At the Shadybrook dog kennel, all the adult animals were
given a new medication designed to reduce a dog‘s risk of
contracting a certain common infection. Several days after
the medication was administered, most of the puppies of
these dogs had elevated temperatures. Since raised body
temperature is a side effect of this medication, the kennel
owner hypothesized that the puppies‘ elevated temperatures
resulted from the medication‘s being passed to them
through their mothers‘ milk.
8. Which of the following, if true, provides the most
support for the kennel owner‘s hypothesis?
(A) Some puppies have been given the new medication
directly but have not suffered elevated
temperatures as a side effect.
(B) The new medication has been well received by dog
breeders as a safe and effective way of preventing
the spread of certain common canine infections.
(C) None of the four puppies in the kennel who had
been bottle-fed with formula had elevated
temperatures.
(D) an elevated temperature is a side effect of a
number of medications for dogs other than the new
medication administered at the kennel.
(E) Elevated temperatures such as those suffered by
most of the puppies in the kennel rarely have
serious long-term effects on a puppy‘s health.
答案是E,我选了C。。。
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Zooplankton, tiny animals adapted to an existence in the
ocean, have evolved clever mechanisms for obtaining their
food, miniscule phytoplankton (plant plankton). A very
specialized feeding adaptation in zooplankton is that of the
tadpolelike appendicularian who lives in a walnut-sized (or
smaller) balloon of mucus equipped with filters that capture
and concentrate phytoplankton. The balloon, a transparent
structure that varies in design according to the type of
appendicularian inhabiting it, also protects the animal and
helps to keep it afloat. Water containing phytoplankton is
pumped by the appendicularian‘s muscular tail into the
balloon‘s incurrent filters, passes through the feeding filter
where the appendicularian sucks the food into its mouth,
and then goes through an exit passage. Found in all the
oceans of the world, including the Arctic Ocean,
appendicularians tend to remain near the water‘s surface
where the density of phytoplankton is greatest.
10. It can be inferred from the passage that which of the
following is true of appendicularians?
(A) They are exclusively carnivorous.
(B) They have more than one method of obtaining
food.
(C) They can tolerate frigid water.
(D) They can disguise themselves by secreting
mucus.
(E) They are more sensitive to light than are other
zooplankton.
答案是C,我不知道该选什么。。。
文中提及水温的是不是只有最后一句?tend to remain near the water‘s surface ,水表面很冷吗?不是应该比较暖才对吗?@_@