精英家教网 > 初中英语 > 题目详情
阅读理解。
     "Track!" said my master.
     Like any good tracker-dog who has received the command(命令)he most loves, I gave a bark
of excitement, put my nose down to the ground and sniffed. The ground was rich with smells. Even
in the high-class housing area where we were working, the stones held traces of many soft and
confusing scents (smells). As I searched for the scent that would give me a clue to the tail of the
guilty man, my tail wagged slowly, thoughtfully, delightedly. Work was like play to me; I enjoyed it.
     A small group of people gathered behind us. Among these onlookers was the old caretaker of
the building next door to ours. He spoke in a scornful voice, "You actually think your dog might catch
a thief three days after the event?" My master said nothing, but I'm sure he must have smiled. I did
not turn to look. I knew he would not speak unless it was to give me a new command.
     I needed to concentrate. My task was difficult. I had to pick out one scent among the many that
lay about and then tracked it to its source.
     "You're wasting your time," said the caretaker. I looked at him without raising my head. He was
running his hand over his fat stomach. His rough palm and smooth shirt combined to make a slight
noise. It was part of my training to be aware-often it is only a little whisper of a noise that alerts(提醒)
you to be drawing of a weapon. But of course the aging caretaker was going to do no such thing.
There was no smell of fear or nervousness about him. He was merely being clever and talkative.
     "I've seen many tracker-dogs in my time," said the caretaker to the onlookers. "I served with
the police years ago. We would never have thought of using a tracker-dog to find a car thief.
Impossible. Everyone knows that dogs are useless in such matters."
     In a sense he was right. I'm sure there's no need to tell you that, just as a dog's hearing is much
better than a human being's, so his sense of smell tells one thing from another far better than a great
detective. If Sherlock Holmes could work out that a man had had an egg for breakfast by seeing the
yellow stain on his mouth, a trained dog could tell you whether the hen that laid the egg was healthy
or not.
     I know it sounds funny and I mean it to be. But I'm not exaggerating. A dog can tell you-if you
understand a dog's way of communicating-all this and more without even setting eyes on the man he
is investigating.
1. Who do you think the dog was tracking?

A. The thief.
B. The caretaker.
C. The master.
D. The onlookers.

2. How did the dog react to the command to track?
A. It thought for a while and did what was asked.
B. It was happy, even though it wasn't trained for the task.
C. It was angry because there were so many smells.
D. It was excited because it took pleasure in tracking.
3. In the dog's opinion, its sense of smell ______.
A. can give us fewer details about what a human has already discovered
B. can achieve more than what a human's only if the smell is not hidden
C. is particularly trained to pick out one scent among hundreds
D. is better than its sense of hearing when it does tracking
4. According to the passage, the dog is ______.
A. honest and hopeful
B. smart and helpful
C. kind and careful
D. popular and thoughtful
练习册系列答案
  • 期末冲刺必备模拟试卷系列答案
  • 培优新航标系列答案
  • 培优大视野系列答案
  • 仁爱地理同步练习册系列答案
  • 牛津英语活动练习手册系列答案
  • 牛津英语基础训练系列答案
  • 牛津英语随堂讲与练系列答案
  • 牛津英语一课一练系列答案
  • 中考真题及模拟试题汇编系列答案
  • 中考复习指南针江苏系列答案
  • 年级 高中课程 年级 初中课程
    高一 高一免费课程推荐! 初一 初一免费课程推荐!
    高二 高二免费课程推荐! 初二 初二免费课程推荐!
    高三 高三免费课程推荐! 初三 初三免费课程推荐!
    相关习题

    科目:初中英语 来源:江苏同步题 题型:阅读理解

    阅读理解。
    Beethoven
    Born in 1770 in Germany
    A musician
    Died in 1827
    Florence Nightingale
    Born in Italy on May 12th, 1820
    An English nurse
    Died in 1910
    Bill Gates
    Born in I955 in the USA
    Wrote Business @ the Speed of Thought
    Owns Micmsoft
    Thomas Edison
    Born in 1847 in the USA
    Made over 1,000 inventions
    Died in 1931
    Yao Ming
    Born on September 12th,1980 in Shanghai ,China
    A basketball player
    Plays for the Houston Rockets,the USA
    1. Thomas Edison is from __
    A. Canada        
    B. Italy        
    C. the USA      
    D. China
    2. The __ was born in 1770.
    A. musician      
    B. nurse        
    C. businessman    
    D. scientist
    3. Business@ the Speed of Thought is the name of a_______.
    A. song      
    B. book          
    C. school      
    D. film
    4. Nightingale died in __
    A. 1931        
    B. 1827      
    C.1847          
    D. 1910
    5. Which of the following is TR UE ?
    A. Yao Ming is playing basket ball in America.
    B. Beethoven made over l,000 inventions.
    C. Edison was born in 1820.
    D. Bill Gates worked in Microsoft in 1955.

    查看答案和解析>>

    同步练习册答案