7．Most dog owners believe their dogs experience guilt，but animal behaviorists say the"guilty look"of a dog is simply a reaction toyou and that dogs lack the ability to feel shame．
Alexandra Horowitz，a psychology professor and principal investigator at the Horowitz Dog Cognition Lab at Columbia University once carried out a study on dog"guilt"．She videotaped 14dogs in a series of trials and observed how they reacted when their owners left the room after instructing them not to eat a treat．When the owner was gone，Horowitz gave some of the dogs the forbidden treat．Then she would tell the owners whether their dogs had eaten the treat or had behaved．However，Horowitz wasn't always honest with them．
Horowitz found that the dogs'"guilty looks"had little to do with whether they'd eaten the treat or not．In fact，dogs that hadn't eaten it but were scolded by misinformed owners tended to exhibit the most elements of the"guiltylook"．
Horowitz says this shows that the dogs'body language is actually a response to their owner's behavior---not an experience of shame for a misdeed．Why then，do dogs look so ashamed when we scold them？
Maybe tat look of guilt is the result of a learned association．When you scold your dog for chewing up a pair of slippers，he quickly learns that if he lowers his head and tucks his tail，the undesirable response---raised voice and angry expression---is more likely to disappear．
24．According to Horowitz，the dogs'"guilty look"isB．
A．the dogs'nature．
B．a(chǎn) reaction to people's behavior．
C．a(chǎn) direct result of copying people's behavior．
D．a(chǎn) response to a shameful behavior．
25．How was Horowitz'study carried out？C
A．By giving examples．
B．By telling her experience．
C．By doing an experiment．
D．By reasoning．
26．What might be the most suitable title for the passage？B
A．The"Guilty Look"of the Dog
B．Dog without the Sense of Guilt
C．Dogs'Ability to Feel Shame
D．The Study on Dogs
27．It can be inferred from the last paragraph that dogs wereD．
A．born with the look of guilt
B．born with the ability to feel guilty
C．so smart to copy people's behavior
D．so smart to adjust its behavior．
分析 文章通過事例表明狗是人類最忠實的朋友．
解答 24．B 細節(jié)理解題．but animal behaviorists say the"guilty look"of a dog is simply a reaction toyou 但動物行為學家說"心虛"的狗是對你的反應，所以B選項符合題意．
25．C 推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章第二段，She videotaped 14dogs in a series of trials and observed how they reacted Alexandra Horowitz她拍攝了14只狗進行了一系列的試驗，并觀察他們的反應時，可以推斷出她是通過實驗的方式來完成自己的研究的，故答案選C．
26．B 推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章第一段的句子but animal behaviorists say the"guilty look"of a dog is simply a reaction toyou and that dogs lack the ability to feel shame．但動物行為學家說"心虛"的狗是對你的反應，狗缺乏感到羞恥的能力．所以答案選B．
27．D 推理判斷題．根據(jù)最后一段的描述當你罵你的狗嚼了一雙拖鞋的時候，如果他低下頭，夾著他的尾巴那么他很快就明白了你的意思，由此可以推斷狗很聰明地可以調(diào)整自己的行為，所以答案選D．
點評 本文主要考查推理判斷題．推理判斷題要求在理解原文表面文字信息的基礎(chǔ)上，做出一定的推理判斷，從而得到文章的隱含意義和深層意義．推理判斷題所涉及的內(nèi)容可能是文中的某一句話，也可能是某幾句話，所以，推理題的答案只能是根據(jù)原文表面文字信息一步推出的答案：即對原文某一句話或某幾句話所作的同義改寫或綜合．推理判斷題的題干中通常含有infer，suggest，imply，conclude indicate等標志性詞語． 這種題型主要包括細節(jié)判斷題、態(tài)度觀點推斷題、寫作意圖推斷題、文章出處判斷題和猜測想象推斷題．
