Tail Spin

Two dolphins race around in a big pool in the Ocean Park. The smaller dolphin, Grace, shows off a few of her tricks, turning around and waving hello to the crowd. The most amazing thing about her, however, is that she's even swimming at all. She doesn't have a tail.
Grace lost her tail as a baby when she got caught up in a fish trap. When the dolphin arrived at the Ocean Park in December 2005, she was fighting for her life. “ Is she going to make it？” Her trainer, Abbey Stone, feared the worst. Grace did make it—but her tail didn't. She ended up losing her flukes and the lower part of her peduncle.
Over the past six years, she has learned to swim without her tail. Dolphins swim by moving their flukes and peduncle up and down. Grace taught herself to move another way—like a fish! She pushes herself forward through the water by moving her peduncle from side to side.
The movements put harmful pressure on Grace's backbone. So a company offered to create a man­made tail for her. The tail had to be strong enough to stay on Grace as she swam but soft enough that it wouldn't hurt her.
The first time Grace wore the artificial tail, she soon shook it off and let it sink to the bottom of the pool. Now, she is still learning to use the tail. Some days she wears it for an hour at a time, others not at all. “The new tail isn't necessary for her to feel comfortable，” says Stone, “but it helps to keep that range of motion (動作) and build muscles (肌肉)．”
Now, the dolphin is about to get an even happier ending. This month, Grace will star in Dolphin Tale, a film that focuses on her rescue and recovery. Her progress has inspired more than just a new movie. Many people travel from near and far to meet her. Seeing Grace swim with her man­made tail gives people so much courage.
小題1:When Grace first arrived at the Ocean Park, her trainer worried about her ________.
A．physical build
B．potential ability
C．chance of survival
D．a(chǎn)daptation to the surroundings
小題2:A man­made tail is created for Grace to ________.
A．let her recover faster
B．make her comfortable
C．a(chǎn)djust her way of swimming
D．help her perform better tricks
小題3:The story of Grace inspires people to ________.
A．stick to their dreams
B．treat animals friendly
C．treasure what they have
D．face difficulties bravely

小題1:C
小題2:C
小題3:D

文章大意：本文為一篇記敘文，屬勵志類文章。通過講述海洋公園的小海豚Grace盡管沒有尾巴，卻能克服困難，用另外一種方式游泳，并且還要拍電影《海豚的故事》以激勵人們要勇敢地面對困難。
小題1:答案：C　細節(jié)理解題。由文章第二段可知，當這只海豚在2005年12月剛到海洋公園時，“she was fighting for her life”，它的訓(xùn)練員說“Is she going to make it？”，由此我們知道，剛開始，它的訓(xùn)練員擔心它能不能活下來，故正確答案為C項。
小題2:答案：C　推理判斷題。由文章第三段可知，海豚Grace形成了它自己的游泳方式。由第五段內(nèi)容可知，給海豚戴上人造尾巴的目的不是為了舒服，而是為了保持動作，鍛煉肌肉，也就是它帶著人造尾巴的目的是調(diào)整游泳方式，故C項正確。
小題3:答案：D　推理判斷題。A項表示“堅持夢想”；B項表示“友好的對待動物”；C項表示“珍惜擁有”；D項表示“要勇敢面對困難”。由文章內(nèi)容可知，盡管海豚Grace沒有了尾巴，但是它克服困難，以另外一種方式游泳，最后還提到，它要拍電影給人們帶來鼓勵，由此我們知道，我們要勇敢地面對困難，故D項為正確答案。
練習冊系列答案
相關(guān)習題

