Can dogs and cats live in peace in the same home? People who are thinking about adopting a dog as a friend for their cat are worried that they will fight. A recent research has found a new way 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. Two­thirds 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 attacking 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 attack, while a dog doing the same signals admitting defeat.
In homes with cats and dogs living peacefully, researchers observed a surprising behaviour. 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 to read each other's body signals, suggesting that the two may have more in common than was previously thought. 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 advantage of this research on cats and dogs may not only about 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.
小題1:The underlined word “swimmingly” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to       .
A．earlyB．sweetly
C．quicklyD．suprisingly
小題2:Some cats and dogs may fight when       .
A．they are cold to each other
B．they look away from each other
C．they understand each other's signals in a wrong way
D．they are introduced at an early age
小題3: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.
小題4:What can we human beings learn from cats and dogs?
A．We should learn to live in peace.
B．We should know more about animals.
C．We should live in peace with animals.
D．We should learn more body languages.

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:C
小題4:A

試題分析：本文是一篇科普說明文，大意是說明科學(xué)家們研究發(fā)現(xiàn)：貓和狗能否和諧相處主要由它們最初在一起的年齡來決定。盡管如此，它們有和諧相處的可能，那么我們?nèi)祟惸芊窠梃b它們的關(guān)系呢！
小題1:詞義猜測題。Swimmingly所在句子的意思是：很有可能這兩種寵物相處的很甜蜜。由此可知swimmingly與sweetly意思相同，選B。
小題2:推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二自然段中的One reason for this is probably that some of their body signals were just opposite.一句可知當(dāng)貓和狗理解錯了彼此的信號的時候會打架，本題選C。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四自然段的前兩句可知奇怪的是：貓和狗開始學(xué)習(xí)對方的語言，選C。
小題4:推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一自然段大意可知我們應(yīng)該和諧相處，本題選A。
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