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How can we measure animals’ emotions? A new study of animal’s emotions suggests that, as in humans, emotions can tell animals about how dangerous their world is, and guide the choices that they make. The article of the study by Bristol University’s professor Mike Mendl was published online.

An animal living in an environment where it is often threatened by predators(捕食者）will develop a negative emotion or “mood”, such as anxiety. However, one in an environment with plenty of opportunities to get resources for survival will be in a more positive mood state.

The researchers say that these emotional states not only show the animal’s experiences, but also help it decide how to make choices, especially in unclear situations. This could have good or bad results. An animal in a negative mood state will make a safety-first with a “pessimistic” response to an unclear event. For example, it considers a noise in the grass as a signal of the predator. At the same time, an animal in a positive mood state will benefit from a more “optimistic” response. It considers the noise as a signal of prey(獵物）.

Professor Mike Mendl, head of the Animal Welfare and Behavior Research Group at Bristol University’s School of Clinical Veterinary Science said, “ We can use “optimistic” or “pessimistic”decision-making as a symbol of an animal’s emotional state. Recent studies by our group and others suggest that this is a meritorious new approach to studying a variety of animal species.”

“Public interest in animal welfare remains high, with widespread concern about the way in which animals are treated, used and included in society. To understand how animals should be treated, we need to better understand their emotional lives,” Mike Mendl said. The researchers believe Mike Mendl’s study can help them to better understand and assess an animal’s emotions.

1.When an animal is in a negative mood state, _______.

A. its response to an unclear event is pessimistic

B. it will pay little attention to an unclear event

C. it is easy for it to make right decisions

D. it has more opportunities to get food

2.The underlined word “meritorious” in Paragraph 4 can be replaced by “_______”.

A. valuable?????????? B. useless???????? C. fashionable??????? D. hopeless

3.We can infer from the passage that ________.

A. the animals with positive emotions live longer

B. there is no way to assess an animal’s emotions

C. few people care about animal welfare nowadays

D. the environment can influence animal’s emotions

4.Mike Mendl advised people to better understand animal’s emotions in order to _____.

A. tell people to build more protected areas for animals

B. explain animals should be regarded as people’s friends

C. raise people’s interest in studying animals

D. make people know how to treat animals properly

5.What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Different kinds of Animals’ Emotions

B. Emotions Helps Animals to Make Choice

C. The Living Environment of Wild Animals

D. The Best Way to Measure Animals’ Emotions

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.A

3.D

4.D

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：文章大意：本文講述動(dòng)物情感的一份新的研究表明，情感能夠告訴動(dòng)物所處的危險(xiǎn)并幫助動(dòng)物作出選擇。

1.A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段An animal in a negative mood state will make a safety-first with a “pessimistic” response to an unclear event.可知答案。故A正確。

2.A詞義推測(cè)題。由其前句We can use “optimistic” or “pessimistic” decision-making as a symbol of an animal’s emotional state可知我們可以利用動(dòng)物“樂觀的”和“悲觀的”決定來判定它們所處的情感狀態(tài)，再結(jié)合其詞后new approach to studying a variety of animal species.可知，畫線詞的意思是“有價(jià)值的”。故A正確。

3.D推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段內(nèi)容可知，處于經(jīng)常被捕食者威脅的環(huán)境下的動(dòng)物會(huì)產(chǎn)生消極情緒，而處于有更多生存機(jī)會(huì)環(huán)境下的動(dòng)物會(huì)產(chǎn)生積極情緒，由此可以推知，環(huán)境可以影響動(dòng)物的情緒。故D正確。

4.D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第五段To understand how animals should be treated, we need to better understand their emotional lives可以得出答案。故D正確。

5.B主旨大意題。由文章內(nèi)容特別是第一段中文章的主題句A new study of animal’s emotions suggests that, as in humans, emotions can tell animals about how dangerous their world is, and guide the choices that they make.可知，本文講的是情感可以幫助動(dòng)物作選擇。故B正確。

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