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

In a Chinese modern dance competition on TV one very unique couple won one of the top prizes.The lady，in her thirties，was a dancer who had ____ since she was a little girl.Later in life，she lost her entire left arm in an accident and fell into a state of ____ for a few years.
Someone then asked her to coach a children’s dancing group.From that point on，she realized that she could not ____ dancing.So，she started to do some of her old routines，but，having lost her arm，she had also lost her ___.It took a while before she could even make simple turns and spins without ____.
Then a few months later she ____ a man in his twenties who had lost a leg in an accident.She was determined to find him and ____ him to dance with her.He had never danced.And to dance with one leg...He said，“Are you ____ with me？No way！”
But，she didn’t ____，and he agreed to think about it.“I have nothing else to do anyway，” he thought.Then she started to ____ him dancing.The two ____ a few times because he had no concept of using muscle，how to ___ his body，and knew none of the ____ things about dancing.When she became ____ and lost patience with him，he would walk out.____，they came back together and started training ____.
They hired a choreographer(舞蹈指導(dǎo)) to ___ routines for them.She would fly high (held by him) with both arms (a sleeve for an arm) flying in the air.He could bend ____ by one leg with her leaning(倚靠) on him，etc.
When I watched this I didn’t ____ realize that she was missing an arm ___ I was focusing on the guy with only one leg.Really quite amazing!
小題1:
A．operated B．played
C．trainedD．competed
小題2:
A．reliefB．depression
C．confusionD．recovery
小題3:
A．learnB．understand
C．forgetD．face
小題4:
A．chanceB．balance
C．a(chǎn)dvantage D．promise
小題5:
A．followingB．checking
C．noticingD．falling
小題6:
A．heard ofB．searched for
C．came acrossD．waited for
小題7:
A．require B．a(chǎn)llow
C．leadD．persuade
小題8:
A．a(chǎn)rguingB．joking
C．discussingD．a(chǎn)greeing
小題9:
A．carry onB．give up
C．settle downD．set off
小題10:
A．teachB．show
C．leaveD．watch
小題11:
A．broke up B．gave in
C．put offD．returned back
小題12:
A．changeB．present
C．improveD．control
小題13:
A．importantB．interesting
C．basic D．special
小題14:
A．excitedB．a(chǎn)nnoyed
C．movedD．shocked
小題15:
A．UnfortunatelyB．Eventually
C．Generally D．Jokingly
小題16:
A．seriouslyB．differently
C．publiclyD．gradually
小題17:
A．discoverB．a(chǎn)rrange
C．performD．design
小題18:
A．raisedB．kept
C．supportedD．carried
小題19:
A．stillB．hardly
C．nearlyD．even
小題20:
A．because B．if
C．beforeD．though

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Happiness is U-shaped, for we are happier at the start and end of our lives but hit a slump when we are middle-aged, British and US researchers say.
Economists from the University of Warwick, central England, and from Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, looked at data on the mental health of two million people from 80 countries.
In Britain, the probability of depression for men and women peaks at around 44 years of age, Warwick University said in a press release.  
In the United States, though, ________________________between men and women. Among women, unhappiness peaked at around the age of 40, whereas among men, it was about 50.
But the U-shape of happiness is constant around the world, and mid-life depression occurs regardless of marital status(婚姻狀況), changes in job or income.
The study appears in Social Science & Medicine, published by the Dutch publishing house Elsevier.  
"It happens to men and women, to single and married people, to rich and poor, and to those with and without children." said co-author Andrew Oswald.
One possibility may be that people realize they won't achieve many of their ambitions at middle age. The researchers said.
Another reason could be that after seeing their fellow middle-aged peers begin to die, people begin to value their own remaining years and embrace life once more.
But the good news is that if people make it to aged 70 and are still physically fit, they are on average as happy and mentally healthy as a 20-year old.
"For the average persons in the modern world, the dip in mental health and happiness comes on slowly, not suddenly in a single year," Oswald said. "Only in their fifties do people emerge from this low period.  
1.Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?
There are chances that the middle-aged people will realize their ideal is likely to be unattainable. 
_________________________________________________________________________
2.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with a proper sentence．(within 10 words)
3.How do you understand the sentence that “Happiness is U-shaped”? (within 20 words)
_________________________________________________________________________
4.Is mid-life depression a common Phenomenon in the world ? How do you know?(within 15 words) 
_________________________________________________________________________
5.Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese
_________________________________________________________________________

