2025年英语（专升本）考试题库（第二部分）.pdf

2025年英语（专升本）考试题库（第二部分）

341.Cananimalsbemadetoworkforus?Somescientiststhinkthatonedayanimals

maybetrainedtodoanumberofsimplejobsthatarenowdonebyhumanbeings.

Theypointoutthatatacircus,forexample,wemayseeelephants,monkeys,dogsand

otheranimalsdoingquiteskillfulthings．Perhapsyouhaveseenthemonthe

televisionorinafilm．Ifyouwatchclosely,youmaynoticethatthetraineralways

givestheanimalapieceofcandyorapieceoffruitasareward．Thescientists

saythatmanydifferentanimalsmaybetrainedtodoanumberofsimplejobsif

theyknowtheywillgetarewardfordoingthem.Ofcourse,asweknow,dogscanbe

usedtoguardahouse,andsoldiersinbotholdandmodemtimeshaveusedgeeseto

givewarningbymakingalotofnoisewhenastrangeroranenemycomesnear．But

itmaybepossibletotrainanimalstoworkinfactories．InRussia,for

example,pigeonswhicharebirdswithgoodeyesight,arebeingusedtowatchoutfor

faultsinsmallsteelballsthatarebeingmadeinonefactory．Whenthepigeon

seesaballwhichlooksdifferentfromothers,ittouchesasteelplatewithits

beak．Thisturnsonalighttowarnpeopleinthefactory．Atthesametimeafew

seedsaregivenasareward．Ittakesthreetofiveweekstotrainapigeontodo

thisandonepigeoncaninspect3000to4000ballsanhour.Apeshavebeenused

inAmericainhelpingtomakecars,andscientistsbelievethattheselargemonkeys

maybeonedaygathercropsandevendrivetrains.Manyanimalsmaybetrainedto

dosimplejobsiftheyknow__.

A.whotheirtrainersare

B.theywillbepraisedbythefttrainers

C.theywillgetareward

D.somethingdangerouswillhappentothem

正确答案:C

解析：从文章的内容可以看出，科学家们认为动物可以被训练来执行一些简单的任务，只

要它们知道完成这些任务后会有奖励。在文章第二段中明确提到：“Thescientistssay

thatmanydifferentanimalsmaybetrainedtodoanumberofsimplejobsifthey

knowtheywillgetarewardfordoingthem.”这句话直接支持了选项C。文章还通

过具体例子来说明这一点。例如，在第三段中，