B．ordinary
C．happy
D．wealthy
解析：选B 根据常理可知，happy和wealthy
families不需要关注生存问题，而读上、下文可知文章不只是关注poor
families的儿童。
2．A.except
B．for
C．beyond
D．through
解析：选C that指代上文的survival，结合下文可知用beyond“除……之外”。
3．A.supported
B．received
C．encouraged
D．valued
解析：选D 根据上下文，孩子自身的价值通过其生产能力体现出来。be
valued“被……估价，价值体现在……”，符合文意。be
supported被支持；be
received被接受；be
encouraged被鼓励，均不符合题意。
4．A.Until
B．After
C．Although
D．When
解析：选A until“直到……；在……之前”，和延续意义的连系动词was一起使用，故这里孩子在家庭中所处的附属地位是指孩子在担当这一角色之前。
5．A.movement
B．achievement
C．development
D．requirement
解析：选C with
the
development
of为固定短语，译为“随着……发展”。
6．A.that
B．where
C．when
D．what
解析：选A 这里是一个定语从句，先行词是the
complex
and
technological
society,
that在定语从句the
United
States
has
become中作become的表语，what不可以引导定语从句，where与when在定语从句中不作表语，一般只作状语。
7．A.parent
B．member
C．family
D．relative
解析：选B 根据句意以及第二段第二句话中的many
other
members，可知选B项。
8．A.purposes
B．promises
C．roles
D．tasks
解析：选C 从句意可知社会成员都必须在个人和工作上担当属于自己的角色，而不是task(任务)，也不是purpose(目的)或promise(许诺)。
9．A.Besides
B．However
C．Instead
D．Therefore
解析：选D 上下文是因果关系，故选D项。
10．A.admired
B．regarded
C．made
D．respected
解析：选B be
regarded
as为固定短语，意为“被看作，被当作”。
11．A.willing
B．equal
C．similar
D．common
解析：选B 从句意可知，孩子们现在在家庭中所担当的角色从过去的附属关系转变到现在平等的合作关系。
12．A.enjoying
B．preventing
C．considering
D．protecting
解析：选D 法律是用来保护孩子权益的。而不是enjoy(享受)，prevent(阻止)或consider(考虑)。
13．A.view
B．faith
C．world
D．study
解析：选A the
new
view
of
children意为“对儿童的新看法”。
14．A.led
in
B．brought
in
C．resulted
in
D．taken
in
解析：选C 根据行文逻辑关系可知此处选“导致”。故选C项。如果选A应改为led
to；bring
in“引进，挣钱”和take
in“吸收，欺骗”均不符合题意。
15．A.seeking
B．making
C．fighting
D．working
解析：选A 由上句可推出，人们花很多时间是去寻求抚养孩子的合适、恰当的方法。seek寻求。
16．A.nurse
B．praise
C．understand
D．raise
解析：选D 由前一句话child raising
techniques可知答案。
17．A.one sided
B．many sided
C．round way
D．two way
解析：选D 由下文one way可知，儿童的社会化已经成为父母和儿童双方的事务而不是仅由父母单方面对孩子的培养计划。故选D项。
18．A.more
than
B．rather
than
C．better
than
D．less
than
解析：选B 由前后逻辑关系可知，此空应为“而不是”，故选B项。
19．A.manner
B．method
C．program
D．guide
解析：选C 通讲全文可知，文章讲的是父母对孩子成长所进行的培养或培训计划。而不是manner(方法，举止)；method(方法)或guide(指引，指导)。
20．A.talking
B．living
C．playing
D．discussing
解析：选B “孩子走向社会”应与“与他们长时间生活在一起”对父母来说是矛盾着的。
Ⅲ.阅读理解
Perhaps
you
think
you
could
easily
add
to
your
happiness
with
more
money.Strange
as
it
may
seem,
if
you're
unsatisfied,
the
issue
is
not
a
lack
of
means
to
meet
your
desires
but
a
lack
of
desires
—
not
that
you
cannot
satisfy
your
tastes
but
that
you
don't
have
enough
tastes.
Real
riches
consist
of
well developed
and
hearty
capacities
to
enjoy
life.Most
people
are
already
swamped
(淹没)
with
things.They
eat,
wear,
go
and
talk
too
much.They_live_in_too_big_a_house_with_too_many_rooms,_yet_their_house_of_life_is_a_hut.
Your
house
of
life
ought
to
be
a
mansion
(豪宅),
a
royal
palace.Every
new
taste,
every
additional
interest,
every
fresh
enthusiasm
adds
a
room.Here
are
several
rooms
your
house
of
life
should
have.
