Question

   Jenny Gonzalez is excited to go to school these days. The 13-year-old from South Gate Middle School in Los Angeles,the US,is taking care of three green abalones (鲍鱼) at school.

   The students of Violeta Llamas’ science class,including Jenny,have cared for the sea animals since January. The class formed eight teams. Each team takes turns to care for the abalones. Team five— Jenny,Alexis Diaz,Jennifer Gonzalez and Ricardo Beltran一have now got their turn.

   The abalones are kept in a box of seawater. Every day Alexis,12, checks if the water has too much salt. Too much salt is bad for the health of abalones. Jenny makes fresh saltwater. Then the four students work together to clean up the waste in the box and feed the abalones. “Sea life is like a baby. You have to clean them and care for them,” Jennifer said.

   Nancy Caruso,a scientist,leads the project. She said the number of green abalones along the state's coast is going down because people have caught too many of them. She said protecting the sea is now up to the next generation—young students.

   The students love taking care of the abalones,said Llamas. u This could open the door for them to want to be a sea life scientist or an environment protector ,” she said.

   The students’ time with the abalones will end this school year. Caruso and a team of volunteers will record the abalones and then release them into the sea.

1. Jenny Gonzalez is excited to go to school because.

   A. she loves science class

   B. she needs to take care of the sea animals

   C. she needs to make preparations for class

   D. she is the one who opens the door for class

2. According to the article,the abalones .

   A. have been kept in the box at school for eight days

   B. will go back to the sea after the school year

   C. are fed small fishes

   D. love the salt from the seawater

3. Jennifer thought sea life is like a baby, because.

   A. they are very lovely

   B. they can be humans’ friends

   C. they can't clean up their waste

   D. they need to be taken care of

4. The underlined word “ generation ” in the passage probably means“”.

   A. —代人   B. 消费者

   C. 科学家   D. 微生物

5. With this experience,the students from the school may .

   A. keep abalones as their pets

   B. do some research about sea water

   C. catch some abalones

   D. show more interest in sea animals

Answer 1

1. B 2. B 3. D 4. A 5. D

 本文讲述了最近美国中学生变身鲍鱼“保姆”，保护濒 危海洋动物的故事。

1. B 细节理解题。由第一段的 is taking care of three green abalones. ..可知，Jenny很激动地去上学是因为她需要 照顾海洋动物，由此可知正确答案为B项。

2. B细节理解题。最后一段提到了“The students’ time with the abalones will end this school year.…release them into the sea. ”，由此可知鲍鱼在这一学年结束后就要被放回大海。

3. D细节理解题。由第三段的“Sea life is like a baby. You have to clean them and care for them.…”可知，她认为海洋生物就像一个婴儿，因为需要人们去照顾它。由此 可知正确答案为D项。

4. A词义猜测题。对于Nancy来说后面提到的young students应该是代表下一代人，由此可猜测generation意为“一代人”，故选A项。

5. D推理判断题。由全文内容及第五段的“This could open the door for them to want to be a sea life scientist or an environment protector. 可推断，通过与海洋生物接触，学生会对海洋动物产生更多的兴趣，他们可能想成 为海洋生物科学家或环境保护者。

take care of 照顾 take turns 轮流 up to由……决定的

障碍句分析

  She said the number of green abalones along the state's coast is going down because people have caught too many of them.她说国家海岸沿线的绿色鲍鱼的数量正在减少，因为 人们已经捕捉了太多鲍鱼。

  本句包含一个宾语从句，She said为主句，the number of…为从句;go down意为“减少，下降”；too many意为“太多”，后面接可数名词复数形式。