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【题目】Many people think the dinosaurs(恐龙) were the biggest animals that ever lived. They are wrong. The world’s biggest animal is still living and it lives in the ocean(海洋). It is the blue whale(鲸鱼). Blue whales can be as long as 30 meters and weigh as much as 1,000 kilos. The largest dinosaurs weighed only 500 kilos.

The whale is not only the world’s biggest animal; it is also one of the cleverest. We know that whales can talk with each other, but we do not know what they are saying. Maybe one day we will learn how to talk with whales, and then they will be able to tell us about themselves.

Whales live in the ocean, but they don’t lay eggs like fish do. They are mammals(哺乳动物). They give birth to babies and have milk inside their own bodies to feed them. Humans are also mammals.

Sadly, there are not many kinds of whales left. People have killed them for food and other things for a long time. Now there are laws to stop people killing most kinds of whales. So maybe there will be more of them in years to come.

【1】Which picture show the correct size of the largest whale?

【2】The underlined word “lay” in the Paragraph 3 means .

A. 放置 B. 躺下 C. 打赌 D. 产卵

【3】There are not many kinds of whales left because .

A. they don’t lay eggs

B. people have killed them

C. they live in the ocean

D. there are laws against them

【4】The article mainly talks about .

A. the world’s biggest animal

B. lots of stories about whales

C. laws to stop people killing whales

D. the differences between dinosaurs and whales

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】D

【3】B

【4】A

【解析】

试题分析：短文主要介绍了世界上最大的动物—鲸鱼。它们是哺乳动物。最大的蓝鲸长达30米，重达1000公斤。也是世界上最聪明的动物之一。不幸的是，鲸鱼长时间遭到人类的捕杀，种类及数量在减少。现在已经颁布法令，禁止人类捕杀鲸鱼。

【1】D推理判断题。根据短文中的句子“Blue whales can be as long as 30 meters and weigh as much as 1,000 kilos. The largest dinosaurs weighed only 500 kilos.”可知，蓝鲸重达1000公斤，最大的恐龙只有500公斤。大约是2:1，故答案为D。

【2】D词意猜测题。根据短文中的句子“but they don’t lay eggs like fish do. They are mammals”(哺乳动物)可知，鲸鱼是哺乳动物，不像其它的鱼一样产卵。故答案为D。

【3】B细节理解题。根据短文中的句子“Sadly, there are not many kinds of whales left. People have killed them for food and other things for a long time.”可知，鲸鱼长时间遭到人类的捕杀，种类及数量在减少。故答案为B。

【4】A主旨大意题。文章每一段都与鲸鱼有关，因此短文主要介绍了世界上最大的动物—鲸鱼。答案为A。