【正文】 oftware to record the calls of prairie dogs. He was then using the AI techniques to analyze the barks and translate them into English. He explained that from his research, he knew that prairie dogs warn other members of the group about potential dangers in great detail — even describing a threat as being “ a thin, brown wolf approaching quickly” . The professor, who had spent the past 30 years analyzing the behavior of animals, added, “ I think the equipment we are developing will allow us to talk to our dogs and cats. So the dog says ‘ bark!39。 Or the cat can say ‘ meow39。t cleaned my litter box recently.39。t get across to animals what they expect, and animals can39。re scaring me.” And you could say, “ Well, I39。t realize that I was scaring you. I39。m hoping, actually, is that down the road, we will form partnerships with animals rather than exploit (利用 ) them,” Professor Slobodchikoff said. He added that many people are afraid of animals or they have nothing to do with them because they don39。s lives. Previous attempts to help human understand animals include the BowLingual. The Japanese equipment claims to translate barks from dozens of different breeds (品種 ) of dogs. The equipment was successful enough to be brought to the American market. But reports of the BowLingual39。 barks with a tape recorder B. talking to prairie dogs using cellphonesized equipment C. teaching prairie dogs to speak English via advanced software D. recording and analyzing prairie dogs39。 behaviors. B. Effective munication between dogs and cats. C. Humans using the equipment to talk with dogs and cats. D. Humans using AI technology to municate with all animals. 45. According to the passage, Professor Slobodchikoff expects people to . A. make full use of animals B. treat animals as good partners C. experience what dogs must experience D. contribute a lot to the protection of animals 46. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. Humans aren39。 rapid decline. Scientists trying to understand Europe39。s probably because Europe was in a prolonged cold spell, known as the Little Ice Age. “ And then around the 1860s, the glaciers all started to retreat to the length that they had not in the previous few hundred years,” he says. Some historians think that retreat marks the end of the Little Ice Age. But there39。t actually heat up until the 1910s or the 1920s. In fact, if you go by just air temperature and precipitation, the glaciers should have advanced, not retreated. So why did the glaciers start to melt? “ It dawned on me that industrialization was starting then,” Painter says. “ We have these visions from Charles Dickens and others of that time — the mid1800s — of a huge amount of soot (煤煙 ) being pumped out into the atmosphere, not just in England but in France and Germany and Italy.” Painter39。t blowing onto Iceland or Norway, which remained cold and frosty,” says Gifford Miller. “ Maybe it gave the Alpine folks in Switzerland and the Italian Alps a head start in cultivating highlands again,” he says. Could that be why we have Swiss milk chocolate today instead of Norwegian chocolate? “ Could be,” Miller says, with a chuckle. Actually, it turns out that the Swiss did invent milk chocolate a decade or two after the glaciers started to give way to more pastureland (牧場 ), so the soot idea is not an entirely crazy idea. But Miller learns a much bigger lesson from understanding how soot and dust can bring about quick changes to the world39。t benefit from rapid industrialization D. the melting of glaciers had a great impact on the life of the Swiss 50. What is the best title for the passage? A. Pollution may have melted Alpine glaciers B. Pollution may have advanced Alpine glaciers C. Pollution may have raised temperatures in the Alps D. Pollution may have caused soot to gather in the Alps IV 完成句子 閱讀下列各小題，根據(jù)漢語提示，用句末括號內(nèi)的英語單詞完成句子。 52. She came with her three friends, ____________________________ I had ever met before. (none) 她是和三個朋友一起來的，沒有一個是我之前見過的。 54. The reason why we pull up in the middle of our route is _________________________.(run) 我們在半路停下來的原因是汽油用完了。否則，她現(xiàn)在正和家人 盡情享受晚餐呢。 57. ____________________________ was a charming girl aged about seventeen or eighteen. It seemed that she was reading something. (sit) 坐在樹下的是一個漂亮的女孩子，年紀(jì)大約十七八歲。 58. I think these kinds of laptop puters are all good both in their design and quality, so I really can39。 59. We all know that, ____________________________, the situation will get worse. (deal) 我們都知道，如果處理得不小心，形勢會變得更糟。 V 短文寫作 We cooperate with others to be more petitive。 參考答案： 110 CDBCD CBCBD 1130 BDCDA BACDC DACDB BCAAB 3150 CDBBD CBBDB CADCB DDBDA 51. is it convenient for 52. none of whom 53. that they found out 74. that the gas has run out 55. would be enjoying 56. it difficult to imagine 57. Sitting under the tree 58. which one to choose 59. if not dealt with carefully 60. was being held One possible version: Wang Hai was my classmate in junior school. For a time we both wanted to be on the top ten list. But it was hard。t talk to each other. As time went on, we both found we did