Do You Love Your Dog More Than Humans?
Elizabeth Anderson once had a dog named Grace. She and her husband cared for Grace and tried to keep her out of trouble. They took her on vacations and enjoyed her company around the house. When Grace died at age 14, they were deeply upset. Because Grace was a dog, “I was unable to talk to anyone about this great grief," says Anderson.
“But it's common to feel that way after the loss of a dog,” says Stanley Coren, a professor of psychology. “Our relationship with dogs is simple. Some might call it true love.”
The bond between people and their dogs is a lot like love. In one recent study, when the dogs and their owners just looked at each other, they both had a higher level of the hormone(荷尔蒙) associated with love. “It is very natural to form a bond between dogs and humans,” says Takefumi Kikusui, author of the study. “But we found the same can't be said for humans and wolves."
“Dogs are man's best friend,” says Coren. “We've trained them to be that way. We invented the dog to fit in our lives. For 14,000 years, we've been creating an animal which understands our communications and we understand its communications. They have a bond with us." For example, if a person points to something in a distance, a dog will look in the direction of the finger, just like a human. But what about a wolf? “It would simply look at the finger," Coren says.
For Anderson, dogs are more lovable than humans. She says, "They try their best to please us. They want to do whatever we want to do. Their love is not limited. They are good at all the things we enjoy in a relationship.”
Grace became a member of Anderson's family at 14.
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文中提到狗在14岁去世了，题目为14岁成为家庭成员member ... at 14，选择False.
Anderson enjoyed her time with Grace.
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文中提到女主和丈夫花费整个假期和狗狗在一起，题目为享受快乐时光enjoyed time with dogs，选择True。
Grace died in an accident.
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文中提到狗狗在14岁去世了，题目为死于意外died in an accident，属于未涉及，选择Not Given.
Coren does not understand people's grief over the loss of their dogs.
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文中提到教授认为人们失去狗狗的失落感是很常见且合理的，题目为not understand .. grief over the loss of dogs，选择False。
The bond between humans and dogs can be compared to love.
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文中提到教授认为有人会把这种情感称为爱情，狗和人相处时会提升爱情荷尔蒙水平，题目为狗和人的联系可以与爱情相比bond between human and dogs can be:compared to love，选择True.
Dogs have the hormone associated with love.
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文中提到狗和人相处时会两者的爱情荷尔蒙水平都会提高，说明狗本身就有爱情荷尔蒙，题目为狗有爱情荷尔蒙Dogs have the hormone associate with love，选择True
Kikusui knows why wolves are different from dogs.
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文中提到狗和人相处时荷尔蒙水平提升，但狼和狗会有区别，题目为知道为什么会产生区别knows why wolves are different from dogs，属于未涉及，选择Not Given.
Man started to train dogs 14,000 years ago.
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文中提到狗是被人类创造出来的动物，从14000年前开始，题目为人类在14000年之前训练狗train dogs 14,000 years ago，选择True。
A wolf understands human communications.
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文中提到狗理解人的沟通语言，当你指向远方狗会看向你所指的地方，狼只会看你的手，题目会狼也理解人的沟通语言wolf understand human communication,选择False。
Anderson finds humans more lovable than dogs.
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文中提到女主认为狗比人更可爱，题目为人比狗更可爱finds human more lovable than dogs，选择False.