can dogs and cats live

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1、Candogsandcatslive　　Candogsandcatsliveinperfectharmonyinthesamehome?Peoplewhoarethinkingaboutadoptingadogasafriendfortheircatsareworriedthattheywillfight.Arecentresearchhasfoundanewrecipeofsuccess.Accordingtothestudy,ifthecatisadoptedbeforethedog,andiftheyareintroducedwhenstillyoung(

2、lessthan6monthsforcats,ayearfordogs),itishighlyprobablethatthetwopetswillgetalongswimmingly.Two-thirdsofthehomesinterviewedreportedapositiverelationshipbetweentheircatanddog.　　However,itwasn’tallsweetnessandlight.Therewasareportedcoldnessbetweenthecatanddogin25%ofthehomes,whileaggres

3、sionandfightingwereobservedin10%ofthehomes.Onereasonforthisisprobablythatsomeoftheirbodysignalswerejustopposite.Forexample,whenacatturnsitsheadawayitsignalsaggression,whileadogdoingthesamesignalssubmission.　　Inhomeswithcatsanddogslivingpeacefully,researchersobservedasurprisingbehavio

4、ur.Theyarelearninghowtotalkeachother’slanguage.Itisasurprisethatcatscanlearnhowtotalk‘dog’,anddogscanlearnhowtotalk‘Cat’.　　What’sinterestingisthatbothcatsanddogshaveappearedtodeveloptheirintelligence.Theycanlearnhowtoreadeachother’sbodysignals,suggestingthatthetwomayhavemoreincommont

5、hanwepreviouslysuspected.Oncefamiliarwitheachother’spresenceandbodylanguage,catsanddogscanplaytogether,greeteachothernosetonose,andenjoysleepingtogetheronthesofa.Theycaneasilysharethesamewaterbowlandinsomecasesgroom(梳理)eachother.　　Thesignificanceoftheresearchoncatsanddogsmaygobeyondp

6、ets─topeoplewhodon’tgetalong,includingneighbors,colleaguesatwork,andevenworldsuperpowers.Ifcatsanddogscanlearntogetalong,surelypeoplehaveagoodchance.　　31.TheunderlinedwordswimminglyinParagraph1isclosestinmeaningto________.　　A.earlyB.sweetlyC.quicklyD.smoothly　　32.Somecatsanddogsmayfi

7、ghtwhen________.　　A.theyarecoldtoeachother　　B.theylookawayfromeachother　　C.theymisunderstoodeachother’ssignals　　D.theyareintroducedatanearlyage　　33.Whatisfoundsurprisingaboutcatsanddogs?　　A.Theyeatandsleepeachother.　　B.Theyobserveeachother’sbehaviors.　　C.Theylearntospeakeachother’sla

8、nguage.　　D.T