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Two dolphins race around in a big pool in the Ocean Park. The smaller dolphin Grace, shown off a few of her tricks, turning around and waving hello to the crowd. The most amazing thing about her, however, is that she’s even swimming at all. She doesn’t have a tail.

Grace lost her tail as a baby when she got caught up in a fish trap.

When the dolphin arrived at the Ocean Park in December 2005, she was fighting for her life. “Is she going to make it?” Her trainer, Abbey Stone, feared the worst. Grace did make it --- but her tail didn’t. She ended up losing her flukes and the lower part of her peduncle.

Over the past six years, she has learned to swim without her tail. Dolphins swim by moving their flukes and peduncle up and down. Grace taught herself to move another way---like a fish! She pushed herself forward through the water by moving her peduncles from side to side.

The movement put harmful pressure on Grace’s backbone. So a company offered to create a man-made tail for her. The tail had to be strong enough to stay on Grace as she swam but soft enough that it wouldn’t hurt her.

The first time Grace wore the artificial tail. She soon shook it off and let it sink in the bottom of the pool. Now, she is still learning to use the tail. Some days she wears it for an hour at a time, others not at all. “The tail isn’t

necessary for her to feel comfortable,” says Stone, “but it helps to keep that range of motion(動(dòng)作) and build muscles(肌肉).”

Now, the dolphin is about to get an even happier ending. This month, Grace will star in Dolphin Tale, a film that focus on her rescue and recovery. Her progress has inspired more than just a new movie. Many people travel from near and far to meet her. Seeing Grace swim with her man-made tail gives people so much courage.

60. When Grace first arrived at the Ocean Park, her trainer worried about her ______.

A. physical build                                        B. potential ability

C. chance of survival                                 D. adaptation to the surroundings.

61. A man-made tail is created for Grace to ______.

A. let her recover faster                              B. make her comfortable

C. adjust her way of swimming                   D. help her perform better tricks

62. The story of Grace inspires people to ______.

A. stick to their dreams                              B. treat animals friendly

C. treasure what they have                         D. face difficulties bravely

 

Answer 1

【語篇解讀】本文是一篇記敘文，題材是海豚的勵(lì)志故事。作者通過描述海豚沒有尾巴，依然可以游泳的勵(lì)志故事。

段落	關(guān)鍵詞、句	大意推測(cè)
第一部分（Para. 1）	She doesn’t have a tail.	故事背景：小海豚沒有尾巴。
第二部分（Para. 2-5）	Grace, fish trap, learned, swim, without, tail. Harmful, pressure, backbone，wore, artificial tail	故事情景：小海豚沒有尾巴的原因和結(jié)局。
第三部分（Para.6）	gives, people, courage	主旨：看到格瑞絲帶著人造尾游泳給人很大的勇氣。

【解析】

60. C。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。難度：較易。第二段當(dāng)中的“She was fighting for her life. Is she going to make it(她在為她的生命戰(zhàn)斗。她能成功嗎？她能活下來嗎?)，與選項(xiàng)C。chance of survival（幸存的機(jī)會(huì)）相對(duì)應(yīng)，故答案選C。   

61. C。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。難度：中等。第四段The movement put harmful pressure on Grace’s backbone. So a company offered to create a man-made tail for her.（運(yùn)動(dòng)把有害的壓力壓在格蕾絲的脊椎上。所以一個(gè)公司表示愿意為她創(chuàng)造一個(gè)人造的尾巴。）而第五段The new tail isn’t necessary for her to feel comfortable(新尾巴不是一定要讓她感到舒適)，it helps to keep that range of motion and build muscles（它幫助保持運(yùn)動(dòng)范圍和肌肉的構(gòu)建）。說明作用是adjust her way of swimming（調(diào)整游泳方姿勢(shì)）而不是 help her perform better（幫助更好表演）。

62. D。主旨大意題。難度：較易。最后一句中的courage是本題的題眼。作者在最后告訴讀者本文寫作目的，即鼓勵(lì)人們?cè)谀婢持幸�勇敢要有勇氣，故答案為D。

【難句學(xué)習(xí)】

1. The most amazing thing about her, however, is that she’s even swimming at all.

翻譯：然而，最令人驚訝的事情是她甚至在游泳。

分析：The most amazing thing about her 是主語，that引導(dǎo)表語從句。

2. The tail had to be strong enough to stay on Grace as she swam but soft enough that it wouldn’t hurt her.

翻譯：這尾巴必須強(qiáng)大到足以保持在格瑞絲身上當(dāng)她游的時(shí)候，而且又得足夠柔軟以至于不會(huì)弄疼她。

分析：as引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語從句。

3. This month, Grace will star in Dolphin Tale, a film that focuses on her rescue and recovery.

翻譯：本月,格瑞絲將明星在海豚的故事,電影,關(guān)注她的救援和恢復(fù)。

分析：a film 是Dolphin Tale 的同位語；that引導(dǎo)定語從句，修飾a film。