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It’s always awkward when you meet someone from a different country. You never know whether to shake hands, bow or even whether to kiss on the cheek. But what if you were a dog?
If you are a dog owner, you must be familiar with how your dog says hello to you. Seconds after you arrive home, your dog jumps up on you. You come face to face with a tail-wagging, wildly excited ball of fur that can't get enough of you. If you're not happy with that, it will shower you with wet “kisses" perhaps ruining your best shirt.
Like humans, dogs have five senses: smell, touch, sight, hearing and taste.
Unlike humans, dogs use smell rather than sight to identify others around them. A dog's sense of smell is thousands of times better than that of humans. Your dog can't just tell what a human being smells like, but it can also tell the difference between different members of its human family by their smell.
They also greet each other this way, not eye to eye, but nose to nose.
To be precise, when they first meet each other, they start with a quick sniff of each other's noses. Then they will go side to side, working their way towards the back end.
Dogs smell everything they can during a walk. They sniff grass, bushes, trees and signposts. By doing this, dogs know not only what they are looking at, but which other neighborhood dogs have been around lately. So next time you see your dog sniffing the wrong end of another dog, don't regard it as a bad habit. They are greeting each other.
1. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. It tells readers how to take good care of dogs. B. It tells readers what to do to make dogs happy.
C. It tells readers what dogs do to amuse owners. D. It tells readers how dogs greet others.
2. The phrase “shower you with” in the 2nd paragraph most probably means
A. help you take a bath with B. frighten you with
C. cover you with D. show you his anger by using
3. How does a dog say hello to another one?
A. By sight. B. By both sight and smell.
C. By sight and touch. D. By smell.
【答案】1. D 2. C 3. D
【解析】
这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了狗是如何打招呼的。与人类不同，狗用嗅觉，而不是视觉来识别周围的人。狗的嗅觉比人类的灵敏数千倍。狗和狗之间也是通过气味打招呼，狗在散步时能闻到任何气味。它们嗅着青草、灌木、树木和路标。通过这样做，狗不仅知道它们在看什么，还知道邻居家的狗是否在附近。
【1题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第二段If you are a dog owner, you must be familiar with how your dog says hello to you. Seconds after you arrive home, your dog jumps up on you. You come face to face with a tail-wagging, wildly excited ball of fur that can't get enough of you. If you're not happy with that, it will shower you with wet “kisses" perhaps ruining your best shirt.可知如果你是狗的主人，你必须熟悉你的狗如何对你打招呼。你到家几秒钟后，你的狗就跳到你身上。你面对着一个摇着尾巴，疯狂兴奋的毛球，它总是对你爱不够。如果你对此不满意，它会用湿“吻”淋你，也许会毁了你最好的衬衫。结合文章主要说明了狗是如何打招呼的。与人类不同，狗用嗅觉而不是视觉来识别周围的人。狗的嗅觉比人类的灵敏数千倍。狗和狗之间也是通过气味打招呼，狗在散步时能闻到任何气味。它们嗅着青草、灌木、树木和路标。通过这样做，狗不仅知道它们在看什么，还知道最近邻居家的狗都在附近。由此可知，这篇文章的主旨是告诉读者，狗是如何打招呼。故选D。
【2题详解】
词义猜测题。根据后文wet “kisses" perhaps ruining your best shirt可知此处指回到家，狗用湿的舌头舔主人的脸，用“湿”吻覆盖你的脸，也许会毁了你最好的衬衫。由此可知，划线短语意思为“用……覆盖”。故选C。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据倒数第三段They also greet each other this way, not eye to eye, but nose to nose.可知它们互相也这样打招呼，不是眼对眼，而是鼻对鼻。由此可知，一只狗通过嗅觉和另一只狗打招呼。故选D。