Art
should
be
a
desire
for
you
to
develop
simply
because
the
world
is
full
of
beautiful
things.If
you
only
understood
how
to
enjoy
them
and
feed
your
spirit
on
them,
they
would
make
you
as
happy
as
to
find
plenty
of
ham
and
eggs
when
you're
hungry.
Literature,
classic
literature,
is
a
beautiful,
richly
furnished
room
where
you
might
find
many
an
hour
of
rest
and
refreshment.To
gain
that
love
would
go
toward
making
you
a
rich
person,
for
a
rich
person
is
not
someone
who
has
a
library
but
who
likes
a
library.
Music
like
Mozart's
and
Bach's
shouldn't
be
absent.Real
riches
are
of
the
spirit.And
when
you've
brought
that
spirit
up
to
where
classical
music
feeds
it
and
makes
you
a
little
drunk,
you
have
increased
your
thrills
and
bettered
them.And
life
is
a
matter
of
thrills.
Sports,
without
which
you
remain
poor,
mean
a
lot
in
life.No
matter
who
you
are,
you
would
be
more
human,
and
your
house
of
life
would
be
better
supported
against
the
bad
days,
if
you
could,
and
did,
play
a
bit.
Whatever
rooms
you
might
add
to
your
house
of
life,
the
secret
of
enjoying
life
is
to
keep
adding.
1．The
author
intends
to
tell
us
that________.
A．true
happiness
lies
in
achieving
wealth
by
fair
means
B．big
houses
are
people's
most
valued
possessions
C．big
houses
can
in
a
sense
bring
richness
of
life
D．true
happiness
comes
from
spiritual
riches
解析：选D 写作意图题。本文通过把物质上房子的大小和精神上房子的大小进行对比，说明真正的幸福来自精神的富有而不是物质的富有，故选D。
2．The
underlined
sentence
in
the
second
paragraph
probably
implies
that________.
A．however
materially
rich,
they
never
seem
to
be
satisfied
B．however
materially
rich,
they
remain
spiritually
poor
C．though
their
house
is
big,
they
prefer
a
simple
life
D．though
their
house
is
big,
it
seems
to
be
a
cage
解析：选B 句意理解题。画线处的句子意思是：他们住在拥有太多房间的一所太大的房子里，然而他们精神生活的房子却是一个小屋。物质和精神上的对比说明无论物质生活是多么富有，他们的精神生活仍然是贫穷的，故选B。
3．It
can
be
learned
from
the
passage
that________.
A．more
money
brings
more
happiness
B．art
is
needed
to
make
your
house
beautiful
C．literature
can
enrich
your
spiritual
life
D．sports
contribute
mainly
to
your
physical
fitness
解析：选C 细节理解题。第五段把文学、古典文学比作一个房间，在那里你能得到休息，振奋精神，得到那份对文学的爱将会使你成为一个精神富有的人，故选C。
4．What
would
be
the
best
title
for
the
passage
A．House
of
Life
B．Secret
of
Wealth
C．Rest
and
Refreshment
D．Interest
and
Enthusiasm
解析：选A 标题归纳题。本文通过把物质生活的房子和精神生活的房子进行比较，得出物质生活富有并不代表精神生活富有，我们需要的是精神上的房子，故A项最能概括本文主旨。Unit
3
Australia
Warming
Up
Reading-Language
Points
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1．They
associate
turkey
with
Thanksgiving.
2．They
soon
overcame
the
language
barrier.
3．He
sought
for
an
adequate
solution
to
the
problem.
4．The
United
States
has
a
federal
government.
5．When
the
war
ended
all
defences
stopped,
too.
6．One
of
the
new
government’s
policies
(政策)
is
to
cut
taxes.
7．We
have
established
diplomatic
relations
with
the
newly
independent
nations
(国家)．
8．China
gives
its
citizens
(公民)
certain
rights.
9．I
flew
to
New
York
via
(取道)
Hong
Kong.
10．It
was
announced
that
there
would
be
a
celebration
(庆典)
on
Sunday.
Ⅱ.选词填空
1．She
is
very
weak,
so
I
can't
associate
her
with
energetic
sports.
2．The
two
brothers
have
nothing
in_common.They
look
quite
different.
3．The
team
is_made_up_of
seven
persons.
4．The
beauty
is
more_than
words
can
describe.
5．The
crowd
stood
in
silence
out_of_respect
for
the
dead.
Ⅲ.完成句子
1．The
room
is
small_but_adequate
(虽小但够用)．
2．A
lot
of
money
is
spent
on_defence
(在国防方面)．
3．There
is
a
limit
to
what
one
person
can_tolerate
(可以容忍)．
4．In_this_respect
(在这方面),
we
are
very
fortunate.
