Week 9（含长难句分析及参考译文）2023-2024学年九年级时文阅读周周练

2023-2024学年九年级时文阅读周周练—第九周 Monday immediate share train happy close kid something problem animal press Mina Alali a 25-year-old girl from California, bought a pet pig called Merlin in March 2022 when he was just two-and-a-half months old. Since then, she has started to 1  him. Now, he can dance and perform tricks such as sitting and staying. Mina takes Merlin for walks, and even takes him to dinner with her friends. On the Internet, Mina  2  videos of the pair dancing together and eating meals. Mina bought Merlin from a farm. “I fell in love with Merlin 3  when I first saw him. I was crying tears of 4  because my lifelong dream to keep a pig was finally realized," she said. With time going by, Merlin grew 5  to his new owner. By day, Merlin follows his owner around the house. Then, at night, the pair sleep together in Mina's bed." It's like having a 6  . I love Merlin so much. I will do 7  for this pig," said Mina. As a(n) 8   lover, Mina also keeps two rats. Merlin loves to play with them. And he even has a button(按钮)which says“play with rats”.When he wants them out of their cage, he 9  it. “He's so smart. It's actually a  10   sometimes,” Mina said. "A couple of weeks ago I trained him to open the lock on the rats cage. However, he does it so often that I have to stop it sometimes.” 1._________   2._________   3._________   4._________   5._________ 6._________  7._________   8._________   9._________   10._________ Tuesday Natural disasters like earthquakes and storms can pull down buildings easily. It's difficult for the search and rescue teams(搜救队)to find those who are trapped(陷于困境) in the fallen buildings. But an unlikely assistant, mice, is being trained up to help out. The project started by Belgian APOPO, is planning to tie tiny, high- tech backpacks to mice to help search for survivors（幸存者）. “Mice like to explore—and that is key for search and