Question

Squirrels often communicate with whistles, chirps and chucks, which sound like the word “chuck”． Whistles and chirps are like the sounds that many birds make．Now scientists have translated some of their squirrel-speak．
Hare, a professor of zoology at the University of Maniloha in Winnipeg, and his team managed to record squirrels' alarm calls．The researchers studied the sounds and then played them back to 60 wild squirrels, which the scientists approached individually with a video recorder to capture(抓拍）their reponses．Some squirrels lifted their heads up and became．Alert(警惕的）．Creatures that were more frightened simply ran for their lives and dived into caves．
"In effect then, whistles that mix with chucks say 'there's an enemy of average threat that's here', and whistles without chucks say 'there's an enemy of seemingly average threat around here somewhere', while pure chirps say, 'I'm hiding here because there's an immediate danger．' " Hare told．Discovery News．
Hare and some other researchers believe such sounds arc part of an advanced language that develops just as all other communication systems．
Although squirrels risk their lives when they call out to warn others of threats, other squirrels might admire this behaviour, thus increasingly the caller’s social status, like humans who look up to heroes. Hare added that other animals, such as birds, probably understand at least some squirrel language, since they also may benefit from the alarm calls.
In fact, another Canadian study found that deep-voiced, black-capped chickadees have their own language too．According to certain research, there are a lot of tidings in chickadees' calls, such as directing fellows' activities, keeping in contact between mates, and raising alarms．
While chickadees and other birds are often welcomed into gardens by homeowners, squirrels are frequently viewed as pests(害獸）. Hare wishes a greater understanding of the complex social lives and communication systems of squirrels will provide “hope that humans will gain a greater appreciation and stop doing harm to these animals”.
小題1:The text mainly talks about

A．the study on the language of squirrels

B．the comparison between squirrels and chickadees

C．the calling for the protection of squirrels

D．the ways for squirrels to escape from their enemies

小題2:If a squirrel is in a very dangerous situation, it would probably make ____．

A．whistles with chucks	B．pure chirps
C．whistles without chucks	D．repeated chucks

小題3:The underlined word “tidings” in pardgmph 6 probably means ____．

A．difficulties

B．poises

C．messages

D．languages

小題4:What can be learned from this text?

A．Squirrels communicate with cach other as humans do.

B．Some squirrels understand the recorded alarm calls.

C．Other animals also well understand the language of squirrels．

D．Birds such as chickadees don’t have their own language．

Answer 1

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:B

試題分析：文章向我們講述了Hare以及他帶領的團隊對松鼠們所使用的語言的研究。
小題1:A 主旨大意題。縱觀全文可以看出，文章向我們講述了Hare以及他帶領的團隊對松鼠們所使用的語言的研究.
小題2:B細節理解題。由文章中的“while pure chirps say, 'I'm hiding here because there's an immediate danger”可以看出，B項正確。
小題3:C詞義推測題。下文such as 后里列舉的“directing fellows' activities, keeping in contact between mates, and raising alarms”都是是不同的信息，由此可以看出，該詞和message同義。
小題4:B 推理判斷題。從文章的第二段中“…Some squirrels lifted their heads up and became．Alert(警惕的）．Creatures that were more frightened simply ran for their lives and dived into caves．”可以看出，松鼠們對于“the recorded alarm calls”反應很忙敏感，也就是說他們能理解。
點評：文章向我們講述了Hare以及他帶領的團隊對松鼠們所使用的語言的研究。推斷題測試考生在閱讀基礎上的邏輯推理能力，要求考生根據文章所述事件的邏輯關系，對未說明的趨勢或結局作出合理的推斷；或根據作者所闡述的觀點理論，對文章未涉及的現象、事例給以解釋。考生首先要仔細閱讀短文，完整了解信息，準確把握作者觀點。