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　　Howling is a behavior commonly observed among a wolf nark．An animals, wolves work together to hunt and rely on howling was an important means of communication each other．There are different explants of a wolf’s howl and it appears that there may be more to discover．

　　One theory is that wolves howl to bend better together．It’s almost as if howling together helps the pack stay together．Perhaps something similar to people feeling a sense of involvement with each other when singing a song together．But this theory may be wrong, explains Fred H．Harington, a professor who studies wolf behavior．

　　Indeed, there have been tines when wolves have been seen one moment howling in a exhorts, and the next, quarreling anions each other．It appears that usually the lowest-tanking menthes of the pack may actually be “punished” for

　　Joining in the churs at times．So is howling a way to strcagthen a social boad or just a way to reconfirm status among its members?－Why do welves howl for sure?

　　What is cleat, however, is that howling is often used among packmates to locate each other．Hunting grounds are distant and it happens that woloves may separate from one another at times．When this happens, howling appcars to be an ercellent means of gathering．

　　Howling, interestingly, is a contagious behaviour．When one wolf starts to howl, very likely others will follow．This is often seen to occat in the morning, as if wolves were doing some sotr of “roll rall”where wolves all howl togeter to howl, very likely others will follow．This is often seen to occar in the morning, as if wolves were doing w some sotr of “roll call”where wolves all howl together to repotr their pteence．

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　　The war against Iraq is a battle between Saddam Hussein and George W．Bush and his ally(盟友), Tony Blair．

　　Saddam Hussein, 65, has set up 　　1　　 over the past 50 years．For 　　2　　 reasons, Saddam has several look-alikes．It’s believed that, since the mid-1990s, Saddam has become unreasonably 　　3　　 of being followed after many murderous attempts against him．

　　When 　　4　　 talk about him, they use only nicknames(绰号)for fear of 　　5　　．They refer to him as “uncle” or “the old man who talks too much”．

　　Even though the allied forces 　　6　　 by the US drove Iraqi troops out of Kuwait in 1991’s Gulf War, Saddam’s now describing the Gulf War as a 　　7　　．

　　George W．Bush, 56, is a man of strong 　　8　　 and little self-doubt qualities that have made him a 　　9　　 leader in the war on terrorism(恐怖主义)．He has expressed a personal hatred for the Bush family’s long-time 　　10　　, Saddam Hussein．He’s called the 　　11　　 part of an “ axis of evil(邪恶轴心)．”

　　Since September 11, he has 　　12　　 the world that “ you’re either with us, or you’re with the 　　13　　．” The war against Iraq could finish what his 　　14　　 started in the 1991 Gulf War．

　　Tony Blair, 49, is seen by some as George Bush’s foreign minister, or even his pet dog．He has little in 　　15　　 with Bush．While Bush is 　　16　　 for his mispronunciation and verbal slips(口误), Blair is regarded as one of the better international speakers of the 　　17　　．He ‘d never talk about his personal life as 　　18　　 as Bush does．He’s leading one of the great old working class parties of Europe, the Labour Party, whose 　　19　　 are very different from Bush’s．But now his political career depends on whether the war can be won 　　20　　 and with few casualties(伤亡)on both sides－and that depends largely on the US president．

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