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根据以下材料，回答题Catshavethewidesthearingrangeofnearlyanymammal” not only can they perceive sound in what we define as the “ultrasonic”range,theycanalsoappreciateallthebass Dr Dre can throw at them. They can swivel their whiskers forwardswhilehuntingtoprovideakindofshort-rangeradar. And they can see exceptionally well in the dark thanks to a reflective surface behind the retina that bounceslight back,givingitasecondchancetohitaphotoreceptor.They see more distinct images per second than we do.
Dogpartisanswillappealtothedog’sallegedlysuperior intelligence — though if that were theprimarycriterion forchoosingapet,onewouldexpecttoseealotmorecrowsand squid on leads around town. In fact, catsarerather cleverer than commonly assumed, as the biologist andanimal-behaviourexpertJohnBradshawshowsinhisnewbook.TheycanevenbetrainedtoanextentwhichwasnewstomeBradshaw’sbookmixespelletsofcatlorewithaccounts offelineevolution,anatomy,geneticsanddevelopmentfromnewborn kitten to adulthood, plus descriptions ofcat-psychologyexperimentsinthelaboratory,manyofwhichhehasconductedhimself.Someofthemostinterestingpartsindicateholesinourcurrentscientificknowledge.“Manymothercatstrytomovetheirlittersatleastoncebefore theyweanthem,”heobserves,“butsciencehasyettofind out why”. No one knows why cats go crazy forcatnip,norwhytheyareable“toclassifyshapesaccordingtowhether they are closed or open.” Kittens, meanwhile,“mayalsousespecialmovementsoftheirtailstosignalplayfulness,butsofarnoscientisthasbeenabletodecodethese”.Asfar as potential research projects go, decoding thetail-language of playing kittens must be about theinteresting unsolved problem in science.
The cat is an apparentlyphlegmaticbeast, butBradshaw points out that cats experience strong emotions, and sometimes might be suffering in silence. They aren’t particularlysociable,andcatswhoarehousedwithothers whoweren’tlitter-mates—perhapsbywell-meaningowners who think they need the company — can becomechronically stressed.
Luckily,then,catsprobablyaren’tawarethattodaythey are once again hate-figures, the furry target of spittle-spraying ecologists who, armed with dodgy statistics, accuse cats of wildly “murdering” all the country’ssongbirds.It’sabitmorecomplicatedthanthat, Bradshawshows.Ratsalsokillsongbirds,andcatskeeptheir numbers down; while the RSPB says the disappearance of habitat is a far more important factor in the decline of songbirdpopulationsthanpredatornumbers.Butwecouldat least, Bradshaw suggests, reverse the counterproductive selection pressure we currently exert on the domestic cat whenweneuterhousecatsbeforetheyreproduce.Thismeans, heexplains,thatthe“friendliest,mostdocile”catsare preventedfromleavinganydescendants,whilewildcats— which are more suspicious of humans and better athunting
—will leave more offspring. Unintentionally, we are
causingcatstoevolveintoanimalssocietywon’tlikeas much Cat-haters probably won’t appreciate this book, but anyoneelsemight.Itiswritteninafriendlyandengaging way, has helpful tips for cat owners, and is packed with excellentcatfacts.Why,youmighthavewondered,docats getstuckuptrees?Becausealltheirclawsfaceforwards, so none can be used as brakes on the descent. We allknow howgoodcatsareattwistingmid-airtolandontheirfeet, buttheyhaveanevenmoreimpressivetrick:somecatsadopt a“parachute”positionduringalongfall,withallfour legsstuckouttotheside,beforecomingbacktothelanding position at the last moment. This cat-parachute pose, Bradshawcalculates,“limitsthefallingspeedtoamaximum offifty-threemilesanhour”soenablingsomecatstofall fromhigh-risebuildingsandwalkawayunhurt.I’dliketo see a dog try that.
WhatcanbeinferredaboutcatsfromBradshaw’s research? A．Cats’ whiskers can aid them to confuse preys.
A．Cats’ whiskers can aid them to confuse preys.
B．Cats can detect sounds far away from them.
B．Cats can detect sounds far away from them.
C．Cats can process images better than we do.
C．Cats can process images better than we do.
D．Cats’ intelligence has been underestimated.
D．Cats’ intelligence has been underestimated.
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