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【题目】阅读理解

Animal training refers to teaching animals specific responses to specific conditions or stimuli (刺激). Training may be for the purpose of companionship, detection, protection, entertainment or all of the above.
An animal trainer may use various forms of reinforcement (强化) or punishment to condition an animal's responses. There are many ways to train animals and as a general rule no legal requirements or certifications (证书) are required.
	Chickens Training chickens has become a way for trainers of other animals (primarily dogs) to perfect their training technique. Bob Bailey, former director of Animal Behavior Enterprises and the IQ Zoo, teaches in chicken training courses where trainers teach chickens to tell different shapes, to navigate an obstacle course and to chain behaviors together.
	Fish Fish can also be trained. For example, a goldfish may swim toward its owner and follow him as he walks through the room, but will not follow anyone else. The fish may swim up and down, signaling the owner to turn on its aquarium (鱼缸) light when it is off, and it will skim the surface until its owner feeds it. Pet goldfish have also been taught to perform more complicated tasks, such as doing the limbo (a kind of dance) and pushing a miniature soccer ball into a net.
	Pigs Among all animals, they are the third cleverest — monkeys, dolphins and pigs. Scientists think the training of pigs is easier than the training of dogs and cats. Pigs have a very good sense of smell. They can find things nearby or faraway. They can also help the police to find out drugs at an airport or at a train station.

（1）Which is true according to the passage?
A.Most people train animals because they need friends.
B.Training animals requires some certifications.
C.Training chickens is a way to improve the trainers' skills.
D.Bob Bailey is a professional animal trainer.
（2）According to the passage, a fish can .
A.be trained to follow anyone
B.turn on its aquarium light when it is off
C.signal its owner to get fed
D.take part in a football game in the field
（3）Scientists think the training of pigs is easier because .
A.pigs do not bite like dogs
B.the pigs are smart animals
C.pigs have a good sense of hearing
D.pigs can help find out 4rugs at an airport
（4）The underlined word “miniature” means much than a normal one.
A.smaller
B.more colorful
C.more attractive
D.cheaper

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）C
（2）C
（3）B
（4）A
【解析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了对动物进行训练的目的，好处，以及对不同的动物训练的特点。
（1）考查细节理解。根据“Training chickens has become a way for trainers of other animals (primarily dogs) to perfect their training technique.”训练鸡已经成为其他动物训练师提高他们训练技能的一个方法。可知训练鸡是提高训练师技能的方法。故选C。
（2）考查细节理解。根据“a goldfish may swim toward its owner and follow him as he walks through the room, but will not follow anyone else.”可知A错误；根据“The fish may swim up and down, signaling the owner to turn on its aquarium (鱼缸) light when it is off”可知B不正确；根据“it will skim the surface until its owner feeds it.”可知C正确；根据“pushing a miniature soccer ball into a net.”以及常识，鱼不可能在足球场参加足球赛。故选C。
（3）考查细节理解。根据“Among all animals, they are the third cleverest — monkeys, dolphins and pigs.”可知科学家认为训练猪会更容易是因为猪是聪明的动物。故选B。
（4）考查词义猜测。根据划线单词所在的句子pushing a miniature soccer ball into a net.金鱼能把miniature的足球推到网里。可知金鱼能推的是比正常尺寸更小的足球。故选A。