5．I'll
call
the
restaurant
and
make_a_reservation
(预订餐桌)．
Ⅳ.句型转换
1．She
has
something
to
do
with
the
case.
She
is_associated_with
the
case.
2．They
are
similar
and
become
good
friends.
They
have
a
lot
in_common
and
become
good
friends.
3．As
winter
comes
near,
it's
colder
and
colder.
With
winter
coming
near,
it's
colder
and
colder.
4．We
would
have
much
difficulty
in
working
out
such
a
scientific
problem
without
the
help
of
a
computer.
It
would
be
much
difficult
to
work
out
such
a
scientific
problem
without
the
help
of
a
computer.
5．If
you
don’t
respect
others;
you
won’t
command
the
respect
of
others.
Respect
others,
and
you
will
command
the
respect
of
others.
Ⅴ.阅读理解
A
Australia,
the
last
continent,
was
discovered
by
ships
belonging
to
some
European
nations
in
the
seventeenth
century.These
nations
were
less
interested
in
changing
it
into
a
colony
than
in
exploring
it.As
in
the
early
history
of
the
United
States,
it
was
the
English
who
set
up
the
settlements
in
Australia.This
history
and
geography
of
these
two
British
colonies
have
some
other
things
in
common
as
well.
Australia
and
the
United
States
are
about
the
same
in
size,
and
their
western
lands
are
both
not
rich
in
soil.It
was
the
eastern
coast
of
Australia
and
America
that
the
English
first
settled,
and
both
colonies
soon
began
to
develop
towards
the
west.However,
this
westward
movement
took
place
more
because
the
English
were
searching
for
better
land
than
because
the
population
was
increasing.Settlements
of
the
western
part
of
both
countries
developed
quickly
after
gold
was
discovered
in
America
in
1849
and
in
Australia
two
years
later.
Although
the
development
of
these
two
countries
has
a
lot
in
common,
there
are
some
unusual
differences
as
well.The
United
States
got
its
freedom
from
England
by
revolution
while
Australia
won
its
independence
without
having
to
go
to
war.Australia,
unlike
the
United
States,
was
firstly
turned
into
a
colony
by
English
prisoners
and
its
economic
development
was
in
the
wheat
growing
and
sheep
raising.By
1922,
for
example,
Australia
had
fifteen
times
more
sheep
than
it
had
people
or
almost
half
as
many
sheep
as
there
are
people
today
in
the
United
States.Yet,
in
spite
of
these
and
other
differences,
Australia
and
the
United
States
have
more
in
common
with
each
other
than
either
one
has
with
most
of
the
rest
of
the
world.
1．Who
turned
Australia
into
a
colony
A．Britain.
B．Several
European
countries.
C．The
United
States
of
America.
D．None
of
the
above.
解析：选A 细节理解题。根据第一段第三句可知答案为A项。
2．In
the
early
history
of
America
and
Australia,
both
colonies
developed
towards
the
west
firstly
for
the
reason
that________.
A．the
population
was
increasing
rapidly
in
the
east
B．the
English
thought
there
might
be
richer
land
there
C．gold
was
discovered
there
D．fewer
people
lived
there
解析：选B 细节理解题。从第二段最后一句的前面部分可知答案为B项。
3．In
the
early
1920s,
________.
A．Australia
had
one
fifteenth
as
many
people
as
sheep
B．there
were
more
sheep
in
Australia
than
in
the
United
States
C．the
population
in
Australia
was
greater
than
that
of
the
United
States
D．the
United
States
had
twice
as
many
sheep
as
people
解析：选A 细节理解题。从最后一段的倒数第二句可知答案为A项。
4．The
last
sentence
“Australia
and
the
United
States
have
more
in
common
with
each
other
than
either
one
has
with
most
of
the
rest
of
the
world”
means________.
A．the
United
States
and
Australia
do
not
have
any
main
differences
B．the
United
States
and
Australia
have
much
in
common
with
each
other,
but
neither
of
them
has
as
much
as
they
have
with
other
countries
C．the
United
States
and
Australia
have
nothing
in
common
with
the
rest
of
the
world
D．in
common
with
the
rest
of
the
world,
the
United
States
and
Australia
have
a
lot
of
differences
解析：选B 句意理解题。作者讲述了美国和澳大利亚的异同之后，得出结论：它们两国之间的共同之处要比它们任何一方与世界其他国家多。故B项意思最相符。
B
Can
dogs
and
cats
live
in
perfect
harmony
in
the
same
home
People
who
are
thinking
about
adopting
a
dog
as
a
friend
for
their
cats
are
worried
that
they
will
fight.
