英语阅读每日一练：怎么和狗好好相处（阅读理解）

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今天我们将读到一篇关于狗狗的文章。狗是人类的好朋友，它们对人类非常忠诚，但是如果你不了解它的性格，反而会受到伤害。下面我们来了解一下怎么与狗狗和睦相处吧！

Dogs are very sociable(合群的) animals. When owners go out and leave their dogs alone, the dogs get worried and upset. Dogs should be trained to be their own while still young instead of when they are older and set in their ways.

When owners are not around, they should provide some toys for their dogs to play with. Leaving the radio or television turned on might also provide relaxing background noise.

Howling(嚎叫) is a form of communication. Dogs do it to tell one another where they are.

Some dogs howl when they are lonely, while others do it when greeting strangers whom they are seeing for the first time.

Some even howl to music and do this because it is fun.

When you train dogs, giving rewards(奖赏) is a far better way than using punishment. Food makes an excellent reward, and if they do not respond(反应) to this, owners should try touching.

Dogs like being touched by owners very much. Words of praise work well too, but not as well as food or touch.

14. When should dogs be trained to be on their own?

A. When they are born. B. When they are young.

C. When they are worried. D. When they are older.

15. Why should the owners leave the television turned on when they are not at home?

A. Because they think their dogs like watching TV.

B. Because they think watching TV helps to train dogs.

C. Because they want to make their dogs feel less worried.

D. Because they want their dogs to learn some skill from TV programs.

16. What is the second paragraph of the passage mainly about?

A. Dogs howl to music.

B. Dogs howl to tell where they are.

C. Dogs howl to communicate.

D. Dogs howl to show they are lonely.

17. According to this passage, which of the following isn’t a good way to train dogs?

A. Punishing the dogs.

B. Spending more time with the dogs.

C. Giving rewards to the dogs.

D. Giving words of praise to the dogs.

狗是非常合群的动物。当主人外出留下狗单独在家的时候，狗会感到担心和紧张不安。当够高小的时候就应该训练它们成为自己的而不是当它们长大建立起自己的生活方式的时候。当主人不在身边的时候，他们应该提供一些玩具给狗玩。开着广播或电视也能给它们提供放松的背景声音。

嚎叫是交流的一种形式。狗通过嚎叫告诉另一只狗它在哪儿。有些狗当感到孤独的时候会嚎叫，而其他的狗当它们第一次看见陌生人的时候嚎叫。一些甚至听到音乐的时候嚎叫并且这样做是因为它很有趣。

当你训练狗的时候，给他们奖赏比使用惩罚手段更好。食物产生一个非常好的奖励，如果他们对这个没有反映，主人应该尝试抚摸它。狗非常喜欢被主人抚摸。表扬的话语也能起到很好的作用，但是不如食物和抚摸。

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