Question

People just naturally associate kangaroo,koala and fine beaches with Australia. Yes,you can find many fine sand beaches,white or brown,to enjoy the sunshine and seaside breeze. However,in Queensland,the eastern state of Australia,a night beach tour at this time of year may bring you a more exciting sight of the miracle of life：You can watch hatching baby turtles making their first steps in a natural environment.

On Mon Repos beach,about 14 kilometers east of the city of Bundaberg in Queensland,Australia,lies Mon Repos Conservation Park.

By day,Mon Repos beach is a sweeping bay of brown sand,a quiet spot for people to sunbathe,surf and fish.

By night,it's home to the largest concentration of endangered marine turtles on the eastern Australian mainland. And the miracle of egglaying and hatching occurs from around mid October to the end of April every year. 

In order not to disturb the turtles,tourists have to follow the instruction of the guides. But this may make the tour more like an adventure：Tourists are usually told to huddle (crowd) close together,hold hands and walk close to the shoreline in the dark.

At the start of the season (October and November) ，tourists can view turtles laying their eggs. Nature turtles first use all four flippers to dig a body pit in the sand and then lay eggs in it. It's not uncommon for a turtle to lay more than 100 eggs at a time. And her mission isn't done until she uses her flippers to flick sand and cover the nest.

If you go there at the end of the season (March to April) ，you can see groups of hatchings walk down to the water. It is an astonishing sight as the small creatures,barely two minutes old,race instinctively to the sea.

If they survive,the same hatchings will return in 50 years' time to lay eggs on the very beach where they first emerged (出现) .

(   ) 5. The first paragraph is intended to         .

   A. recommend the readers to have a holiday in Australia

   B. give the readers an idea of the different sceneries of Australia

   C. draw the readers' attention to the topic of this article

   D. show that Australia has a variety of animals

(   ) 6. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

   A. A turtle can usually lay 100 eggs at a time.

   B. If you go to the beach in October,you can see turtles lay eggs.

   C. Turtles usually lay eggs when they are 50 years of age.

   D. It's quite dangerous for the tourists to watch the turtles at night by the seashore.

(   ) 7. Which of the following shows the correct relationship of the three places?

(M = Mon Repos Conservation Park; Q = Queensland;B = Bundaberg)

(   ) 8. Which of the following words may be used to replace the underlined word "flick" in the 6th paragraph?

   A. dig   B. move   C. gather   D. make

Answer 1

5. C文章先从人们所熟知的关于澳大利亚的情况人手,然后引出大家不熟悉的内容，显然是想引起读者对文章内容的兴趣。

6. D文章提到游客要听从导游的指挥，在晚上手挽着手到海边看乌龟产卵非常"刺激"，但并非有危险。

7. C根据文章第2段的介绍可断定正确答案为C：。

8. B flick此处用作动词，意为"(快速地) 移动"。