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  Whales are the largest animals on this earth.Whales can be bigger than elephants.Whales can be bigger than some houses.Even a baby whale can be huge(very big).A baby whale can weigh as much as a ton when it is born.That's a very great baby!

  How can whales be so big when they are born? Why are they able to grow so much larger than any other animal? The answer is really very easy.Whales can be big because they live in the water.The water helps to hold them up.Land animals can't be as big as the biggest whales.If a land animal got too big, its legs wouldn't be able to hold it.If a bird got too big, it wouldn't be able to fly.No animal can be too big as a whale.A whale can still float(漂浮)though it is very big.

(1)

Why can whales be so large?

[  ]

A.

Because they eat many fishes.

B.

Because they don't live on the land.

C.

Because they live in the water.

D.

Because they can swim.

(2)

Which of the following is true?

[  ]

A.

Whales are a kind of fish.

B.

Whales are as big as elephants.

C.

A baby whale is very small.

D.

Whales are the biggest animals in the world.

(3)

If a land animal got too big, it _________.

[  ]

A.

wouldn't eat

B.

couldn't stand up

C.

can run very fast

D.

would need more legs

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  Whales(鯨)are the biggest animals in the sea.They are much bigger than any animal on land.The largest whales are more than 30 metres long.

  Whales live in water, but they are not fish.They have warm blood(血)and they breathe(呼吸)air through(通過(guò))a hole in the top of their head.They can stay under water for about an hour without breathing.

  There are two kinds of whales.One kind has a big mouth with teeth.Its mouth is four metres deep.It can eat other large animals of the sea.This kind is called a killer(殺手)whale.

  The other kind of whale is much larger than the killer whale.It has no teeth.It has rows of bone(骨)in its mouth.Small sea life is caught in these bones.These whales also have a very small throat(喉).They cannot eat anything larger than an apple.

  Whales have skin(皮膚)but not scales(魚(yú)鱗).Their skin is gray or black in colour.Under their skin is a lot of fat(脂肪).This fat is used to make oil(油).The oil is used for many things such as making soap.

  Some whales have oil in their heads.This is pure(純的)oil and is very expensive.From 114 to 228 litres(升)of oil can be found in the head of some whales.Sometimes on big whale has hundreds of litres of oil.

(1)

Whales are not ________.

[  ]

A.

fish

B.

animals

C.

warm-blooded

D.

the biggest

(2)

Whales breathe air ________.

[  ]

A.

underwater

B.

through a hole in the top of their heads

C.

throught their noses on the back

D.

for about an hour a day

(3)

We can learn from the text ________.

[  ]

A.

larger whales can eat larger sea animals

B.

killer whales can eat larger sea animals

C.

whales have expensive oil under the skin

D.

whales are smaller than some land animals

(4)

Larger whales have ________.

[  ]

A.

rows of bone

B.

long teeth

C.

a large throat

D.

a very big mouth

(5)

Pure oil is found in the ________.

[  ]

A.

skin of some whales

B.

bone of some whales

C.

head of some whales

D.

scales of some whales

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科目:初中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源:江蘇省徐州市2011年初中畢業(yè)、升學(xué)考試英語(yǔ)試卷 題型:050

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  Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.Welcome to the nine o’clock Mystery Hour.Today we’ll show you two British stories.We hope you’ll enjoy them.

  About 900 years ago two green children arrived in a small village in south England.Their eyes and skin were green and they spoke a strange language.They were very tired and weak, so the people of the village looked after them.The boy died a year later, but the girl grew strong and lived the rest of her life there.And her skin colour turned back to normal day by day.Scientists say that sometimes of people don’t have enough food to eat for a long time, their skin goes very pale and can even turn green.

  Loch Ness is the largest lake in Scotland.It’s a very deep and cold lake.For hundreds of years, people have talked about a monster(怪物)called Nessie which lives in the lake.About seventy years ago, two people saw something moving in the lake.They said that the animal was playing and rolling around in the water.Since then many people say they have seen the monster.Their descriptions are always the same.It looks like a dinosaur, with a very long neck and a small head.It has a big bump(包,腫塊)on its back.People have tried to photograph the animal, but the pictures have not been very clear.Scientists don’t know whether there is a monster or not.Some say it may be a whale or a very large fish.Some think it’s a snake.Others say there’s nothing at all-nothing but people’s imagination.Maybe we’ll never know what’s in Loch Ness.

(1)

What kind of story is talked about in this programme?

[  ]

A.

Romantic stories.

B.

Mysteries.

C.

Horror stories.

D.

Comedies.

(2)

Which sentence is TRUE about the two green children?

[  ]

A.

They both enjoyed a long and happy life.

B.

The girl’s eyes and skin were green all her life.

C.

At first they spoke the same language as people in the small village did.

D.

Maybe they hadn’t eaten enough for long before they reached the village.

(3)

What does Nessie look like according to some witnesses?

[  ]

A.

B.

C.

D.

(4)

What can we learn from the second story?

