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（信号）.

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 （咕噜咕噜） 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.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章主要讲动物通过动作或者叫声来表达自己的喜怒哀乐，而人类是通过话语，情感或思想来表达自己的感受，没有动物具有语言的神奇力量

1.B 细节理解题。根据第一段提到When other rabbits see this tail moving up and down, they run too. They know that there is danger.当他们看到其它的兔子上下摇摆尾巴时，他们知道有危险，故选B项。

2.D细节理解题。根据文中A dog barks, for example, when a stranger comes near可知狗可以发出不同的信号来告诉事情，可知应选D

3.C 推断题。根据第四段提到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.只有我们能通过语言来提醒自己发生的事情，向远处的人们发送信息，动物是不能做到的，没有一种动物有如何完美的语言能力，故选C项。

4.A 词意猜测。根据最后一段提到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.今天有一千五百种语言，比如英国字典中包括大约四到五百的语言，故选A项。

5.D细节理解题。根据文章We should try to make our vocabulary larger. Read as many books as Possible可知要扩大词汇就要我们尽可能多读书.，故选D项。

考点：文化类阅读。