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For centuries, mankind and dogs have suffered from a communication failure. We can tell dogs what we want them to do and sometimes they comply, but we’ve always struggled when it comes to understanding the true meaning of their barks and whimpers. There is exciting news now – a dog translator has been invented to help you communicate with your furry friend
Researchers at North Carolina State University have fashioned some kind of miracle dog translator body harness(束腰带). What’s special about it is that it doesn't just rely on the dog’s vocalizations to interpret what Fido is banging on about.
Oh no – this miracle harness reads and interprets the ordinary dogs’ body language as well, giving us a full two-way dog communication experience.
Researcher David Roberts says: "Dogs communicate primarily through body language, and one of our challenges was to develop sensors that tell us about their behavior by observing their posture remotely."
Sensors on the harness monitor the dog’s heart rate and body temperature and software builds up a vocabulary, letting the human know what the dog is feeling.
What would dogs say if they could talk to us? The human can even communicate back through the harness thanks to vibration motors, supposedly by tapping into the dog’s senses so that it can understand what you’re trying to say to it.
The dog harness is designed for dogs involved in search and rescue and other front-line work, but it's got us dreaming of a beautiful future, one where humans and dogs can co-exist as equals, with the dog able to fully express itself at all times.
28. Why can’t people communicate with dogs?
29. What does the underlined word most probably mean in paragraph two?
30. For what purpose is the dog harness designed?
31. What is the author’s attitude towards the possible human-dog communication?
have difficulty in doing sth. 做某事有困难,所以答案选A。
信息提取题。根据原文“…but we’ve always struggled when it comes to understanding the true meaning of their barks and whimpers”可知,人与狗交流的主要障碍在于听懂狗的叫声其他声音。
信息提取错误。
本题属于提议推理题,词义推断题须紧扣原文,在原文的大意下进行推断,所以答案选D。
词义推断题。根据原文“Researchers at North Carolina State University have fashioned some kind of miracle dog translator body harness(束腰带)”可知,词句的“fashioned”应该译为“制作”。
词义推断错误。
be designed for… 为…而设计,所以答案选D。
信息提取题。根据原文“The dog harness is designed for dogs involved in search and rescue and other front-line work”可知,狗狗束腰带的主要作用是用于研究,营救及一些前线工作。
信息提取错误。
本题属于推理题,attitude towards sth.对于...的态度,所以答案选B。
逻辑推理题。根据原文“…but it's got us dreaming of a beautiful future”可知,作者对未来的发展是充满信心的。
逻辑推理错误。