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Any diet on which you eat fewer calories than you need to get through the day — like an 800-calorie-per-day diet can be dangerous. Diets that don't allow any fat also can be bad for you. Everyone needs a certain amount of fat in their diet — up to 30% of total calories — so no one should eat a completely fat-free diet.
Don't have diets that restrict （限制）certain food groups, either. A diet that requires you to say no to bread or pasta or allows you to eat only fruit is unhealthy. You won't get the vitamins and minerals you need. And although you may lose weight, you'll probably gain it back as soon as you start eating normally again.
Some people start dieting because they think all the problems in their lives are because of weight. Others have an area of their lives that they can't control, like an alcoholic parent, so they focus on something they can control — their exercise and food intake.
People who diet may get lots of praise from friends and family when they start losing pounds, which makes them feel good. But eventually a person reaches a weight level — and doesn't lose as much weight as before because the body is trying to keep a healthy weight, so they aren't any happier.
Some people may find it hard to control their eating, so they stick with an extreme diet for a little while, but then eat tons of food. Feeling guilty about the binge, they use laxatives（瀉藥）. Eating too little to maintain a healthy weight or eating only to throw up the calories are both eating disorders, which are harmful to a person's health.
1. Which is not the result of restricting certain food groups?
A. lose weight for a short period         B. unhealthy  
C. short of nutrition                     D. hungry
2. The reasons why some people start and keep dieting DON’T include__________.
A. They think their trouble comes from their weight.
B. They have an alcoholic parent.
C. Other people’s praise when they lose some weight.
D. There is something they can’t control except food intake.
3. The underlined phrase in the last paragraph refers to _________.
A. a fat-free diet               B. a special diet   
C. eating too much            D. eating too little
4. Which of the following statements is true?
A. A person needs about 800 calories each day.
B. A person who doesn’t eat bread is unhealthy.
C. An improper diet may cause eating disorder.
D. Fat takes up the most part of calories inside body.
5. According to the passage, when people want to lose weight, they should_________.
A. avoid eating some food that can lead to being fat   B. control their eating amount and times
C. have a healthy and balanced diet                D. throw up some of what they eat  

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Where has the Time gone? is the hottest song that has moved thousands of Chinese. Chinese parents give their children endless love and ask nothing in return. However, sometimes, daughters and sons are too busy growing up and forget that their parents are getting older and older. What should we do? Let’s have a look at a letter of a father’s.
Dear son，
One day if you see me old and I am not myself, have patience and try to understand me. If I get dirty when eating…, if I cannot dress…, have patience. Remember the hours I spent teaching it to you.
If, when I speak to you, I say the same things one thousand and one times, do not stop me and listen to me. When you were small, I had to read to you one thousand and one times the same story until you get to sleep.
When I do not want to have a shower, neither shame（羞辱） me nor scold（責備） me. Remember when I had to chase you with a thousand excuses I invented, in order that you wanted to bath.
When you see me meet something new, give me the necessary time and don’t laugh at me. I taught you how to do so many things… to eat well, to dress well… to face life.
If I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well when I need to and when not. When my legs do not allow me to walk, give me your hand the same way I did when you gave your first steps.
When sometimes I lose the memory during our conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember. And if I cannot do it, do not become nervous because the most important thing is not my conversation but to be with you and to have you listen to me.
Yours,
FFather
小題1:What do the Chinese parents often do?
A．They often get dirty when eating.
B．They often read stories to their children at night.
C．They give their children endless love and ask nothing in return.
D．They often refuse to take a shower.
小題2:What would the father do, if he wanted his son to go to sleep?
A．He would read the same story many times to make his son sleep.
B．He would invent many excuses.
C．He would scold his son.
D．He would teach his son to count sheep.
小題3:According the father, what should you do, when your old parents lose the memory during your conversation?
A．Go on talking with them.B．Leave them alone.
C．Go for a walking with them.D．Be with them and listen to them.
小題4:Why does the writer write this passage?
A．To introduce the song, Where has the Time gone?
B．To show what we should do when our parents are old.
C．To show a father’s love to his son.
D．To complain that we are too busy.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

