Question

The sea horse is a magical animal, which has puzzled （使困惑） people for thousands of years. In ancient Rome sea horses were believed to be the babies of Neptune’s horses. And Neptune was the god of the ocean. Now we know they are not horses at all — they are a kind of fish. They still seem as magical as ever, especially to divers who have watched them horsing around(瞎闖) in the sea. But today, sea horse populations face an uncertain future. Fishermen are catching too many of them, and their undersea habitats （棲息地） are being destroyed.

At least 20 million sea horses are taken from the ocean each year. More than 95% are used for traditional medicines in Asian countries. The sea horses are usually dried and then made into powder which is used to treat such problems as asthma（哮喘）, throat infections, skin diseases and cuts. How well the medicines work is unclear.

Sea horses are also bought and sold in large numbers as pets. Sea horse expert Amanda Vincent warns against buying pet sea horses. “A lot of people treat them as if they’re goldfish,” she says. But sea horses require very special care and live food. Most captive (被獵取的) sea horses pick up diseases and die.

Sea horse experts are trying to teach fishermen to become sea horse farmers. Instead of pulling nets of sea horses from the ocean, fishermen could learn to raise them in specially designed saltwater “farms”. That way, fishermen would have sea horses to sell, but ocean populations would not be hurt.

Vincent and her team have only discovered the 35 different species of sea horses, and they still have plenty of sea horse secrets left to unlock. That is why, Vincent told TFK, protecting future sea horse populations is especially important: “I promise your readers that by the time they grow up to be marine biologists, we’ll still have a lot to learn.”

1.In the past, Romans thought the sea horse to be ______.

A．a(chǎn) kind of horse                         B．a(chǎn) kind of fish

C．the god of the ocean                     D．one of Neptune’s pets

2.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．People in Asian countries hunt sea horses for food.

B．Most sea horses caught are used as medicine.

C．The effects of the powder of sea horses are uncertain.

D．35 different kinds of sea horses have been discovered.

3.The underlined phrase “pick up” in Paragraph 3 probably means “______”.

A．follow            B．collect            C．get              D．create

4.It can be inferred that the best way to protect sea horses is to ______.

A．do more research on sea horses

B．teach fishermen how to farm sea horses

C．stop hunting sea horses

D．ban the sea horse trade

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.A

3.C

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：文章介紹海馬這種魚類，因為人類的捕殺和生存環(huán)境的破壞，數(shù)量正變得越來越少，專家認為最好的保護海馬的方法是教漁民養(yǎng)海馬。

1.細節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：In ancient Rome sea horses were believed to be the babies of Neptune’s horses.可知古羅馬人因為海馬是一種馬。選A

2.細節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：More than 95% are used for traditional medicines in Asian countries. 可知亞洲人捕捉海馬主要是做藥不是做食物。選A

3.猜詞題：句意：大部分海馬得病死了。這里的pick up是“染上”，選C

4.細節(jié)題：從第四段的句子：Sea horse experts are trying to teach fishermen to become sea horse farmers. 可知最好的保護海馬的方法是教漁民養(yǎng)海馬。選B

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