Question

Whales live in the ocean, but they are not fish. They are warm-blooded mammals and must have air to breathe. The babies are born alive and drink milk from the mother's body. It took millions of years for the whale to develop as it is today.

Every spring groups of whales swim hundreds of kilometers to warm places to bear their young. Each group goes to the same place every year. The mothers take very good care of their babies. The fully grown whales are very gentle and playful with each other, and with humans. They “talk” to each other with a high noise that  sounds beautiful. This“talking” can be heard for more than 300 kilometers in open waters.

Yet humans kill over a hundred whales a day. They kill them to make whale oils and a lot of other things. Killing them is a modern business with modern machines and even harpoons( 魚叉炮) that explode( 爆炸) inside the whales. A whale dies very slowly and in great pain. Some ships kill every whale they can find, even the mothers and babies. Then there are no young whales to grow up or to bear more young.

1.A commonly mistaken belief is that ____.

A．whales are mammals

B．whales must have air to breathe

C．whales' babies drink milk

D．whales are fish

2.In the passage “mammals” refer to ____.

A．the animals which live in water

B．the animals which have wings and feathers

C．the animals which are fed on their mothers' milk

D．the things which live in earth and have no backbones

3.Every spring each group of whales ____.

A．swim only a few kilometers

B．return to the same place as they did before

C．go to different places

D．go to cold places to bear their young

4.When whales talk, it sounds like ____.

A．talking

B．whispering

C．quarreling

D．singing

5.Every year humans kill ____ all over the world.

A．nearly forty thousand whales

B．less than four million

C．about four thousand whales

D．about fourteen thousand whales

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：

1.D 細節題。根據第一段第一行Whales live in the ocean, but they are not fish. They are warm-blooded mammals and must have air to breathe.說明D的說法是錯誤的，是人們經常會誤會的想法，故D符合題意。

2.C 推理題。根據第一段2,3句They are warm-blooded mammals and must have air to breathe. The babies are born alive and drink milk from the mother's body.說明mammals是一種靠媽媽的奶水的哺乳動物，故C正確。

3.B 細節題。根據第二段1,2行Every spring groups of whales swim hundreds of kilometers to warm places to bear their young. Each group goes to the same place every year.說明B正確。

4.D 推理題。根據第二段第三行They “talk” to each other with a high noise that  sounds beautiful.是鯨魚的聲音很好聽，故聽起來像是唱歌，故D正確。

5.A 計算題。根據最后一段第一行humans kill over a hundred whales a day一年365天，故一年要殺死的鯨魚大約是A項。

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