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听力原文:W: Hello, Tom.
M: Hello, Mother.
W: I want to buy David a pet for his birthday.
M: Yes, I know.
W: What shall I give him?
M: Why don't you buy him a dog? He likes dogs because they are friendly.
W: But he' s already got a dog.
M: Yes, that's true. What about buying a cat? Cats eat mice.
W: But he's got a pet mouse. Prod lie can't take a eat for a walk, can he? Anyway, I want to buy him something unusual.
M: You could buy him a rabbit.
W: A rabbit? What can he do with a rabbit?
M: Well, rabbits are very pretty. He can feed it, and play with it. He can build a house for it. He likes building things.
W: I don't think that's a very good idea. Rabbits aren't interesting. What about a snake?
M: A snake?
W: Lots of people have snakes. They me very clean and easy to look after. And they're very unusual pets. David likes snakes.
M: I don' t. No, don' t buy a make. I don' t want to open my bedroom door and find a snake.
W: What do you suggest then?
M: Why don' t you buy a bird? They've got some parrots at the market. They've very pretty and they can talk, too. Parrots are unusual.
W: I don't like birds. They everywhere, and they make a lot of noise and a lot of mess.
M: Oh, I really don' t know what else I can suggest.
W: I want to buy something unusual.
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A.Because David liked animal.
B.Because it was David's birthday.
C.Because she liked pets.
D.Because David had asked her for one.
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Have you ever noticed that while it"s pretty easy to tell your dog is sick, it"s much harder to know how your cat or bird are feeling? Welt, before you start asking your dog why it can"t be more 26 like animals half its size, it"s probably worth 27 each animal"s place in the food chain. You see, the lower down the food chain you are, the more important it is for you to hide any sign of illness. Obvious illness or pain28 as red flags for predators. You may as well wear a sign saying, "Easy meal, guys. Come and get me."
Now, even small dogs are 29 programmed to function like predators,which 30 considering they are close relatives of wolves. And birds——you can probably 31 why the only way you"d find out your bird is sick is when it dies.
The situation with cats,32 dogs and birds, is much more interesting. On the one hand, cats are predators, but on the other, they"re small enough to be prey.
So how can you tell if your smaller pets need 33 attention? For one thing,trust your feelings. No one knows your pets like you do, so if you notice even very 34 changes in habits and behavior, you may want to have a vet look them over. For a cat, other signs of illness might be that it has stopped grooming, is losing weight,35more or less than usual, or missing the litter box.
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Benji left us about 15 years ago for that great kennel in the sky. But recently I've been thinking about him a lot. Was he really conscious? Could any animal have consciousness like we do? Does it matter whether animals are conscious or not?
For many, it is a matter of life and death. On the one hand, animal research has helped prevent some of the most pressing human diseases, including hepatitis B, hepatitis C, "mad cow" disease, malaria, cystic fibrosis and emphysema. On the other hand, this research is performed largely on chimps, our closest nonhuman relatives, with whom we share 98.4% of our genetic material, and great apes, with whom we are similarly biologically close.
Some people feel this connection is strong enough to warrant special treatment. An international group called the Great Ape Project is lobbying the United Nations to adopt a declaration on the rights of great apes modeled on the UN declaration On the Rights of Man. The group believes that apes are "conscious" and so deserve legal protection of their right to life and freedom from imprisonment and torture.
If great apes were shown to have consciousness or something like our own, I would consider it among the scientific discoveries of the century. I would then agree with the Australian philosopher and founder of the animal rights movement, Peter Singer, that per forming medical experiments on chimps would be like experimenting on orphan children. That's a pretty chilling thought, and no amount of' human suffering saved could justify such an action. But before we close down the laboratories and stop searching for a vaccine against AIDS, we had better take a long hard look at the evidence for ape consciousness.
Why does the author bring up the example of Benji?
A.To show that animals have consciousness.
B.To raise the question of animal consciousness.
C.Because Benji was his best friend.
D.To illustrate the differences between dogs and chimps.
听力原文: Some children are natural-born bosses. They have a strong need to make decisions, manage their environment, and lead rather than follow. Stephen Jackson, a Year One student, "operates under the theory of what's mine is mine and what's yours is mine," says his mother. "The other day I bought two new Star Wars light sabers. Later, I saw Stephen with the two new ones while his brother was using the beat-up ones."
"Examine the extended family, and you'll probably find a bossy grandparent, aunt, uncle or cousin in every generation. It's an inheritable trait," says Russell Barkley, a professor at the Medical University of South Carolina. Other children who may not be particularly bossy can gradually gain dominance when they sense their parents are weak, hesitant, or in disagreement with each other.
Whether its inborn nature or developed character at work, too much control in the hands at the young isn't healthy for children or the family, Fear is at the root of a lot of bossy behavior, says family psychologist John Taylor. "Children", he says in his book. From Defiance to Cooperation, "have secret feelings of weakness" and "a desire to feel safe." It's the parents' role to provide that protection.
When a "boss child" doesn't learn limits at home, the stage is set for a host of troubles outside the family. The overly willful and unbending child may have trouble obeying teachers or coaches, for example, or trouble keeping friends. It can be pretty lonely as the top dog if no one likes your bossy ways.
"I see more and more parents giving up their power," says Barkley, who bas studied bossy behavior. for more than 30 years. "They bend too far because they don't want to be as strict as their own parents were. But they also feel less confident about their parenting skills. Their kids, in turn, feel more anxious."
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A.They make good decisions.
B.They lack care from others.
C.They have little sense of fear.
D.They show self-centeredness.
Benji left us about 15 years ago for that great kennel in the sky. But recently I've been thinking about him a lot. Was he really conscious? Could any animal have consciousness like we do? Does it matter whether animals are conscious or not?
For many, it is a matter of life and death. On the one hand, animal research has helped prevent some of the most pressing human diseases, including hepatitis B, hepatitis C, "mad cow" disease, malaria, cystic fibrosis and emphysema. On the other hand, this research is performed largely on chimps, our closest nonhuman relatives, with whom we share 98.4% of our genetic material, and great apes, with whom we are similarly biologically close.
Some people feel this connection is strong enough to warrant special treatment. An international group called the Great Ape Project is lobbying the United Nations to adopt a declaration on the rights of great apes modeled on the UN declaration On the Rights of Man. The group believes that apes are "conscious" and so deserve legal protection of their right to life and freedom from imprisonment and torture.
If great apes were shown to have consciousness or something like our own, I would consider it among the scientific discoveries of the century. I would then agree with the Australian philosopher and founder of the animal rights movement, Peter Singer, that performing medical experiments on chimps would be like experimenting on orphan children. That's a pretty chilling thought, and no amount of human suffering saved could justify such an action. But before we close down the laboratories and stop searching for a vaccine against AIDS, we had better take a long hard look at the evidence for ape consciousness.
Why does the author bring up the example of Benji?
A.To show that animals have consciousness.
B.To raise the question of animal consciousness.
C.Because Benji was his best friend.
D.To illustrate the differences between dogs and chimps.
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