So you think you know your dog. But how well does your dog know you? She probably recognizes you when she sees you. But can a dog tell by simply looking at you whether you have a happy or an angry expression on your face? Researchers in Austria have taught pet dogs to know the difference.
Dogs are very mindful of sound. When dog owners shout or speak in a strong, unkind voice, dogs often act ashamed and quietly move away from the area.
Recently, researchers found that dogs can look at our faces, and tell the difference between a smile and a frown(皱眉). The animals were able to recognize a look of praise from one of blame.
Researchers at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna performed a series of experiments. They taught dogs to recognize facial expressions. They showed the dogs two pictures of either the upper or lower half of a person's face. On one picture, the person looked happy. The other appeared angry.
The dogs were then shown images of the eyes or mouths of people they had never seen before. They were also shown the left half of the faces used in training.
Corsin Muller led the study. “We were really speaking, do they realize that smiling eyes have the same meaning as a smiling mouth, or angry eyes have the same meaning as an angry mouth? And it turned out that they really did perform very well in these research experiments.”
Once the dogs learned to recognize which image was happy or angry, they could easily find the same expressions in pictures of any face.
Corsin Muller says future studies will try to show whether dogs can learn the meaning of facial expressions―for example, whether a frown shows that someone is angry.
In the experiments, researchers found the dogs were slower to link a reward, or prize, with recognition of the angry face. This suggested that dogs had an idea people with angry faces were best avoided.What does the passage mainly tell us?
| A．How one can know his dog well. |
| B．How a dog can probably be well trained. |
| C．How a dog can tell one something. |
| D．How a dog can know one’s expressions. |
Hearing its owner’s strong, unkind voice, a dog is likely to_________.
| A．jump happily | B．act excitedly |
| C．escape quietly | D．shout loudly |
A dog is able to recognize one’s __________.
| A．praise | B．blame |
| C．anger | D．all of the above |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．Dogs are as clever as human beings. |
| B．Dogs can understand man’s feelings. |
| C．Dogs can be trained to do everything. |
| D．Dogs can learn to make any angry face. |
Notting hill is a small town west of London. Here lives shy William, a divorced（离婚） man, who owns a little travel-book store.
It was a Wednesday, when the poor shop keeper happened to meet Anna Scott ,a movie star who walked into his shop.
They ran across each other in the street again. And they found themselves falling in love. But how could a poor man keep the love of a famous star? Their lives and their worlds were so different.
Six months later, Anna was in London again for her new film. She came to William’s thought …
Length(长度):110 minutes
Director:David Duning
Cast:Julia Roberts(actress), Hugh Grant(actor) According to the passage, who most probably plays the role of Anna in the film ?
| A．Julia Roberts. | B．Hugh Grant. | C．David Duning. | D．Not mentioned. |
How did William and Anna get to know each other first?
| A．Anna was invited to visit William’s book store. |
| B．Anna ,a film star, walked into William’s book store. |
| C．William was introduced by Anna’s friend. |
| D．They met each other in the street accidently. |
What did William do according to the passage?
| A．A movie star . | B．A book store owner |
| C．A man called William. | D．We don’t know . |
What is the passage mainly discussing ?
| A．A book named Notting. | B．A small town in West London. |
| C．A man called William. | D．A film. |
Making a film takes a long time and is very hard work. Writing the story for the film may take many weeks. Shooting (拍摄) the film often takes at least six months. Actors and camera men work from very early in the morning until late at night. Each scene has to be acted and re-acted, filmed and re-filmed, until it is just fine. Sometimes the same scene has to be acted many times.
The film studio is like a large factory, and the indoor stages are very big indeed. Scenery of all kinds is made in the studio. Churches, houses, and forests are all built of wood and cardboard. Several hundred people work together to make one film. Some of these people are the actors and actresses. The director of the film, however, is the most important person in a film studio. He decides how the scenes should be filmed and how the actors should act.
Most people go to see a film because they know the film stars are in it. Sometimes the film may be very poor. It is best to choose a film made by a good director. Some famous directors make their films very real; people feel that they themselves are among the people in the films. Making a film is ________ .
| A．very simple | B．quite funny |
| C．quite interesting | D．not very easy |
The director of a film ________ .
| A．says how only one scene should be filmed |
| B．tells the actors and actresses how they should not act |
| C．is the most important person in a film studio |
| D．all the above |
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
| A．Writing the story for the film is a part of making a film. |
| B．The indoor stages in the film studio are very big. |
| C．All of the people in film making are actors and actresses. |
| D．Shooting the film often takes many months. |
The best title for the passage is "________ ".
| A．Writing the Story | B．Actors and Actresses |
| C．A Director | D．Making a Film |
We are all busy talking about and using the Internet，but how many of us know the history of the Internet?
Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s.At that time，computers were large and expensive .Computer networks didn’t work well. If one computer in the network broke dow
n,，then the whole net-work stopped.. So a new network system had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the net-work was not working, information could be sent through another part. In this way computer network system would keep on working all the time.
At first the Internet was only used by the government, but in the early 1970s,universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it too. However, computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. By the start of the 1990s, computers became cheaper 
and easier to use . Scientists had also developed software that made “surfing” the Internet more convenient.
Today it is easy to get on-line and it is said that millions of people use the Internet every day. Sending e-mail is more and more popular among students.
The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people’s life.The Internet has a history of more than _____ years.
| A．sixty | B．ten | C．forty | D．twenty |
A new network system was set up to ______.
| A． make computers cheaper |
| B． make itself keep on working all the time |
| C． break down the whole network |
| D． make computers large and expensive |
At first the Internet was only used by _____.
| A．the government | B．scientists |
C．hospital and banks |
D．schools |
_____ made “surfing” the Internet more convenient.
| A．Computers | B．Scientists |
| C．Software | D．Information |
Which of the following is true ?
| A． In the 1960s, computer networks worked well. |
| B． In the early1970s, the Internet was easy to use. |
| C． Sending e-mail is now more popular among students than before. |
| D． Today it’s still not easy to get on-line. |
Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members, especially their parents, don't know them as well as their friends do. In large families, it is often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for advice.
It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or many friends. Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among themselves on the phone. This communication is very important in children's growing up, because friends can discuss something difficult to say to their family members.
However, pare
nts often try to choose their children's friends for them. Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends. The question of "choice" is an interesting one. Have you ever thought of the following questions?
Who choose your friends?
Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you?
Have you got a good friend your parents don't like?Many teenagers think their_____ know them better than their parents do.
| A．friends | B．teachers | C．brothers and sisters | D．classmates |
When teenagers stay alone, the usual way of communication is to_____.
| A．go to their friends | B．talk with their parents |
| C．have a discussion with their family | D．talk with their friends on the phone |
Which of the following is different in meaning from the sentence "Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends."?
| A．Some parents may even not allow their children to meet their good friends. |
| B．Some parents may even ask their children to stay away from their good friends. |
| C．Some parents may even not let their children meet their good friends. |
| D．Some parents may want their children to stop to meet their good friends. |
The passage suggests (暗示) that _______.
| A．Parents cannot choose friends for their children successfully. |
| B．Perhaps some children's friends are chosen by their parents. |
| C．Children won't let their parents choose friends for them. |
| D．Parents often try to choose their children's friends for them. |
Which of the following do you think is right according to the passage?
| A．Parents should like everything their children enjoy. |
B．In a ll families, children can choose everything they like. |
| C．Parents should try their best to understand their children better. |
| D．Teenagers can only go to their friends for help. |
Perhaps the most wonderful building put up in the 19th century was the Crystal Palace（水晶宫）which was built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851. The Crystal Palace was different from all the other buildings in the world, for it was made of iron and glass. It was one of the biggest buildings of all the time and a lot of people from many countries came to see it. Plenty of goods were sent to the exhibition from all parts of the world. There was also a great deal of machinery on show. Though in those days, traveling was not as easy as it is today, steamboats carried
thousands of visitors across the Channel from Europe. On arriving in England, they were taken to the Crystal Palace by train. There were six million visitors in all, and the money from the exhibition was used to build museums and colleges. Later, the Crystal Palace was moved to the South London. It remained one of the most famous buildings in the world until it was burnt down in 1936.The Crystal Palace was built up_________.
| A．in the 1950s | B．in the 1990s |
| C．shortly before 1851 | D．after 1851 |
People from many countries came to the Crystal Palace mainly to______.
| A．buy goods | B．visit an exhibition |
| C．travel | D．enjoy the Crystal Palace itself |
What happened to the Crystal Palace in 1936?
| A．It caught a terrible fire. |
| B．It disappeared suddenly. |
| C．It was moved away to the south of London. |
| D．It was rebuilt. |
The writer__________.
| A．thought the Crystal Palace very useful |
| B．thought highly of the Crystal Palace |
| C．wanted the Crystal Palace to be rebuilt |
| D．was one of the visitors who had visited the Crystal Palace |
The Crystal Palace was famous to all because__________.
| A．it was the biggest building in the world then. |
| B．it was made of iron and glass. |
| C．so many visitors had been there. |
| D．it was burnt down at last. |