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【題目】七選五
Imagine looking out of your window and seeing a whale swim by.That's the sight that surprises New York City residents recently.In the past years,humpback whales have been spotted in the two rivers surrounding the island of Manhattan,the Hudson River and the East River.
Experts say that river cleanup efforts have improved water quality and led to an increase in the number of fish there.Fish are on the humpback's menu.The sighting is also an encouraging sign that conservation efforts are helping humpback whales come back.In 1973,the species was listed as the endangered.Now scientists say humpback whales are making a comeback.
By the middle of the 20th century,hunting whales for profit had nearly wiped out many whale species.In 1973, the U.S. set up the Endangered Species Act.People were no longer allowed to hunt them in the U.S. waters.In 1982, the International Whaling is illegal worldwide.Last September,it was announced that nine groups of humpback whales are no longer endangered.Four groups are still endangered and a fifth is threatened.
The number of them is growing particularly faster in the Southern Hemisphere like Tasman Sea and Coral Sea.And the number of humpback whales in Hawaii has made an amazing recovery.In 1966,there were fewer than 1,500 humpbacks there.Today there are about 10,000.But humpbacks in other parts of the world are still struggling.
“We still have a lot of work to do,”says Angela Somma,head of NOAAS Fisheries' endangered Species division.“But with the right protection,the number of humpback whales should continue to grow.
A. Those efforts to save whales are paying off.
B. People are frightened when seeing whales in the river.
C. Last year,one even swam past where the mayor lives.
D. Today there are about 100,000 humpback whales worldwide.
E. The extra food in the rivers is mainly what's attracting the whales.
F. Scientists have carried out further research on the number of the whales.
G. Scientists say that the focus needs to be on the whales that are still struggling.

Answer 1

【答案】C；E；A；D；G
【解析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，首先向我們展示了鯨魚(yú)數(shù)量回升的好現(xiàn)象，接著又講述了鯨魚(yú)由于被捕瀕臨滅絕的歷史以及人們?yōu)榱吮Ｗo(hù)鯨魚(yú)所作出的努力，最后告訴我們鯨魚(yú)數(shù)量的現(xiàn)狀以及我們?nèi)孕枳龅呐�力�?/span>
（1）考查對(duì)上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。根據(jù)空前“In the past years, humpback whales have been spotted in the two rivers surrounding the island of Manhattan, the Hudson River and the East River,”，在過(guò)去的幾年里，在兩條環(huán)繞曼哈頓島，哈得孫河和東河的兩條河流里，已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)了駝背鯨魚(yú)，而選項(xiàng)C中“Last year, one even swam past where the mayor lives.”，去年，有一只甚至從市長(zhǎng)住的地方游過(guò)，在意思上正好與其相承接，故選C。
（2）考查對(duì)上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。根據(jù)空前“Fish are on the humpback's menu.”，增加的魚(yú)成了駝背鯨魚(yú)的菜單，而選項(xiàng)E中“The extra food in the rivers is mainly what's attracting the whales.”，河中額外的食物是吸引鯨魚(yú)的主要東西，這里“額外的食物”就是“增加的魚(yú)”，故選E。
（3）考查對(duì)上下文的理解和推理判斷能力�？涨爸v的都是人們?yōu)楸Ｗo(hù)鯨魚(yú)所作出的努力，空后“Last September, it was announced that nine groups of humpback whales are no longer endangered.”，去年九月宣布九組鯨魚(yú)不再處于瀕臨滅絕的境地，故選A。
（4）考查對(duì)上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。根據(jù)空后“The number of them…”,可知空格里應(yīng)該填鯨魚(yú)的數(shù)量，故選D。
（5）考查對(duì)上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。根據(jù)空后““We still have a lot of work to do,”',說(shuō)明對(duì)鯨魚(yú)的保護(hù)工作目前做的還不夠，而選項(xiàng)G“Scientists say that the focus needs to be on the whales that are still struggling.”，科學(xué)家們說(shuō)注意力需要放在那些仍然處在困境中的鯨魚(yú)們，在意思上正好相承接，故選G。