2023年4月高等教育自学考试00015英语(二)答案及解析.pdf

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英语(二)(课程代码00015)

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WhyDogsBuryTheirFavoriteBones

Youmayfinditcrazythatyourdogburieshisfavoriteboneorchewtoy,

onlytodigitupadayortwolater,butthereisactuallyareasonbehind

ititissimplyintheirnature.Forthousandsofyears,dogshaveburied

theirbones.Thepracticeitselfstartedlongbeforedogswereevenpets

whentheyhadtoburybonestosurvive.

Whendogslivedinthewild,sometimesfoodwasscarce.Iftheywereable

tofindfood,dogsbecameveryprotectiveofit.Sometimestheywouldhave

morebonesthantheycouldeatforonemeal.Tokeepotherdogsandanimals

fromstealingtheirbones,dogswouldburythemintheground.Whenit

wastimeforthenextmeal,theywoulddiguptheirbonesandenjoythem

again.Thiswouldcontinueuntilthebonesweregone.

Eventhoughmostdogshaveplentyoffoodtoeattoday,theirinstincts

silltellthemtoburytheirbonesandfavoritetoys.Theydothistokeep

otherdogsandanimalsfromstealingthem,justliketheirancestorsdid.

Somedogskeepatleasttwobonesburiedatonce.Whentheywanttodig

upone,theywillburyonemore.Thismayleaveabackyardfullofholes

andbones.

Howdodogsdecidewheretoburytheirbones?Adogcannotburyabone

justanywhere.Hemustfirstfindtheperfectspot.Thisinvolvesusing

hisnosetofindaspotthatisfreefromotherdogsandanimals.Often

itisnearatreeoralargerock,butitcouldbeanywhereintheyard.

Oncethedogfindstheperfectspot,heuseshisfrontpawstodigahole,

dropstheboneinandcoversuptheholetoprotecthistreasure.

1）Dogsburytheirfavoritebonesorchewtoysbynature.

A.True

B.False

C.NotGiven

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