The summer before I went off to college, Mom stood me in her usual spot behind the ironing board (燙衣板)and said, “Pay attention: I’m going to teach you to iron.”
Mom clearly explained her      for this lesson. I was going to be     and needed to learn this vital skill. Also, I would be meeting new people, and properly ironed clothes would help me make a good    .
“Learn to iron a shirt,” Mom said, “and you can iron anything.”
But ironing shirts was not      work. It didn’t make use of long muscles we used to throw a baseball，and it wasn’t a     operation like ice-skating. Ironing was like driving a car on a street that has a stop sign every 10 feet, Moreover, an iron produced steam and it carried an element of     .If you touched the wrong part of it, you’d get burnt. If you forgot to turn it off when you      ,you might bum down the house.
As for technique, Mom     me to begin with the flat spaces outward, always pushing the iron forward into wrinkled (有褶皺的）parts. Collars had to be done right. Mom said they were close to your face, where everyone would     them.
Over the years, I’ve learned to iron shirts skillfully, which gives me a sense of     Whatever failures I suffer in my life, an ironed shirt tells me I am good at something.       ,through ironing I’ve learned the method for solving even the most troublesome problems. “     wrinkles one at a time,” as Mom might have said, “and before long everything will get ironed out.”
小題1:
A．reasonsB．rulesC．emotions D．methods
小題2:
A．helpfulB．confidentC．powerful D．independent
小題3:
A．conclusionB．suggestionC．impressionD．observation
小題4:
A．usefulB．easy C．specialD．suitable
小題5:
A．directB．singleC．smoothD．strange
小題6:
A．doubtB．pressure C．surprise D．danger
小題7:
A．went awayB．fell downC．jumped offD．looked up
小題8:
A．taughtB．choseC．forcedD．sent
小題9:
A．touchB．designC．seeD．a(chǎn)dmire
小題10:
A．honestyB．freedomC．justiceD．pride
小題11:
A．InsteadB．BesidesC．OtherwiseD．However
小題12:
A．Make upB．Deal withC．Ask forD．Rely on

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a goods yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head. Now I can dimly remember the brightness of sunshine and what color red is. It would be wonderful to see again, but a calamity(大災(zāi)難) can do strange things to people. It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadn't been blind. I believe in life now. I am not so sure that I would have believed in it so deeply, otherwise. I don't mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate the more what I had left.
Life, I believe, asks a continuous series of adjustments to reality. In spite of the fact the adjustment is never easy, I had my parents and teachers to help. The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. If I hadn't been able to do that, I would have collapsed and become a chair rocker on the front porch for the rest of my life. When I say belief in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of self confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone. That is part of it. But I mean something bigger than that: an assurance that I am, despite imperfections, a real, positive person; that there is a special place where I can make myself fit.
It took me years to discover and strengthen this assurance. It had to start with the most elementary things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was laughing at me and I was hurt. “I can't use this.” I said. “Take it with you，” he urged me, “and roll it around.” The words stuck in my head. “Roll it around！” By rolling the ball I could hear where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought impossible: playing baseball.
All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to learn my limitations. It was no good to try for something that I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited the bitterness of failure. I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress.
小題1:We can learn from the beginning of the passage that ________.
A．the author lost his sight because of a car crash
B．the author wouldn't love life if the calamity didn't happen
C．the calamity made the author appreciate what he had
D．the calamity strengthened the author's desire to see
小題2:What's the most difficult thing for the author?
A．How to adjust himself to reality
B．Building up assurance that he can find his place in life
C．Learning to manage his life alone
D．To find a special work that suits the author
小題3:For the author, the baseball and encouragement offered by the man ________.
A．hurt the author's feeling
B．made the author puzzled
C．directly led to the change of the author's career
D．inspired the author
小題4:According to the passage, the author ________.
A．set goals for himself but only invited failure most of the time
B．thought that nothing was impossible for him
C．was discouraged from trying something out of reach for fear of failure
D．suggested not trying something beyond one's ability at the beginning

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye: Queen City Casket Company. “What is it? ”I wondered. I　　it over. There, in faded ink, was a hand-scrawled　　. Immediately my mind　　back many years ago.

