Question

【題目】 There are not many people around who say they like rats(老鼠). When you see one of them, you may want to run in the opposite direction.

There is one man though who has always enjoyed staying with rats, even when he was a young boy. His name is Bart Weetjens and he comes from Belgium in Europe. As he grew up, he learned everything about rats. He knew that they have a very strong sense of smell. He realized that it might be possible to train rats to help solve a problem that troubled some Southeast Asian countries.

Clearing away unexploded bombs and landmines(未爆炸的炸彈和地雷) is a difficult job. Bart began to train rats to look for explosives. Because a rat’s sense of smell is so strong, they are able to smell a thing known as TNT that is used in bombs. And because rats are not heavy, if they place their weight on an unexploded bomb, they will not cause it to explode(爆炸).

Bart chose African Giant Pouched Rats for the job. They are well known for being calm and smart. Training begins when they are about six weeks old, and it lasts for nine months. Once trained, one rat can search up to 200m in 20 minutes. The same area would take a human up to four days. Trained rats are known as Mine Detection Rats, or MDRs, and they have worked successfully in Cambodia since 2015.

【1】When Bart Weetjens was a young boy, he enjoyed ____________.

【2】As Bart Weetjens grew up, he learned that rats have a very ____________.

【3】Rats will not cause an unexploded bomb to explode because they are ____________.

【4】It takes ____________ to train African Giant Pouched Rats.

【5】MDRs have ____________ since 2015.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】staying with rats

【2】strong sense of smell

【3】not heavy

【4】9 months

【5】worked successfully in Cambobia

【解析】

本文為記敘文，講述了巴特維特詹斯將老鼠訓(xùn)練成地雷探測(cè)鼠的故事。

【1】

根據(jù)原文“There is one man though who has always enjoyed staying with rats, even when he was a young boy. His name is Bart Weetjens and he comes from Belgium in Europe”可知，巴特·維特詹斯從小時(shí)候就一直喜歡與老鼠呆在一起，故空格處應(yīng)填入意為“和老鼠呆在一起”的短語(yǔ)。故答案為staying with rats。

【2】

根據(jù)原文“He knew that they have a very strong sense of smell”可知，老鼠有著很強(qiáng)的嗅覺(jué)。故答案為strong sense of smell。

【3】

根據(jù)原文“And because rats are not heavy, if they place their weight on an unexploded bomb, they will not cause it to explode”可知，因?yàn)槔鲜蟮闹亓坎淮�，所以即使踩上了地雷，也不�?huì)爆炸。故答案為not heavy。

【4】

根據(jù)原文“Training begins when they are about six weeks old, and it lasts for nine months”可知，對(duì)老鼠的訓(xùn)練從它們6周大的時(shí)候開(kāi)始，大約持續(xù)9個(gè)月時(shí)間。故答案為9 months。

【5】

根據(jù)原文“Trained rats are known as Mine Detection Rats, or MDRs, and they have worked successfully in Cambodia since 2015”可知，訓(xùn)練有素的老鼠被稱為地雷探測(cè)老鼠，自2015年以來(lái)，它們已經(jīng)在柬埔寨成功地展開(kāi)了工作。故答案為worked successfully in Cambobia。