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   Like humans,dogs donate blood too,and not evry dog can donate Tlir blood.The dogs are screnned (检丧) for health first. Dogs must have I he correct blood type,weigh at least 55 pounds and be younger than 8 years old. They may donate three or four pints (品脱) a year,which can help animals that are suffering from illnes?ses like cancer or an accident like being hit by a car. One pint can save up to three dogs.

   Owners volunteer their pets for the short procedure (程序) ，which requires no sedative,a kind of medicine given to calm him or her down. Ifs the dog that finally chooses to lie still and give. If the dogs want to get up and leave,they can.

   Sandy Lucas brought her 7-year-old black German shepherd,Raina,to the bloodmobile (流动血站) when it was parked at her small village. Sandy said she wouldn’t have troubled herself with highway traffic and city parking problems to take the dog to Penn Vet’s animal hospital in downtown Philadelphia,which is twice as far from her home. But the bloodmobile made it easy to find out if Raina could donate. “I was very,very excited that she had the right blood that was needed to help another dog out, ”said Sandy. “We’ll surely do it again."

36.What should we know about a dog before it donates blood?

①Health condition ②Blood type ③Pint number ④Donating time ⑤Weight ⑥Age

 A. ①②③④     B. ②③④⑤

 C. ③④⑤⑥     D. ①②⑤⑥

37.The underlined word “sedative” in the second paragraph most probably means in Chinese.

 A. 镇静剂     B. 防腐剂

 C. 氧化剂     D. 消炎药

38.As a blood donor,one healthy dog can save at least other dogs a year.

 A.three   B. four   C. six   D. nine 

39.What should be done to find out if a dog could donate?

A.Patients should be called in to calm the donor down.

B.Doctors should give sedatives to a donor before taking its blood.

C.A volunteer owner brings his or her donor to the blood?mobile.

D.A skilled driver sends the owner and the donor to Penn Vet’s anima] hospital.

40.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A.Dogs Donate Blood Too 

B.Dogs Help Each Other Too 

C.Raina—A Donor Hero 

D.Sandy一A Volunteer Owner

Answer 1

36.D   短文第一段提及了狗献血的要求:健康状况、血型一致， 体重至少55磅以及年龄小于8岁，故选D.

37.A   a kind of medicine given to calm him or her down sedative的英文释义，意思为“一种能使人平静下来的药”，根据 常识知，这是一种有镇静作用的药，故sedative的中文意思 最有可能为“镇静剂”。

38.D   短文第一段提及一条狗一年可以献3到4品脱的血，而 1品脱血可以救3条狗，故一条狗一年所献的血可以救9到 12条狗，即最少可救9条狗。

39.C    由第三段Sandy Lucas brought her 7-year-old black German shepherd,Raina,to the bloodmobile 和But the bloodmobile made it easy to find out if Raina could donate 得知答案。

40.A   通读全文可知，短文先谈狗献血的意义和条件，然后举 例讲述一条狗献血的过程，故选项A“狗也能献血”为最佳 标题。