Manyanimalshavespecialskillsthatmakethemperfectforcertainjobs-evenbetterthanhumans!TakeatrainrideinJapanandyoumaymeetTamaacutefriendlystationmasterwhojusthappenstobeacat!Thisll-year~oldcat

Question

      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 t.ravels around the United States putting on shows and even appearing on TV.  It's all in a day's work for this squirrel!

    根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

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 can we learn from this passage?

   A.  Many people come to the station to visit Tama in Japan.

   B. Twiggy was born good at skiing which made her different.

   C. Dolphins were first trained to find the mines in the 19th century.

   D. Tama happened to meet a cat the friendly stationmaster in Japan.

5. 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

1B  2C  3C  4A  5C