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【題目】Many animals have special skills that make them perfect for certain jobs - even better than humans!

Take a train ride in Japan and you may meet Tama, a cute, friendly stationmaster, who just happens to be a cat! This ll-year-old cat works in exchange for cat food at Wakayama Electric Railway’s Kishi station. She has her own office, and there’s even a Tama train ! When Tama was “hired (雇用)” in 2007, the station was losing money, but today, thanks to Tama, it’s a popular tourist attraction.

In the 1950s, US Navy (海軍) officials got a great idea. Why not train dolphins to do some special work humans can’t do? Today, dolphins are trained to find underwater mines (水雷) so that the Navy officials can make the mines disabled before they explode (爆炸). Dolphins are well fit for the job for many reasons, but the best of all, they’re too small to set off the mines so they’re never in danger.

Most squirrels are happy to collect nuts, and run after each other up and down trees. Not Twiggy! She prefers water skiing. Twiggy comes from a team of water-skiing squirrels, whose owner trained them to ski behind a toy boat. Today, Twiggy travels around the United States putting on shows and even appearing on TV. It’s all in a day’s work for this squirrel!

【1】How long has Tama been the stationmaster?

A. For 5 years. B. For 8 years.

C. For 10 years. D. For 11 years.

【2】Why are dolphins trained to find underwater mines?

A. They are quite good at swimming in the sea.

B. They are so smart that they're never in danger.

C. They are small enough not to set off the mines.

D. They can understand the officials’ orders easily.

【3】What is Twiggy’s job?

A. Collecting nuts.

B. Running after others.

C. Performing water skiing.

D. Traveling around the world.

【4】What do these animals have in common?

A. They all can make money.

B. They are all from America.

C. They all can do special work.

D. They are all popular around the world.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】C

【4】C

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹的是人類把各種動物訓(xùn)練成非常特別：貓當火車站長，海豚用于地下掃雷，袋鼠做水橇……

【1】B 細節(jié)理解題。題意：Tama當站長多久了？A. For 5 years.五年；B. For 8 years.八年；C. For 10 years.十年；D. For 11 years.十一年。根據(jù)短文第2自然段，可知，該貓2007年受雇，到今年2015-2007＝8年，故選B。

【2】C 理解推斷題。題意：為什么訓(xùn)練海豚水下掃雷？A. They are quite good at swimming in the sea.它們擅長在海里游泳；B. They are so smart that they're never in danger.它們聰明不會有危險；C. They are small enough not to set off the mines.它們小不會使雷爆炸；D. They can understand the officials’ orders easily.它們很容易明白軍官的指令。

【3】C 細節(jié)理解題。題意：Twiggy的工作是什么？A. Collecting nuts.收集堅果；B. Running after others.跟著別人跑C. Performing water skiing.表演水橇；D. Traveling around the world.周游世界。根據(jù)短文最后一自然段，She prefers water skiing.可知，本題選C。

【4】C 理解判斷。題意：這些動物的共同點是什么？A. They all can make money.它們都能掙錢；B. They are all from America.它們都來自美國；C. They all can do special work它們都做特殊的工作；D. They are all popular around the world.它們在全世界受歡迎。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，我們知道這些動物都被訓(xùn)練成具有特殊技能，做些特別的事。故選C。