Question

【題目】Many people think the dinosaurs(恐龍) were the biggest animals that ever lived. They are wrong. The world’s biggest animal is still living and it lives in the ocean. It is called the blue whale(鯨魚). Blue whales can be as long as 30 meters and weigh as much as 1,000 kilos. _______________

The whale is not only the world’s biggest animal, it is also one of the cleverest. ________________ Although we do not know what they are saying. Maybe one day we will learn how to talk with whales, and then they will be able to tell us about themselves.

________________ They are mammals(哺乳動物). They give birth to babies and have milk inside their own bodies to feed them. Humans are also mammals.

There are lots of stories about whales, but perhaps the most famous story is Moby Dick. _________________ In this book, a sailor named Captain Ahab spends a lot of time trying to find and kill an enormous white whales named Moby Dick.

Sadly, there are not many kinds of whales left.___________________ However, there are now laws to stop people killing most kinds of whales. So maybe there will be more of them in years to come.

A. People have killed them for food and other things for thousands of years.

B. The smallest dinosaurs weighed no more than 2 kilos.

C. We know that whales can communicate with each other.

D. The largest dinosaurs weighed only 500 kilos.

E. Dinosaurs were our friends and became very popular.

F. It was written by an American writer named Herman Melville.

G.Although they live in the ocean, whales don’t lay eggs like fish do.

【1】_________

【2】_________

【3】_________

【4】_________

【5】_________

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 D

【2】 C

【3】 G

【4】 F

【5】 A

【解析】

短文主要介紹了世界上最大的動物—鯨魚。它們是哺乳動物。最大的藍鯨長達30米，重達1000公斤。也是世界上最聰明的動物之一。不幸的是，鯨魚長時間遭到人類的捕殺，種類及數(shù)量在減少�，F(xiàn)在已經(jīng)頒布法令，禁止人類捕殺鯨魚。

【1】句意：最大的恐龍只有500公斤重�？疾榧毠�(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一句Many people think the dinosaurs(恐龍) were the biggest animals that ever lived.（許多人認為恐龍是有史以來最大的動物。）結(jié)合語境和句意可知選D。

【2】句意：我們知道鯨魚可以互相交流。考查細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)上文The whale is not only the world’s biggest animal, it is also one of the cleverest.（鯨不僅是世界上最大的動物，也是最聰明的動物之一。）結(jié)合語境和句意可知選C。

【3】句意：雖然它們生活在海洋里，鯨魚卻不像魚那樣產(chǎn)卵。考查細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)下文They are mammals(哺乳動物). They give birth to babies and have milk inside their own bodies to feed them. Humans are also mammals.（它們是哺乳動物。他們生下嬰兒，體內(nèi)有奶來喂養(yǎng)它們。人類也是哺乳動物。）結(jié)合句意可知選G。

【4】句意：它是由一位名叫赫爾曼·梅爾維爾的美國作家寫的�？疾榧毠�(jié)理解題。根據(jù)上文There are lots of stories about whales, but perhaps the most famous story is Moby Dick.（有很多關(guān)于鯨魚的故事，但最著名的故事是《白鯨》。）結(jié)合句意可知選F。

【5】句意：幾千年來，人們?yōu)榱耸澄锖推渌麞|西殺死它們�？疾榧毠�(jié)理解題。根據(jù)上文Sadly, there are not many kinds of whales left.（可悲的是，鯨魚種類不多。）結(jié)合句意可知選A。