Howling is a behavior commonly observed among a wolf nark. An animals, wolves wo

 Howlingis a behavior commonly observed among a wolf nark. An animals, wolves worktogether to hunt and rely on howling was an important means of communicationeach other. There are different explants of a wolf’s howl and it appears thatthere may be more to discover.      One theory is thatwolves howl to bend better together. It’s almost as if howling together helpsthe pack stay together. Perhaps something similar to people feeling a sense ofinvolvement with each other when singing a song together . But this theory maybe wrong, explains Fred H. Harington, a professor who studies wolfbehavior.     Indeed, there have been tines when wolveshave been seen one moment howling in a exhorts, and the next, quarreling anionseach other. It appears that usually the lowest-tanking menthes of the pack mayactually be “punished” for

Joining in the chursat times. So is howling a way to strcagthen a social boad or just a way toreconfirm status among its members? ——Why do welves howl for sure?

What is cleat,however, is that howling is often used among packmates to locate each other.Hunting grounds are distant and it happens that woloves may separate from oneanother at times. When this happens, howling appcars to be an ercellent meansof gathering.

Howling,interestingly, is a contagious behaviour. When one wolf starts to howl, verylikely others will follow. This is often seen to occat in the morning, as ifwolves were doing some sotr of “roll rall”where wolves all howl togeter tohowl, very likely others will follow. This is often seen to occar in themorning, as if wolves were doing w some sotr of “roll call”where wolves allhowl together to repotr their pteence.

1..What the porsimilarity between wolves’ how humaes ting in chorus?

A.The act of callingeach other.

B.the sense ofaccomplishment.

C.The act of huntingfor something.

D.The sense ofbelonging to a group.

2..Why doesHarrington think the“secial boad”theory may be wrong?

A.Wolves separatefrom each other after howling.

B.Wolves tend toprotect their hunting grounds.

C.Wolves sometimeshave quarrels after howling together.

D.Wolves of low rankare encouraged to join in the chorus.

3.Reseatchers aresure that wolves often howl to______.

A.show their ranks

B.find theircompanion

C.report the missingones

D.express theirlonelingess

4..“Howling… is acontagious behaviour”(in the last paragraph)means_______.

A.howling is asignal for hunting

B.howling is a wayof communication

C.howling aftenoccurs in the morning

D.howling spreadsfrom one to another

试题答案

【答案】

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】

1.

细节理解题。根据文章第二段的One theory is that wolves howl to bend better together. It’salmost as if howling together helps the pack stay together. Perhaps somethingsimilar to people feeling a sense of involvement with each other when singing asong together .可知答案。

2.

细节理解题。定位关键词wrong，接下来文章there have been tines when wolves havebeen seen one moment howling in a exhorts, and the next, quarreling anions eachother.可知。

3.

细节理解题。定位sure和文章第4段的what is clear相对应，接下来介绍了狼的嚎叫是狼在召唤同伴。

4.

猜测词义题。定位contagious behaviour，从该词下文举的例子“When one wolf starts to howl, verylikely others will follow.”说明“contagious behaviour”的意思的解释，可以看出Howling… is a contagious behaviour意思很可能是“howlingspreads from one to another”的意思。