Animalsincludinginsectsdon’thavea‘language’likeours.Theydonot‘talk’toeachotherinwordsandsentences.Butifwewatchthemwecanseethattheydohavetheirwaysofcommunicating(交流)witheachother.

Canyouseetherabbit’stail?Whenrabbitsseethiswhitetailmovingupanddowntheyrunaway.Theyknowthattheyareindanger.Therabbithastoldthemsomethingwithoutmakingasound.Ithasgiventhemasignal.

Manyotheranimalsusethiskindof‘language’.Whenacobra（眼镜蛇）isangryitraisesitsheadandmakesitselflookpowerful（有力的）.Thiswarnsotheranimals.Whenabee（蜜蜂）hasfoundfooditgoesbacktoitshome.Itcannot‘tell’theotherbeeswherethefoodisbyspeakingtothembutitdoesalittledance.Thistellsthebeeswherethefoodis.

Someanimals‘say’thingsbymakingsounds.Adogbarksforexamplewhenastrangercomesnear.Acatpurrswhenitispleased.Somebirdsmakeseveraldifferentsoundseachwithitsownmeaning.Sometimeswehumanbeingsspeakinthesameway.Wemakesoundslike“Oh”or“Ah”whenwearefrightenedorpleasedorwhenwedropsomethingonourtoes.

小题1:WhichoneisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?A．Animalshavelanguageslikehumanbeings.B．Beescommunicatewitheachotherbydancing.C．Animalscanusewords.D．Animalsarebrave.小题2:Arabbitusesitstailto___________.A．warnotherrabbitswhentheyareindangerB．tellotherrabbitswherefoodisC．makeitselflookpowerfulD．helpittorunfast小题3:Whenacobraisangryit__________.A．makesaloudnoiseB．raisesitsheadC．movesupanddownD．doesalittledance小题4:Severaldifferentsoundscanbemadebya__________.A．rabbitB．beeC．birdD．fish小题5:Fromthepassageweknowthat________usewordsandsentencestoexpressideasandthoughts.A．alllivingthingsB．allanimalsC．somebirdsD．humanbeings