阶段检测卷(三) 第一部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分) 第一节 (共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、和D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A In Africa, the honeyguide birds can respond to human calls to lead people to honey—what scientists describe as a mutualistic interaction, or one that benefits both creatures. The birds tweet and fly from tree to tree to guide honey seekers to hidden bee nests, typically inside trees. Then, humans open the trees to find honey, and the birds can dine on beeswax, their favorite food. Dogs have an excellent sense of smell, which is why the folks at Penn Vet Working Dog Center are training dogs to identify the smell of cancer using tissue and blood samples from people who suffer. The scientists hope to develop a way for dogs to screen samples first, then perform follow up testing on the samples the dogs flagged—a system for spotting cancer in its early stages. Having a snake wrapped around your neck isn't necessarily what you usually expect. But Monty, a 13 year old snake has been helping customers relax with neck massages (按摩). It's unlikely that he was trained to do the job and he is just dancing like any other snake would when around a person's neck. Regardless, this special snake needs to be booked a few weeks in advance. The Guide Horse Foundation has been training miniature horses (horse standing 34 inches or less)as assistance animals for the visually damaged since 1999. Miniature horses are ideal service animals for people who feel uncomfortable with dogs or who want a guide animal with a longer life span. The horses typically live from 30 to 40 years. 1.According to the text, which animal can help you relax A．A snake. B．A dog. C．A honeyguide bird. D．A miniature horse. 2．Miniature horses could serve _____． A．blind people who dislike dogs B．blind people who can live longer C．animal lovers who search for honey D．animal lovers who suffer from cancer 3．The text is about animals' _____． A．special training B．great potentials C．unique jobs D．high intelligence B Of the estimated 2，224 passengers and crew aboard the Titanic when it struck an iceberg and sank on April 15, 1912, a mere 700 people lived on. Here is a story of the Titanic survivors whose stories are still haunting more than a century after the ship's sinking, revealing the true facts of the disaster. A junior wireless officer aboard the Titanic, Harold Bride was one of the two people responsible for sending SOS messages to nearby ships, thus allowing the Carpathia to rescue the Titanic survivors. He and another man on duty, Jack Phillips, raced to send SOS signals to nearby ships—but as the communications specialists, they knew that the closest, the Carpathia, would likely not arrive until the Titanic sank. They worked wildly until Captain Edward Smith came and told them they were relieved of duty; the ship had nearly lost power, and only two lifeboats remained. They made a run for Collapsible B an ... ...
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