[  ]

A.

Scientists are still not sure whether there is a monster or not in Loch Ness.

B.

Loch Ness is very deep and warm lake in Scotland.

C.

People have taken very clear pictures of Nessie.

D.

In fact Nessie is a whale or a snake.

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  It was a cold morning on a beach in Florida.Only a few people were out.They came upon a strange sight.Huge black whales(鯨魚(yú))were lying on the sand.The whales were 20 feet long.They almost covered the beach.

  Many of the whales were still living.A rescue(營(yíng)救)team came with boats and long ropes(繩子).They tied(系)the ropes around the tails of some whales.They used the boats to pull the whales into deep water.Some of the whales turned around as soon as they were free.They began to swim back to the beach.About 50 whales were saved, but the others died on the beach.

  Why did the whales swim onto the beach in the first place? They may have been following a leader.Whales swim in a group.Sometimes they could be sick.A sick whale swims onto a beach.If the sick whale is a leader, some of the others may follow it.

(1)

The whales were ________ when people saw them.

[  ]

A.

on the beach

B.

in the boats

C.

in the deep water

D.

in the zoo

(2)

The rescue team tied ropes around the ________ of some whales.

[  ]

A.

noses

B.

heads

C.

tails

D.

necks

(3)

What did some whales do after they were free?

[  ]

A.

They swam back to the beach.

B.

They pulled the ropes.

C.

They went into the boats.

D.

They broke the boats.

(4)

How many whales were saved?

[  ]

A.

20.

B.

30.

C.

About 100.

D.

About 50.

(5)

The story says that whales often swim behind ________.

[  ]

A.

a baby

B.

a leader

C.

a boat

D.

a man

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  Is the whale the world's largest fish? No.It looks like a fish, but it is really a mammal(哺乳動(dòng)物).Then what's the world's largest fish? It's the whale shark.

  Although the whale shark is our biggest fish and lives in many oceans around the world, few people have ever heard of it.Scientists have not been studying whale sharks for very long.Much more needs to be learned about them.

  A whale shark is sometimes called a “gentle giant(溫柔的巨人)”.It likes to be alone and doesn't care a bit about divers or humans.The biggest whale shark weighed 24,250 pounds and was nearly 40 feet long.This makes it heavier and longer than a school bus.

  Inside its huge mouth are great numbers of very small teeth.To count all of them, you'll need to do some math.The whale shark's teeth are arranged in rows.There are between eleven and thirteen rows on each jaw(顎)and around three hundred teeth in each row.

  However, the whale shark hardly uses its teeth.It does not chew or bite its food.Large amounts of water are pulled into its mouth and then pushed out through its gills(鰓).

  For a few months every year, a group of whale sharks comes to Ningaloo Reef, off Western Australia.This gives scientists a wonderful chance to study the large fish.Whale sharks do live in other oceans of the world, but no one knows their population.It is possible that our biggest fish may need protecting.It is one of the reasons why scientists continue to learn all they can about these gentle giants.

(1)

Little is known about whale sharks because scientists ________.

[  ]

A.

are not interested in learning about them

B.

find them too difficult to catch

C.

do not know the best places to find them

D.

have studied them for a short time

(2)

Which sentence can tell us that whale sharks are gentle?

[  ]

A.

They have large mouths.

B.

They leave divers alone.

C.

They have small eyes.

D.

They live in many oceans.

(3)

How does the writer help us know what the whale shark's mouth looks like?

[  ]

A.

By giving reasons.

B.

By describing colors.

C.

By comparing sizes.

D.

By using numbers.

(4)

The fifth paragraph is mainly about ________.

[  ]

A.

how a whale shark eats

B.

what a whale shark eats

C.

how different fish use their gills

D.

what's inside a whale shark's mouth

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Chongqing Library

To Susan Chan,

Just to remind you that you have four overdue books.

Title          Author

Rose Meets Mr Winter Garden  Bob Graham  due 22/1

My Friend Whale       Simon James  due 23/1

Edward the Emu       Sheena Knowles due 24/1

Imagine           Alison Lester due 25/1

Please return these tomorrow. Other people may be waiting to borrow them.

Mrs Josie Jones

Librarian

Date 3/2/2002

Note: You may not borrow any new books until these books have been returned.

(1)

This note was sent to ______.

A. Josie Jones  

B. Susan Chan

C. the librarian  

D. Alison Lester

[  ]

(2)

The book Imagine was written by _____.

A. Bob Graham

B. Simon James

C. Sheena Knowles

D. Alison Lester

[  ]

(3)

On what date was My Friend Whale due to be returned to the library?

A. 23rd January

B. 24th January

C. 26th January

D. 3rd February

[  ]

(4)

This note could best be described as a ______.

A. newsletter  

B. report card

C. reminder letter  

D. set of instructions

[  ]

(5)

From this note we know that ______.

A. Susan does not like reading

B. the library has many books to lend

C. someone else has borrowed these books

D. Susan may not borrow any new books at the moment

[  ]

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