Comprehension Dog Life: Andalucía 2005

COMPREHENSION

A DOG'S LIFE

ANSWER QUESTIONS 1-2 ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN THE TEXT. USE YOUR OWN WORDS.
1) How did the study evaluate the intelligence of the different types of dogs? (give two ways)

• By studying how fast they learned a new command and how well they could remember it.

2) Are chow-chows the most stupid dogs in the world? Why?  

• No, because there are three types of dogs that are even less intelligent.

ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH THE
PRECISE WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE TEXT.
3) A dog can be surprised by the noise of a plane.

• TRUE: The poor dog was shocked when it heard a plane ... (lines 2-3)

4) Chow-chows have a good memory.

• FALSE: (...) only a 25% probability that the dog would remember the order (line 9)

5) A collie is hardly more intelligent than a chow.

• FALSE: (...) the collie needed only five times to learn a new command and would remember it 95% of the time afterwards. (lines 10-11)

6) Chows are being used for food in China.

• TRUE: In China, some farms still raise chows for meat, (line l3)

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