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【題目】Life is full of funny moments, and not just for humans.

Over the years, studies by various groups have suggested that monkeys, dogs and even rats love a good laugh. People, meanwhile, have been laughing since before they could talk.

Jaak Panksepp, a professor at Bowling Green State University, US, said he would not be surprised if positive feelings could be produced in some animals. Dolphins, for example, have long attracted animal researchers because of the complex (復(fù)雜的) ways in which they communicate: a rich variety of sounds of different rhythms. A decade ago, researchers studying dolphins at the Kolmarden Wildlife Park in Sweden noticed a set of sounds the dolphins made during play-fighting. They concluded that the purpose of the sound was to suggest that the situation was pleasant and to prevent it from a real fight.

Panksepp has even seen evidence of joy in crayfish (小龍蝦). When given small amounts of drugs such as cocaine (可卡因) in a certain place, they appear to connect that location with pleasure. “Given the chance, they will always return to that place, perhaps in the hope of getting more,” he says. Panksepp wasn’t sure it equals the same happiness that humans get from cocaine, but said it “could be in the same evolutionary category”.

More studies are needed to really understand animals’ laughter. Strangely enough, the answers may help with our own desires for cures for mental illnesses. Panksepp’s experiments may soon lead to a new antidepressant (抗抑郁) drug that works by using the pathways in the brain behind positive feelings and joy. Perhaps pleasure and laughter in the animal world will help solve the depression in our own species one day.

【1】Scientists are always interested in doing research on dolphins because dolphins ________.

A. understand humans’ sounds

B. show positive feeling while playing

C. make different sounds when they communicate

D. make a set of sounds during play-fighting games

【2】What do the underlined words “our own species” in the last paragraph refer to?

A. Animals.

B. Humans.

C. Sounds.

D. Pleasure.

【3】From the passage we can learn that ________.

A. people learn to talk before they can laugh.

B. animals have a very good sense of location.

C. humans have known the animals’ happiness well.

D. there is still much left to learn about animals’ laughter.

【4】Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?

A. Animals Feeling Joy.

B. Man and Nature.

C. Sounds Made by Animals.

D. A Long Way to Go.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【4】A

【解析】這篇文章主要講了快樂并不是人類的專屬，動(dòng)物也會(huì)感到快樂，甚至?xí)�笑，研究�?dòng)物的笑聲，還有很長的路需要走，可能未來的某一天，動(dòng)物世界的笑聲和快樂將會(huì)解決我們?nèi)祟愖约旱木趩省?/span>

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由Dolphins, for example, have long attracted animal researchers because of the complex (復(fù)雜的) ways in which they communicate: a rich variety of sounds of different rhythms.可知科學(xué)家對(duì)研究海豚很感興趣是因?yàn)楫?dāng)海豚們交流時(shí)，它們使用不同的聲音，選C。

【2】詞義猜測(cè)題。由Strangely enough, the answers may help with our own desires for cures for mental illnesses.可知Perhaps pleasure and laughter in the animal world will help solve the depression in our own species one day.的意思是可能未來的某一天，動(dòng)物世界的笑聲和快樂將會(huì)解決我們?nèi)祟愖约旱木趩省?/span>“our own species”意思是人類，選B。

【3】推理判斷題。由More studies are needed to really understand animals’ laughter.可知研究動(dòng)物的笑聲，還有很長的路需要走，選D。

【4】主旨大意題。這篇文章主要講了快樂并不是人類的專屬，動(dòng)物也會(huì)感到快樂，甚至?xí)�笑，研究�?dòng)物的笑聲，還有很長的路需要走，可能未來的某一天，動(dòng)物世界的笑聲和快樂將會(huì)解決我們?nèi)祟愖约旱木趩�。選A。