Question

    Can dolphins talk? Maybe they can't talk with words but they talk with sounds. They show their feelings with sounds.

Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish a "school. They don't study, but they travel together. Dolphins are mammals (哺乳动物), not fish, but they swim together in a school.

Dolphins talk to the other dolphins in the school. They give information. They tell when they are happy or sad or afraid. They say "Welcome" when a dolphin comes back to the school. They talk when they play.

They make a few sounds above water. They make many more sounds under water. People cannot hear these sounds because the sounds are very, very high. Scientists make tapes of the sounds and study them.

Sometimes people catch dolphins for a large aquarium (An aquarium is a zoo for fish). People can watch the dolphins in a show. Dolphins don't like to be away from their school in an aquarium. They are sad and lonely.

There are many stories about dolphins. They help people. Sometimes they save somebody's life, Dolphin meat is good, but people don t like to kill them. They say that dolphins bring good luck. Many people believe this.

1.How can dolphins express their feeling?

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2.What is a school of dolphins?

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3.Why cannot people hear these sounds the dolphins make?

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4.How does a dolphin feel in an aquarium?

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5.Why don’t people like to kill dolphins?

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Answer

1.They show their feelings with sounds.

2.A group.

3.Because these sounds are very, very high.

4.Sad and lonely.

5.Because they say that dolphins bring good luck.

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了海豚的语言。海豚用声音说话，表达自己的感情。文中还提到了海豚喜欢结伴旅行，人们在水族馆里观看海豚表演，但是海豚还是不喜欢水族馆的生活，人们因为相信海豚能带来好运而不伤害他们。

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