Dr. Sylvia Earle wants you to stop eating fish. It's not because fish are endangered, though wild fish stocks in many oceans are very low. It's not because they're bad for you, though fish in many areas are exposed to poisonous substances in the water. It’s because they're smart.
"Fish are sensitive, they have personalities," says the marine biologist. For Earle, eating a fish would be like eating a dog or a cat. "I would never eat anyone I know personally."
There's a lot more to fish than meets the eye: they talk to each other, they like to be touched, and they engage in behavior that can seem very human. They can remember things and learn from experience. Earle and a growing number of animal rights activists see these as strong arguments against eating fish altogether.
The activists also point out that fish feel pain and fish suffer horribly on their way from the sea to the supermarket. "While it may seem conspicuous that fish are able to feel pain, like every other animal, some people think of fish as swimming vegetables," says Dr. Lynne Sneddon. "Really, it's kind of a moral question. Is the enjoyment you get from fishing (or eating fish) more important than the pain of the fish?"
Fishermen and (fried) fish lovers are skeptical. "I've never seen a smart fish," says Marie Swaringen as she finishes off a plate of fish at a Seattle seafood restaurant. "If they were very smart, they wouldn't get caught."
"For years, everyone's been telling us to eat fish because it's so good for us," says another diner. "Now I've got to feel guilty while I'm eating my fish? What are they going to think of next? Don't eat salad because cucumbers have feelings?"
【小题1】According to Dr. Sylvia Earle, he would stop eating fish as a result of the following reasons EXCEPT ___________ .

What parents say and do in daily life usually have a(n) _________ influence on their child.

1. A.
   practical
2. B.
   avoidable
3. C.
   beneficial
4. D.
   permanent

第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
The simplest way to say it is this: I believe in my mother．My __36__ began when I was just a kid．I __37__ becoming a doctor．
My mother was a domestic．Through her work, she observed that __38__ people spent a lot more time reading than they __39__ watching television．She announced that my brother and I __40__ watch two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week．With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and __41__ her written book reports．She would mark them up with check marks and highlights．Years later we realized her marks were a __42__．My mother was illiterate．
When I entered high school I was a(n) __43__, but not for long．I wanted the fancy clothes．I wanted to __44__ the guys．I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student．One night my mother came home from __45__ her various jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit shirts．She said, “Okay, I'll give you all the money I make this week scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy __46__ food and pay the bills．With everything __47__, you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want．” I was very __48__ with that arrangement but once I got through allocating money, there was __49__ left．I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to __50__ our heads and any kind of food on the table, __51__ buy clothes．I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn't going to get me anywhere．Success required intellectual preparation．I went back to my __52__ and became an A-student again, and eventually I __53__ my dream and I became a doctor．
My story is really my mother's story—a woman with __54__ formal education or property who used her position as a parent to change the lives of many people around the globe．There is no job __55__ than parenting．This I believe．
36．A．belief       B．work C．education  D．promise
37．A．majored in      B．got used to      C．dreamed of      D．got tired of 
38．A．lazy B．easy-going      C．successful        D．reliable
39．A．spent       B．paid C．took       D．did
40．A．could only      B．could not        C．must not D．should often
41．A．read to   B．present to        C．teach      D．explain to
42．A．joke        B．means      C．tool D．trick
43．A．A-student        B．B-student        C．C-student        D．D-student
44．A．get rid of      B．hang out with C．break away from     D．keep in touch with
45．A．making    B．stopping   C．working        D．getting
46．A．your brother    B．yourself   C．your sister       D．the family
47．A．left over B．paid off   C．used up    D．carried out
48．A．angry     B．pleased    C．disappointed    D．bored
49．A．anything       B．everything       C．something       D．nothing
50．A．put an idea into                   B．gave an impression on  
C．keep a roof over                    D．have eyes in the back of       
51．A．let alone        B．let out      C．let in       D．leave alone
52．A．guys      B．mother   C．studies     D．play 
53．A．made       B．fulfilled   C．changed        D．tried
54．A．little        B．much       C．few        D．high
55．A．more interesting      B．less important   C．more important       D．less interesting

That holiday morning I didn’t have to attend school. Usually, on holidays, Mother   36  me to sleep in. And I would certainly take full advantage of it. On this particular morning,  ___37___,I felt like getting up early.
I stood by my window overlooking the ___38___, having nothing better to do. But as it turned out, I was soon to learn about something ___39___ in life.
As I watched several people go by, get into their cars and go off, I ___40___ an old man on a bicycle with a bucket on its ___41___ and a basket rags and bottles on its back-carriage. He ___42___ from one car to another, washing and cleaning them. From the water on the ground, it seemed that he had already ___43___ washing and cleaning about a dozen or more cars. He must have begun to work quite early in the morning.
Several thoughts ___44___my mind as I watched him work. He wasn’t well-dressed. He had on a pair of shorts and a(n) ___45___ T-shirt. The bicycle he rode was not by any means the kind modern ___46___would want to be seen riding on. But he seemed___47___ with life. There he was, working hard at his small business, ___48___ at passers-by and stopping to chat now and then ___49___ elderly men and women on their way to the market nearby.
There was a noticeable touch of___50___ in the way he seemed to be doing things— ___51___the windscreen (挡风玻璃), then standing back to admire it; scrubbing (擦净) the wheels and ___52___, standing back to see what they look like after the scrub.
It was a ___53___ to learn, I felt. At no age need one have to beg for a ___54___if one has good health and is willing to work hard. For a while I felt ___55__ of myself. Young as I am—just sixteen, and there was this old man who must have been usefully engaged perhaps before the sun appeared above the horizon.