Question

Rico is a dog who lives in Germany(德国). His owners trained him from a young age to find his toys. When they say the name of a certain toy, Rico can find it. In fact, he seems to know the names of 200 toys!

   Some researchers in Germany wanted to test Rico. They put his toys in a room and then told him to go in the room and find a certain toy. Since nobody was in the room with Rico, he had no help from anyone finding the right toy. The researchers did this test forty times. Rico found the right toy thirty-seven times!

   Then the researchers tried something else. They put seven of Rico’s toys in the room together with one new toy that Rico had never seen before. Then they told Rico to go into the room and get the new toy. This new toy had a name Rico had never heard before. Rico found the right toy seven out of ten times!

   Researchers cannot really say that Rico knows words or language. However, these tests seem to show that Rico can think about what he hears and think about what he knows. In fact, Rico seems to think and remember things as well as a three-year-old child.

From these tests, animal researchers know one thing for sure. Rico has given them a lot to think about.

1.From the passage we know that Rico is good at ______.

A. catching toys     B. counting toys    C. finding toys    D. putting toys in order

2. At first researchers asked Rico to ______.

A. bring a certain toy out of a room       B. choose a toy that he liked best

C. name toys and put them away         D. put his toys into his room

3.Rico went into the room _______ times to find a new toy he did not know.

A. seven          B. thirty-seven      C. ten         D. forty

4. The best title for the passage is ________.

A. German dogs are the smartest         B. An unusual dog

C. How dogs use language              D. The best toys for Rico

Answer

1. C

2. A

3. C

4. B

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要讲述的是德国一条不同寻常的狗，它能记住200个玩具的名字，研究者们对它进行了一系列的测试，第一个测试把一个玩具放在一个房间里让他找出，在没有人帮助的情况下，这个测试做了四十次，有三十七次都是对的；第二次测试是把七个玩具和一个它从未见过的新玩具放在一起，让它找出新玩具，它十次有七次做对了。研究者最后得出的结论是它像三岁孩子一样思想和记忆。

1.细节理解题。从In fact, he seems to know the names of 200 toys!实际上，他似乎知道200个玩具的名字！可知答案选C。

2.细节理解题。从Rico found the right toy seven out of ten times!瑞可十次有九次正确地找到玩具！

可知答案选A。

3.细节理解题。从 The researchers did this test forty times研究者们测试了40次，可知答案选C。

4.标题归纳题。从 In fact, Rico seems to think and remember things as well as a three-year-old child实际上，瑞可似乎像一个三岁的孩子那样思考和记忆，及全文可得知答案选B。

考点：故事阅读类短文阅读。