2. Ronan Hickey analyzed（分析） almost（差不多， 几乎） 2000 different（不同的） dialects（语言） of the bottle-nose dolphins（宽吻海豚）.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
2. B。 细节题。利用问题句中的特征词Ronan Hickey（人名）和2000 different（不同的） dialects， 及细节信息词bottle-nose dolphins共同作为答案线索， 在文章中查找答案相关句：
Irish scientists monitoring dolphins living in a river estuary in the southwest of the country believe they may have developed a unique dialect to communicate with each other.
The Shannon Dolphin and Wildlife Foundation (SDWF)1 has been studying a group of up to 120 bottle-nose dolphins in the River Shannon2 using vocalisations collected on a computer in a cow shed3 near the River Shannon.
As part of （部分的）a research（研究） project（计划）, student Ronan Hickey digitised （使数字化）and analyzed（分析） a total（总数） of 1,882 （与almost 2000 呼应）whistles（鸣叫声， 口哨声， 汽笛声） from the Irish（爱尔兰） dolphins and those from the Welsh（威尔士的） dolphins on a computer and separated them into（把...分成...） six fundamental whistle types (基本鸣叫类型) and 32 different（不同的） categories(种类) . Of the categories, he found most6 were used by both sets of dolphins7 -- but eight were only heard from the Irish dolphins.
题句的意思是： Ronan Hickey 分析了爱尔兰海豚发出的近2000种不同的方言。这句话与短文中叙述的意思不符。第三段第一句说： Ronan Hickey 分析了爱尔兰海豚和威尔士海豚(不仅仅宽吻海豚)发出的近2000种不同的啸声(不是方言)。所以，本题选项 B 是答案。
3. Of（在...之中） the 32 categories（种类）, eight were produced （被产生）only（仅仅） by the Irish（爱尔兰的） dolphins.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
3．细节题。利用问题句中的特征词32 categories， eight，Irish（爱尔兰的） dolphins共同作为答案线索， 在文章中查找答案相关句：
Irish scientists monitoring dolphins living in a river estuary in the southwest of the country believe they may have developed a unique dialect to communicate with each other.
The Shannon Dolphin and Wildlife Foundation (SDWF)1 has been studying a group of up to 120 bottle-nose dolphins in the River Shannon2 using vocalisations collected on a computer in a cow shed3 near the River Shannon.
As part of a research project, student Ronan Hickey digitised and analysed a total of 1,882 whistles from the Irish dolphins and those4 from the Welsh dolphins on a computer and separated them into six fundamental whistle types and 32 different categories5. Of the categories, he found most6 （大多数）were used by （被...使用）both sets of （来自Irish和Welsh的两种）dolphins7 -- but eight were only heard （仅仅被听见）from the Irish dolphins.
答案相关句与问题句的句意一致：32 种啸声中有 8 种是爱尔兰海豚独有的。所以答案是 A。
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