Candogsandcatsgetalongwellinthesamehome?Peoplewhoarethinkingaboutgettingadogasafriendfortheircatareworriedthattheywillfight.Arecentresearchhasfoundthatifthecatistakenbackhomebeforethedogandiftheyareintroducedwhenstillyoung(lessthan6monthsforcatsayearfordogs)itishighlyprobablethatthetwopetswillgetalongswimmingly.Intwo-thirdsofthehomescatsanddogshaveagoodrelationship.

Howeveritwasn’tallsweetnessandlight.Therewasareportedcoldnessbetweenthecatanddogin25%ofthehomeswhileaggression(侵略，好斗)andfightingwerefoundin10%ofthehomes.Onereasonforthisisprobablythatsomeoftheirbodylanguagesarejustdifferent.Forexamplewhenacatturnsitsheadawayitmeansaggressionwhileadogdoingthesamemeanssubmission(顺从).

Inhomeswithcatsanddogslivingpeacefullyresearchersfoundasurprisingbehavior.Theyarelearninghowtotalkeachother’slanguage.Itisasurprisethatcatscanlearnhowtotalk“Dog”anddogscanlearnhowtotalk“Cat”.

What’sinterestingisthatbothcatsanddogshaveappearedtobecomesmarter.Theycanlearntoreadeachother’sbodylanguagessuggestingthatthetwomayhavemoreincommonthanwasexpected.Oncefamiliarwitheachother’sbodylanguagecatsanddogscanplaytogetherandenjoysleepingtogetheronthesofa.

Theimportanceofthisresearchoncatsanddogsmaygobeyondpets—topeoplewhodon’tgetalongwellincludingneighborscolleaguesatworkandevencountries.Ifcatsanddogscanlearntogetalongsurelypeoplehaveagoodchance.

【小题1】TheunderlinedwordswimminglyinParagraph1isclosestinmeaningto________.

A．earlyB．mostlyC．quicklyD．smoothly【小题2】Somecatsanddogsmayfightwhen________.A．theyarecoldtoeachotherB．theylookawayfromeachotherC．theymisunderstandeachother’sbodylanguagesD．theyareintroducedatanearlyage【小题3】Whatisfoundsurprisingaboutcatsanddogs?A．Theyeatandsleeptogether.B．Theywatcheachother’sbehaviors.C．Theylearntospe