首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
公务员
Cats are often considered to be more aloof than dogs, but cats really can understand their owners’ voices, a study has claimed.
Cats are often considered to be more aloof than dogs, but cats really can understand their owners’ voices, a study has claimed.
admin
2019-08-23
225
问题
Cats are often considered to be more aloof than dogs, but cats really can understand their owners’ voices, a study has claimed. Japanese researchers have found that cats can distinguish their owners’ voices from those of other people—implying that they do pay attention when spoken to. The study, from the University of Tokyo, examined felines in their home environment. It involved recordings of strangers, as well as of the cats’ owners, but that cats could not see who was speaking to them. The researchers found that cats responded to voices by moving their heads and/or ears nearer the person who was speaking to them. Or, when the cats detected a familiar voice, they also had dilated pupils, which can signal emotions such as excitement, Discovery News reported. These reactions were more likely to occur when the cats heard their owners, voices or when they became increasingly familiar with strangers’ voices.
Study co-author Atsuko Saito explained that dogs have evolved, and are bred " to follow their owners’ orders" but cats have not been. So sometimes cats appear aloof, but they have special relationships with their owners. She added that cats have evolved not to show their emotions in order to survive. One example is illness , which they tend to hide because " in the wild, no one can rescue them and predators pay attention to such weak individual, " she said.
The researchers added that after 10, 000 years of living with humans, domestic cats have the ability to communicate with us, and, generally speaking, we seem to understand them. The study, which will be published in the July issue of Animal Cognition, comes just weeks after an expert in animal behavior claimed we will one day be able to talk to animals using mobile phone-sized gadgets. Professor Con Slobodchikoff, of Northern Arizona University, is developing technology that interprets the calls of the prairie dog and says the technology could eventually be used to interpret other animals. He also believes the technology could one day be fine-tuned to enable humans to talk back to animals and engage in conversation.
Cats respond to their owners’ voices by_______.
选项
A、wagging tails
B、growling
C、moving heads or ears
D、running
答案
C
解析
细节理解题。根据第一段第四句“The researchers found that cats responded to voices by moving their heads and/or ears nearer the person who was speaking to them.”可知,答案选C。
转载请注明原文地址:https://www.kaotiyun.com/show/ew9q777K
本试题收录于:
中学英语题库教师公开招聘分类
0
中学英语
教师公开招聘
相关试题推荐
BelowisahousingguideforstudentsgoingtoLondon.Universityaccommodation(住所)officesManyuniversityaccommodati
Deareditor,IamEvanfromCanada.Beingtheeldestchildinthefamilyhasitsdisadvantages.Firstofall,Ihavetoshare
Onedaywhileagirlwaswalkinginthewoodsshefoundtwostarvingsongbirds.Shetookthemhomeandputtheminasmall【31】.
—I’mgoingtostudyengineeringinQinghuaUniversitytomorrow.
Publicimagereferstohowacompanyisviewedbyitscustomers,suppliersandstockholders,bythefinancialcommunity,bythe
YANGON—MyanmarhasofficiallyacceptedanofferoftheUnitedStatestosendhumanitarianaid(人道主义援助)tothecountry’scyclone(
Therearemanykindsoffriends.Somearealways【C1】______you,butdon’tunderstandyou.Somesayonlyafewwordstoyou,butu
—Carl,gotowashthedishes.—Why______?Jackisdoingnothingoverthere.
WELCOMEWelcometoWindsorCastle,theoldestandlargestoccupiedcastleintheworld.Windsorisoneoftheofficialresid
NotuntilIbegantowork______howmuchtimeIhadwasted.
随机试题
不属于全胃肠外营养并发症的是
损伤阳气,易导致经脉气血凝滞不通,肢体屈伸不利或冷厥不仁的外邪是()。
下列费用中,属于征地补偿费的有()。
通风与空调工程所使用的主要原材料、产成品、半成品和设备的施工现场验收,一般应由()单位的代表共同参加。
Cotton公司有两个辅助部门和三个经营部门。在把辅助部门的成本向经营部门分配的过程中,三种方法(直接分配法、顺序分配法和交互分配法)中哪些方法将会使得无论辅助部门之间成本分配的顺序如何,分到每一经营部门的辅助部门成本都不会发生改变?
未经国家有关部门批准,擅自设立(),处3年以下有期徒刑或拘役,并处或单处2万元以上20万元以下罚金,情节严重的,处3年以上10年以下有期徒刑,并处5万元以上50万元以下罚金。
根据《旅行社责任保险管理办法》规定,保险责任中对导游或者领队人员的责任仅限于()所应当承担的赔偿责任。
甲因为男友乙不忠而生恨意,决定杀了他。某日把乙引到家中将毒药掺入饮料中让其喝下。乙昏迷之际,甲离家到附近的湖边准备自杀。徘徊之际,甲心生悔意,跑回家中救乙,发现乙已被家人送往医院,并脱离生命危险。对甲的处罚应()。
根据我国《宪法》的规定,处理全国人大常委会的重要日常工作的机关是()。
Dozensofpeoplewerearrestedfor______racistpamphletstotheaudience.
最新回复
(
0
)