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辽宁省庄河市2018届高三英语上学期开学考试试题 第Ⅰ卷 第部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、和D中，选出最佳选项。 A JOHANNESBURGThey say cats have nine lives.Now a Chinese toad（蟾蜍）has joined that club of clever survivors. South Africans are shocked at the endurance of a toad that got trapped in a cargo shipment from Cna to Cape. Town,after jumping into a porcelain（瓷器）candlestick（烛台）that was made thereSouth African officials reportedly planned to put down the creature,fearing it would cause harm as an invasive species if it were let go in the wild. But the toad got a last-minute pardon.Mango Airlines,a South African airline,transported the toad on Friday to Johannesburg for delivery to an animal shelter,after officials decided to find a way to let the toad live.The two-hour fight was a breeze compared to the trip from China,a long way of many weeks and thousands of kilometers across the Indian Ocean. Airline spokesman Hein Kaiser said the toad got first-class treatment,sitting in a transparent plastic container with escort Brett Glasby,an animal welfare inspector.There was even a ceremony,in which the toads boarding pass was handed to Glasby. “He was the star of the show on the flight,”Kaiser said of the amphibious（两栖的passenger.“I think every passenger stopped to have a look.” On landing in Johannesburg,the toad was brought out of its container for a celebrity-style photo shoot. Observers said the brown toad seemed like a cool customer.It belongs to the Asian Toad species,which breeds during the monsoon（季风）season.It is believed to have survived the trip from China by hardening its skin to prevent it from drying out,and also by slowing its breathing and heart rate—methods that help the species survive in times of drought. “Weve had snakes in imported timber and scorpions（蝎子in fruit.We were called because the toad was right inside the candlestick and we had to break it to get it out”Glasby,the inspector,told The Star,a South African newspaper. 21.What is the passage mainly about