Question

    Dogs may help save the day in the Philippines, as they use their noses to smell out survivors buried by Friday’s mudslide (泥石流). The team of dogs arrived in the Philippines from Spain, and this Tuesday they were just beginning their work. Search officials told CNN they hope the recent rain will wash away the smell of rescue teams so the dogs can do their job more accurately.

The dogs were brought in after sound equipment found sounds coming from deep inside the ruins, at a place where a school stood before the mudslide covered it. The sounds could mean people are still alive under all the mud or it could just be the earth resettling.

On Monday, rescue workers worked at the school site until three in the morning, trying to locate survivors, and they will begin digging again as soon as the dogs think they find someone.

Human teams from the US, Malaysia, and Australia are all trying to help, too. But so far they have yet to locate any survivors. Rescue workers told CNN that an earlier report that 50 survivors had been found was false.

How did all that mud bury the village in the first place? On Friday, 2,400-foot Mt Kanabag turned into a mudslide after two weeks of constant rain weakened it. The mountain crumbled and the mud fell onto the village Guinsaugon, burying the 1,800 people who lived there. Out of the 300 houses in the village, only 3 were not covered by the mud. The village is on a southern Philippine Island called Levte. Rescue efforts have been difficult because the village takes six hours to reach from the nearest airport. Hopefully, the dogs can help their human friends find survivors.

1.According to the search officials’ words in the first paragraph, we can learn that ________.

A.the smell of rescue teams can disturb the dogs

B.the dogs can follow the smell of rescue teams

C.the dogs can’t smell the rescue teams

D.the dogs can tell the smells of buried people and rescue teams apart

2.The main purpose of this passage is probably ________.

A.to show the way to rescue the victims in the ruins

B.to introduce the instruments to save victims in a disaster

C.to tell readers that dogs can smell out victims buried in the ruins

D.to show how to train dogs to save victims in a mudslide

3.How many survivors have been found by the dogs?

A.50. B.Only a few. C.1, 800. D.None.

4.The reason why the rescue work wasn’t going smoothly was probably that ________.

A.the rain was heavy

B.so many people were buried

C.it was difficult to reach the village

D.these is little chance to save the survivors

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.C

【解析】

本文是说明文。文章主要介绍了人们利用狗来探测被埋在废墟中的幸存者。

1.推理判断题。根据第一段中的Search officials told CNN they hope the recent rain will wash away the smell of rescue teams so the dogs can do their job more accurately.（搜救官员告诉CNN，他们希望最近的降雨能够洗掉救援队身上的气味，这样狗狗们才能更准确地执行任务）可推知，求援队人员身上的气味会影响到狗的嗅觉。故选A。

2.推理判断题。根据第一段中的Dogs may help save the day in the Philippines, as they use their noses to smell out survivors buried by Friday’s mudslide (泥石流).（在菲律宾，狗狗们可以用它们的鼻子来嗅出被周五的泥石流掩埋的幸存者，从而帮助拯救这一天）及最后一段中的Hopefully, the dogs can help their human friends find survivors.（希望这些狗能帮助它们的人类朋友找到幸存者）可知，这篇文章主要想告诉读者，狗可以嗅出埋在废墟中的受害者。故选C。

3.推理判断题。根据最后一段中的Hopefully, the dogs can help their human friends find survivors.（希望这些狗能帮助它们的人类朋友找到幸存者）可推知，目前还没有发现幸存者。故选D。

4.推理判断题。根据最后一段中的The village is on a southern Philippine Island called Levte. Rescue efforts have been difficult because the village takes six hours to reach from the nearest airport.（这个村庄位于菲律宾南部一个叫做Levte的小岛上。救援工作一直很困难，因为从最近的机场到这个村庄需要6个小时）可知，村庄地处偏远，交通不便给救援工作带来不便。故选C。