Unit 2 Poems
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
It was days or even weeks since I had been left on the island. My only companion was a dog
called Philly which had survived the shipwreck. Memories of what happened were still fresh.
The magnificence of the ship had given us all a false sense of security. As the first signs
of the storm started, our captain announced it was nothing much, just another storm. Yet, he was wrong! The storm hit the ship so badly that large holes were made at the sides of the ship. As the freezing water started rushing in, our ship was consumed quickly by the dark water.
My train of thought was disturbed by Philly licking my hand dearly. Are you hungry? I spoke
my first words ever since the shipwreck occurred. Woof, woof! Barked Philly enthusiastically. At this moment, my stomach gave a loud growl, too. I could not remember when my last meal was, probably a ten-course dinner on the ship. As I had never fished before, I thought maybe I could try something simpler, like picking fruits. With Philly at my side, armed with a sharp branch, we walked into the forest on the island together. Suddenly I thought I heard noises. Could there be anyone else on this island? I wondered. As we were looking for fruit trees, we chanced upon one that bore yellow, juicy-looking fruit. Philly started barking---we had company. It was a dark-skinned woman, holding a sharp spear, dressed in fur and grass. I backed away from her, afraid that she would be aggressive. Then, I saw that she was trying to save us. Pointing her spear at the fruit tree, she shook her head strongly.
I nodded at her to show I understood what she was saying. Signaling to us to follow her, she
turned to walk along a small path that I had never noticed. At the end of the small path, there was a small village. Tears of joy filled my eyes. 1. Why had the writer been left on the island?
A. Because the captain had deserted him. B. Because he wanted to explore the island. C. Because his ship had crashed in the storm.
D. Because his ship had broken down in the shallow water.
2. What can we know about the dog Philly?
A. He was friendly but aggressive.
B. He was also a survival of the shipwreck. C. He was badly hurt in the shipwreck.
D. He was left alone while the writer went for food.
3. How did the writer deal with his hunger?
A. He went fishing on the sea.
B. He told Philly to find food for him. C. He got some food from his ship. D. He went into the forest to pick fruits.
4. Why did the woman point her spear at the fruit tree?
A. the fruits were not the best choice. B. the fruits were unfit for food. C. he was forbidden to pick the fruits. D. the fruit tree was dangerous.
B
Everyone knows that if a dog’s ears are up and its tail is wagging vigorously, it is definitely
pleased to see you. but now scientists using a robot have found that the way dogs use their tails is more complicated than we thought, and that dogs which wag them to the left may be more friendly. The animal psychologists discovered that when real dogs approached a life-sized robot dog, they were less cautious about it when it was wagging its tail to the left, while if it was wagging its tail to the right, far fewer dogs approached it in a confident manner.
In the first experiments, 56 percent of the animals approached the model without hesitation
when the tail was wagged to the left, while only 21 percent did so in the other situation. When the researchers excluded(排除)owners from being present, the result were: 31 percent of the dogs approached continuously when the tail was wagging to the left, while only 18 percent did so when it was on the right.
Animal psychologist Roger Mugford said it added to the growing evidence that dogs were even
more complicated communicators than the animals more closely related to man such as monkeys. He said, “We know that dogs, in a sense, have languages, but it is more complicated because it is not just them wagging their tails, but also giving out chemical displays.”