雅思阅读真题重点推荐：Otters水獭

雅思阅读真题重点推荐：Otters水獭

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雅思阅读真题重点推荐：Otters水獭

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雅思阅读真题重点推荐：Otters水獭

READING PASSAGE 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage 1 below.

A)Otters are scmiaqualic (or in the case of the sea otter, aquatic) monirnals.rHiey ure miinbers of the Mustelid family which includes badgers, polecats, martens, weasels, stoats an have inluibited the earth for the last 30 million years and over the years have undergone subtle changes to the carnivore bodies to eXploit the rich aquatic environment.Otters have long liiin body and short legs~ideal for pushing dense undergrowth or hunting in tunnels.An adult male may be up to 4 feet long and 30 pounds.Females are smaller, around 16 pounds typically.The Eurasian otter nose is about ihc smallest among the otter species and has a characteristic shape described as a shidlow "W".An otters tail (or rudder, or stern) is stoul at tlie base and tapers towards the tip where il flattens.ITiis forms part of the propulsion unit when swimming fast under water.Oder fur

consists of iwo types of hair: stout guard hairs which form a waterproof outer covering, and undcrfiir which is dense and fine，equivalent to an otters thermal underwear.The fur must he kept in good condition by grooming.Sea water reduces the waterproofing and insulating qualities of otter fur when salt water gets in the fur.This is why freshwater pools are important to otters living on the coast.After swimming, they wash the salts ofT in the pools and then squirm on the ground to rub dry against vegetation.

B) Scent is used for hunting on land, for communication and for detecting danger.Otterine sense of smell is likely to similar in sensitivity to dogs.Otters have small eyes and arc probably short-siglited on land.Bui they do have the ability to modify the shape of the lens in the eye to make it more spherical, and hence overcome the refraction of water In clear water and good liglit, otters can hunt fish by sight.The otters eyes and nostrils are placed high on its head so that it c-an see and breulhc oven when the rest of die body is submergd, "The long whiskers growing iinmnd the muzzle are used to detect the presence of fish.They detect regular vihrutions cruised by the beat of the fishs tail as it swims awuy.Ihis tdlows otters to hunt even in very murky water.Underwater, the otter holds its