59. What can we learn from this story?
A.
Man can never go against nature.
B.
It’s necessary to live with some difficulties.
C.
One cannot help others without thinking twice.
D.
Mankind should take good care of insects.
答案 56.A 57.B 58.A 59.B
Passage 9
(湖北省黄冈中学2009届高三五月适应性考试(B卷)D篇)
Question: What is more astonishing than a
60-ton whale on a flatbed truck being driven down the street?
Answer: A 60-ton whale on a flatbed truck
exploding and raining blubber ( fat of whales) all over the sidewalk.
That’s what happened in Taiwan recently, when
a dead sperm whale being shipped to the Halobios Research Center for an
autopsy(尸体解剖) developed an extremely bad case
of gas and blew up before it reached its destination.
The whale was found alive on a Taiwan beach
last weekend, and died shortly after it was discovered. Since the 56-foot whale
was the largest whale ever beached on Taiwan’s shores, scientists wanted to
study it and perform an autopsy for educational purpose.
Obviously, too much time passed between when
the animal died and the time it was set to be moved to the autopsy location,
because it had already started to go bad. When things rot, they give off gases
as a by-product. In the whale’s case, the gases were trapped in its belly. The
pressure inside the rotting creature grew so much that it popped like an
over-filled balloon. Unfortunately, it was on a truck in the middle of the city
of Taiwan at the time--- cars and shops lining the street were covered with
whale bits and juices, much to their owners’ discouragement.
According to the news reports, traffic was
tied up for hours while officials tried to clean up the streets.
Newspaper editors worldwide were probably
smiling to themselves, since they had a ready-made headline--- several reports
about the incident were titled “ There She Blows!” after the famous line from
the book Moby Dick.
