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【題目】 For ten weeks, in a great house on the island of St Thomas, John C. Lilly tried to teach a six-year-old dolphin to speak English. Margaret Howe, an experiment (試驗(yàn)) helper, would live day and night with Peter, a dolphin. And they would eat, bathe (洗澡), sleep and play together from Sunday to Friday, with only Saturdays off for Margaret. She lived her life in swimming clothes—with a coat on colder evenings—and cut her hair short so that she could get on with Peter more easily.

After a few days, Peter was becoming more and more interested in winning her attention. He threw a ball against her shower towel to get her to play. As time went by, he only wanted to play ball with her and not on his own.

The problem was that, just at the time Peter and Margaret began to get on well just as two best friends, the experiment ended and the lab was closed. After a few weeks, Margaret received the sad news that Peter had killed himself by refusing to breathe, and sinking to the bottom of his pool.

Dolphins may not speak English—but, just like humans, they know all about broken hearts.

【1】Peter is the name of .

A.a doctorB.a dolphinC.an experiment helper

【2】Margaret worked days a week during the experiment.

A.fourB.fiveC.six

【3】To live with the dolphin, Margaret couldn't .

A.cut her hair shortB.have a common life like others

C.wear swimming clothes

【4】The ending of the story was that .

A.Dr John C. Lilly was satisfied with the experiment

B.the lab was closed and the dolphin died

C.the dolphin could speak English at last

【5】From this passage, we can learn that .

A.dolphins aren't worth studying

B.dolphins can't be humans' good friends

C.dolphins may have feelings just like humans

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】B

【4】B

【5】C

【解析】

這篇短文主要講述了十個(gè)星期以來John C. Lilly在St Thomas島上設(shè)法教6歲大的海豚說英語，一個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)助手將和海豚吃，睡，玩在一起，隨著時(shí)間的推移，海豚只和實(shí)驗(yàn)幫助者一起玩，就在這時(shí)，實(shí)驗(yàn)突然終止，幾個(gè)星期后，海豚死了，這個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)告訴人們，海豚也是有感情的。

【1】推理判斷。a doctor醫(yī)生； a dolphin海豚； an experiment helper實(shí)驗(yàn)助手。根據(jù)上文“For ten weeks, in a great house on the island of St Thomas, John C. Lilly tried to teach a sixyearold dolphin to speak English.” 十周來，在圣托馬斯島上的一所大房子里，約翰·C·莉莉一直試圖教一只六歲的海豚說英語。及下文“She lived her life in swimming clothes—with a coat on colder evenings—and cut her hair short so that she could get on with Peter more easily.” 在寒冷的夜晚，她穿著游泳衣，穿著外套，把頭發(fā)剪短，以便能更容易地和彼得相處�？芍�，Peter是那只海豚的名字。故選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解。four四； five五； six六。根據(jù)文中“Margaret Howe, an experiment (試驗(yàn)) helper, would live day and night with Peter, a dolphin. And they would eat, bathe (洗澡), sleep and play together from Sunday to Friday” Margaret Howe，一個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)助手。從星期天到星期五，他們一起吃飯、洗澡、睡覺和玩耍，瑪格麗特只有星期六休息。可知是一周工作6天。故選C。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文中“She lived her life in swimming clothes—with a coat on colder evenings—and cut her hair short so that she could get on with Peter more easily.” 她穿著游泳衣，穿著外套，把頭發(fā)剪短，以便能更容易地和彼得相處�？赏茢喑�Margaret不能像別人一樣正常的生活。故選B

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文中“the experiment ended and the lab was closed. After a few weeks, Margaret received the sad news that Peter had killed himself by refusing to breathe, and sinking to the bottom of his pool.”可知，最后實(shí)驗(yàn)室關(guān)閉，海豚死了。故選B。

【5】推理判斷。根據(jù)文中“Dolphins may not speak English—but, just like humans, they know all about broken hearts.” 海豚可能不會(huì)說英語，但是，就像人類一樣，它們知道所有關(guān)于破碎的心�？芍�，海豚可能和人類一樣有感情。故選C。