“Fish stories” are stories of the greatest fish that a fisherman has almost caught, but for some reason, the fish always get away. Usually, these stories do not have much truth to them. One of the biggest fish stories in history was about a whale.
In 1891, a ship hunting for whales in the South Atlantic Ocean found a very large whale. While the hunters were trying to kill the whale, it sank two small boats. One man drowned, and another man, James Bartley, was lost in the ocean. However, after the hunters finally killed the whale, they cut open the whale’s stomach and found Mr Bartley inside. He was not dead!
Several weeks later, Mr Bartley seemed to have gotten over his terrible experience. The only thing he could remember was that while he was inside the whale, it was very hot. The liquid (液體) from the whale’s stomach had turned all of his skin snow white. Mr Bartley had to live with the effect from the whale for the rest of his life.
Today, many people have heard about the strange experience of Mr Bartley and do not buy it. Not one real fact has been found to prove that the events ever took place described by the sailors. No scientist or newspaper reporter was ever able to talk to Mr Bartley, and all of the stories told in magazines about Mr Bartley’s experience were explained by other sailors on the boat. Mr Bartley was probably not even a real person at all.
In 1928, after the captain (船長) of the whaling ship had died, one man asked the captain’s wife about Mr Bartley’s story. The wife said that no man who had sailed on her husband’s ship was ever swallowed by a whale.
However, this has not stopped James Bartley’s story from being repeated, and many people today still believe that it is true.
【小題1】What made Mr Bartley’s skin white?
| A．The ocean water. |
| B．The whale’s teeth. |
| C．The heat inside the whale. |
| D．The liquid in the whale’s stomach. |
| A．A scientist. | B．The captain’s wife. |
| C．The sailors on the ship. | D．A newspaper reporter. |
| A．the story was not true |
| B．her husband told her the story |
| C．the whale was never found |
| D．Mr Bartley didn’t work for her husband |
| A．明白 | B．相信 |
| C．購買 | D．證明 |
| A．became a writer later |
| B．died when he was young |
| C．told his story to a magazine reporter |
| D．was not even a real person at all |
【小題1】D
【小題2】C
【小題3】A
【小題4】B
【小題5】D
解析試題分析：本文敘述了一個名叫Mr Bartley的人被鯨魚吞下后有活著的故事。沒有人證明船員們描述的事情是真實的，而且Mr Bartley的太太說沒有人被鯨魚吞食過，人們猜測這個故事是虛構的。但是仍然有人相信你這個故事是真的。
【小題1】細節理解題。根據第三段的The liquid (液體) from the whale’s stomach had turned all of his skin snow white.可知鯨魚肚子里的液體使他的皮膚變成雪白。故選D。
【小題2】細節理解題。根據第四段的and all of the stories told in magazines about Mr Bartley’s experience were explained by other sailors on the boat.可知Mr Bartley的經歷可能是他的船員們講得，因此可能他的船員跟他談過話，故選C。
【小題3】細節理解題。根據第五段的The wife said that no man who had sailed on her husband’s ship was ever swallowed by a whale.可知那個故事不是真的。故選A。
【小題4】詞義猜測題。根據第四段的Not one real fact has been found to prove that the events ever took place described by the sailors.可知沒有人證明船員們描述的事情是真實的，因此此處是沒有人相信Mr Bartley的經歷。故選B。
【小題5】細節理解題。根據第五段的Mr Bartley was probably not even a real person at all.可知甚至沒有Mr Bartley這個人。故選D。
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| D．Wear socks on their hands to stop themselves from texting. |
| A．It’s easy to give up a sleep texting habit. |
| B．One in three teenagers has a sleep texting habit. |
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| C．By computers. |
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| C．Fresher food. |
| D．Softer food. |
| A．Looking at electronic devices. |
| B．Wearing warm clothes. |
| C．Using central heating. |
| D．Getting extra sun. |
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| B．In a science magazine. |
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