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【题目】Dear Friends,

You may be familiar with our growing collection of remarkable true stories from around the world about young animals facing disaster and misfortune: a baby hippo orphaned during the Asian tsunami and adopted and raised by a 130-year-old giant tortoise; a baby polar bear abandoned at birth by his mother and hand-raised by a caring zookeeper at the Berlin Zoo.

We are now pleased to introduce you another remarkable true story—unlike our other land-based stories, this one rises from the sea. The name of the book is called Winter’s Tail. This is the story of Winter, a young female dolphin who injures and then loses her tail after being injured off the coast of Florida. The injured Winter is rescued from a crab trap and brought to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, a marine animal hospital, where she at first adjusts and learns to swim without her tail by moving her body with a side-to-side action. Winter’s actions and behaviors cause great concern among her caretakers because it is clear to them that she is injuring her body and internal organs with this painful and inelegant method of movement.

But luckily, an engineer designed an artificial tail that enables Winter to once again swim like a dolphin. The solution to this problem came from the miracle of modern technology. It was very challenging but now Winter is thriving and using her new tail with great command. Winter has already become an inspiration and an icon for millions touched directly and indirectly by all types of challenges.

This is an interesting book. I hope you enjoy the interesting and touching story of one brave little dolphin who learned how to swim again.

With love and hope,

Juliana

【1】From the passage, what can we know about Winter?

A.She was rescued by a zookeeper.

B.She gets used to living without her tail.

C.She was abandoned at birth by her mother.

D.She swims again with the help of an engineer.

【2】The letter is probably written to .

A.teenagersB.engineers

C.swimmersD.zookeepers

【3】Why does the author write this letter?

A.To call on people to protect the animals.

B.To arouse people’s interest in this story book.

C.To attract more people to watch the dolphin show.

D.To inform the development of modern technology.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】B

【解析】

本文是应用文。文章是一封信，在信中作者向读者介绍一本书《Winter’s Tail》的故事情节，希望读者能够阅读、欣赏这有趣又感人的故事。

【1】

细节理解题。文章第二段中提到海豚Winter受伤后失去了尾巴。第三段中提到“an engineer designed an artificial tail that enables Winter to once again swim like a dolphin.”可知，一名工程师设计出了一种人造尾巴，使Winter又可以像海豚一样游泳。因此推断在工程师的帮助下，Winter再次能游泳了。故选D项。

【2】

推理判断题。文章第一段中提到“…our growing collection of remarkable true stories from around the world about young animals facing disaster and misfortune” 作者收集了很多关于小动物面临灾难和不幸的真实故事；文章第二、三段讲述失去尾巴的海豚Winter的故事。根据“remarkable true stories”“young animals”可知，关于各种小动物的故事书的读者对象应该是青少年。因此这封信是写给青少年的。故选A项。

【3】

推理判断题。第四段中提到“This is an interesting book. I hope you enjoy the interesting and touching story”，作者在信中讲述了失去尾巴的海豚Winter的故事。作者写这封信的目的是希望读者能阅读这有趣又感人的故事，激起人们阅读这本书的兴趣。故选B项。