A
recent
research
has
found
a
new
recipe
for
success.
According
to
the
study,
if
the
cat
is
adopted
before
the
dog,
and
if
they
are
introduced
when
still
young
(less
than
6
months
for
cats,
a
year
for
dogs),
it
is
highly
probable
that
the
two
pets
will
get
along
swimmingly.
Two thirds
of
the
homes
interviewed
reported
a
positive
relationship
between
their
cat
and
dog.
However,
it
wasn’t
all
sweetness
and
light.
There
was
a
reported
coldness
between
the
cat
and
dog
in
25%
of
the
homes,
while
aggression
and
fighting
were
observed
in
10%
of
the
homes.
One
reason
for
this
is
probably
that
some
of
their
body
signals
are
just
opposite.
For
example,
when
a
cat
turns
its
head
away
it
signals
aggression,
while
a
dog
doing
the
same
signals
submission.
In
homes
with
cats
and
dogs
living
peacefully,
researchers
observed
a
surprising
behavior.
They
are
learning
how
to
talk
each
other’s
language.
It
is
a
surprise
that
cats
can
learn
how
to
talk
“Dog”，
and
dogs
can
learn
how
to
talk
“Cat”．
What’s
interesting
is
that
both
cats
and
dogs
have
appeared
to
develop
their
intelligence.
They
can
learn
how
to
read
each
other’s
body
signals,
suggesting
that
the
two
may
have
more
in
common
than
was
previously
suspected.
Once
familiar
with
each
other’s
presence
and
body
language,
cats
and
dogs
can
play
together,
greet
each
other
nose
to
nose,
and
enjoy
sleeping
together
on
the
sofa.
They
can
easily
share
the
same
water
bowl
and
in
some
cases
groom
(梳理)
each
other.
The
significance
of
this
research
on
cats
and
dogs
may
go
beyond
pets
—
to
people
who
don’t
get
along,
including
neighbors,
colleagues
at
work,
and
even
world
superpowers.
If
cats
and
dogs
can
learn
to
get
along,
surely
people
have
a
good
chance.
语篇解读：人们一般认为在同一家庭中，狗与猫之间因为种种原因难以和谐相处，即使可以的话也只占极少部分。然而最近一项科学研究却对这种看法提出了挑战，研究结果发现猫与狗之间存在着交流与学习。它们彼此互相学习各自的语言、深化认识，有助于促进相互间和平共处。既然动物之间都可以这样主动改善关系，更何况我们人类呢？
5．The
underlined
word
“swimmingly”
in
Paragraph
1
is
closest
in
meaning
to
“________”．
A．early
B．sweetly
C．quickly
D．smoothly
解析：选D 词义猜测题。首段第一、二句就暗示人们普遍认为狗和猫是不能和谐相处的，而后面的研究与前面内容形成对比：如果采取适当的措施，猫与狗之间是可以和平相处的，因而“swimmingly”应该是“顺利地；轻易地”之意。A、C两项有悖常识；B项意为“甜蜜地；亲切地”，程度过深，不合常理；D项smoothly意为“平稳地；顺利地”，切合题意。
6．What
is
found
surprising
about
cats
and
dogs
A．They
eat
and
sleep
together.
B．They
observe
each
other’s
behaviors.
C．They
learn
to
speak
each
other’s
language.
D．They
know
something
from
each
other’s
voices.
解析：选C 细节理解题。从第三段“researchers
observed
a
surprising
behavior.
They
are
learning
how
to
talk
each
other’s
language”得知这个令人吃惊的发现便是猫与狗竟然能够互相学习对方的语言。
7．It
is
suggested
in
Paragraph
4
that
cats
and
dogs
________.
A．have
common
interests
B.are
less
different
than
thought
C．have
a
common
body
language
D.are
less
intelligent
than
expected
解析：选B 细节理解题。根据第四段可知事实上猫与狗之间存在更多的共同点，它们并没有我们想象中的那么格格不入。
8．What
can
we
human
beings
learn
from
cats
and
dogs
A．We
should
learn
to
live
in
harmony.
B．We
should
know
more
about
animals.
C．We
should
live
in
peace
with
animals.
D．We
should
learn
more
body
languages.
解析：选A 推理判断题。细读最后一段内容我们可以发现作者提出了反问：既然动物都可以学着和谐共存，更何况是技高一筹的人类？因而，通过猫与狗的研究可以得出我们人类应该学会和谐相处。
