高中英语SSP环境保护提高篇练习2

●环境保护-2

How puppies manipulate us

2-参考答案

Vocabulary

I.

1.准主人渐减的欲望

2.差别细微的偏好

3.有重要意义

4.确定

5.视觉线索

6.启动相同的反馈循环

II.

1. play a fundamental role in

2. coincide with

3. mortality rates

4. date back to 

5. be confined to 

6. command our attention

7. focus on

Reading comprehension

I.

1-4 BCAC

II.

1. When they are six or eight weeks old.

2. It means grown dogs also make use of their puppyish cuteness to attract their owners.

3. Six-week-old puppies and six-month-old babies are both cuter than newborns.

4. Yes, he does. Being cute is an important strategy puppies employ to maintain their survival. 

Translation

I.

1. 20世纪40年代的研究表明，几乎所有具有婴儿特征的生物——大眼睛，前额鼓胀，四肢短小——都能够吸引我们的感情，从不足为奇的生物（海豹，考拉）到奇怪的生物（蝾螈），再到无生命的（米老鼠）。

2.刚出生时又聋又瞎，小狗出生的前几周和人类是没有互动的，Wynne指出，许多人发现这个阶段的动物既怪异又没有吸引力。 

II.

1. The policies aimed at improving the investment environment to attract foreign investors serve significant purposes.

2. The college, which dates back to medieval times, still enjoys a good reputation around the world.

3. If they succeed in finding the cure for AIDS, the benefits won’t just be confined to patients.

4. The more focused we are on a problem, the more easily we will work it out.