Question

When a rabbit sees something dangerous, it runs away. Its tail moves up and down as it runs. When other rabbits see this tail moving up and down, they run too. They know that there is danger. The rabbit has told them something without making a sound. It has given them a signal（信號）.

Many other animals use this kind of language. When a bee has found some food, it goes back to its home. It cannot tell the other bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it does a little dance in the air. This tells the bees where the food is.

Some animals say things by making sounds. A dog barks, for instance, when a stranger comes near. A cat purrs （咕嚕咕嚕） when pleased. Some birds make several different sounds, each with its own meaning.

But human beings have something that no animal has ---a large number of words which have the meanings of things, actions, feelings or ideas. We are able to give each other information, to tell or inform other people what is in our mind or how we feel. By writing words down we can remind （提醒）ourselves of the things that have happened, or send messages to people far away. No animals can do this. No animals have the wonderful power of language.

No one knows how man learned to make words. Somehow he learned to make them. As centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what we mean by language.

People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. A very large English dictionary, for example, contains four or five hundred thousand words. But we don not know all these. The words we know are called vocabulary. We should try to make our vocabulary larger. Read as many books as possible. When we meet a new word, look it up in the dictionary. A dictionary is the most useful book.

1.A rabbit moves its tail up and down in order to __________.

A. tell other rabbits where the food is

B. warn other rabbit of danger

C. make itself look strong

D. help itself to run fast

2.A dog can tell something by _________.

A. singing B. dancing C. jumping D. barking

3.Only human beings are able to ______.

A. give others information

B. tell others how they feel

C. express their feelings with words

D. make different sounds, each with its own meaning

4.The underlined word “contain” in Paragraph 6 probably means ______.

A. covers B. checks C. changes D. catches

5.According to the passage, how can we make our vocabulary larger?

A. By talking much to others

B. By learning more languages

C. By looking up any word in a dictionary

D. By doing as much reading as possible

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章主要講動物通過動作或者叫聲來表達自己的喜怒哀樂，而人類是通過話語，情感或思想來表達自己的感受，沒有動物具有語言的神奇力量

1.B 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段提到When other rabbits see this tail moving up and down, they run too. They know that there is danger.當(dāng)他們看到其它的兔子上下?lián)u擺尾巴時，他們知道有危險，故選B項。

2.D細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中A dog barks, for example, when a stranger comes near可知狗可以發(fā)出不同的信號來告訴事情，可知應(yīng)選D

3.C 推斷題。根據(jù)第四段提到By writing words down we can remind （提醒）ourselves of the things that have happened, or send messages to people far away. No animals can do this. No animals have the wonderful power of language.只有我們能通過語言來提醒自己發(fā)生的事情，向遠處的人們發(fā)送信息，動物是不能做到的，沒有一種動物有如何完美的語言能力，故選C項。

4.A 詞意猜測。根據(jù)最后一段提到Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. A very large English dictionary, for example, contains four or five hundred thousand words.今天有一千五百種語言，比如英國字典中包括大約四到五百的語言，故選A項。

5.D細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章We should try to make our vocabulary larger. Read as many books as Possible可知要擴大詞匯就要我們盡可能多讀書.，故選D項。

考點：文化類閱讀。