Question

   It's usual to find sea turtles (龜) wash up on the beaches of Cape Cod,Massachusetts,US. In November 2014,though,things got strange. “It started out as a normal year，”said a man there. “Then it quickly got out of control.”

   In a “normal year' about 200 turtles wash up in Cape Cod. But between November and December-2014,the number of sea turtles climbed to nearly 1 ,300. Nobody knew why. But one thing was clear: The turtles would need more help than ever.

   Most of the turtles that wash up in Cape Cod are endangered. They are bom on beaches in Mexico and Texas,US. Then young tortles swim into the Gulf (海灣) of Mexico. Some get caught in the Gulf Stream(墨西哥灣流) ，and it pulls them north to Cape Cod. In cold water,a turtle’s  heartbeat slows and the turtle is unable to swim. As a result,it washes up on the beach.

   Volunteers save the turtles and take them to the New England (水族館) for medical care. The goal is to get the turtles healthy and then set them free in warmer,southern waters,mostly off the coast of Florida.

   In the winter of 2014,the aquarium couldn't help all 733 turtles brought in alive. So about 15 wildlife centers across the country went to take 561 of the turtles. An official said,wTliis couldn’t have been done without everyone's help."

根據(jù)材料內容選擇最佳答案。

() 61. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 mean?

   A. It was difficult for people to count the number of sea turtles.

   B. Sea turtles could be seen everywhere in Massachusetts.

   C. A large number of sea turtles were bom in 2014.

   D. Too many sea turtles washed up in Cape Cod.

() 62. Which of the following is TRUE about the sea turtles that wash up in Cape Cod?

   A. They grow quickly.

   B. They swim north to Cape Cod.

   C. They can’t swim in cold water.

   D. They are bom in the Gulf of Mexico.

() 63. How did people help sea turtles at first?

   A. They got them clean.

   B. They put them in southern waters.

   C. They made them warm.

   D. They took them to a place for medical care.

() 64. How matty sea turtles did the New England Aquarium take?

   A. About 170.   B. About 560.

   C. About 730.   D. About l,300.

() 65. Why does the writer write this passage?

   A. To introduce sea turtles.

   B. To show how people help sea turtles.

   C. 丁o encourage readers to save sea turtles.

   D. To tell readers how endangered sea turtles are.

Answer 1

61. D 62. C 63. D 64. A 65. B

[體裁]說明文 

[話題]自然

[大意]每年都會有海龜擱淺美國的科德 角海灘，但在2014年末，海龜擱淺 的數(shù)量比往年翻了數(shù)倍，為了幫助 這些海龜,人們做了很多努力。

61. D.本小題考査學生根據(jù)上下文猜 測句意的能力。由第二段前兩句可 以推測出太多的海龜被沖到科德角 海灘。

62. C.小題考查學生理解具體信息的 能力，A項未提及；由第三段第四句 1 可知B項錯誤；由第三段倒數(shù)第二句 可知C項正確；由第三段第二句可知

D項錯誤。

63. D.本小題考查學生查找細節(jié)信息的 能力。由第四段首句可知答案。

64. A.本小題考查學生理解具體信息和 簡單計算的能力。由最后一段前兩句 可知共有733只海龜，其他機構幫助 了其中的561只，所以水族館幫助了 其他的170來只。

65. B.本小題考査學生推斷作者寫作意 圖的能力。材料介紹了人們?yōu)榫戎鷶R 淺的海龜所做出的努力。作者寫這篇 材料的目的就是為了介紹人們如何幫 助海龜。