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A rat or pigeon might not be the obvious choice to tend to someone who is sick, but these creatures have some 26____ skills that could help the treatment of human diseases.
Pigeons are often seen as dirty birds and an urban 27____, but they are just the latest in a long line of animals that have been found to have abilities to help humans. Despite having a brain no bigger than the 28____ of your index finger, pigeons have a very impressive 29____ memory. Recently it was shown that they could be trained to be as accurate as humans at detecting breast cancer in images.
Rats are often 30____ with spreading disease rather than 31____ it, but this long-tailed animal is highly 32____. Inside a rat's nose are up to 1,000 different types of olfactory receptors (嗅觉感受器), whereas humans only have 100 to 200 types. This gives rats the ability to detect 33____ smells. As a result, some rats are being put to work to detect TB (肺
结核). When the rats detect the smell, they stop and rub their legs to 34____ a sample is infected.
Traditionally, a hundred samples would take lab technicians more than two days to 35____, but for a rat it takes less than 20 minutes. This rat detection method doesn't rely on specialist equipment. It is also more accurate—the rats are able to find more TB infections and, therefore, save more lives.

A) associated
B) examine
C) indicate
D) nuisance
E) peak
F) preventing
G) prohibiting
H) sensitive
I) slight
J) specify
K) superior
L) suspicious
M) tip
N) treated
O) visual

参考答案：

K D M O A
F H I C B