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Dogs have an amazing sense of smell thanks to 300million smell receptors in their noses, compared to only five million in the human nose. Medical dogs are trained by smelling samples of people already diagnosed with cancer and those of people without the disease so they can learn to tell the difference.
Dr Claire Guest began training her dog Daisy to smell out the killer disease in urine(小便) and breath samples(样品) when she was young. So far Daisy has found cancer in 551 patients, of which 93 per cent were accurate. And she discovered Dr Guest’s breast cancer before it was diagnosed– the first time she has discovered the disease actually growing in someone’s body, rather than by smelling a sample.
Dr Guest, 50, chief executive of charity Medical Detection Dogs, said: “She pushed against my body with her nose repeatedly – I pushed her away, but she pushed against me again, clearly upset. She pushed me so hard that it hurt me. “Her behaviour was totally out of character – she was normally such a happy dog ... I felt the tender area where she’d pushed me, and over the next few days I discovered the tiniest lump(肿块).
“If it wasn’t for Daisy it would have gone hidden for much longer and could have been more serious,” Dr Guest added. “My own pet labrador saved my life.”
Animal rescue charity Blue Cross presented Daisy with a medal for her achievements. She faced tough competition, including JJ, a bomb detection dog who has saved soldiers’ lives in Afghanistan.
Steve Goody, the charity’s deputy chief executive, said: “Cancer affects the lives of thousands of people and Daisy has made a huge contribution to the diagnosis and early treatment of cancers – she’s a very deserving medal recipient.”
Daisy is now helping to train a team of 12 dogs at Medical Detection Dogs and is a ‘senior consultant’ for the UK’s first ever trial using dogs to discover breast cancer.
1.Why was Daisy awarded a medal?
A. Because she can help discover cancer early.
B. Because she can smell the urine and breath samples.
C. Because she has saved many people’s lives by barking.
D. Because she has saved many soldiers’ lives in Afghanistan.
2.Which of the following words is closest in meaning to “recipient” in the last paragraph ________but one?
A. contributor B. ancestor C. helper D. receiver
3. How did Daisy discover Dr Guest’s cancer?
A. By smelling the urine sample.
B. By smelling the breath sample.
C. By smelling the hidden cancer.
D. By pushing Dr Guest hard.
4. From the text we can infer that __________.
A. Cancer is easy to cure.
B. Daisy and JJ competed hardly for the medal.
C. Daisy is training other dogs to discover breast cancer.
D. Dogs’ special sense of discovering cancer is highly valued.
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