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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) helper, would live day and night with Peter, a dolphin. And they would eat, bathe, sleep and play together from Sunday to Friday, with only Saturdays off for Margaret. She lived her 1ife 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 attentions. 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 himse1f 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 doctor B. dolphin

C. a scientist D. an experiment helper

【2】Margaret worked days_____a week during the experiment..

A. four B. five C. six D. seven

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

A. cut her hair short

B. have a common life-like others

C. wear swimming c1othes

D. eat, bathe and play together with him

【4】The ending of the story was that _________ .

A. Margaret didn't leave the lab

B. the lab was closed and the dolphin died

C. the dolphin could speak English at last

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

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

A. dolphins aren't worth studying

B. dolphins can't be humans' good friends

C. dolphins can't communicate with humans

D. dolphins may have feelings just like humans

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】B

【4】B

【5】D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要講述John C. Lilly十個星期以來在St Thomas島設(shè)法教一個6歲大的海豚說英語，一個實驗幫助者和海豚吃、睡、玩在一起，隨著時間的推移，海豚只和實驗幫助者一起玩耍，就在這時，實驗突然終止，幾星期以后，海豚死了。這個實驗告訴人們，海豚也是有感情的。

【1】B細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文“an experiment (試驗) helper, would live day and night with Peter, a dolphin.”的描述可知，Peter是海豚的名字。故應選B。

【2】C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文“And they would eat, bathe, sleep and play together from Sunday to Friday, with only Saturdays off for Margaret.”的描述可知，Margaret每周工作6天。故應選C。

【3】B細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文“She lived her 1ife in swimming clothes -- with a coat on colder evenings --- and cut her hair short so that she could get on with Peter more easily.”的描述可知，為了和海豚生活，Margaret不能像常人一樣生活。故應選B。

【4】B細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文“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 himse1f by refusing to breathe, and sinking to the bottom of his pool.”的描述可知，這個故事的結(jié)局是實驗終止，海豚死了。結(jié)合選項可知應選B。

【5】D主旨大意題。這篇短文最后一段“Dolphins may not speak English --- but, just like humans, they know all about broken hearts.”的描述可知，海豚也像人一樣，是有感情的。故應選D。