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【题目】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 (海军) 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】

试题分析：本文介绍的是人类把各种动物训练成非常特别：猫当火车站长，海豚用于地下扫雷，袋鼠做水橇……

【1】B 细节理解题。题意：Tama当站长多久了？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。根据短文第2自然段，可知，该猫2007年受雇，到今年2015-2007＝8年，故选B。

【2】C 理解推断题。题意：为什么训练海豚水下扫雷？A. They are quite good at swimming in the sea.它们擅长在海里游泳；B. They are so smart that they're never in danger.它们聪明不会有危险；C. They are small enough not to set off the mines.它们小不会使雷爆炸；D. They can understand the officials’ orders easily.它们很容易明白军官的指令。

【3】C 细节理解题。题意：Twiggy的工作是什么？A. Collecting nuts.收集坚果；B. Running after others.跟着别人跑C. Performing water skiing.表演水橇；D. Traveling around the world.周游世界。根据短文最后一自然段，She prefers water skiing.可知，本题选C。

【4】C 理解判断。题意：这些动物的共同点是什么？A. They all can make money.它们都能挣钱；B. They are all from America.它们都来自美国；C. They all can do special work它们都做特殊的工作；D. They are all popular around the world.它们在全世界受欢迎。根据短文内容，我们知道这些动物都被训练成具有特殊技能，做些特别的事。故选C。