Unit 4 NATURAL DISASTERS Part 3 Reading for Writing, Assessing Your Progress & Video Time 课后提升练 I .阅读理解 Everybody hates rats. But in the earthquake capitals of the world—Japan, Los Angeles and Turkey—rats will soon be man’s best friends. What happens after an earthquake We send in rescue dogs. Why Because they can smell people. Dogs save lives. They help rescuers to find living people. But dogs are big and they can’t get into small spaces. So now a new research project is using a smaller animal to save lives: the rat. How does it work First, the rat is trained to smell people. When this happens, the rat’s brain gives a signal （信号）.This is sent to a small radio on its back, and then the rescuers follow the radio signals. When the rat’s brain activity jumps, the rescuers know that someone is alive. The rat has smelled that person. Although there are already robots which can do this job, rats are better. Christian Linster at Cornell University— New York says, “Robots’ noses don’t work well when there are other smells around. Rats are good at that.” Rats can also see in the dark. They are cheaper and quicker to train than dogs, and unlike robots, they don’t need electricity! The “rat project” is not finished, but Julie Ryan of International Rescue Corps in Scotland says, “It would be fantastic. A rat could get into spaces we couldn’t get to, and a rat would get out if it wasn’t safe.” Perhaps for the first time in history, people will be happy to see a rat in a building （but only after an earthquake, of course）. 1. In the earthquake capitals of the world, rats will become man’s best friends because they can _____. A. take the place of rescuers B. find the position of people alive who are trapped in buildings C. serve as food for people alive who are trapped in buildings D. get into small spaces 2. From the third paragraph we know the rescuers can judge a person who is alive by _____. A. the noise made by the rat B. the rat’s unusual behaviour C. the signal sent by the radio on the rat’s back D. the smell given off by the person 3. Rats have all the following advantages except that _____. A. they are more fantastic than other animals B. they are less expensive to train than dogs C. they don’t need electricity D. they are small and can get into small places 4. After reading the passage we know _____. A. at present rats have taken the place of dogs in searching for people B. the “rat project” has been completed C. people are now happy to see a rat in a building D. now people still use dogs and robots in performing rescues II .七选五 （2018福建厦门高一期末，★★） I was lucky to serve as an RA (宿舍协管员) for two years at Manhattanville College, which has students from more than 50 countries. I talked with a lot of students who had trouble living in a dorm room. 1 ●Make your room your home. 2 It’s your HOME. Show your style. Put up the posters your mom never let you put up at home. Do whatever you can to make you ... ...
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