《2025年基础知识同步训练10分钟八年级英语上册沪教版深圳专版》

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We humans can express feelings by telling others how we feel, but what about animals? How can we tell whether they experience sadness or happiness? Over the past 20 years, researchers have made great progress in this field.
It’s very hard for us to understand the feelings of animals, because they cannot tell us how they feel. However, we can know how they feel by some of their representations (表现). The easiest reaction that an animal can feel about something is to change its behaviour(s). Humans often change looks and actions depending on whether they experience a happy thing or not. Animals show these special looks as well. For example, changes in the ear place or the amount of the white part of the eyes can show different levels of pain or fear of animals. It is important to remember that the looks of animals are usually different from those of humans. Their joy might not be shown by a smile, and sadness may not be followed by tears.
Another example of animal actions that is connected to feelings is vocalizations (发声), which can show stress of many different animals. We know this is true for humans, too. Imagine you are singing a song in front of many people, and your voice might shake if you are nervous. Researchers have found that the vocalizations of pigs, sheep and cows also change and get less smooth when these animals are nervous, for example, when they are separated from the group.
It seems that animals react to their environments as much as humans do. So, we can guess that animals have rich feelings. This might encourage us to rethink the environments where we raise the animals, such as farms, zoos or our houses. If we can better understand how animals react to their environments, we can improve these environments as well as human-animal relationships.
(C) 1. The animals’ different levels of pain can be shown from ______.
A. their special faces B. their different voice
C. different ear places D. changes in eye colours
(A) 2. Why does your voice might shake when you sing in front of many people?
A. Because you are very nervous. B. Because you don’t have enough sleep.
C. Because you want to win an honour. D. Because you are afraid of singing.
(D) 3. What does the last paragraph mainly talk about?
A. The places of raising animals.
B. The ways of how to raise animals well.
C. The suggestions of how to protect the environment.
D. The uses of understanding how animals express feelings.
(B) 4. What is the structure of the passage?

(B) 5. What’s the best title for the text?
A. Do Animals Like People? B. Do Animals Feel as We Do?
C. Do Animals Show Sadness? D. Do Animals Need Feelings?

答案： 1.
(1) C
(2) A
(3) D
(4) B
(5) B
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(1) According to the passage “For example, changes in the ear place or the amount of the white part of the eyes can show different levels of pain or fear of animals.”, the answer is C.
(2) From “Imagine you are singing a song in front of many people, and your voice might shake if you are nervous.”, the answer is A.
(3) The last paragraph mainly talks about the use of understanding how animals express feelings, that is, we can improve the environment for raising animals and human - animal relationships. So the answer is D.
(4) The first paragraph raises the question about animal feelings. The second and third paragraphs introduce the ways to know animal feelings. The fourth paragraph talks about the significance of understanding animal feelings. The structure is total - score - total, so the answer is B.
(5) The whole passage is around whether animals have feelings like humans and how they express feelings. The best title is “Do Animals Feel as We Do?”, so the answer is B.