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暑假精品一对一·英语 师之航教育 短文填空专题练习 Passage 1 Here’s a story about Ming’s on the waters. Ming has lived all his life on a wide r in china. His home is a large house-boat with a roof, one of hundreds that move up and down. In about six years he has not once been on l ,but he is never lonely. He is a strong swimmer. In fact,he could swim before he could walk. When he wants to play with his f ,he just swims across to their boats or asks them to v him. Ming’s father is a fisherman, but he never u a line or a net. Great black birds called cormorants do the fishing for him. Rings have been put around the bird’s n so that they cannot eat the fish they catch. They have been taught to b the fish to people. And then people reward them with a fine big fish as soon sa their work is f . Ming loves watching the cormorants, but better still he likes going s with his mother. The shops, of course, are boats very like his o . Passage 2 Can animals be made to work for people? Some scientists think that one day animals may be trained（训练）to do a number of simple jobs i of people. They say that at a circus（杂技场）,for example, we may see elephants, monkeys, dogs and other animals doing q skillful（熟练的）things. Perhaps you have seen them on the television or in a film. If you watch closely, you may find that the trainer（驯兽员）always g the animal some sugar o a piece of fruit as a reward（报酬）. The scientists say that many d animals may be trained to do a lot of simple things if they know they will get a reward f doing that. Of course, as we know, dogs can be trained to look after a house, and soldiers in both old and modern t have u geese to give warning（警报）by m a lot of noise when an enemy comes near. And also it may be possible to train animals to work in families or f . Passage 3 In recent yea