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  3. By far the most common snake in Britain is the adder. In Scotland, in fact, there are no other snakes at al. The adder is also t

By far the most common snake in Britain is the adder. In Scotland, in fact, there are no other snakes at al. The adder is also t

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问题      By far the most common snake in Britain is the adder. In Scotland, in fact, there are no other snakes at al. The adder is also the only British snake with a poisonous bite. It can be found almost anywhere, but prefers sunny hillsides and rough open country, including high ground. In Ireland there are no snakes at all.
      Most people regard snake bites as a fatal misfortune, but not all bites are serious, and very few are fatal. Sometimes attempts at emergency treatment turn out to be more dangerous than the bite it self, with amateurs heroically, but mistakenly, trying do-it-yourself surgery and other unnecessary measures.
      All snakes have small teeth, so it follows that all snakes can bite, but only the bite of the adder present any danger. British snakes are shy animals and are far more frightened of you than you could possibly be of them. The adder will attack only if it feels threatened, as can happen if you take it by surprise and step on it accidentally, or if you try to catch it or pick it up, which it dislikes intense ly. If it hears you coming, it will normally get out of the way as quickly as it can, but adders cannot move very rapidly and may attack before moving if you are very close.
     The effect of a bite varies considerably. It depends upon several things, one of which is the body-weight of the person bitten. The bigger the person is, the less harmful the bite is likely to be, which is why children suffer far more seriously from snake bites than adults. A healthy person will al so have better resistance against the poison.
     Very few people actually die from snake bites in Britain, and though these bites can make some people very iii, there are probably just as many cases of bites having little or no effect, as there are of serious illness.
Adders are most likely to be found ______.
选项 A、in wilder parts of Britain and Ireland
B、in Scotland and nowhere else
C、on uncultivated land throughout out Britain
D、in shady fields in England
答案C
解析 文章第一段指出It can be found almost any where，but prefers sunny hillsides and rough open country，including high ground。意思是：蝮蛇几乎随处可见，尤其是在阳光充足的山边或者包括高地在内的荒野的乡村更容易生存。因此我们可以推断出答案应该是C项。因为上述的这些环境都可以用uncultivated land来解释，即未经耕耘的土地。
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