I was nine years old, walking down the cold, wet streets of Springfield, with a bag of　　on my shoulder. On my　　that day, I came to that company finally, whose owner, Mr. Rader, had always taken me there to　　his workers whether they wanted any magazines.
　　off the rain like a wet dog, I entered Mr. Rader’s office. After a quick glance he　　me over to the fireplace. Noticing the　　in the top of my　　, he said, “Come with me! ”pulling me into his truck. We　　before a shoe store. Inside, a salesman　　me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had　　seen. I felt about 10 feet tall when I got up　　them. “We’d like a pair of new socks too, ”Mr. Rader said.
Back in his office, Mr. Rader took out a　　, wrote something on it, and handed it to me. With tearful eyes, I read, “　　to others as you would have them do to you. ”He said affectionately(親切地), “Jimmy, I want you to　　I love you. ”
I said goodbye, and for the first time I　　a flicker of hope that somehow things would be all right. With people like Mr. Rader in the world, there was hope, 　　and love, and that would always make a　　.
小題1:
A．read　　B．thought　　C．turned　　D．passed
小題2:
A．a(chǎn)ddressB．list
C．messageD．information
小題3:
A．broughtB．a(chǎn)pproached
C．returned D．traveled
小題4:
A．magazinesB．newspapers
C．notesD．books
小題5:
A．returnsB．roundsC．tripsD．a(chǎn)rrivals
小題6:
A．beg B．demandC．tell D．a(chǎn)sk
小題7:
A．LettingB．GivingC．TurningD．Shaking
小題8:
A．followedB．ledC．watchedD．carried
小題9:
A．holeB．mudC．waterD．cover
小題10:
A．coatB．shoe C．sock D．bag
小題11:
A．pulled up B．took in
C．drove awayD．walked up
小題12:
A．dressedB．fittedC．sharedD．comforted
小題13:
A．neverB．a(chǎn)lreadyC．ever D．hardly
小題14:
A．forB．with C．onD．in
小題15:
A．penB．paperC．card D．notebook
小題16:
A．Do B．Give C．Show D．Lend
小題17:
A．sayB．know C．consider D．express
小題18:
A．sensed B．predictedC．lost D．a(chǎn)dmitted
小題19:
A．sadnessB．challengeC．kindness D．intension
小題20:
A．dealB．fortuneC．choiceD．difference

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從1~15各題所給的A、B、C和D項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
I have been blessed with the opportunity in my life. It took the near-death experience of my dad to make me realize that my purpose in life is to        others. My dad suffered from leukemia(白血病) in 1998.        the pain and treatment that he put up with inspired me to be a more kind and        person. I realized life is just too          and it was time for me to make some changes — do the things in life that I wanted to do without making        why I couldn’t do them.
My dad        a bone marrow transplant(骨髓移植) operation, and after that he was able to reuse his own “cleaned” marrow, so a donor(捐獻者) was not needed. That was excellent        because donors who are a match are hard to come by. That          me to become a bone marrow donor and hopefully help someone else one day. I also         money for the cancer patients. Yet, I was not satisfied with just that. I had to do more, I        blood every other month and seek opportunities to do other acts of kindness daily. The opportunity, some days, presents itself very        and some days I have to seek it out. Either way, it comes.
I would like to        one of my favorite quotes（名言）with you all:
“In an average lifetime, a person        about sixty-five thousand miles. That’s two and half times around the world. I wonder        your steps will take you. I wonder how you’ll use the rest of the        you’re given.”
I want to use my miles to create foot prints of love in this world.
小題1:
A．a(chǎn)dviseB．a(chǎn)skC．helpD．understand
小題2:
A．SufferingB．WatchingC．DiscoveringD．Bringing
小題3:
A．strongerB．independentC．givingD．receiving
小題4:
A．shortB．wonderfulC．dangerousD．boring
小題5:
A．effortsB．promisesC．excusesD．plans
小題6:
A．refused B．hadC．learnedD．stopped
小題7:
A．expressionB．knowledgeC．newsD．sense
小題8:
A．forcedB．inspiredC．a(chǎn)llowedD．expected
小題9:
A．raisedB．keptC．paidD．hid
小題10:
A．checkB．testC．donateD．sell
小題11:
A．secretlyB．clearlyC．peacefullyD．wildly
小題12:
A．shareB．divideC．recordD．repeat
小題13:
A．conveysB．ownsC．measuresD．walks
小題14:
A．whereB．whyC．whenD．if
小題15:
A．materialsB．milesC．worldD．wealth

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習冊答案